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Terms of Reference
Commented [CMC1]:
For selection of Urban WaSH
Consultants
(Small and Medium Sizes Towns)
July 2014
Addis Ababa
ToR Urban WaSH Consultants (Small and Medium Sizes Towns
Contents
1.1 BACKGROUND 3
1.2 RATIONALE 3
1.3 KEY ELEMENTS OF POLICIES 3
1.4 LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE PREVIOUS PROGRAM, WSSP 3
6 PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION 9
6.1 ORGANIZATION 9
6.2 STAFFING OF EXPERTS 9
8 PAYMENT MODALIITY 12
ANNNEX -A 13
1.2 Rationale
The IDA financed WaSH Project is designed to implement the National Policy, Strategy and
OWNP and to contribute to the achievement of HSDP and ESDP targets.
The IDA-funded Water Supply and Sanitation Project is designed to assist implementation
of the Government’s OWNP. The project is designed to build the capacity of all stakeholders,
both public and private, to plan, construct and maintain water supply and sanitation facilities.
In the process approximately 6300 rural water supply schemes serving about 1.6 million
people, and about 70 town water supplies will be improved through IDA investments. As
noted above, this is only a fraction of what will be needed to meet the OWNP targets.
support to prepare their urban WaSH plans, and 83 of them to construct their systems.
The major challenges faced during implementation of the previous program which need to
be addressed during this program are;
1. The role of participation and decision making of the Town Water Boards and
utilities at all stages was not as required for assuring sustainable implementation
of the projects.
2. Extended delay of projects mainly due to delay in source confirmation and
correspondingly in design, supply and installation of Electro Mechanical
Equipment.
3. Existence of large variation of works and goods and consequently extended
duration to complete the projects as the consultants were not able to carry out their
service to the highest degree of technical standard by deploying the experts
according to the contract and due to less follow-up by the clients and the user
Town water boards and utilities during study and design as per the contracts.
4. Detail appraisal of study and design documents before proceeding to the next step
was not properly undertaken participating the user town boards and the utilities
at town level in checking whether the documents are related to the situations on
the ground.
5. Administration of contracts with all parties carrying out their duties and
responsibilities as per the provisions of the contract documents and having proper
documentation of events was not as required so that the completion of projects was
extended which also has effect on its cost and quality.
6. Less attention to planning and implementation of sanitation facilities for
urban.
7. The capacity building and preparation and practicing of Business plan for assuring
satisfactory services at town level with full cost recovery level was also given
Less attention during the implementation of the projects.
In order to address the above challenges, the service for urban water supply and
sanitation projects is designed to be carried out using the following objectives.
The Urban WASH implementation modality for the Urban WASH can in general be
classified in two steps: 1) Planning and preparatory and 2) Implementation. The general
objective of this consultancy service is to assist the client and the user town water board,
municipality and the utility in study, capacity building & preparation of business plan,
and in contract administration & supervision of works, supply and installation of
equipment participating the key stakeholders at all stages for implementation of
sustainable water supply and sanitation services in the town.
This ToR shall be used to assist the Regional Water Bureau and Towns as a generic
guide to help prepare a specific oriented ToR for selection of a consulting firm in giving
the details to be presented for the specific work in a cost effective manner. Therefore,
the respective Regional Water Bureaus shall modify this ToR fit to the specific project
location name indicated in the procurement plan as approved by the RWB. Full ToR
of specific project should include, but not be limited to:
a precise statements of the objective(s) and purpose of the project to be
undertaken;
an informative statement of the background to the project,
its scope, and the context and circumstances in which it will be undertaken, to
the extent that such information will provide prospective consultants with a
complete appreciation of the material aspects of the project and a clear
understanding of the context in which the professional services are being sought
and will be provided; and
a clear statement of the professional services being requested.
