Selection of a Consulting Firm for the Studies Tender - 49561377

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Country: Cote d'Ivoire

Summary: Selection of a Consulting Firm for the Studies, Monitoring and Control of the Works of the Yopougon Collection Network Project, the Transfer Chain and Wastewater Treatment

Deadline: 26 Feb 2021

Posting Date: 27 Jan 2021

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 49561377

Document Ref. No.: S 18/2021

Competition: ICB

Financier: Agence Francaise De Development (AFD)

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Expression of Interest are invited for Selection of a Consulting Firm for the Studies, Monitoring and Control of the Works of the Yopougon Collection Network Project, the Transfer Chain and Wastewater Treatment.
Notice of Expressions of Interest
For the selection of a consulting firm for the studies, monitoring and control of the works of the Yopougon collection network project, transfer chain and wastewater treatment
N ° S 18/2021
January 2021
1. Subject to the granting by the French Development Agency (AFD) of funding to the Republic of Côte d`Ivoire, the Ministry of Sanitation and Sanitation (MINASS) would like use part of this funding to make payments under the intellectual service contract subject of this notice for expression of interest, carried out within the framework of the Project below.

2. The Project consists of carrying out works to strengthen the sanitation network in the Yopougon districts, pre-treatment of collected wastewater and evacuation of treated effluents at sea. The project provides for the following works:

- extension or replacement of wastewater collection networks within the municipality of Yopougon (approximately 197 km of network);

- the establishment of wastewater transfer infrastructure (delivery and gravity pipes and pumping stations);

- construction of a pre-treatment station for wastewater and an outfall at sea (1.5 to 2 km) for effluent disposal;

- the creation of social connections

The works will be allotted in several lots and their completion is planned over a period of 15 months for the extension of the network and from 28 to 36 months for the treatment plant. The works contracts will be awarded by open international invitation to tender. The allotment and the above description are therefore given as an indication. In addition, the work may be adjusted according to the available budget.

The detailed studies of the downstream works (transfer of wastewater under the lagoon, pre-treatment station and outfall at sea) are in progress and will be delivered during the first half of 2021.

The preliminary preliminary studies for the upstream infrastructures (network collection) are also in progress and will be delivered during the first half of 2021.

3. The purpose of this notice of expression of interest is to solicit consulting firms to be part of the shortlist (of 6 candidates maximum) for the restricted consultation relating to study and mastery services. work described in the following paragraph.

4. The project management services to be carried out relate to:

a) Carrying out detailed preliminary design studies (APD) for works to extend the wastewater collection networks;

b) The development of environmental and social impact studies (ESIA) and Resettlement Action Plans (PAR) relating to the works;

c) Social support that will follow the installation of the tertiary wastewater network: carrying out socio-economic surveys on the ability to pay, support in preparing files for connections and hygiene awareness campaigns and sanitation.

d) Drafting of tender documents relating to upstream works (collection network) and support to the Client in the award of contracts and analysis of tenders;

e) The monitoring and control of all the Project work packages (upstream and downstream), including therefore at least:

• The visa of the studies and execution plans carried out by the contractors, as well as the validation and monitoring of the schedules. `work execution ;

• Coordination between work packages;

• Establishment of work attachments, site meeting minutes and site visits;

• Compliance of works and equipment;

• Assistance to the Client for the acceptance of the works and the commissioning of the installations.

f) Support for the implementation of the Environmental and Social Management Plan and the Resettlement Action Plan on the different perimeters;

5. The Ministry of Sanitation and Sanitation, through the Department of Urban Sanitation and Drainage, invites interested candidates to express their interest in the mission described above. Design offices can join forces to strengthen their respective skills.

6. The consulting firms must have significant and relevant general experience in carrying out technical studies and controlling wastewater treatment works in dense urban areas (at least 700, 000 inhabitants) in Africa in the ten ( 10) past years. References in Sub-Saharan Africa will be promoted.

