Feasibility Study,Tender Management and Construction Supervision for Mambo Wastewater Treatment Plant

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI):

REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA

MAMBO WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT

FEASIBILITY STUDY, TENDER MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION

TENDER NO. WUC 025 (2017)

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 consultancy for the Mambo Wastewater Treatment Plant Feasibility Study, Tender Management and Construction Supervision.

Background

The Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) under the Ministry of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services in the Republic of Botswana intends to engage an experienced consultant to carry out Feasibility Study, Tender Management and Construction Supervision at Mambo WWTP.

Shortlisting Criteria:

Eligibility: The consultant must submit notarized or certified copies of Certificate of incorporation or Registration of the consulting firm, Company ownership (Directors and shareholders) of the company.

Relevant experience in similar assignments and environments: The consulting firm must also provide information on projects undertaken in the past twenty (20) 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 assignment (feasibility studies, conceptual designs, and detailed designs as a lead consultant covering a population of at least 150,000 and plant capacity of 15 Mega litres per day) in terms of scope, complexity and value in the past 20 years. The Consultant must also demonstrate experience in contracts site supervision for rehabilitation/expansion of an existing waste water treatment facility. Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub-consultancy to enhance their qualifications and certified copies of references must be attached. Consulting firms are encouraged to associate with Citizen owned consulting firms. Associations may take the form of either joint venture (whereby firms will be severally and jointly liable for the assignment and in which case all joint venture partners are required to demonstrate competence in the core areas of the assignment) or sub consultancy (where a firm possess competence in core areas of the assignment and sub contracts part(s) of the assignment to another firm(s).

Availability of appropriate skills among staff related to the assignment: Evidence of appropriate skills including Project Team Leader (wastewater/process engineer), Electro-mechanical engineer, Wastewater Specialist and Hydraulic Modeller.

Scope of Services:

The Consultant will execute a Feasibility Study, Tender Management and Construction Supervision for the Refurbishment, Rehabilitation, Upgrading and Expansion of the Mambo WWTP at Francistown and the surrounding areas which disposes wastewater to Mambo WWTP. The consultancy services will be for a continuous period of three (3) years.

A complete version of the “Terms of Reference” is available at www.wuc.bw

Submission of EOI

Interested parties are required to submit one (1) original and four (4) copies and 1 CD of the Expression of Interest document in sealed envelopes marked “Expression of Interest for Mambo Waste Water Treatment Plant Feasibility Study, Tender Management and Construction Supervision.” to:

The Corporation Secretary

Room 208/02

Water Utilities Corporation

Sedibeng House

Plot 17530

Luthuli Road

Old Industrial Site

Private Bag 00276

Gaborone, Botswana

Tel:00267 3619298/271

Email: [email protected]

Expression of interest documents are to be hand delivered to the above address by 1400hrs Botswana Local Time on the 6th October 2017. LATE SUBMISSIONS and EOI NOT IN ENGLISH WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED, neither will submissions received via telephone, email, facsimile.

Selection Criteria

Shortlisting of the Consulting firms will be carried out according to the World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (Regulations), revised July 2016 and the Water Utilities Corporation Tender Regulations and Procurement Procedures.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 3.14 of the Procurement Regulations. A consultancy firm will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method.

Interested Consulting firms may obtain further information at the address below during working hours (i.e. 0800hrs to 1230hrs and 1400hrs to 1600hrs) Botswana local time, Mondays to Fridays inclusive, except on Public Holidays

Water Utilities Corporation reserves the right to accept or reject any or all applications, or to cancel the entire proceedings without giving any reasons whatsoever.