Technical assistance for the implementation of the program to extend and improve the performance and resilience of RADEEJ's drinking water and sanitation services

The RADEEJ in Morocco from African region had released this tender for Tenders are invited for Technical assistance for the implementation of the program to extend and improve the performance and resilience of RADEEJ's drinking water and sanitation services. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM FOR EXTENSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PERFORMANCE AND RESILIENCE OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION SERVICES FUNDED BY AFD NOTICE OF CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTERNATIONAL INTEREST N°1/AT.MO /2023 The Intercommunal Autonomous Authority for Distribution, Electricity, Water and Liquid Sanitation of the provinces of El Jadida and Sidi Bennour (RADEEJ) has requested the assistance of the French Development Agency (AFD) to contribute to the financing of the program to extend and improve the performance and resilience of drinking water and sanitation services in the municipalities within the scope of intervention of RADEEJ. The Régie intends to use part of the amount of this financing to make payments under a technical assistance (TA) contract to support the implementation of the said program in the municipalities within the scope of intervention. of the RADEEJ. The program to be carried out via AFD financing is spread over the period 2023-2028 and mainly consists of carrying out investment projects: - Drinking water infrastructure, in particular the construction and equipment of drinking water reservoirs; - Sanitation infrastructure, in particular the construction of wastewater treatment plants; - Modernization /digitalization and improvement of technical and operational performance, in particular the remote management of works and remote reading. The main missions of this technical assistance are: § Sub-component 1: Technical assistance for the implementation of the program This sub-component concerns: (i) The performance of project management support missions (TA /MO), these are the missions of: - Critical analysis and validation of technical studies (APS, APD, tender documents) and development, if necessary, of specific or complementary studies; - Development / updating and / or critical analysis and validation of environmental and social impact studies (ESIA) and environmental and social management plans (ESMP); - Support in the supervision of works from support in the award of contracts to the acceptance of works, including site management, validation of plans and attachments, monitoring of ESMPs, etc. (ii) Support missions for scheduling, steering and coordination of the programme: - Establishment of general schedules for the program and their regular updating; - Coordination between the technical component and the environmental, socio-economic, socio-land and Communication / Awareness components; - Forecast of monthly and quarterly disbursements; - Monthly and quarterly activity reports with illustrations by photos, schedule charts, etc. ; - Final report at the end of the project. § Sub-component 2: Technical assistance for improving performance, sustainability and resilience, including modernization/digitalization (AT/AP): This sub-component will enable the Régie to contract specific support among the following subjects : - The implementation of actions allowing the modernization of information systems and the transition to digital (Assistance with project management, training and acculturation, technical expertise), - Operations already identified by RADEEJ , consist of: To. Technical assistance for the digitization and modernization of management (implementation of an ERP project), b. Technical assistance for the remote management of the works of the management, the remote reading of water and electricity meters, c. The realization of expertise on specific themes in order to support the Régie in the implementation and monitoring of certain accompanying measures (REUT, sludge recovery, circular economy, reduction of greenhouse gases, any other virtuous and innovative environmental practice, organizational audit, financial modelling, etc.), The execution of this program will require the mobilization through technical assistance of a multidisciplinary team of experts, engineers and technicians specialized in DWS, sanitation, modernization of operation/digitalization projects supported by specialists in environmental and social monitoring as well as thematic experts. Key staff should have experience in coordinating and managing drinking water supply and sanitation programs in urban and rural areas and monitoring studies and works. RADEEJ, project owner, invites eligible candidates to express their interest in providing the services described above. Interested candidates must provide documents and information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services; and this, as specified in the preselection file. The pre-selection file specifying in particular the pre-selection criteria of the candidates who will be applied, as well as the minimum qualification criteria, can be downloaded from the Moroccan public procurement portal at the address: https://www.marchespublics.gov.ma eligibility criteria for AFD financing are specified in Article 1.3 of the "Guidelines for the Award of Contracts Financed by AFD in Foreign States", available online on the AFD website : www.afd.fr Consultants can join forces (within the framework of a consortium) to strengthen their respective skills. RADEEJ will draw up a shortlist made up of a maximum of six (6) candidates, pre-selected on the basis of the applications received, to whom it will send the tender dossier for the performance of the required services. Selection will be based on quality and cost. For the pre-selected groupings, their composition during the response to the restricted consultation must be maintained and cannot be modified. Thus no addition or withdrawal of a member is authorized. Interested consultants may obtain additional information at the address below and at the following times: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (local time). Address: RADEEJ, Avenue Houmane El Fetouaki – BP 55 - EL JADIDA, Morocco E-mail: secretariat.radeej@gmail.com Tel: +212 (0) 523 34 21 98 / 06 62 73 16 17 Competitors can deposit their application files as follows: -Either deposit them against receipt at the RADEEJ registry located at the address Avenue Houmane El Fetouaki – BP 55 - EL JADIDA. - Either send them by registered mail with acknowledgment of receipt to the aforementioned office -Or give them to the chairman of the tender committee at the start of the session and before the opening of the files -Or submit them electronically at Moroccan public procurement portal: www.marchespublics.gov.ma And this no later than Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. (local time); [Disclaimer: The above text is machine translated. For accurate information kindly refer the original document.] with tender notice no. 1/AT.MO/2023 published on 13 Jul 2023. The tender expired on 10 Aug 2023. This tender is sourced from Official Website and is eligible for suppliers interested in Construction work. Interested bidders can obtain further information including complete bid documents or ways to participate by registering on Tender Impulse and referencing via Tender Impulse ID 3324836.