EBRD/ BATKEN WATER SUB-PROJECT - PIU SUPPORT INCLUDING ENGINEERING, DESIGN AND CONTRACTS SUPERVISION

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 will be a firm or a group of firms with preferably 5 years previous project experience related to:

   - have design and project management experience gained in countries with climatic conditions similar to the project sites;
   - have construction and supply experience gained in countries with climatic conditions similar to the project sites;
   - have experience in design of water supply projects, knowledge of FIDIC and/or World Bank/EBRD Supply and Installation and Works
     contractual arrangements;
   - have experience in (i) planning and design activities; (ii) assistance with planning and design activities; (iii) project management; (iv)
     project management assistance; (v) engineering; (vi) procurement of goods, works and services;
   - have a good knowledge of procedures and rules of procurement of international financial institutions, such as the World Bank, ADB or
     EBRD;
   - have a good knowledge and understanding of EBRD’s environmental and social requirements and past experience of assistance in their
     successful implementation;
   - have a good knowledge of requirements of Kyrgyz legislation concerning construction, financial, accounting and disbursement issues.


Budget

Cost Estimate for the Assignment: EUR 600,000 (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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