Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-02-11
Buyer: State Communal Enterprise “Taraz Su”
Country: KZ
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services | 71350000 | 71354100 | 71800000 | 73200000
Submission deadline: 2017-03-09
EU fund: EU Fund

Technical requirements: Project name: Taraz Water Project – Development of the Water Supply Network Efficiency Improvement Plan
This Invitation for Expressions of Interest follows the General Procurement Notice for this project published in Procurement Opportunities, on the EBRD website on 6 October 2016.
The State Communal Enterprise Taraz Su (the “Company”) signed a Loan Agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the “EBRD” or the “Bank”) for co-financing an investment program on modernisation of water supply system in the city of Taraz, Republic of Kazakhstan. The Bank intends using the proceeds of the loan towards the cost of Development of the Water Supply Network Efficiency Improvement Plan under the Taraz Water Project.
The overall objective of the assignment is to prepare a plan for improvement of water supply networks efficiency in the city of Taraz, including development of recommendations on options for networks’ modernisation, optimisation of the operating modes of pumping stations, proposals on arrangement of pressure heads control and zoning of the water supply system. The recommendations shall be based on the results of the hydraulic modelling and the implemented geographic information system (GIS).
• setting of criteria for assessment of efficiency and development of basic approaches to modernisation of the existing systems;
• development of proposals on the arrangement of pressure heads control in water supply networks, including determination of control locations, methods, parameters of necessary metering equipment, procedures of measurements, data storage and displaying;
• development of recommendations aimed at improvement of efficiency of the water supply system in the city of Taraz.
The assignment is expected to start in QII 2017 and has an estimated overall duration of nine months.
The assignment will be funded from proceeds of the EBRD loan and local funds. Consulting firms from all countries are eligible for shortlisting and selection.
In order to determine the capability and experience of consulting firms seeking to be shortlisted, the information submitted shall include the following:
The Consultant shall present a brief overview of the firm/group of firms including company profile, organisation and staffing with previous project experience related to:
• similar assignments in the regions with the climate conditions similar to ones in the Project area.
The Consultant's team shall include at least the following key experts with a technical, engineering, hydraulic modelling and water/waste water system analysis skills and with at least 10 years of general experience and 5 years of experience for the position for which they are proposed:
The consultant shall provide details of experience on similar assignments undertaken in the previous five years, including information on contract name, objective, value, contracting entity/client, project location/country, duration (mm/yy to mm/yy), expert inputs provided, main activities.
The consultant shall provide CVs of key experts available to work on the assignment detailing their qualifications, experience in similar assignments, particularly assignments undertaken in the previous five years, including information on the budget and the objective of the assignment, contracting entity/client, project location/country, duration (mm/yy to mm/yy), provided inputs, and main activities.