Electro-Mechanical Consultant

Chemonics, the Buyer, acting on behalf of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Urban Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Activity, under contract number 72066323D00003 is soliciting offers from individual consultants to submit proposals to work with the Urban WASH technical team to carry out the assignment.

Urban WASH is a five-year USAID-funded project implemented by Chemonics International and its partners. The goal of Urban WASH is to support accelerated access to safe, adequate, inclusive, and resilient WASH services targeting urban and peri-urban areas. Overall, the activity will complete work through four complementary objectives:

Urban WASH will provide technical assistance and advisory services and will construct ancillary infrastructure to tackle key constraints within the entire urban WASH system. Technical implementation will strengthen service providers, enabling them to expand and improve services. Market development and demand generation, particularly for sanitation services, will take place within each selected municipality. Robust support to strengthen available information on WASH services is needed to better inform operational and management decisions at the service provider level; planning and budgeting decisions at the municipal, regional, and national levels; policy implementation at the national level; performance reporting for increased transparency and accountability; and donor coordination at all levels. Complementary support will strengthen accountability mechanisms across the sector.

The Water and Sewerage utilities in the named cities have reduced water supply capacity due to five main issues:

Borewells have been drilled but are not yet operational as essential components are not installed.

Borewells that are not functional due to damaged components. Typical electro-mechanical problems include burnt out control panels due to power surges; partially installed or incorrectly sized components; and damaged assemblies due to a lack of maintenance or lack of tools to perform maintenance correctly.

Standby generators are not functioning due to lack of maintenance or damaged/missing components.

Lack of required tools and equipment for installation and maintenance, along with necessary understanding in their correct use.

Lack of standardization of components and spare parts for ease of maintenance.

As part of the Urban WASH interventions, Chemonics plans to support these the utilities by supplying and installing electromechanical equipment on the already drilled wells. Urban WASH anticipates assigning an electromechanical (EM) expert for the design and preparation of BOQ and tender documents for suppliers. The EM expert will also support in preparation of specification for tools and equipment to be supplied for the utilities as part of capacity building.

Through a separate Consultancy agreement, Urban WASH is engaging a water supply consultant to review and design the associated water conveyance components of the network. Under this TOR, the two Consultants will need to work in coordination for the development of design solutions.

Furthermore, each utility owns fecal sludge vacuum trucks that are in various conditions of repair. They also have a responsibility for oversight of safe sludge dumping at the utility managed fecal sludge dumping facility, which includes private operators. The utility and private sector truck operators require training in the inspection, servicing and functionality of electro-mechanical equipment related to vacuum trucks, to ensure they are being maintained and operated safely and do not create a safety or environmental risk to themselves or the public.

The role of the Individual Consultant working under Urban WASH, plays a crucial role in supporting the utilities to augment their water sources and improve their operation and maintenance through provision of necessary tools and equipment.

Specifically, under Urban WASH, the Individual Consultant will work with Chemonics technical team and the utility. This involves the inspection of installed components, the collection of necessary data that helps for design of the pumps and power control components required to run the pumps, identification of service reservoir/water tank location to which the water will be pumped, collection and analyzing transmission pipeline profile for surge analysis, review of bulk meter functionality and any other associated works. The individual Consultant will also help Chemonics technical team in preparation and review of specifications for tools and equipment to be supplied for utilities.

Once procurement is complete, the utility will require support for installation and the use of tools. The Consultant is to support this component along with Urban WASH technical staff, with installation oversight, use of tools for installation, testing and commissioning, routine maintenance and inspections processes, data collection when operational, and supporting the utility to revise manuals and procedures as part of O&M and asset management systems, that includes standardization of components and spare parts.

Services/Work Description: Consultant to Design Electromechanical Equipment, prepare specification and tender documents for water supply components of city utilities.

Duty Station: Based in Addis with 60% travel to Bahir Dar, Dessie, Kombolcha and Mekelle.

Duration: Total consultancy days is 120 days Expected Start Date: March 01, 2024

Project Title:Urban WASH Activity

For more and detailed information, please use the document linked below:

TOR for EM Engineer North 20240206