REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

Water supply Network Design and Supervision

Climate Smart Rural WASH Development Project
Water Supply Infrastructure-Network Design and Supervision
Date of Issue: 15th October, 2019
Sector: Water Supply and Sanitation
Project ID No: (P-GM/E00-007)
REF: GM-CSRWASHDEP/C1/S/001-2019

The Government of the Gambia has received financing from the African Development Bank towards
the cost of The Climate Smart Rural WASH Development Project, and intends to apply part of the
agreed amount for this Grant to payments under the contract for Recruitment of a Consulting Firm for
the Design and Supervision of the Water Supply infrastructure component of the project. This Request
for Expression of Interest follows the General Procurement Notice (GPN) for the above project which
appeared on the African Development Bank Group’s Internet Website: http://www.afdb.org and in the
United Nations Development Business Ref. AfDB1295-11/18 of 23rd November 2018.

The Consulting Firm shall provide services, among other responsibilities including technical support to
the PCU, to carry- out the complete engineering services related to the project design of 144 solar
powered water supply systems including
1. Sixty-eight (68) Large systems (including rehabilitation and expansion)
2. Fifty-nine (59) Mini-solar powered water supply facilities in the five provincial regions in the
Gambia and
3. Four (4) solar-powered water supply systems for expansion and rehabilitation in Peri-urban
communities (84 sites).
The engineering design service comprises of design of the solar water pumping system (solar arrays,
submersible pumps, inverters), foundation design for the water storage tanks and hydraulic design and
calculations for the reticulation systems. The consultancy service also includes construction
supervision.

The Ministry for Fisheries and Water Resources invites qualified firms to submit their Expression of
Interest (EOI) in providing these services. Interested firms’ Team leader shall possess MSc Degree in
Water/Civil Engineering or equivalent and at least 10 years of relevant working experience in similar
assignments. Other Team Members should include a Surveyor and Electrical engineer /renewable
energy specialist with at least five years of experience to prepare a detailed design for all project sites
and supervise the installation of solar powered water supply systems. The support team members
shall be qualified in the professional field in which they are to carry out their duties. The consultancy is
in two phases with a total duration of 28 months.

Eligibility criteria, establishment of the short-list and the selection procedure shall be in accordance
with the African Development Bank’s “procurement Policy framework dated October 2015, which
is available on the Bank’s website at http://www.afdb.org

Interested consulting firms can obtain further information at the address below during office hours
08:30amto 4:00pm. Expressions of Interest must be delivered by email or hard copy to the address
below not later than 30th October, 2019 at 4pm GMT and labeled “Water Supply Network Design and
Supervision”

The Project Coordinating unit, CSRWASHDEP,

C/o Ministry of Fisheries and Water Resources
7 Marina Parade, Banjul
Tel: (220) 4201013/ 4223175
Email:gamrwssip@gamnet.gm/imsissoho@hotmail.com