The ToR shall be incorporated with the RFP to make it a complete document. This "statement
of work" will be set out, as clearly and concisely as possible, what results and documents are
required and the manner in which the specific town wants the work to be conducted at all
stage of the service(details of the implementation stages are attached in Annex-A).
ii. Stage I
The major activities to be delivered by the Consultant is to:
a) Conducting initial consultation at town level on objective of the service and agree
on the plans and outputs and roles of the user town water boards included in this
ToR.
b) Conduct pre-feasibility study including confirmation of the source, need
assessment for capacity building & preparation of business plan,, (details of each
activity to be is presented is attached in Annex A of this ToR)
c) Conducting consultations at town level participating the user town water
Boards and the utilities to assure as the services are carried out as per the need of
users in conformity with the existing situation before proceeding to the next step.
ii. Stage II
a) Detail feasibility design (details of each activity to be conducted and included in
the design report is presented is attached in Annex A of this ToR)
b) bid documents preparation after the source is confirmed,
c) further capacity building & revising the business plan to include actual structures
of the final design, and
d) conduct consultation and appraisal of the study at town to approve as each
proposed components are designed considering all the existing situations and
The employer is required to empower the participation of the town water board and the utility
in day to day activity of the consultant and monitor the deployment of the required personnel
on site according to the schedule and carry out the service to maximum consensus and
satisfaction of these key stakeholders at town level.
In addition, the employer is required to give all the available documents on previous studies
for the town water supply system. The employer is also responsible to effect the payments
requested by the client in time provided that all the available preconditions are fulfilled by
the consultant.
The Bank considers that, in the majority of cases, these considerations can best be addressed
through competition among bidders to be qualified firms in which the selection is based on
the quality of the proposal and, where appropriate, on the cost of the services to be provided.
5.3 WRDF
Water Resources Development Fund (WRDF) will be the financing GOV agency for these
components, responsible for appraisal of proposed projects and monitoring and evaluation.
STEP II: Preparation of feasibility detail design and bid document on the most preferable
source and collection system including evaluation and award of the bid will also take a
maximum of six months; if the source is drilling, the drilling works will be conducted parallel
with the detail design.
STEP III: The supervision of works and contract administration requires 14 months. The
Defect liability period shall last 12 calendar months.
7 PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
7.1 Organization
The consultant is also required to prepare a detailed schedule for his staffing for each stage
based on the estimated durations and indicated person-month inputs. The Consultant may
forward additional expert required for any overlooked services not indicated in this ToR.
experience in carrying out, the design and construction supervision of water supply projects.
Minimum of four years’ experience, as Team leader or project coordinator or resident
engineer, on design, and construction of civil work projects is also required. He shall have
renewed professional license.
C. Hydrologist
The expert must hold at least B.Sc. degree in Civil/hydraulics engineering or hydrology
or in any other related field and a minimum of 6 years working experience in carrying
out the hydrologic study and design of town water supply projects. He/she shall have
renewed professional license.
D. Hydro-Geologist
The expert must hold at least BSc/M.Sc. degree in Geology/Hydrogeology or in any other
related field and a minimum of 8/6 years working experience in carrying out the hydro-
geologic study in the study, design and construction supervision of town water supply
projects. He/she shall have renewed professional license.
2 Stage II
9 PAYMENT MODALIITY
The Employer will effect payments in accordance with payment schedule outlined in the
RFP and later in the contract agreement.
ANNNEX –A
As the consultant starts its service, it needs to conduct initial consultation with the town
water board and utility in the presence of the representative of the regional water bureau
to brief the above process and role of the town water board and the utility in addition
to the objective and scope of the services at each stage with the expected outputs on time
bases.
The consultant is required to give one copy of its schedule to the town water board and
utility. The consultant is also required to prepare a checklist and give to the town water
board and the utility for monitoring and recording its duty regularly after approval by the
regional water bureau.
The municipality and the kebele records shall be used in the report for critical evaluation
and comparison to reach to the final decision where a large deviation exists between the
CSA and the town municipality/kebele data indicators. Under such situations the
consultant shall seek the consent of the local town authorities to avoid conflicts in the
assumption of the population figure to be adopted for the design purpose.
The data collection shall be supported by the town development or master plan supported
by GIS map which shows the Kebele divisions and other sub-units, preferably in scale
1:5,000. The drawing or the map of the town shall be the most recent one and shall clearly
indicate the settlement, current and future development pattern which gives added value
to the report for allocation of the initial average demand to help estimate the design of
the distribution system.
Additional information could be added to the report from the CSA socio-economic recent
surveys for comparison and value in of the data accuracy.
