Water and other urban infrastructure and services / Urban policy, institutional and capacity development - Urban sewerage - Urban water supply

(i)Universal access to basic water and sanitation services achieved (Vision Tamil Nadu 2023) (ii) 'World-class cities and industrial corridors across the state developed (Vision Tamil Nadu 2023); and (iii)Water security, reduced vulnerability to climate change in urban areas, and enhanced share of renewable energy achieved (Tamil Nadu Sustainable Water Security Mission, State Action Plan on Climate Change)

Livability and climate resilience in six cities in priority industrial corridors enhanced

Climate-resilient sewage collection and treatment, and drainage systems developed in six cities.

Water supply systems in one city improved with smart features.

Institutional capacity, public awareness, and urban governance strengthened

1. Sewage Collection and Treatment: All contracts have been awarded in the project cities (Tirunelvelli, Tiruchurapalli, Vellore, Chennai, Coimbatore and Rajpalayam) and works are ongoing.One contract of Tirunelvelli underground sewerage works (UGSS) - Phase 3 has been terminated due to poor performance and the balance work is to be rebidded.

2. Water Supply: Contract with smart features awarded and ongoing in Chennai.

3. Construction Management and Supervision Consultants, Project Design Consultants and Governance Improvement and Awareness Consultant have been mobilized to support the executing agencies for execution of the output.

All consultants will be recruited according to ADB s Guidelines on the Use of Consultants (2013, as amended from time to time). There will be one Construction Management and Supervision Consultant (CMSC) for each implementing agency (except for municipalities to be assisted by TWAD) to assist it in all aspects of the TNUFIP. One agency will be recruited to support CMA for capacity building and urban reforms, participation and awareness consultant will support implementation of incentivized reform, capacity building and participation activities.

Each CMSC will require an estimated 2878 person-months national experts and will be responsible for the contract management and construction supervision, data collection and assessment, assisting ULBs to evaluate bids, supervising construction, monitoring and reporting to PMU on progress and compliances, assisting in the disbursement of funds and ensuring safeguard compliance in line with ADB requirements.

A governance improvement and awareness consultant (GIAC) will be recruited to assist the CMA (which is the implementing agency for governance and capacity building component and has administrative control over the ULBs) to support in implementing community participation, gender and social inclusion action plan, public awareness campaigns and incentivized governance improvement component

The consultants will be engaged using the quality- and cost-based selection (QCBS) method with a standard quality: cost ratio of 90:10. Individual consultants will be recruited using a bio-data technical proposal