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Terms of Reference for hiring a Technical Support Team for Project Preparation
A. Background
At the request of Government of Nepal, the World Bank is prepared a new lending operation with
Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) to provide financial assistance of USD 150 million for
supporting investments in priority urban infrastructure requirements of cities as well as institutional
strengthening and capacity building of newly formed urban local governments. The Project
Development Objective (PDO) for the proposed Nepal Urban Governance and Infrastructure Project
(NUGIP) is to expand municipal infrastructure and strengthen the institutional & financial systems in
participating urban local governments in Nepal. In particular, NUGIP will aim at a) improving access
to core municipal services (includes expansion of coverage, and construction and rehabilitation of basic
infrastructure systems, e.g., urban roads & storm water drainage, wastewater collection and treatment,
water supply including consumer water meters in new networks, lake restoration, interstate bus
terminals, and municipal buildings) in participating urban local governments, b) strengthened planning,
budgeting and implementation systems for municipal service delivery and c) strengthening municipal
finances and financial management systems. The proposed NUGIP will support up to 15 cities in two
priority strategic urban clusters in eastern-terai region (Province 1 and 3) and central-hill region
(Province 4). The proposed NUGIP will comprise the following three components:
2. Component 2: Capacity building and technical support for improved institutional and
financial systems. This component would provide capacity building support and technical assistance
to participating ULGs for targeted improvements in institutional and financial systems at the local level.
In the context of ongoing transition to federalism, the overall focus of the interventions under this
component would be to strengthen the systems and capacities of the local governments.
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C. Scope of Work
The scope of work includes supporting the World Bank and Government of Nepal in establishing the
design criteria, providing technical review support, quality assurance and ensuring that the design
addresses the required environmental & social safeguard aspects as per WB guidelines and is resilient
to disasters (including earthquake, landslides, flash floods, etc) during the preparatory phase for
investments identified as part of NUGIP in core municipal services – municipal roads & storm water
drainage, drinking water supply and urban waste-water management. The majority of investments
proposed (USD 40-50 million) during the first year are expected to be in municipal roads & storm water
drainage sector. However, it is expected that a few investments across other sectors - drinking water
supply and waste-water management, may also be taken up in due course.
2. Activity 2 - Technical review of the feasibility reports/DPRs prepared by DPR Consultants and
investigation/ survey reports:
The consultants would be required to support the Bank’s task team in reviewing and ensuring the
technical quality of the proposed engineering designs at all stages (FR/DPR) and would include
providing -
iv. Detailed technical review of the project’s designs
v. Detailed review of the various technological and operational solutions as well as the
recommended option proposed by the technical consultants at the feasibility and DPR
preparation stages, including providing advice on additional/alternate efficient and more
resilient technological and operational solutions that could be used technically, operationally,
economically, environmentally and socially more effective.
vi. Detailed review and validation of material and equipment specifications proposed by DPR
consultants deployed by GoN, including doing primary market research to validate the
material and equipment specifications. This would also include recommending alternate
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material/equipment specifications in case alternate materials/equipment are better for the
project conditions.
vii. Detailed review and validation of BOQs (Bill of Quantities) used in the project costing for
civil infrastructure and electro-mechanical/mechanical equipment. This would include cross
checking the BOQ items against the BOQs approved by the Municipalities/Government. For
the components which are not covered in the BOQs approved by Municipalities/Government,
the Consultants should do a primary market research to validate the cost of such components.
viii. Detailed review and approval of ready-for-construction Project drawings provided by the
DPR consultants,
ix. Review and validation of Operation & Maintenance (O&M) methodology.
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ii. Providing technical inputs to the Bid Documents wherever necessary and ensuring technical
covenants are specified in the Bid Documents in line with the construction and operational
requirements of the project.
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Data/information/material provided to the consultants shall remain the property of the
originating agency and shall be provided solely for the purpose of the work to be done under
this contract. All such borrowed material shall be returned to the Client upon completion of
the assignment. Apart from data/information provided by the Client and that which the
consultants could procure from other agencies, the consultants shall be responsible to collect
any other data/information required for the assignment, through field survey and investigations.
