GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

SIERRA LEONE

FREETOWN WASH & AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT REVAMPING PROJECT

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE (GPN)

3. The Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone has received a grant and loan from the African Development Fund and a loan from the Kuwait Fund to co-finance the Freetown WASH & Aquatic Environment Revamping Project. In addition, the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone has applied for co-financing of the project from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Development Bank, OPEC Fund for International Development, Saudi Fund, ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development and the Green Climate Fund. The total cost of the project is estimated at approximately USD192 million. Guma Valley Water Company is the Executing Agency for the project, with Freetown City Council, National Protected Areas Authority, Western Area Rural District Council, the Ministry of Gender and Children’s Affairs and the National Water Resources Agency as key implementing partners ;
4. The principal objectives of this project are to: Improve the water supply and sanitation services while ensuring the sustainability of the vital aquatic ecosystem in the Western Area/Freetown. The Specific objectives of the project are: (a) To rehabilitate and expand water treatment, transmission, storage and distribution systems; (b) to improve solid and liquid waste collection, treatment and disposal services; (c) to provide infrastructure and enhance capacity for the effective protection of the Western Area Protected Forest/Water-shed; and (d) to promote good sanitation, hygiene and child nutrition practices of the primary beneficiaries while facilitating their gainful participation in the improvement of WASH services. The project will complement MCC and DFID supported institutional capacity and water supply infrastructure rehabilitation initiatives.
5. The Project includes the following components

Component 1 – Water Supply Infrastructure Improvement – Immediate Investments :

• Rehabilitation of five (5) mal-functioning raw water intakes and 12 km. of raw water transmission mains ;
• Rehabilitation and expansion of two (2) existing water treatment plants ;
• Rehabilitation of two Booster pumping stations and improving stand-by power supply capacity ;
• Rehabilitation of 100km of old water distribution mains and expansion of distribution network by 250km ;
• Rehabilitation of eight (8) existing service reservoirs ;
• Rehabilitation and construction of 120 Public Stand Posts ;
• Establishment of 78,000 metered water service connections ;
• Supervision and quality assurance services for immediate infrastructure improvements.

Component 2 – Integrated Infrastructure Improvement– Post MTR Investments : The component will include functional analysis and re-organization of Guma Valley Water Company, as well as the design of utility performance improvement tools :

• Establishment of water-shed data collection, protection, and surveillance infrastructure ;
• Development of ten (12) raw water intakes and 18 km of raw water transmission mains ;
• Construction of nine (9) water treatment plants ;
• Construction of seven (7) new service reservoirs ;
• Construction of 250 km of new water distribution pipe network ;
• Flood mapping of Western Area ;
• Western Area Peninsular Protected Forest/Water-shed Regeneration – tree planting ;
• Construction of stand-by water sources to maintain services during rehabilitation works (20 production boreholes and 20 km of distribution) ;
• 78,000 metered water service connections ;
• Establishment of 140 solid and liquid waste transfer stations, including mobile transfer stations ;
• Lining of 143,600 Sq.m. of drainage channels ;
• Construction of two (2) solid waste Material Recovery Facilities ;
• Establishment of pilot solid and liquid waste treatment plants including selection of private sector operators ;
• Construction of 150 public toilets ;
• Supervision and quality assurance services for integrated infrastructure improvements.

Component 3 – Capacity for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and Livelihood Improvement :

• Training of managerial and technical staff ;
• Support for 40 internships in water supply and sanitation related disciplines ;
• Promoting youth (including women) employment through nurturing of micro-enterprises for providing urban water supply and municipal waste services, as well as engaging in environmentally sustainable water-shed resources management/ MSE training & equipment for small operators ;
• Establishment of Surface and Groundwater observation stations (at least 50 no.) ;
• Development of tools for community-based water resources, waste-water and solid waste management ;
• WASH behavioral change and child nutrition campaigns ;
• Community–based water resources management, solid and liquid waste management capacity improvement training ;
• Supervision and quality assurance services for IWRM and livelihood improvement activities.

4. Project Management :

• Technical assistance and logistical equipment will also be provided to facilitate project implementation, thus ;
• Overall project coordination and administration ;
• Technical Oversight and quality assurance ;
• Supervision of service providers, Monitoring & Evaluation and Reporting, including Environmental and Social Management Plan and Resettlement Action Plan implementation ;
• Office supplies and logistical support for all implementing agencies.

5. Procurement of goods, works and the acquisition of consultancy services for the project, excepting those that will be financed by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency, will be carried out in accordance with the “Procurement Policy and Methodology for Bank Group Funded Operations” (BPM), dated October 2015 and following the provisions stated in the Financing Agreements. Bidding documents for the project goods, works and services are expected to be available beginning April 2020 ;
6. Interested bidders may obtain further information, and should confirm their interest, by contacting :

The Procurement Unit, Guma Valley Water Company 7^th Floor, Guma Building

Lamina Sankoh Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone

+232-76-695-025; +232-30-626-994

Email : gumaprocurement@yahoo.com