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Sindh Cities Improvement Program

Expression of Interest for SCIP-03: Program Management and Implementation Support, Support for P & D Department

Sindh Cities Improvement Program (SCIP) is a 10-year, $400 million program supported by a $300 million Asian Development Bank (ADB)-financed Multitranche Financing Facility (MFF) to support improvements in basic urban infrastructure in Sindh's secondary towns through (i) establishment of local government-owned, professionally-managed Urban Services Corporations (USCs); (ii) urban sector reforms and capacity development; and (iii) priority investment in water supply, wastewater and solid waste management infrastructure. SCIP has four parts: (i) Part A: Urban Planning, Institutional Development and Program Implementation Support to support the Executing Agency and Implementing Agencies in program execution and in institutional reforms; (ii) Part B: Water Supply and Wastewater Management Improvements to improve service coverage, quality and reliability through civil works and equipment provision; (iii) Part C: Solid Waste Management Improvements comprising the provision of civil works and equipment required for the construction and operation of sanitary landfill facilities, solid waste collection equipment and communal waste bins; and (iv) Part D: Operational and Transition Support funding to cover cash shortfalls in the newly established USCs, in advance of tariff increases and increased cost recovery.

A consulting firm will be engaged to support the Planning and Development Department (P&DD), the Executing Agency for SCIP, to fulfill its responsibilities under Parts A and D. These consultants will be organized into two teams to advise two units under P&DD: the Program Support Unit (PSU) and the Urban Policy and Strategic Planning Unit (Urban Unit). The teams will work closely with the full-time, national consultants (contracted under individual consultant selection criteria) who, together with GoS staff, will manage day-to-day PSU and Urban Unit operations. The Consulting Firm will

  1. Support implementation of Tranche 1 activities led by PSU, including overall monitoring and evaluation of SCIP
  2. Provide due diligence advisory services to identify town clusters and appraise investments for subsequent tranches
  3. Support the PSU to implement the SCIP Action Plan for Reform, including province-wide policy, regulatory and institutional change and roll-out of urban services corporation model to other town clusters
  4. Assist in the operationalisation of the Urban Unit, capacity development and implementation of urban planning initiatives and reforms
The consultant's teams will work under the overall guidance of the Program Director, Program Support Unit, and of the Head of the Urban Unit, respectively.

The criterion to be used in the selection is as follows:

  1. Management Competency - 20%
  2. Technical Competency - 60%
  3. Geographic Competency - 20%
The EOI has to be submitted in the ADB's prescribed format. To request the prescribed format, please send an email to pd.scip@gmail.com. EOIs which are not submitted in the prescribed format will not be entertained. The firms will be shortlisted as per the ADB guidelines.

EOIs may be sent by mail (5 Copies) to the address provided below. EOIs must be received by 23rd February, 2009 at 4 pm Karachi Time. Please note that PSU, SCIP reserves the right to withdraw from this process at any stage and will bear no liability for any expenses incurred by firms in connection therewith.

Program Director
PSU, SCIP
House No. D-45, KDA Scheme No. 5,
Block 1, Clifton Karachi
Telephone: 021-9251261-63-64
Fax: 021-9251265
Email: pd.scip@gmail.com