The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) is undertaking the implementation of the Kampala Water-Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Project (KW-LVWATSAN) with financial support from Agence Française de Développement (AFD), German Government via KfW Entwicklungsbank, European Union Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund (EU-ITF), European Investment Bank (EIB), and the Government of Uganda (GoU). The NWSC intends to use part of the funds thereof for payments under the following Project Implementation Unit - Project Management Assistance “PIU – PMA”.

The sub package 6c of the KW-LVWATSAN project entails providing Project Management Assistance for the Project Implementation Unit. The Consultant will reinforce the capacity of the PIU, supporting the NWSC Programme Director in all tasks related to the KW-LVWATSAN Programme over the implementation phase.

The National Water and Sewerage Corporation now invites eligible consulting firms (consultants) to express their interest in providing the services. In order to confirm their eligibility for AFD’s financing, consultants should submit in their expression of interest a duly signed Statement of Integrity (appended to this letter). Eligibility criteria to AFD’s financing are specified in sub-clause 1.3 of the “Procurement Guidelines for AFD-Financed Contracts in Foreign Countries”, available online on AFD’s website www.afd.fr.

Scope of Services: The required consultancy services are as below:

Type of contract: PIU - Project Management Assistance.

Name of project: Kampala Water Lake Victoria WATSAN

Location: Wakiso and Mukono Districts, and Kampala City

The Consultant shall provide an advisory team comprising of:

a) Team leader: The Team Leader will be involved in supervising the team, available on short notice and responsible for management engagement with the NWSC.

b) Resident Advisor: The Resident Advisor (RA) will be stationed in Kampala, to provide support in flexible response to upcoming needs related to the LV WATSAN project implementation. He will act as a technical assistant of KW LV WATSAN Programme Director. The resident advisor will be based in Kampala full time for the two first years. For the last year, the RA will be based in Kampala part time during which the RA will carry out short term missions in Kampala at least 4 times that year.

c) Short-term Experts; the Resident Advisor shall be supported by specialists who can be mobilized upon when the need arises. The ST missions can be implemented at any suitable point along the global duration of the contract.

Applications for Prequalification must be submitted to:

The Manager Procurement,National Water and Sewerage Corporation, Plot No. 43, 6th Street, Industrial Area-Kampala, P. O. Box 7053, Kampala, Uganda, Telephone: +256-414-315800/802, Email: procurement@nwsc.co.ug

not later than: 10.00am East African Standard Time (EAT) on the 14th July 2017.

Applicants will be advised, in due course, of the results of their applications. Among the submitted applications, NWSC will shortlist a maximum of 6 consultants, to whom the Request for Proposals to carry out the services shall be sent.

Bidding will be governed by the AFD’s eligibility rules and procurement procedures.

The full version of this request for prequalification is available at the following addresses:

a) https://www.nwsc.co.ug/index.php/tenders

b) http://tenders.afd.dgmarket.com

c) GTAI, Germany Trade and Invest GmbH, Villemombler Str. 76, 53123 Bonn http://www.gtai.de

d) http://ted.europa.eu/