General Procurement Notice (GPN)
Country: Kyrgyz Republic
Project: Project Preparation Special Fund Grant for the Water Supply and Sanitation Universal Access Program
Project No.: S000668
Project Implementing Agency/Entity: State Institution for Development of Drinking Water Supply and Wastewater Disposal (SIDDWSWD) under the Water Resources Service of the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic
- The Kyrgyz Republic has received a grant in the amount of US$ 4,000,000 [four million US dollars] equivalent from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB or the Bank) toward the cost of project preparation for the Water Supply and Sanitation Universal Access Program, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for consulting services to be procured under this project.
- The project will include the following components:
Component 1: Preparation of Infrastructure Investments. This component will finance the preparation of:
(i) detailed engineering designs for the selected villages in Chui, Issyk-Kul, and Osh regions;
(ii) baseline studies, which include beneficiary surveys, household surveys regarding the current WSS services, data verification and collection, field measurements and other necessary studies to inform the financial and economic analysis and greenhouse gas analysis before Project implementation; and
(iii) detailed environmental and social screening documents, Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMPs) for specific sites, Resettlement Action Plans (RAPs) if applicable and other E&S instruments as required by AIIB Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) and ES Frameworks that have been developed for the Project.
Component 2: Grant Management. This component will finance:
(i) the preparation of the Implementation Manual;
(ii) auditing services for the Grant;
(iii) Project preparation and implementation support, including hiring, to the satisfaction of the Bank: a) an international engineer consultant for quality control, and b) a team of local consultants supporting the implementation and management of Grant activities; and
(iv) incremental operating costs including training, capacity building and purchasing small equipment to establish a fully operational unit or entity for the Project implementation.
- Procurement of contracts financed by the Bank will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the Bank’s Procurement Instructions for Recipients (PIR), and is open to all eligible firms and individuals as defined in the PIR. The Bank shall arrange the publication on its external website of the agreed initial procurement plan and all subsequent updates once it has provided a no objection.
- Specific procurement notices for contracts subject to open international competitive procurement will be announced, as they become available, in UNDB online, on the Bank’s external website and on the following national portals: donors.kg www.tunuksuu.kg .
- Interested eligible firms and individuals who would wish to be considered for the provision of goods, works, non-consulting services and consulting services for the above-mentioned project, or those requiring additional information, should contact the project implementing agency/entity at the address below.
State Institution for Development of Drinking Water Supply and Wastewater Disposal (SIDDWSWD) under the Water Resources Service of the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic
Beksultan Sultanbekov, Senior Procurement Specialist
34 Baitik Baatyra street, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
720005, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
procurement@tunuksuu.kg
https://tunuksuu.kg
