Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-06-05
Buyer: Holding Company for Water and Wastewater
Country: EG
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 41100000
Submission deadline: 2018-06-26

Technical requirements: EBGU - Udvidelse af spildevandsprogram i Fayoum — Støtte til projektgennemførelse og kontrakttilsyn (EG-Kairo)
Assignment name: Egypt: Fayoum wastewater expansion programme — Project implementation support and contract supervision
Eng. Mohey Eldin Ahmed Mohamed, 1200 Corniche El Nile, Rod-El-Farag Cairo, Egypt, Email: mohey.mohamed@hcww.com.eg
Yvonne Wilkinson, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, One Exchange Square, London EC2A 2JN, Tel: + 44 20 7338 7123 - Email: WilkinsY@ebrd.com
The wastewater sector in Egypt suffers from historic underinvestment and weak governance which has resulted in hugely underdeveloped wastewater infrastructure, high leakage, and inefficient pumping costs and degraded water quality. The level of sanitary network connections remains very low in rural areas compared with urban areas which have up to 90 per cent wastewater connection coverage. As part of the Egyptian Government’s response to the above outlined challenges, the European bank for reconstruction and development (the “EBRD” or the “Bank”) has signed a sovereign loan for the expansion of wastewater treatment in the Fayoum Governorate for the benefit of the state-owned Fayoum company for water and wastewater (“FWWC” or the “Beneficiary”), which is a subsidiary of the Holding company of water and wastewater (“HCWW” or the “Client”).
The Fayoum wastewater expansion programme will provide first time sanitation to around 940 000 inhabitants in the Fayoum governorate through (i) the construction of 8 new wastewater treatment plants (“WWTPs”); (ii) expansion of 9 and rehabilitation of 10 existing WWTPs; (iii) expansion of the sewerage network of about 3 433 km of pipes together with the installation of 139 pumping stations; and (iv) evacuation trucks to serve rural areas (the “Project”).
The new wastewater treatment facilities are expected to lead to significant reduced pollution levels in Fayoum’s agricultural drains, which in turn are expected to lead to better quality and quantity of food (currently water used for agriculture and aquaculture use is heavily contaminated), higher demand for local produce, increased arable land and creation of employment opportunities in the agriculture sector.
The Client now wishes to engage a consulting firm or group of firms (the “Consultant”) to help deliver the Project, mainly to prepare the designs for the construction of the wastewater infrastructure; assist FWWC in the procurement and tendering procedures; and to conduct project supervision including environmental, health and safety supervision; implementation of the Environmental and social action plan and undertaking of the necessary environmental and social assessments for project permitting purposes (the ”Assignment”).
HCWW will be the contracting entity for the assignment and thus its main project implementation partner. In addition to supporting the implementation of the project, the consultant will play a key role in helping to enhance the implementation and management capacity within FWWC and its Project Implementation Unit (“PIU”).
— Prepare detailed designs of the sewer network, and its associated infrastructure in up to 20 clusters (119 villages);
— Prepare preliminary designs for the 8 new and extended/enhanced 9 WWTPs, refurbishment plans for existing 10 WWTPs and decommissioning plans for 6 WWTPs;
— Support FWWC in developing and delivering solutions in line with good international practices that comply with the EBRD Performance Requirements and EU environmental and social standards;
— Prepare a draft of Service management contract for the ‘on-site’ septic tank collection and emptying component;
— Prepare a Project implementation plan with detailed procurement and contracting strategy, structure of tenders and time schedule for implementation;
— Prepare tender documents: qualification requirements, technical specifications, Bill of quantities and tender documents using the Bank’s standard tender documents for procurement of works, supply and installation and goods, in accordance with the Banks’ Procurement policies and rules (“PP&R”);