EBRD/ ARMENIA: YEREVAN SOLID WASTE PROJECT - ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL DUE DILIGENCE

Description

In 2011 the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (“EBRD” or the “Bank”), at the request of Yerevan Municipality, commissioned a technical feasibility study to evaluate the feasibility of building a sanitary landfill to serve Yerevan (the “Project” or the “Investment Project”). The recommendation of the study was to build a landfill at Nubarashen, adjacent to the existing dumpsite. The study further made recommendations regarding financial, institutional and technical aspects of such a project.

Solid waste management in Armenia remains underdeveloped, with varying quality of waste collection services and no sanitary landfills currently in operation. The Republic of Armenia is a landlocked country with a population of 3.1 million. The capital city Yerevan has a population of 1.1 million and is currently disposing most of its municipal solid waste at a dumpsite in Nubarashen 11 km south-east of the city, as well as at several smaller dumpsites. Yerevan Municipality have just concluded tendering for solid waste collection services, which will be managed by two private operators in service areas divided as Yerevan East and Yerevan West. Solid waste services are financed through a municipal fee of AMD 200 per person per month as well as via subsidies from the municipal budget. Current gate fees at the Nubarashen dumpsite are AMD 60 per m3 of waste (this is envisaged to be changed to billing per metric ton under the proposed project).

Under the proposed Project the new sanitary landfill would be designed, built and operated by a private operator during a fixed term, but the landfill would be financed and owned by the municipality to ensure municipal ownership of this strategic asset and also to allow lower financing costs through a sovereign loan. Operation and continuous expansion of landfill cells will be financed through gate fees paid by the solid waste collection operators, and these gate fees will in turn be passed on to the population via the solid waste collection fees. Detailed technical and financial information about the proposed Project is available in the technical feasibility study, which will be made available to the consultant before the start of the assignment.


Eligibility

Consultancy firms shall be entities registered in Austria and all experts proposed by the entity must be either citizens or permanent residents of Austria. However, up to a maximum of 25% of the maximum contract amount may be used to finance services of experts who are Armenian nationals or consultancy firms registered in Armenia.


Budget

Cost Estimate for the Assignment: EUR 160,000 (exclusive of VAT).


Deadline: 16 June 2014

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