Request for Proposal (RFP) No. REQ-SEI-19-0077 - “Setting Up Foundation for Fecal Sludge Management Implementation in Kota Ternate June 2019 – January 2020” - Readvertised

Dear Potential Bidders,

The USAID Indonesia Urban Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Penyehatan Lingkungan Untuk Semua (IUWASH PLUS) program is a five-and-a-half-year initiative designed to assist the Government of Indonesia (GOI) in increasing access to water supply and sanitation services as well as improving key hygiene behaviors among urban poor and vulnerable populations. USAID IUWASH PLUS works with governmental agencies, the private sector, NGOs, communities and others to achieve the following "high level" results:

1. An increase of 1,100,000 people in urban areas with access to improved water supply service quality, of which at least 500,000 are from the poorest 40% of the population (also referred to as the “Bottom 40%” or “B40”), vulnerable groups or Indonesia’s eastern provinces; and 

2. An increase of 500,000 people in urban areas with access to safely managed sanitation. 

To ensure that improvements in access to WASH services are sustained, USAID IUWASH PLUS is guided by a development hypothesis that focuses on strengthening service delivery systems, so they can more effectively reach the poorest and most vulnerable segments of the population. In order to achieve this at scale, the program undertakes activities through four interrelated components, including: 1) improving household WASH services; 2) strengthening city WASH institutional performance; 3) strengthening the WASH financing environment; and 4) advancing national WASH advocacy, coordination and communication. In support of these components, USAID IUWASH PLUS also implements a Local Sustainability and Innovation Component (LSIC) that is designed to stimulate WASH innovations that strengthen community, private sector and government WASH service provision.

DAI, the implementer of the “The USAID Indonesia Urban Water, Sanitation and Hygiene 'Penyehatan Lingkungan Untuk Semua' (IUWASH PLUS) program invites qualified offerors to submit proposals to supply and deliver “Setting Up Foundation for Fecal Sludge Management Implementation in Kota Ternate June 2019 – January 2020” in support of program implementation. 

The USAID IUWASH PLUS regional program in Eastern Indonesia includes Kota Ternate, which despite strong commitment from Local Government faces serious challenges in improving and increasing safely-managed sanitation services to its population, including: 

· Ternate has a regulation governing domestic wastewater, including basic wastewater tariff, however, the Waste Water Operator (UPTD-PAL) was just recently established.

· There is no comprehensive oversight of the current sanitation infrastructure (especially regarding availability and type of individual sanitation systems).

· Ternate has an IPLT (sludge treatment plant), but it is not in optimal condition and requires improvements in operation and management.

· Ternate has only 1 truck for collecting sludge.

· Ternate does not have a clear strategy or program to promote and market improved sanitation services, including construction of proper septic tanks or regular desludging. 

As part of the promotion of Safely Managed Sanitation systems, the USAID IUWASH PLUS SSEI Regional Team agreed to support local government of Ternate city to address problems faced by Ternate City. While the IUWASH PLUS teams already supported the finalizing of the domestic wastewater regulations and establishing of UPTD, for the other issues, additional technical support is required, to be provided by third parties, through the LSIC mechanism. A LSIC package was identified and agreed with USAID, to complement the work already started by IUWASH PLUS and jointly address bottlenecks in critical institutional and operational aspects. 

Objectives

The main Goal is to build strong foundation of improved sanitation services in Kota Ternate, through: 

1) Develop and agree on domestic wastewater services frame-work and roadmap in Ternate

2) Strengthen institutional and operational UPTD Ternate capacity to enable them to provide safely managed sanitation services (mainly through safe collection and treatment of sludge).

3) Assess and recommend temporary and permanent improvements for IPLT Ternate

For those who match the qualifications, IUWASH PLUS inviting you to submit proposal, as the files attached or check the link as follows :  

https://www.iuwashplus.or..id/arsip/lsic/setting-up-foundation-for-fecal-sludge-management-implementation-in-kota-ternate-iklan-hanya-tersedia-dalam-bahasa-inggris

Thank you very much for your kind attention & best cooperation.