Modernization of water supply and sewerage systems in Namangan province, Republic of Uzbekistan - Support of Project Coordination Group, design and technical supervision. Funded by EBRD
Name of Client: Joint Stock Company Uzsuvtaminot Status: Ongoing (Completion Date (Month/Year): 06/2024) Narrative description of Project: The project in the amount of USD 60 million is funded by EBRD. ● Reconstruction of emergency sections of the water supply network, including main water pipelines; ● Reconstruction of water intakes, water treatment facilities, including chlorination plants, clean water reservoirs and pumping stations; ● Supply and installation of water meters for household consumers and for technological control on water supply networks; ● Supply and installation of shut-off and control valves; ● Organization of remote control of water consumption and pressure on water supply networks; ● Reconstruction of sewage treatment facilities in the city of Pap; ● Reconstruction, design and construction contracts as well their supervision using the FIDIC Red Book and Yellow Book conditions of the contract.
Description of actual services provided in the assignment:
• Develop, review and edit existing technical specifications, Employer's requirements, terms of references and related documentation (i.e., Bills of Quantity and Drawings) to make sure they are in compliance with EBRD and national rules and regulations. • Ensure that the technical specifications and the EBRD Environmental and Social Requirements, including the ESAP and Stakeholder Engagement Plan are drafted in a form suitable for inclusion in the bidding documents. • Administration of the whole bidding process, e.g., conducting open international bids following the regulation of the EBRD, running pre-bid meetings, answering to clarification questions, issuing addendums when required, keeping MoM, drafting all notifications and obtaining no objections. • Prepare a draft bid evaluation report following the regulations of the EBRD, including all technical and financial analysis, minutes of consultations by the Tender Committee with stakeholders. • Technical supervision during the project implementation phase, following the FIDIC Red and Yellow book conditions of the contracts, as well as with national civil engineering codes and standards. Including supervision over obtaining and compliance with EIA and other environmental permits, industrial safety and labor protection standards. Assist PIU in implementation of the Environmental and Social Action Plan (ESAP), Environmental and Social Monitoring Plan, Stakeholder Engagement Plan. • Conduct need assessment, drafting plan and running capacity building trainings for PIU, involved stakeholders and potential bidders i.e., on use of E-procurement portal, compliance with industrial safety and labor protection, etc. • Supervise the fulfillment of suppliers' obligations under the contract, advise on any disputes arising during the contract implementation and on its resolution, draft the necessary changes and additions to contracts, attend inspections, participate in the acceptance of goods delivered / services performed and in the preparation of the acceptance certificates.
Reconstruction of the water supply system of Kasan - Mubarek district centers, and rural settlements adjacent to the conduit from the Kitab-Shakhrisabz underground water field Kashkadarya region. Funded by SFD and OPEC Fund for International Development
Name of Client: Joint Stock Company Uzsuvtaminot Status: Ongoing (Completion Date (Month/Year): 12/2026) Narrative description of Project: ● The project is financed by SFD in the amount of USD 26,4 million and OPEC Find for International development in the amount of USD 16,3 million ● Construction of a conduit for connecting the regional center Kasan to the main conduit "Yakkabog-Mubarek" with a total length of 6 km; ● Reconstruction of four water distribution units (WDU), including 1 WDU in the Mubarek district center with the capacity of 11 555 m3/day and 1 WDU in the Kasan regional center with the capacity of 31 000 m3/day; ● The supply of drinking water to rural settlements will be solved by the construction of a water conduit with a length of 13 km from the WDU "Central" to the existing WDU - Pudina, Sherbek, Ushoktepa; ● Construction and reconstruction of water distribution networks; ● Construction of 321 km of the distribution water supply network in Kasan district center; ● Construction of 165 km of the distribution water supply network in the Mubarek district center; ● Construction of 21 new boreholes with 140 m depth each and total water off-take capacity of 45 000 m3/day with installation of the 17 on duty 4 standby pump units. Boreholes will be connected to the main water conduits via 2 new water reservoirs with the capacity of 2000 m3 each and 19 km of new transmission lines.
Description of actual services provided in the assignment:
• Assistance in development of TORs and supervision over topographic survey, soil investigation, hydrologic and geologic surveys. • Assistance in development and submission of the draft and final Detailed Engineering Design (DED), including technical inspection report, preparation of technical specifications, drawings, BOQs and cost estimates. • Assistance in procurement by developing and concurring of the draft and final bidding documents for international competitive bidding for procurement of works/goods using FIDIC Red Book conditions of contract. • Assistance in evaluation of bids, preparation of bid evaluation reports (BERs), drafting a contract with perspective suppliers/contractors, contract negotiations and award of the contracts. • Assistance to the Client in contract management. • Preparation and submission of progress reports.