EBRD/ BATKEN WATER SUB-PROJECT - CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL SUPPORT, AND STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME

Description

The City of Batken (the “City”) approached the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the “EBRD” or the “Bank”) with a request to finance the rehabilitation of the water supply and selected wastewater improvements in the City (the “Project”). Water supply operations in the Kyrgyz Republic are characterised by severely deteriorated assets for water supply and wastewater collection; very limited wastewater treatment; high operations and maintenance costs due to the deteriorated state of the assets; unreliable water supply, sometimes only 2 hours every second day; families storing water in bathtubs and buckets; outbreaks of water borne diseases, especially during summer; and, low institutional capacity to manage operationally and financially sustainable water supply services.

To facilitate the Project, the Batken Wastewater Utility has been merged with Batken Water Company in order to form one new company (the “Company”).

The Project objectives are to: (i) rehabilitate the water supply system and selected wastewater improvements; (ii) improve billing and collection efficiency; and (iii) improve financial and operational management. The Project will rehabilitate the infrastructure to reduce water losses and install bulk meters to provide a management tool for leakage detection and control as well as consumer metering in a pilot area. These measures will lead to a reduction in operating and maintenance costs for water supply and reduce wastage of water.


Eligibility

Corporate services are required. The Consultant should ensure that the appropriately qualified experts are available, as required, for each of the different tasks outlined above. It is expected that the assignment will be led by an appropriately qualified project manager with experience in the water sector and in implementing the key areas of this assignment, accompanied by both key and supporting experts. It is expected that short time input by key international experts be combined with local/regional expert input.


Budget

Cost Estimate for the Assignment: EUR 420,000 (exclusive of VAT). Subject to availability of funding, the performance of the selected Consultant and the specific needs of the Client the Assignment may be extended beyond the current scope.


Deadline: 12 August 2015

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