MINISTRY OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENT Background The

The Republic of Uganda
MINISTRY OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENT
EXPRESSION OF INTEREREST (EOI) FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR SUPPORT TOWARDS WATER AND SANITATION PROGRAMMES
Procurement Reference No. MWE/SRVCS/13-14/00195
Background
The Ministry of Water & Environment (MWE) has received grant
financing from the Sector Development Partners for support towards
implementation of the Joint Water & Environment Sector Support
Programme (JWESSP 2014-2018) and intends to apply part of the grant
funds for provision of Technical Assistance to the Ministry of Water
and Environment, focusing on its Directorate of Water Development
(DWD). The JWESSP is jointly financed by Government of Uganda
and sector Development Partners.
The ministry is now seeking Technical Assistance (TA) to implement
its planned activities under the Joint Water and Environment Sector
Support Programme (JWESSP) which include supporting and
strengthening the existing institutional structure for effective and
sustainable infrastructure investments by the Water and Sanitation
Development Facilities (Central, North, East, & South West) and
strengthening the framework for operation and maintenance of piped
water supply systems in the small towns and Rural Growth Centres
(RGCs).
The objective of the Technical Assistance is to support the institutional
framework and build capacities for the effective and efficient
implementation of water and sanitation infrastructure for small towns
and rural growth centres in Uganda while ensuring policy compliance
and quality assurance. The assignment also includes assistance towards
improving operation and maintenance systems to ensure sustainability
of water and sanitation services.
Scope of work
Requirements / Qualifications
Relevant requirements and qualifications are available in the
respective ToR. However, the consultant should be in position to
be able to provide a set of services and a team of consultants that
is able to fulfil all the tasks mentioned in the TORs:
 A management and administration which is able to interact
with DWD in providing services with respect to all
modalities (e.g. half yearly planning, selection of pool
experts) mentioned in the ToRs. For this the consultant
should have a management structure or Focal Point which
is able to respond and to handle the requests from the client
with a minimum of necessary coordination effort and
interfaces.

A back-office support structure (“Focal Point” and
backstopping team) will ensure managerial and technical
quality of the service delivered under this assignment. The
backstopping team shall have considerable experience in
Uganda and with the relevant Ugandan sector institutions
(i.e. MWE, DWD, town councils, local governments) and
sector Development Partners.

This includes two key positions, a long-term Technical
Adviser for WSDFs and a long-term Technical Adviser for
O&M of piped rural and urban water supply systems,
whose tasks are described in separate detailed TORs.
A pool of experts (international and local consultants) should be
made available for short-term assignments. Specialized know-how
The assignment is divided into three broad areas:
will be called for through these short-term inputs. The team
(a) An Adviser for the 4 WSDFs, whose scope of work will focus members shall be required to have strong professional experience
on institutional capacity development and assistance for the
development of the water supply and sanitation
infrastructure for small towns and rural growth centres in
Uganda:
 Consolidation and sustainable development of the Water and
Sanitation Development Facilities guided by the WSDF
Operations Manual, and the design manual.
 Development of technical, managerial and organisational
capacities for effective infrastructure implementation at the
regional WSDF level
 Establishment of mechanisms and procedures in the WSDFs to
ensure transparency and accountability and minimize fiduciary
risks
in Africa with fluency in English written and spoken
The Ministry of Water and Environment of the Government of
Uganda now invites competent international companies to submit
Expression Of Interest (EOI) for the above assignment. Interested
applicants may obtain additional information including detailed
Terms of Reference from:
The Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Water and Environment,
P.O.Box 20026,
Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 414 505942
E-mail: [email protected]
The Water and Sanitation Development Facility Adviser will report to The planned procurement schedule is as follows;
the Director, Directorate of Water Development, through the
Activity
Date
Commissioner UWSD.
a. Publish bid notice
20th February, 2014
(b) An O&M Adviser, whose scope of work will be to support
b. Bid closing date
7th March, 2014
the existing O&M framework for water and sanitation
c. Evaluation process
10th – 21st March, 2014
systems for small towns and rural growth centres, and build
d. Communication of short After Contracts Committee
capacities to ensure sustainable service delivery for piped
listed bidders and issue approval of shortlist and
water supply services, with emphasis on the following:
of Request for Proposals Request for Proposals
documents
 Development,
implementation,
harmonisation
and
mainstreaming of O&M support strategies and related
institutional structures and capacity building.
Expressions of interest and proposals must be submitted on or
th
Assisting the Ministry of Water & Environment (MWE)/DWD before 7 March, 2014 at 10.00 am local time to the following
with respect to collection and analysis of the relevant data for address
monitoring and evaluation
The submission address is:
 Supporting DWD in establishing an overall and coherent system
The Head,
for operation and maintenance of installed systems. This
Procurement and Disposal Unit,
includes the definition of roles and responsibilities as well as
Ministry of Water and Environment, Luzira
modalities for support and reporting arrangements between the
Plot 21/28 Room 128
Ministry at the centre, Development Partners and the relevant
Port Bell Road, Luzira
district local governments.
Kampala-Uganda
The O&M Adviser will report to the Director, Directorate of Water
Development, through the Commissioner UWSD.

( c) A pool of experts (international and local consultants) should
be made available for short-term assignments as may be required or
indicated in the terms of reference. Specialized know-how will be
called for through these short-term inputs
Duration and Duty Station
The technical support in categories (a) and (b) will run for a full time
period of two years, beginning in the second half of 2014. The duty
station for the WSDF Adviser and the O&M Adviser will be based in
Luzira (Kampala), with frequent travel to the towns/districts across the
country.

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