The consultant shall indicate the type and method of the survey collection system in his
technical proposal. The survey should cover the water use of the households classified in
to different group and this shall be surveyed to get some of the following data but not
limed to;
i. House Hold Data: household heads, women household heads
ii. House Ownership: owned, rented, institutional, commercial
iii. Household water supply service level: in-house connections, own yard tap
public tap, vendor, neighbor yard tap and other sources
iv. Water use and collection: average consumption per day, average distances
from the nearest services, etc.
v. Water quality: section of the town with such complaint, reasons of the
quality problems
vi. Payment for water: the existing tariff set and its trend
vii. Willingness and ability to pay for improved water: data on low income area
and other scattered section of the population:
The data and its analysis is the basis for the entire cost effective design. Data on willing to
pay more, better quality water, average monthly income, spending per month for water are
some of the key collections under this section.
each
• Hospitals, number and number of beds in each
• Police station, number and number of offices in each
• Schools, number and number of pupils in each
• Boarding schools, number and number of boarders in each
• Others, describe
• Any future planned development area
From all schools and health institutions and from selected public offices, data should be
obtained about:
• Daily consumption of water
• Are they satisfied with quantity of water and if not how much more would they like
to have
• Are they satisfied with quality of water and if not what is the problem
• Would they be willing to pay more for better service
10.3.4 Industry
The number of industries and their average water consumption with their scale shall
also be collected from Investment and trade offices.
Before conducting this workshop the consultant is required to send all the reports to the
Bureau for prior appraisal so that commenting the findings on the workshop can be easier.
The consultation must make clear about the nature and detail of the proposed system
for detail design and bid document preparation during the second step of this service.
1. The study and design should adopt the cost effective design guidelines WB
2006 and MoWIE WRA urban WSSD guidelines January 2006. The system may
preferably be designed for 10 years of time. Accordingly, the service life of the
different parts of the WaSH system has to be established
2. The present and future water demand analysis (average, present and projected per
capita daily water demand of domestic and livestock, industrial, commercial,
institutional, firefighting etc) should be incorporated. The study will give due
remark to the physical development master plan of the town and where required
apply zoning of the available pressure system.
3. Sanitation facilities should have a separate coverage based on the national standard
guidelines (MoH)
4. There will be some balances between the capacity of the scheme to be designed
and the future demand in such a way that full capacity of water production has to
be utilized. In other words, each water supply and sanitation facility components
has to be optimally used throughout their service life.
5. According to the water policy, urban centers are supposed to grad u al l y cover
all costs.
The consultant is required to prepare design criteria and principles and get approval
from the regional water resource bureau before using for study and design of systems.
Design criteria proposal will be based on the existing Design guidelines 2006 the Ministry
of Water, irrigation and energy and with regard to water quality standards, the design
criteria will be the national, and WHO standards.
a) Surface water (large size storm water catchment, rock dam catchment impounding
dams, sand dams and rivers) accompanied by appropriate treatment facilities. The
design criteria shall include the hydrology, minimum flows, climate, weather soil
nature of the catchment and harvesting area.
b) Ground water (springs, deep wells) expressed in terms of quality, quantity,
delineated size and calculated amount of recharge area, and hydrogeology of the
surrounding area.
(3) Choice of technology the technology selection should be compatible to the O&M
capabilities, socio-economic levels and all round socio-economic level of the user
communities.
(4) Environmental and socio-economic impacts have to be conducted as much as
possible (clean and green area, job opportunity sizes, community involvement size
and amount);
(5) Financial and economic analysis (The tariff structure, other full recovery methods) shall
be stated;
(6) The institutional capacity has to be assessed to efficiently carry out the utility
management;
(7) The O& M costs including the capacity building required at present and in the
future;
(8) Project cost estimate methods (the capital costs and O & M costs and the study
and design and contract administration costs) the cost benefit analysis methods
the implementation schedule methods
The alternatives have to be listed in priority after weighing with eligible criteria based
on technical, financial, economic, environmental and other scenarios. The investment and
operation and maintenance costs will be important to look in line with the countries
gradual cost recovery policy.
