Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-02-20
Buyer: Holding Company for Water and Wastewater (HCWW)
Country: GE
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72224000: Project management consultancy services
Submission deadline: 2018-03-25

Technical requirements: EIB - Technical assistance, design and engineering consulting services (Water Supply and Sanitation) (GE-Cairo)
Consulting Services for the Technical Assistance, Design and Engineering Consultants (TADECs) for Lot 1 and 2
The IWSP II is jointly financed by the Arab Republic of Egypt (“Egypt”), the European Union (“EU”), the Agence Française de Développement (“AFD”), the European Investment Bank (“EIB”), the Swiss Confederation through the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (“SECO”), and the German Financial Cooperation KfW (“KfW”).
The Improved Water and Wastewater Services Programme II (“IWSP II”) succeeds the ongoing IWSP I. It covers four Governorates Qena, Sohag, Assiut, and Minya in Upper Egypt. The program objective is to ensure appropriate, thoroughly hygienic, efficient and financially sustainable water supply and wastewater disposal in the program areas. The Programme is composed of
— An Investment Component to improve the physical infrastructure in the wastewater and water supply sector in the program areas so that services can be provided more efficiently in the future. The component includes:
—— Construction of new wastewater treatment plants and associated regional wastewater collection systems (“regional Sanitation Service Clusters”),
—— Expansion of existing wastewater collection systems if this enables the capacity utilisation ratio of existing wastewater treatment plants to be improved, if necessary including house connections,
—— Rehabilitation and restructuring of existing pipes and drinking water supply systems, if necessary including house connections,
— A Technical Assistance (TA) Component to strengthen the technical and financial capacities of the HCWW and the Affiliate Companies (ACs). The TA component shall create an enabling environment for the execution of the investment component and improve the ACs operational and financial performance.
— A Programme Management Consultant (PMC), who will support HCWW’s Programme Management Unit (PMU) in Cairo to properly plan, steer, manage, supervise and document the programme activities. This consultant will also assist the PMU in its reporting obligations,
— Two Technical Assistance and Design Consultants (TADECs), who will support the HCWW’s Affiliated Companies (AC) of Qena, Sohag, Assiut, and Minya, in planning, tendering the investment projects and ensuring the quality of their IWSP II investment projects. This consultant will also support the ACs Programme Implementation Units (PIUs) in executing all programme management activities for which they are responsible such as technical and financial programme management and supervision, technical and financial reporting. The TADECs will also support capacity building in the ACs in order to improve their operational and financial efficiency,
— An Operation and Maintenance Consultant (OMC), who may later support the AC in the operation and maintenance of the infrastructure financed under IWSP II.
This invitation for Expression of Interest concerns only the services required from the Consulting Services for the Technical Assistance, Design and Engineering Consultants (TADECs) for Lot 1 and 2.
c) Prepare preliminary and detailed designs, ESIAs and cost estimates for the selected investment projects;
g) Support and control the defects liability period after physical implementation h. Impose occupational health and safety standards on the construction sites.