study and design of saline ground water use options

REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA

MINISTRY OF LAND MANAGEMENT, WATER AND SANITATION SERVICES

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (FIRMS):

Country: Botswana

Name of Project: Botswana Emergency Water Security and Efficiency Project

Project ID No: P160911

Consulting Services: Study and design of saline/brackish groundwater use options

Tender No: MLWS\DWA Study and design of saline/brackish groundwater use options 0004/10102018

The Government of Botswana has received a loan from the World Bank towards the implementation of the Botswana Water Security and Efficiency project and intends to use part of the funding to finance a consultancy for the Study and design of saline/brackish groundwater use options

Background

The Department of Water Affairs (DWA) under the Ministry of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services in the Republic of Botswana intends to engage an experienced consultant to carry out a study and design of saline/brackish groundwater use options in the Southern Kalahari areas of Botswana. Past groundwater resources development initiatives have mainly concentrated on the development of fresh groundwater resources and where saline resources were encountered their potential was never evaluated to ascertain their quantity and quality aspects.

Eight (8) exploration boreholes are to be drilled strategically in order to understand the aquifer thickness. Water Samples will be collected from these boreholes and all other existing boreholes for testing and analysis for quality. Reports with supporting geographic information system files, database files, and digital data on the quantity, quality and distribution/location of saline groundwater will be submitted. A strategy on the use of brackish and saline groundwater resources to improve water scarcity in the area will be developed. DWA staff will be trained in groundwater assessment methodologies and modelling.

Selection criteria: only firms that meet the below criteria will be short listed

Eligibility:

• For local Consultant they must be registered with the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board in the following categories: Code: 306Water Engineering Services Sub-codes: 01 – Groundwater mapping, 02 – Water resource planning, 03 – Borehole siting and 04 – Borehole Logging

• The Consultant must submit notarized or certified copies of Certificate of incorporation or Proof of Registration of the consulting firm, Company Directorship.

• The Consultant must provide Tax Clearance Certificate from its country of operation

• Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub-consultancy to enhance their qualifications and references must be attached. In case of Joint Venture (JV) a notarised Copy of the JV Agreement is required

• Must demonstrate availability of relevant skills among staff related to the assignment: Evidence of relevant skills for Project Team Leader Project Team Leader (Groundwater resources or Geoscience expert), with a supporting team of; a Geophysical/Hydrogeological/Geochemical, Groundwater modeling and GIS professionals.

Relevant experience in similar assignments and environments:

• The consulting firm must provide information on projects undertaken in the past ten (10) years with a brief description of each project, funding source(s), Contract Amount and the Employer.

• Along with this, the Consultant must also have completed at least two (2) similar works (projects or consultancies in groundwater resources Investigations/Identification, development and Test pumping studies, in Botswana or within the SADC region) in terms of scope, complexity and value in the past five (5) years.

Shortlisting of the Consulting firms will be carried out according to the World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (Regulations), revised July 2016 ("Consultant Guidelines").

A complete version of the Terms of Reference is available on the Ministry of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services Facebook Page.

Submission of EOI

Interested parties are required to submit one (1) original and three (3) copies of the Expression of Interest document, including a soft copy (PDF format) in a CD in one sealed envelope, marked “Expression of Interest for study and design of Saline / Brackish groundwater use options ” addressed to:

The World Bank Projects Coordinator, Ministry of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services, Debswana House, Ground Floor Reception Area, East Wing, Main Mall, Private Bag 00434, Gaborone, Botswana

Expression of Interest documents are to be hand delivered or couriered to the above address before or at 1000hrs Botswana Local Time on the 23rd November 2018. LATE SUBMISSIONS and EOI NOT IN ENGLISH WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED, neither will submissions received via telephone, telex or facsimile.

Selection Criteria

Shortlisting of the Consulting firms will be carried out according to the World Bank Procurement Regulations for Investment Projects Funding (IPF) Borrowers (Regulations), revised July 2016 ("Consultant Guidelines").

Queries relating to the issue of these documents may be addressed to Mr Otumiseng Biki Mampane Department of Water Affairs, Private Bag 0029 Gaborone, Botswana, Email: [email protected], Tel: 3607229 Fax 3903508 or Ms. Lebogang Tawana, Email: [email protected]

Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing, The Government of Botswana reserve the right to accept or reject any or all applications or to cancel the entire proceedings without giving any reasons whatsoever.

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Lebogang Tawana

Secretary, World Bank Projects Coordinating Unit

Ministry of Land Management, water and Sanitation Services