Consultancy Service for Block Mapping and Customer Enumeration at RTI International

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

CONSULTANCY SERVICE FOR BLOCK MAPPING AND CUSTOMER ENUMERATION IN SIX STATE WATER BOARDS – IMO SWC (LOT 1); SOKOTO SWB (LOT 2); TARABA SWA (LOT 3); ABIA SWSC (LOT 4); NIGER SWB (LOT 5); DELTA USWB (LOT 6)

Closing date:  Thursday June 6th, 2019

Background

The USAID Effective Water Sanitation and Hygiene (E-WASH) is a 4-year program, with effect from May 2018 with the main objective of strengthening the governance, financial and technical viability of six (6) State Water Boards (SWBs) in Nigeria. The six SWBs are as follows: IMO SWC; SOKOTO SWB; TARABA SWA; ABIA SWSC; NIGER SWB; DELTA UWB.

The project is working towards achieving the following four objectives:

• Create professionally managed and commercially oriented SWBs
• Improve the financial and operational viability of SWBs
• Strengthen policy, institutional, and regulatory frameworks for improved WASH services
• Build national and state WASH advocacy, coordination, and communications for reform

The project is being implemented by RTI International (www.rti.org), which is an independent organization dedicated to conducting innovative, multi-disciplinary research that improves the human conditions. E-WASH to this effect is inviting interested, eligible and competent Consultancy Firms and Service providers via this Expression of Interest (EOI) to respond on their willingness to be shortlisted to the following consulting services: CONSULTANCY SERVICE FOR BLOCK MAPPING AND CUSTOMER ENUMERATION IN SIX STATE WATER BOARDS – IMO SWC (LOT 1); SOKOTO SWB (LOT 2); TARABA SWA (LOT 3); ABIA SWSC (LOT 4); NIGER SWB (LOT 5); DELTA UWB (LOT 6);

The principal objectives of the assignment are:

• Produce a comprehensive and accurate digitized customer register containing information on all properties located in the distribution service area (DSA)
• Validate and update the “existing” Utility Customer Database as applicable.
• To prepare block maps of the project area (service coverage area) for customer identification

Eligibility/Criteria for selection

Applicant organizations will only be considered if they are:

• Legally registered
• Have been in operation for more than five years
• Demonstrate that they have appropriate financial and management systems and access to required financial resources to execute the assignment
• Demonstrate capacity in the proposed assignment and availability of reputable experts in the specialties of the assignment.
• Demonstrate proven organizational capacity (experience, recommendations)
• Bidder are required to provide contact details for at least two clients who can provide references and letters of satisfactory completion of assignments of a similar nature.