7. The Design Office must present specific experiences over the last ten (10) years in the following fields (the same reference can be used to justify several fields of experience):

- Technical studies APS or APD and DAO of rehabilitation or construction of wastewater networks including wastewater pumping stations;

- Monitoring and control of works in dense urban areas laying wastewater networks;

- Monitoring and control of works, in dense urban areas, for the construction or rehabilitation of wastewater pumping stations;

- Monitoring and control of underwater construction works;

- Conduct of environmental and social impact studies (ESIA) and Resettlement Action Plans (PAR) in dense urban areas and monitoring of the implementation of the ESMP and the RAP;

- Provision of social support via the realization of socio-economic surveys on the capacity to pay of households and support in the constitution of files for connections.

8. The Design offices must provide the relevant information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services requested, in particular:

- Presentation brochures,

- References and certificates of project management concerning the performance of similar assignments, similar assignments being defined as those relating to the areas defined in point 7: characteristics and costs of the works and assignments carried out, role in any groups (agent, subcontractor, …).

- Backstopping capacity: list of the permanent staff of the design office in the different specialties and expertise of the project (sewerage networks, pumping & wastewater treatment, outfall in the sea, ESIA & PAR, etc.) with a very short summary on the experience of each person (specialty / area of ??expertise, training, years of experience in the specialty, years in the business).

- These elements making it possible to assess the similar nature of the project must be indicated (amount of work, amount of the service, period of implementation, size of the town, type of work, year of implementation, customers, human resources mobilized, etc.). The description of the services actually rendered (design, project management assistance, monitoring and control, social support, etc.) must be fairly explicit and the Design Office must specify whether the work has been carried out or not. References in sub-Saharan Africa will be promoted. The amount of the contracts will be taken into account for the evaluation. For social project management & environmental and social studies, references from subcontractors may be taken into account. In that case,

NB: The consulting firm must submit references which were executed for at least 50% of the total amount of the contract; the candidate must be able to provide documentary evidence of satisfactory achievement and the corresponding amount. Each similar reference must be accompanied by a certificate of service made, issued and signed by the client concerned. Otherwise, this reference will not be taken into account in the evaluation of the file, unless the absence of the certificate is justified by specific circumstances. If the reference was acquired within the framework of a consortium, the candidate will have to prove that he himself realized at least 50% of the amount of the contract, in order for the reference to be accepted.

9. The consulting firms must not include in the expression of interest curriculums vitae or a work methodology. Candidates can respond alone or in groups or with subcontractors. Applicants can only submit one application in their own name or as a Group, but the same subcontractor can be mobilized in several applications). If the candidate is constituted as a Group, the Expression of Interest must include either a copy of the Grouping agreement concluded by all of its members, or a letter of intention to constitute a Group, signed by all its members and accompanied by a copy of the proposed Grouping agreement. In the absence of this document, the other members will be considered as Sub-contractors.

10. In order to confirm their eligibility for AFD funding, applicants must attach the Integrity Declaration to their application (see appendix to this document or appendix 1 to AFD`s procurement guidelines, see link below) duly signed.

11. The consulting firms will be selected in accordance with the procedures defined in the “Directives for the award of contracts financed by AFD in foreign countries” in their current version available on the AFD website ( https: //www.afd.fr/fr/appels-doffres-passes-par-les-beneficiaires-de-lafd ).

12. Interested consulting firms can obtain additional information at the address below, from 9 am to 12 noon and from 2 pm to 5 pm from Monday to Friday.

13. Expressions of interest must be submitted in French in five copies, including one original and one digital version (CD or USB), to the address below no later than February 4, 2021 at 10:00 am (GMT time). ) and bear the mention “Expression of interest in the studies, monitoring and control of the work of the collection network project, the transfer and treatment chain of Yopougon wastewater treatment”.

14. The address referred to above is:
DIRECTION DE L`ASSAINISSEMENT URBAIN ET DU DRAINAGE (DAUD)

located at the Cité Administrative at Plateau Tour D 12th Floor, Door 27, Telephone: 20 21 81 54.

Email: [email protected]
ANNEX TO THE EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

(TO BE PROVIDED SIGNED WITH THE CANDIDATURE WITHOUT CHANGING THE TEXT)

Declaration of integrity, eligibility and environmental and so

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