Contract description
The objective of this contract is to provide support to the Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Development (MHUDD) and the Holding Company for Water and Wastewater (HCWW) in their endeavor to reform the water sector in particular in the following activities:
Preparing the Integrated Strategy / master plan for Technical Losses reduction through conducting a technical losses diagnosis study on Affiliated Companies (AC) performing Pilot implementation on a selected number of ACs. The strategy will include Diagnosis of HCWW as regard to controlling technical losses; Strategy ready to be implemented at (4) selected ACs in order to reduce losses of water; Master plan for technical losses reduction comprising investment plan for rehabilitation and repair of assets.
Improving the HCWW technical efficiency through technical studies in the field of Improvement the management of Reverse Osmosis brine disposal; these studies will provide HCWW with guidelines for brine disposal based on international practices, scientific modelling and on-site data collection. Building capacities inside the HCWW Planning Department enabling them to carry out Environmental Impact Assessment Studies (EIASs) on brine disposal, and promote the adoption of suitable regulation on this matter.
Improving HCWW technical investment planning through updating the National Rural Sanitation Strategy; including a decision-making tool to optimize intervention of HCWW in rural clusters with respect to sanitary and environmental constraints, and addressing sanitation issues in medium and small-sized settlements and "satellite" towns in Egypt.
Budget
- Maximum budget: EUR 2,400,000
Eligibility
Participation is open to all natural persons who are nationals of and legal persons participating either individually or in a grouping (consortium) of tenderers which are effectively established in a Member State of the European Union or in a eligible country or territory as defined under the Regulation (EU) N°236/2014 establishing common rules and procedures for the implementation of the Union's instruments for external action (CIR) for the applicable Instrument under which the contract is financed (see also heading 22 below) . Participation is also open to international organisations. All supplies under this contract must originate in one or more of these countries. However, they may originate from any country when the amount of the supplies to be purchased is below100,000 euros per purchase.
Deadline: 28 August 2014
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