If the selected source type is from ground water/borehole/ the consultant is required to
prepare its detail design, and the bid document with its bill of quantities and the
specification. The consultant shall support the board and the utility in b i d i n g and
s e l e c t i o n o f t h e co n tract o r fo r drillin g. After b i d i n g , b i d evaluation and award
is completed, the consultant shall assist the client in drilling supervision according to the
Contract. The support from the consultant shall include specifically the following but not
limited to :-
- Supervise proper method of drilling and use of proper size of drill bit
- Supervise to Record drilling rate
- Supervise sample collection and record at which depth soil/ rock formation
changes.
- Supervise record depths at which water is struck
- Casing arrangement (establish blind and screen, length and position in the
borehole based on the analysis of sample collected during the drilling activity and
instruct the driller to install blind and screen casings accordingly).
- Supervise lowering of casings, check the lower most casing capped or plugged at
its end and centralizers are tied on the screen for uniform distribution of gravel
pack around the slots of the screen.
- Supervise the Gravel packaging to begin immediately after the casings are
installed.
- Follow gravel packing operation which should be poured slowly and
continuously starting from the bottom of annual space up to 3 or 5 meters below
the ground level.
- Supervise that the remaining depth of the annual space will be filled with clay and
cement. Control and check the preparation and pouring of Material in filling this
space.
- Make sure that after gravel packing, the boreholes are thoroughly developed and
cleaned. Developing should continue until clear and sand free water is discharged
from the borehole. Record start and complete time and method used for
developing.
- Immediately after development is completed, supervise the arrangement for
pumping test operation and record step tests. Measure and record all information
on the pump test result forms and make sure that testing is conducted minimum of
72 hrs. and sufficient time for recovery.
- Prepare borehole completion report, including Vertical section drawings of
completed borehole together with geologic log in three copies, and then
submit to the Employer.
management of utility engaging them within the preparation of all the required
working manuals and conducting trainings which shall consist of;
Preparation of better organizational structure and assist the town water board
and utility in employing key staffs,
Preparation human resource management manuals
Preparation store management and procurement manuals
Preparation financial management and accounting manuals e.g. double entry
accounting system
Preparation of operation and maintenance manual
Preparation of manuals on connection policy
Preparation of board working manuals and many more as per r
requirements and instruction and advice by the client.
Besides preparation of the above and the other required manuals, the consultant is also
required to prepare the business plan for the utility using the proposed and selected system
by the feasibility study.
Following the preparation of all the required manuals, the consultant is required to get the
approval of the documents including training documents required for conducting trainings
on the operational manuals. The training shall be conducted during the second step of this
service parallel to preparation of detail design and bid documents for selected scheme
type by the feasibility study.
Following the confirmation of development of borehole sources (if the source is ground
water), the consultant is required to prepare detail design and bid document related to the
actual situations on the ground. The consultant is required to survey all the routes and
sites, and prepare detail design of all the required scheme components including that of
electro mechanical equipment using the approved design criteria and principle.
In the design of the rising main or gravity mains and distribution system for the
town, the designers shall take the following points in to considerations;
Pipe works:
1. The design of distribution system shall be with all the pressure zones and district
Metering areas clearly identified and all the required district flow control and
water meters indicated so that the system can be suitable during operation and
maintenance in addition to being efficient system to manage and control
unnecessary unaccounted for water.
2. Each route in the distribution and pressure and gravity mains shall be surveyed
with the participation of the utility and all the crossing structures, location of air
and washout structures, junction points shall be indicated in detail in
the drawings, specification and the bill of quantities. A ground survey report
based on use of Google mapper and old mosaic data is not acceptable
work for pipe line route location and profile generation.
3. The route survey shall be coupled with the existing master plan to
be acceptable.
4. In the bill of quantities for pipe works, pressure testing shall be included clearly
in linear meter basis for different pipe types and sizes with the required
specification for the work added so that it contributes in assuring the quality of
pipe works in addition to its contribution to lessen unaccounted for water during
functioning.
5. The pipe details shall include detail profile and layout drawings of each pipe
line and the detail of fittings at each named junction.
6. As much as condition allows, the selection of pipe material shall be done with
high priority for type of pipes which can be fabricated inland so that the time for
importing and economy can be saved.
7. Hydraulic analysis reports shall be attached.
Buildings
8. Design of office, store, and workshop facilities shall also be considered during
design where required. Where required structural analysis reports should be
attached.