The consultants are also required to demonstrate their understanding of the current country context of
Nepal, especially the ongoing transition to federalist government system, and the local capacity
constraints/challenges at the local government level as well as geographical and demographical
challenges that would impact the design and implementation of the municipal infrastructure
development project – consultants with access to qualified and experienced local Nepali experts will
have an added advantage.
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Position Input- Qualifications/Experience
Months
• Prior experience of designing roads and storm water
drainage projects for disaster (floods, earthquakes,
landslides) prone areas would be an added advantage.
Structural engineer 6 • Must be a civil engineer with a master degree in
with specialisation in Structural engineering.
earthquake resistant • Must have 10 years of proven track record in designing
designs earthquake resistant infrastructure in core municipal
projects. The experience must include seismic designing
of structures (buildings, bridges, roads) and sub-surface
infrastructure (laying of pipes, foundations etc)
infrastructure components.
• Must have experience of working on similar donor
(World Bank or ADB) funded assignments.
Geotechnical 6 • Must be a civil engineer with a master degree in
Engineer Geotechnical engineering.
• Must have 10 years of proven track record in designing
sub-surface infrastructure as well as structures for
buildings, roads, embankments, bridges.
• Must be conversant with various geotechnical
investigations/studies required for constructing core
municipal infrastructure in disaster (floods, earthquakes,
landslides) prone areas.
• Must have experience of working on similar donor
(World Bank or ADB) funded assignments.
Water and waste Part time • Must be an engineer with a bachelor’s degree in civil
water expert (3 Months) engineering and Master’s degree in environmental
science or environmental engineering
• Must have a minimum of 10 years of proven track record
in planning and designing water supply and wastewater
management projects for urban cities.
• Must have experience of working on similar donor
(World Bank or ADB) funded assignments.
• Prior experience of designing water and wastewater
networks in disaster (floods, earthquakes) prone areas
would be an added advantage.
Environmental 6 • Must have a master’s degree in environmental
Safeguard (with sciences/engineering/ management with a minimum of
experience in Climate 10 years work experience in urban infrastructure projects
Change) Expert • Must have worked in at least one World Bank financed
project and is familiar with the environmental safeguards
(including ESHS) requirements of projects financed by
the World Bank.
• Strong familiarity and clear understanding of the World
Bank environmental safeguards policies is mandatory
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Position Input- Qualifications/Experience
Months
Social safeguard 6 • Must have a master’s degree or more in social sciences
expert with with a minimum of 10 years work experience in social
experience in gender sector projects
and citizen • Must have worked in at least one project financed by the
engagement World Bank and is familiar with the World Bank’s social
safeguards requirements in projects.
• Strong familiarity and clear understanding of the World
Bank environmental safeguards policies is mandatory
• Experience in developing gender and citizen engagement
frameworks shall be an added advantage.
The consultant should propose a team which covers the necessary areas of expertise, including team
leader, with a mix of international and local (Nepali) experts to ensure that the team is well-versed with
local context and linguistic requirements for the assignment. The consultant will be required to
supplement with adequate support staff to ensure quality and timely output, as per the Bank’s
requirements. The consultants may propose alternate deployment schedule for the proposed team as per
their approach and methodology for the execution of this assignment with due justification. Proposed
team members cannot be replaced for any of the key positions mentioned above during the execution
of the assignment, without proper justification and prior written consent from the World Bank.
G. Reporting Requirements
1. The consultant will report to Ms. Yoonhee Kim, Senior Urban Economist/Task Team Leader,
World Bank and Mr. Harsh Goyal, Urban Development Specialist, World Bank for this assignment
and work closely with the core task team members (local and international) from the Bank.
2. The entire assignment shall be carried out under the overall guidance of the Bank. At all steps, the
consultant will be required to closely engage and seek inputs from the Bank team.
3. The Bank team will facilitate and lead the discussions with the Ministry of Urban Development
on the key milestones to seek their feedback and inputs.
4. The consultant will need to organize the meetings for data collection and stakeholder consultations
on their own. The Bank’s task team may join some of the consultation meetings.