Desludging activity in Barqua, Bechouat, Aaynata Baalbek, houchBarda, Jebaa Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : Lebanon

Summary : Desludging activity in Barqua, Bechouat, Aaynata Baalbek, houchBarda, Jebaa

Deadline : 03 Jun 2024

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 101837626

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Competition : ICB

Financier : Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Desludging activity in Barqua, Bechouat, Aaynata Baalbek, houchBarda, Jebaa

Closing Date: Monday, 03. Jun 2024

Intervention Sector(s): Water sanitation and hygiene

Remuneration range: 1000 to 2000 (USD)

Duration of Contract: Detailed timeline per deliverable to be agreed upon with the consultant.

Background:

Oxfam is a global movement of people, working together to end the injustice of poverty through campaigning and responding to the needs of the poor. Oxfam has been working in Lebanon since 1993. We provide humanitarian assistance to vulnerable people affected by conflict, and we promote economic justice and good governance, and women-s rights. Oxfam also works with local partners to contribute to the protection and empowerment of marginalized women and men.

Oxfam-s response includes water trucking services, water tank distributions, and water quality monitoring; provision of family latrines with gender-sensitive considerations and for persons with special needs, construction of grey water systems, and latrine desludging services; in addition to raising awareness around public health issues in local partners.




Objective:

Oxfam is seeking a contractor to Desludge the latrine pits in the informal tented settlements located in the municipalities of Haouche Barada, Jebaa, Aaynata, Barqa, Bechouat in North Bekaa.



Job Description, desludging technical specifications and requirements.



The contractor is requested to conduct a desludging round every 2.5 months / or based on calls in the areas in charge.
The Contractor-s relationship will directly be with Oxfam staff and not with the refugees.
Oxfam will inform the contractor on the date of starting each round of desludging before one week. Desludging plan will be prepared and shared with contractor.
Oxfam staff will monitor all desludging processes and will check the accuracy of the work done. The average volume of latrine pit is 1m3.
Oxfam WASH Team is responsible to monitor and confirm the work.
Oxfam has the right to do spot checks at desludging (latrine pits and desludger-s trucks) also over the way/at disposal level. If necessary, a GPS will be installed in each truck on Oxfam-s expense.
The contractor should have desludging pipe of length 60-100m.
The contractor must have at least 1 spare truck available all the time in case one is breakdown.
The contractor should have the capacity to work in more than one area at the same time if needed.
During transfer and desludging of pits, the tank and pipe must be properly sealed so that no sludge can leave the truck. The contractor must clean all equipment at a dedicated point after desludging operations and before transfer to the discharge location so that no spills occur during transfer. The contractor must carry all the required equipment with him to clean up accidental spills.
The contractor is responsible to clean up any accidental spills. Tanks shall only be filled to a critical limit, avoiding that accidental spills occur during transfer, for instance at slopes.
At the discharge location, the contractor must clean all equipment at a dedicated point after desludging operations so that no spills occur.
Ensure safety and security/prevention to avoid public health risks while desludging.
Respond as quickly as possible when unscheduled desludging is required.
The contractor should respond to any referred case within maximum of 48 hours.
The service provision modality could be one of the following (Ecards modality, voucher provision modality or schedule service modality), the model could be changed based on the context alteration.
Oxfam will train and explain the modality to the suppliers.
Supplier should have access to IAAT (OMNI processor/Wastewater Treatment Unit)
Locations and number of latrine pits:

The Desludging service is done through desludging of latrine pits according to a list of the Informal tented settlement in targeted settlements and assigns corresponding codes.
Number of latrine pits can be decreased or increased based on the need, movement of beneficiaries from one cadastral to another, seasonal movement ...etc.
The contractor should have the capacity to cover two or three locations in parallel.
The contractor should discharge the sludge in UNICEF OMNI PROCESSOR in Iaat or in Iaat wastewater treatment plant or its manholes branches. This location might be changed based on the negotiation with authority managing the station.
The contractor must consider all precautions and measures required by Oxfam if Covid19 or any other disease is rampant.

Rounds timeframe:



One round every 2.5 months (Oxfam staff will inform the supplier before each round)



Selection criteria for administrative compliance:

This part concerns the information given in the supplier questionnaire, each Bidding parties can also include any other document he wishes, to assist us in judging their suitability according to the below criteria:

De-sludging truck specifications (capacity of the reservoir (volume in m3), Length of hose…)
Registration of the truck and related documents
Two or three references should be longstanding customers of at least one year (company name, contact name and telephone number).
The bidder must have a minimum of 1-year experience in desludging.
List of previous and current contracts in the past 2 years for similar works, including name of contracting party, number of sites and villages, contract value and date of completions)
Size of customer database - along with a list of your main customers including any Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and U.N. agencies
Copies of Institution registration certificate and VAT registration certificate (if available) apply for companies only not individuals.
Proof of access to the areas of operation (Areas of desludging and discharging).


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