SELECTION OF CONSULTING FIRMS BY THE WORLD BANK GROUP
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
Electronic Submissions through WBGeProcure RFx Now
ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW
Assignment Title: Implementation of Utility of the Future program in Water and Sanitation Utilities - Western Balkans
Assignment Countries:
- Albania
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Montenegro
- North Macedonia
- Kosovo
- Serbia
ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION
Support the World Bank in the following activities:
A) Implementing the Utility of the Future Program with a second group of up to 15 utilities under the Western Balkans Project.
B) Providing technical advisory services to assist the World Bank in supporting this second group of utilities during the 1-year mentoring program.
C) Delivering in-depth support and capacity building for up to 5 selected utilities in the Western Balkans.
FUNDING SOURCE
The World Bank Group intends to finance the assignment / services described below under the following:
- BB: Bank Budget
- TF0C2680: SALNTF
ELIGIBILITY
Consultant Qualification and Requirements
The
assignment requires a firm, utility, or water operator (The Firm), which can
demonstrate a minimum of 10 years of, utility advisory, management and/or
utility operation. The specific experience should include the following:
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Direct
experience in the water utilities sector (operation of water supply and
sanitation systems and commercial management of water utilities) or under
contracts in the role of operator, or management contractor (subcontractor) for
at least the last five (5) years prior to the applications submission deadline,
and with activity in at least nine (9) months in each year.
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Minimum
five (5) years’ experience in the following key activities:
o Operation and maintenance of
water supply and sanitation utilities
o Commercial management of water
utilities, including billing and collection systems
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Experience
in institutional strengthening support and improvement plans to water supply
and sanitation utilities, including development of long-term business and
investment plans.
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Specific
experience in the region will be considered an advantage
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The World Bank Group invites eligible firms to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested firms must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc. for firms; CV and cover letter for individuals). Please note that the total size of all attachments should be less than 5MB. Firms may associate to enhance their qualifications unless otherwise stated in the solicitation documents. Where a group of firms associate to submit an EOI, they must indicate which is the lead firm. If shortlisted, the firm identified in the EOI as the lead firm will be invited to the request for proposal (RFP) phase.
Expressions of Interest should be submitted, in English, electronically through WBGeProcure RFx Now
NOTES
Following this invitation for EOI, a shortlist of qualified firms will be formally invited to submit proposals. Shortlisting and selection will be subject to the availability of funding.
Only those firms which have been shortlisted will be invited to participate in the RFP phase. No notification or debrief will be provided to firms which have not been shortlisted.
If you encounter technical difficulties while uploading documents, please send an e-mail to the Help Desk at corporateprocurement@worldbank.org prior to the submission deadline.