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A. Background TERMS OF REFERENCE CONSULTING SERVICES FOR THE PREPARATION OF PARTICIPATORY SANITATION MASTER PLANS WITH TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR BIDDING DOCUMENTS FOR SIX CITIES IN ANGOLA, IN LINE WITH THE CITYWIDE APPROACH REF: 86CS5/UCP/19 A. Background Project Background 1. The Government of the Republic of Angola (GoA) has received financing from the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and French Agency of Development (AFD) towards the cost of the Second Water Sector Institutional Development Project (WSIDP-2), whose objective is to strengthen the institutional capacity and efficiency of the Angolan’s agencies in the water sector in order to improve access to water service delivery. The project is being implemented by the Ministry of Energy and Water and will finance the following five components: i. Water Supply Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Development: This component will strengthen the institutional framework for the water and sanitation sector, as well as to build capacities at the recipient agencies, at the national and provincial levels. ii. Water Resources Management: This component will support the strengthening of the institutional framework for the water resources management subsector. iii. Rehabilitation and Expansion of Water Supply Production and Distribution Facilities: This component will support the targeted Provincial Water and Sanitation Utilities (PWSU) in the development of priority infrastructure to expand system capacity, increase service coverage and quality, and improve the operating efficiency of the production and distribution system. Through this component, PWSU´s will expand their customer base and will achieve the critical mass required to manage and operate the system. iv. Management and Engineering Support: This component will provide management and engineering support through goods and technical assistance to the various agencies of MINEA to support project and other investments in the water sector. v. Piloting Small-Scale Sanitation Service Delivery in Peri-Urban Areas: This component will support the national and provincial agencies in planning for the necessary institutional, policy and regulatory changes that will be required in order to carry out their mandates for sanitation. Under this component, infrastructure improvements will be implemented in select peri-urban areas to provide the PWSU(s), who are responsible for both water supply and sanitation, with an opportunity to pilot onsite sanitation service delivery. 2. A Financial and Contract Management Unit (FCMU-WB/AFD) is established at the Ministry of Energy and Water (MINEA). The FCMU-WB/AFD is responsible for monitoring, managing, and 1 controlling the implementation of World Bank (WB) and AFD financed projects, namely the WSIDP-2 project. The FCMU-WB/AFD is managed by a Project Director. 3. The FCMU-WB/AFD is now looking to hire a consultancy firm to develop Preparation of Participatory Sanitation Master Plans With Technical Specifications For Bidding Documents For Six Cities, In Line with the Citywide Approach. Background on and Key Issues in the six cities 4. This activity will take place in six secondary cities of Angola: N’Dalatando, capital of Cuanza Norte Province, Luena capital of Moxico province, Kuito capital of Bié province, Huambo, capital of Huambo province, Dundo, capital of Lunda Norte province and Moçamedes, capital of Namibe province (formerly named Namibe). The average annual urban growth rate in Angola is 5.0 percent, though the exact urban growth rates of these cities may vary. Annex 1 provides some additional information on existing water supply and sanitation services in these cities. 2 5. For the case of N’Dalatando, Kuito and Huambo, there is an existing Provincial Water Supply and Sanitation Utility (PWSU) headquartered in each of these cities. These PWSUs have been in existence for one to four years and have been receiving support through the ongoing World Bank- financed, Government of Angola WSIDP Project and a related follow on project, WSIDP-2. The PWSUs are mandated to provide water supply and sanitation services (specifically focusing on liquid waste management) within these cities. Dundo, Luena and Moçamedes don’t have been receiving support through the World Bank-financed, Government of Angola WSIDP Project. The provincial governments previously had responsibility for sanitation and continue to have responsibility for urban drainage and solid waste management. The master plans will focus on liquid waste management, with consideration of drainage and solid waste management, as necessary. Previous Studies and Existing Master Plans 6. Each of the cities has an existing sanitation master plan. However, these master plans only focus on sewered sanitation covering a small portion of the center of the city. Given recent urban growth trends, particularly the growing peri-urban areas, there is a need to update these plans to consider sanitation services for all urban residents. B. Proposed Assignment Objectives 7. The objective of this consultancy is to develop a comprehensive sanitation master plan, with strategic action plan, at the cities of N’Dalatando, Luena, Kuito, Huambo, Dundo and Moçamedes, using participatory processes. These master plans and strategic action plans are to be developed in line with the Citywide Inclusive Sanitation Approach.1 In line with this approach, sanitation is to be approached as a service to be delivered, with technical solutions considering the full sanitation service chain – i.e., household containment, collection, conveyance, treatment and safe disposal – for all residents of a city. The approach further ensures focus on: (i) embedding sanitation within the framework of good urban governance and municipal services provision; (ii) establishing clear roles and responsibilities, with accountability and transparency, and robust service delivery management; (iii) delivering ‘safe management’ through the sanitation chain – for both onsite sanitation and sewers – to ensure separation of fecal contamination from people across the whole city; (iv) services rather than technologies – allowing for diversity of solutions and approaches; (v) basing decisions on capital and operational budgets (always planning for operation and maintenance); and (vi) facilitating progressive realization, building on what is already in place. 8. The scope of work involves the following: (a) Assessing the current sanitation service provision in the cities, considering technical, financial, institutional, legal/regulatory and social aspects, including KAP Study2; (b) Assessing strategic options for improving sanitation (on-site and sewered) services in the cities, including Community Actions Plans and Behavior Change Communication (BCC) Plan3; 1 Annex 2 includes additional information on the Citywide Inclusive Sanitation Approach. 2 KAP Study: Knowledge’s, Aptitudes and Practices Study, see Annex 8 for additional information 3 see Annex 8 for additional information 3 (c) Developing a master plan, with strategic action plan, including appropriate institutional framework, financial and business arrangements, regulatory framework, customer-oriented programs, and infrastructure solutions covering on-site and sewered sanitation, including wastewater/fecal sludge collection, treatment and disposal; (d) Drafting inputs for bidding documents for priority works in each city; (e) Developing a strategic action plan for any required national institutional, regulatory, or financial reforms; (f) Providing support for consensus building around the strategy, institutional framework and action plan. 9. A comprehensive strategic action plan for sanitation will be developed covering the entire city area, plus additional areas identified under any existing Master Plan or likely to be amalgamated with the city in the future. The plan should include activities to be taken in the short, medium and long term to prioritize and phase investments/implementation. It is expected that the consultant who will be employed for this study will consider all factors that impact sanitation interventions while developing the proposed plan, including but not limited to the technical, financial, institutional, regulatory, social, and land use of the study area. C: Detailed Scope of Services 10. The following scope of services details what will need to be undertaken in each of the cities. 11. The work will include three main tasks: (a) Assessment of existing conditions for sanitation, drainage and solid waste management, and assessment of Knowledge’s, Aptitudes and Practices (KAP) of the population related to sanitation; (b) Development, through a participatory process, of the master plan, and associated strategic action plan for each city (including Behavior Change Communication Plan) and a single strategic action plan for any sector reforms linked to the city-level plans; (c) Technical specifications for bidding documents for prioritized, high social impact interventions. For the assessment, master plan and strategic action plan, institutional, regulatory/legal, financial, technical and social aspects will need to be incorporated. Additionally, as further detailed in the following task descriptions, the assessment and development of the master plan will need to be done in a participatory manner, ensuring sufficient engagement at key stages with households, provincial water and sanitation utilities (PWSUs), provincial and municipal government, community authorities (sobas, leaders, etc.), local NGOs, local civil
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