9. The consultant is required to check whether the set capacities, sizes, volumes
and locations are correct or not according to the existing conditions on the
ground. Moreover,
10. The consultant is required to check the capacity of electro mechanical equipment,
locations of reservoirs, routes and sizes of pipe works etc related to the existing
conditions on the ground.
11. The drawing of each buildings and structures shall follow acceptable scales and
presentation for Architectural, structural electrical and sanitary detail
requirements.
Bills of quantities
12. The consultant prepares detail bills of quantities grouped by bill of works based
on the detail working drawing submitted for each components
13. The consultant is required to prepare detail specification of each work unit
component of the works for use during implementation as per the required
standard.
14. The constructing drawings shall include all reinforcement drawings, bar bending
schedules and specifications.
15. The bid documents are required to be prepared according to the guidelines of
procurements of the World Bank. The bids are required to be categorized for
Goods, and Works or a combination of them but that of Supply and Installation
of Electro Mechanical Equipment need to be separate.
6.5.3 Conducting Capacity Building Trainings and Detail Preparation of Business Plan
Following the preparation of capacity building manuals and trainings documents:
1) the training on all the required areas shall be conducted during this step by the
consultant
2) Revision of the business plan according to the detail designed document on the
selected system following the feasibility study is required at this stage of the project
implementation participating to the town water board and the utility.
3) Related cost of covering the activities:
a. The cost for the preparation of enough number of documents shall be included
in the cost for the consultant’s service including its personnel and related costs.
b. The cost related to the per diem and others for the trainee shall be covered by the
client.
The consultant will check, approve, reject and record, as the case may be, inter alias,
the following:
access roads etc. to ensure conformity with construction contracts and that the
work can be carried out safely and in accordance with recognized internationally
accepted standards.
In cases in which in the opinion of the Construction Supervision Engineers are likely to
need immediate decision, the Construction Supervision Engineer/consultant after
negotiation with the project/office management team may be entitled to give variation
orders up to 5% in accordance to the contract. Issue field instructions in writing as
required to suit actual site conditions encountered and for the purpose of minimizing
disruption to the progress of the works.
In order to monitor adherence to the work schedule, the consultant will follow up
continually the progress of all works, including the timely supply and delivery to the sites
of all materials, pipes and accessories, electro-mechanical equipment and plant, pumping,
power; and all civil engineering works. Any delay in the supply of materials and
equipment of progress of construction or erection work is to be made good by updating
the Contractor's work program or working methods and mobilizing more manpower and
construction equipment. Issuing necessary instruction to achieve the work completion
date against latest accepted construction programmed.
Check that the works are being carried out in a safe manner and report all breaches of
safety requirements and monitor the corrective action taken to ensure unsafe practice does
not continue.
The above recorded data will be used in the preparation of "as built" drawings, which the
Contractors will be required to submit for each portion of the works before final
settlement of payment of that particular portion. These drawings will be checked and
approved by the Expert, and where necessary comments will be made on their
completeness and conformity and the changes to be made by the Contractors.
These measurements and records will serve for preparing "as built" drawings and for
calculation of price escalations. It will also serve for the purpose of certifying the
Contractor(s) monthly statements and for cost monitoring and reporting.
Certify all of the Contractor(s) monthly statement and final statement within the time
specified in the contract and forward to the Client for arranging payment.
Review and evaluate claims for extensions of time and /or additional costs in a
timely manner and report the details of such to the Client. Recommendations
regarding the settlement of such claims shall be made to the Client within the period
stipulated in the contract.
Endeavor to anticipate and prevent potentially contentious situations and resolve
disputes before such matters are submitted as claims.
Monitor the contract costs relative to the contract budget and program
expenditure taking account of actual quantity estimates, costs of variation order cost
of potential claims and other costs. This report should be prepared quarterly or at
such a time when major changes occurred which may adversely affect the Client's
budgetary provisions.
The town water utility and the board shall be assisted by the consultant in practicing the
application of their business plan in the course of achieving the cost recovery level
indicated in this term of reference. The application of the Business plan shall be started
during the end of this step and be fully applied during the completion of the rehabilitation
works of this step.