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REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS: Individual Consultant’s Services to Review Bids submitted for Wastewater Recycling Plant Design-Build
2021-11-19

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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT-MONGOLIA

REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS

Individual Consultant’s Services to Review Bids submitted for

Wastewater Recycling Plant Design-Build

Contract number: MCA-M/ICS/007

 

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

November 19, 2021

The United States of America, acting through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (“MCC”) and the Government of Mongolia (the “Government”) have entered into a Millennium Challenge Compact for Millennium Challenge Account assistance to help facilitate poverty reduction through economic growth in Mongolia (the “Compact”) in the amount of 350 million USD (“MCC Funding”).  The Government, acting through Millennium Challenge Account-Mongolia (the “MCA-Mongolia”), intends to apply a portion of the Compact Funding to eligible payments under a contract associated with this Request for Application. Any payments made by the MCA-Mongolia under the proposed contract will be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions of the Compact and related documents, including restrictions on the use and distribution of MCC Funding. No party other than the Government and the MCA-Mongolia shall derive any rights from the Compact or have any claim to the proceeds of Compact Funding. The Compact and its related documents can be found on the MCC (www.mcc.gov) and MCA-Mongolia website (https://mca-mongolia.gov.mn/).

The Compact will assist the Government in meeting the projected demand for water in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar for residential consumers and commercial and industrial users through a Water Supply Project, consisting of three closely related investment activities:

  • A Downstream Wells Activity, to construct new groundwater wells with attendant transmission lines, reservoirs, and an advanced water purification plant (“AWPP”);
  • A Wastewater Recycling Activity, to construct a new wastewater recycling plant and pipelines to provide high-quality treated wastewater that can be used instead of fresh water by water-intensive industries, thereby increasing the amount of fresh water available for household consumption; and
  • A Water Sector Sustainability Activity, to support policy reforms, capacity building, and technical assistance to improve the long-term sustainability of Ulaanbaatar’s water supply.

MCA-Mongolia now invites applications from eligible Individual Consultants to provide individual consultant services to review the Bids submitted for Wastewater Recycling Plant Design-Build. Please note that MCA-Mongolia will not consider companies and firms for this procurement. 

The consultant is expected to have the following qualifications and experience:

  • The Consultant shall hold a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a Civil or mechanical engineering or its subsequent fields related to water sector.
  • A minimum of 25 years work experience, which 15 years of it should be involvement in construction and design of wastewater or water recycling plants.
  • Significant involvement in a minimum of three (3) design and/or construction of wastewater treatment or water recycling plant projects.
  • Experience in evaluation of large work procurements based on D&B contracts in water sector. Work on international donor funded projects preferred but not required;
  • The consultant should be fluent in spoken and written English and able to use Microsoft Word and Excel. The consultant must be available to use video conferencing.

Detailed Terms of Reference and Submission Documents are included in the Request for Application (RFA) Document.

Consultants will be selected under the Individual Consultant Selection (ICS) method in accordance with the procedures set out in the MCC Program Procurement Guidelines that are provided on the MCC website (https://www.mcc.gov/resources/doc/program-procurement-guidelines).

To register and request the complete RFA, interested Consultants should send an e-mail with the subject line “Request for RFA for ICS to Review Bids submitted for Wastewater Recycling Plant Design-Build” to the Procurement Agent at PA-Mongolia@charleskendall.com with a copy to procurement@mca-mongolia.gov.mn. Interested Consultants should provide their full contact information in the email message. This will also ensure that interested consultants receive updates regarding this RFA.

Any clarifications needed shall be submitted in writing to Procurement Agent at PA-Mongolia@charleskendall.com, cc to procurement@mca-mongolia.gov.mn no later than November 25, 2021 by 2:00 pm Ulaanbaatar Time. MCA-Mongolia will consolidate all submitted requests for clarifications and will issue a Q&A document no later than November 29, 2021 by 5:00 pm Ulaanbaatar Time.

Applications must indicate name of the position and be uploaded to the submission link as specified in the RFA document no later than December 10, 2021, at 3:00 pm local time in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Only electronic submissions will be permitted (applications submitted by email and hard copies will not be accepted). Late proposals will be rejected.

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