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EURECCCA Project | Engineering Consulting Services in Rural Engineering and Water Management



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Bid notice date:
February 15th, 2017
Bid closing date:
February 24th, 2017
Bid document fee:
0 UGX
Bid security:
0 UGX
Procurement Ref No:
AC/OSS/EURECCCA-UG/170117
Procurement Method:
Request For Proposals
1. CONTEXT & JUSTIFICATION
Agriculture is a fundamental element of Uganda’s economy as it employed about 66% of the working population in 2009/10 and contributed with about 1/4 to the total GDP in 2012 (UBOS, 2013). Almost 61% percent of Uganda’s working population is engaged in subsistence agriculture as their main occupation and 68% of households depend on it for their livelihoods.
Despite the rapid urbanization in Uganda, its population remains predominantly rural. Although Uganda’s vision targets an urban population attaining 60% by 2040, it is more likely that most of the country’s population - about 79% - will continue to live in rural areas until 2030.
The major effects of climate change in Uganda include an increase in the frequency and intensity of disasters such as droughts, floods and landslides; a variability and unpredictability of rainfall patterns; and an increase in temperature. These effects have had a severe impact on agriculture and food security in the country.
The combined effects of population growth and climate change will exert an unprecedented pressure on land and water resources and will lead to their degradation if no effective sustainable management practices were introduced.
For these reasons, Uganda’s population and the natural systems on which they depend for their livelihoods are highly vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change and variability. In fact, both represent low adaptive capacity.
In general, livelihoods in most of Uganda, and specifically in the project target areas, are highly vulnerable due to their great exposure to the adverse effects of climate change. The degraded natural resources are more sensitive to the risks of droughts, flooding and landslides and the reduced capacity of the population to prevent, prepare and respond to those risks exacerbate the situation. Integrated Water Management represents a better response to the increased demand for water and the uncertainties of climate change. In its Adaptation Strategy (Ministry of Environment 2012), the government of Uganda has elaborated a program for Integrated Water resources management to help reduce the losses from droughts and floods.
Among these adaptation measures, we can mention: enhancing floods early warning systems, rehabilitating degraded catchment basins and water recharge, improving resilience to flooding, and strengthening the adaptive capacity of local communities and their institutions.
Financed by the Adaptation Fund, the project entitled « Enhancing Resilience of Communities to Climate Change through Catchment Based Integrated Management of Water and Related Resources in Uganda » aims to strengthen the resilience of Uganda’s communities to the impacts of climate change by promoting catchment based integrated, equitable and sustainable management of land and water resources and establishing local flood early warning systems in order to improve resilience and increase adaptive capacity while ensuring food security.
The project aims to address the crucial challenges related to natural resources management and sustainable socio-economic development while protecting the environment, the major source of income for Uganda’s population. The holistic approach of the proposed project is designed as a more integrated solution to support communities in the Awoja, Aswa and Maziba catchment basins in their efforts to increase their resilient and adaptive capacity to climate change and be better prepared to respond to extreme weather events.

Through its three major components, the project will combine both policy and practice for enhancing communities’ resilience to climate change in Uganda at the local as well as national level. The project components include:
Component 1: Establishing Frameworks for Climate Resilient Catchment Management in Awoja, Aswa and Maziba catchments
This component is expected to strengthen the institutional capacity of the communities to adapt to climate change. In addition to strengthening existing catchment management structures, the project will also put in place other structures to facilitate the equitable and sustainable management of water and other natural resources. In particular, it will strengthen existing catchment and sub-catchment governance structures in Awoja, Aswa and Maziba catchment basins. The Project will also support the creation and strengthening of management committees for the micro-catchments and flora in the three hydro-graphic basins. This will facilitate the stakeholders’ participation in the catchments management activities as these committees play a crucial role in the communities’ mobilization.
Component 2: Implementing concrete adaptation actions for resilient and sustained ecosystems, agricultural landscapes and other livelihood systems
This component aims at improving communities’ preparedness to the risk of flood and strengthening their capacity to take envisaged response measures in a timely manner. This will involve strengthening local early warning systems, establishing water resources monitoring networks (surface water, groundwater and water quality) which would serve as a basis for the early warning systems and for setting up equipments to measure water quality.
Component 3: Strengthening the adaptation capacities of institutions and communities and knowledge management
This component aims to strengthen the capacity of stakeholders in order to increase resilience to climate change in the three catchments (Awoja, Maziba Aswa). It will focus on building the capacity needed to undertake local trainings and provide extension services. The project training plan includes a detailed assessment of decentralized sub-regional institutions and extension services’ needs and of their capacity to provide training and extension services in support to the implementation of the concrete adaptation activities of component two. A training of trainers (TOTs) sessions for all local community will be organized and training modules will be developed to support the trainers in organizing these training sessions at the community level. A number of post-project trainings will also be envisaged after the stakeholders have acquired the necessary skills.
The project will be implemented by the Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS) and executed by the Ministry of Water and Environment (Uganda) in close collaboration with the GWP Eastern Africa and the Uganda Country Water Partnership (CWP).
As the project implementing entity, OSS will be responsible for the project overall management, including the financial aspects, monitoring, and reporting.
The Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) of Uganda in collaboration with the GWP Eastern Africa (GWPEA) will be responsible for the project management and implementation at the country level. The GWPEA will be responsible for providing technical guidance and support for the project implementation while the MWE will be in charge of the project field coordination and implementation at the national and local levels.

2. APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY
As the project implementing entity, OSS will be fully responsible for the project overall management, including financial management, monitoring, and reporting. OSS will:
 Manage the project
 Approve the annual action program and budget
 Evaluate and approve technical and financial annual reports
OSS will also be responsible for validating Terms of Reference provided by the executing agency (non-objection), monitoring the execution of the project activities and approving its different deliverables.
Through this call for application, OSS proposes the recruitment of a part-time consultant to provide technical support to the project team.

The consultant will mainly be in charge of the following:

 Validation of the ToRs submitted to OSS by the executing agency
 Examination and validation of the basins’ integrated management plans
 Validation of proposals of land restoration and rehabilitation structures
 Contribution to the validation of the annual action plan
 Annual control and monitoring of the developed structures
 Validation of technical reports prepared by the executing agency
 Any other advisory and expertise activity requested by OSS in relation with his/her field of expertise.

For an effective implementation of the above-mentioned assignments, the consultant’s work shall be based on the project main document, accessible on the following link:
https://www.adaptation-fund.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Uganda_full_proposal_rev.pdf

3. TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
Candidates must be holders of a PhD or a postgraduate degree in engineering in fields related to water resources management (rural engineering, hydrology, hydrogeology, etc.)
Interested applicants must provide justification for their professional competence acquired from institutions operating in the OSS zone of action and working on projects related to sustainable land and water management.

4. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Candidates must fulfill the following criteria:
 A good knowledge of the project themes as well as major environmental challenges and stakes faced by the countries of the OSS zone of action, Uganda in particular or any other country with a similar climate;
 A professional experience of more than ten years in the fields mentioned above, including field experience;
 Experience in delivering scientific feedback and consulting services at the national, regional and international levels;
 A professional experience in a mutli-disciplinary and international environment;
 Good written and oral capacities in the OSS two working languages, English and French.

5. DURATION AND REMUNERATION
The expertise is evaluated at 3 months per year for a total duration of 4 years. Consultancy starts upon signature of the contract. The remuneration is estimated at 4000 USD per month.

6. APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Application packages must include the following:
 A Curriculum Vitae with relevant references (Please use the OSS CV standard downloadable on the following link): [download form];
 A cover letter;
 Any other relevant document.
Clearly specifying the field (s) of expertise (targeted)
Technical proposals should reach OSS via postal mail or email no later than 24 February 2017 at 3.00 p.m. (Tunis local time)
Applicants may choose one from the following submission options:

OPTION A – E-mail
With the mention of: “Call for application for Engineering Consulting Services in Rural Engineering and Water Management [AC/OSS/EURECCCA-UG/170117]” in the subject line.
Email address: procurement@oss.org.tn


OPTION B – Poste or direct delivery
Applications must be submitted by mail or delivered in a sealed envelope clearly marked with the mention “DO NOT OPEN - Call for application for Engineering Consulting Services in Rural Engineering and Water Management [AC/OSS/EURECCCA-UG/170117]”, as attested by the date stamp of the OSS reception office, to the following address:
Monsieur le Secrétaire Exécutif
Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel (OSS)
Boulevard du Leader Yasser Arafat
B.P. 31-1080 Tunis, Tunisia
Tel: (216) 71 206 633 – Fax: (216) 71 206 636

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