REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS)
PREPARATION OF WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION MASTER/INVESTMENT PLAN FOR BAUCHI, DELTA, EKITI, KADUNA, KATSINA, KWARA & KOGI STATES, NIGERIA
URBAN WATER SUPPLY REFORM AND PORT HARCOURT WATER SUPPLY & SANITATION PROJECT
WATER SECTOR
FINANCING AGREEMENT REFERENCE: 2100150031043
PROJECT ID NO.: P-NG-E00-07

The Federal Government of Nigeria has received financing from the African Development Bank toward the cost of the Urban Water Sector Reform and Port Harcourt Water Supply & Sanitation project and intends to apply part of the agreed amount for this loan to payments under the contract for Consultancy Services for the Preparation of Water Supply & Sanitation Master/Investment Plan in Bauchi, Delta, Ekiti, Kaduna, Kwara & Kogi States.

THE SCOPE OF SERVICES UNDER THE ASSIGNMENT INCLUDES:-
a. To develop a water supply and sanitation master plan that will detail the capital projects needed for the systems planning and expansion to meet the short, medium and long-term water supply and sanitation demand sufficient to serve the urban population of the 7 SWAs.
b. The Plan should be tailored towards achieving:
i. Universal access to safe drinking water (by 2028 or to be adjusted as appropriate);
ii. Universal basic sanitation (by 2030 or to be adjusted as appropriate);
c. The Plan should include strategies, and, subsequently, identification of priority programs and projects (for the short, medium and long-term); and
d. The Plan shall integrate the water supply, and sanitation sub-sectors into a single roadmap and provide the umbrella framework linking all other initiatives relating to the WSS, such as the National Water Supply and Sanitation policy (NWSSP).
The assignment is for six-month duration and will require but not limited to the following key experts: Water Supply and Resources Development Planning Specialist/Team Leader; principal Water Supply Specialist/Deputy Team Leader; Water Supply Specialist; Principal Sanitation Specialist; Sanitation Specialist; Financial/Economic Specialist; and Institutional Development Specialist.