Financial Cooperation with Albania

Social Infrastructure Programme IV

Prequalification for Consulting Services

Consulting Services

Water Supply Sector

Deadline: 01.02.2012

Country: Albania

Ref-N°:

Prequalification

Ref.: International Open Tender for Consulting Services for “Social Infrastructure Programme IV, Water Supply Component”

 

Tenderer: Albanian Development Fund (ADF)

                  Rr. Sami Frasheri no. 10

                  Tirana, Albania

                  Contact Person:

                  Mr. Benet Beci (Executive Director)

                  Email: adf@albaniandf.org

 

Funding: KfW Development Bank (KfW)

Project Measures:

The objective of the water component of the social infrastructure programme is to provide reli-able and hygienically safe drinking water to the population of 20 to 25 villages in the north of Albania. The programme measures comprise the rehabilitation and new construction of gravity water supply systems. The goal of the project measures is the safe water supply in rural areas at operation and maintenance cost covering as well as socially acceptable tariffs.

The participating project villages are selected by ADF and KfW according to a matrix of selec-tion criteria.

Requested Consulting Services:

The Project Executing Agency (PEA) intends to engage an international consulting firm in as-sociation with other international consultants and/or domestic consultants to execute services for project implementation and assistance to the PEA in general project administration and project implementation. The key components of the consulting services are as follows:

1. Implementation of water supply measures

     - Detailed construction design for FIDIC red book tender

     - Elaboration of tender documents (BoQ, Specification, Drawings, etc.)

     - Construction management and on-site supervision as FIDIC Engineer during construction and defects notification period

2. Support to the PEA during

     - the commune / village selection procedure

     - the preparation of the socio-economic and technical feasibility studies

     - tender procedures and project implementation

     - information campaigns in the communes and villages

     - education and training measures for the operators of the water supply systems.

The prequalification of experienced Consultants will follow the latest version of the “Guidelines for the Assignment of Consultants in Financial Co-operation with Developing Countries”, which are available on KfW’s website:

http://www.kfw-entwicklungsbank.de/DE_Home/Service_und_Dokumentation/Online_Bibliothek/PDF-Dokumente_Richtlinien/Consultingrichtlinie_E_11_200615701.pdf

It is foreseen to assign the service to an independent Consultant with proven experience in the rural water supply sector with a minimum annual turnover of EUR 1.5 million p.a. in the past three years for the lead company.

Further Information:

Further information concerning the prequalification (Invitation for Expression of Interest) is available from the Tender Agent Ms. Frauke Franke upon written request to the email account:

ib.franke@gmx.de

The Invitation for Expression of Interest will be distributed electronically.