Consulting Services for Urban Water Supply - Chipata

Brief description of the Contract:

Principal Interventions:

• to replace and/or rehabilitate the existing pipes and service connections and/or water-posts which form large portions of the distribution network and which are responsible for major water losses when operating under high pressure;
• to restructure the network and establish District Metered Areas (DMA-zones) which will control the operating pressures, offer operational improvements and contribute to loss reduction for EWSC and give more reliable service for consumers;
• to extend the network into areas currently not served with mains water;
• to reinforce the primary supply network in areas where it is currently of inadequate capacity

The following will be included as options:

• Provision of Accompanying Measures (principally, but not exclusively, training)
• design and supervision of network provision/improvements in poorer "informal" areas

Requested Consulting Services:

• preparation of the detail design and tender documentation for the water supply network, conduct the subsequent tender and supervise the construction contract(s)