EOI for setting up of National Project Management Unit (NPMU-PHE) for Jal Jeevan Mission

EOI for selection of an agency to Set up National Project Management Unit - Public Health Engineering (NPMU-PHE) under Jal Jeevan Mission

About the Organization:

To accelerate the efforts to achieve universal sanitation coverage in a time bound manner in mission mode, the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, launched the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) on 2nd October, 2014, with the goal of achieving an open defecation free (ODF) India by 2nd October 2019, as a fitting tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary. The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation manages the rural component of the mission – Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen (SBM-G), and is the coordinating department for the overall SBM.

Description of Assignment

Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of JalShakti is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) with the objective to provide Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) to every rural household of the country by 2024.

The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (hereafter referred as DDWS) intends to engagean Agency/ Firm/ Organization/ Institution (hereafter referred asAgency) to set up a PMU which will work closely with Government of India and State/ UTsGovernments to achieve the objectives of JJM. The NPMU-PHE would provide technical support to the States/ UTs, technical evaluation of projects proposed by States for cost-effective implementation and suggest corrective actions, development of design templates and costing for schemes, provide assistance to pilot innovative solutions to overcome challenges that defy normal technological interventions and assist in developing Integrated Management Information System for Jal Jeevan Mission and loT based water supply service delivery monitoring system. The period of the assignment will be for 36 months (with man-months of different key position as set out in this ToR.

Background:

DDWSis the nodal Department for overall policy formulation, planning, financing and coordination for two flagship programmes of Government of India, namely Swachchh Bharat Mission (Gramin) [SBM-(G)] for rural sanitation and Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) for providing Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) to each rural household by 2024.

Jal Jeevan Mission:

Government of India has been supplementing the efforts of the States/ UTs for rural water supply, which began in 1972 with the launch of Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme. It was renamed as NRDWP in 2009. Under the NRDWP, one of the objectives was to enable all households to have access to and use safe & adequate drinking water within premises to the extent possible. Government of India has now restructured the ongoing National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) into a new mission i.e. Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM).The objective of JJM is to provide Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC)to every rural household by 2024 at service level of 55 litres per capita per day (Ipcd).

The key components of JJM are: i) in-village piped water supply infrastructure for tap water connection to every household; ii.) Developing reliable drinking water sources/ augmentation of existing sources; iii) retrofitting of completed and ongoing PWS schemes to provide FHTCs; iv.) Transfer of water for those villages where quantity and/ or quality issues exist in local sources; v.) Technological intervention where quality is an issue; vi.) grey water management; vii) support activities & capacity building of communities; and viii) measures to tackle unforeseen challenges caused due to natural calamities/ disasters

Statement of Purpose/ Objectives:

The specific objectives of technical PMU are to work closely with Government of India, DDWS to achieve the objectives of JJM and to provide technical support to DDWS and the States/ UTs for successful implementation of JJM in the following broad areas:

• Strengthening of institutions: Capacity building of program staff of states;
• Providing technical assistance to States in implementing rural water supply schemes;
• Monitoring water quality;
• Operation & Maintenance: Assisting the States to work with the respective implementing agencies and Gram Panchayat or its sub-committee to adopt appropriate O&M mechanisms to ensure long-term sustainability of sources;
• Applying lessons learnt from erstwhile NRDWP and other sector initiatives in implementing JJM; and
• Any other activity to be implemented as part of the Mission as directed by DDWS.

The PMU will provide support to DDWS in the above-mentioned broad areas for timely implementation of the Mission. In the process, it is expected to have an interface with States. To improve project performance, the PMU is expected to do a broader assessment of JJM schemes and assess impact of the JJM, share & disseminate lessons and best practices across the States on various aspects.

Details of Scope of Work:

It is expected that a core team (including a Team Leader and team of experts) will work closely with DDWS to assist project management activities related to JJM on day to day basis.

The firm will provide the requisite technical and managerial support to DDWS and the State/ UTs Governments for effective implementation of the JJM. It is expected that 30-40% time will be spent by the Team on field visits in different States/ UTs for implementation of JJM.

The scope of work for NPMU-PHE shall include following:

A) Technical Support

• provide technical inputs for techno-economically viable designing, implementation of schemes to provide household tap connections in accordance with the objectives of JJM;
• handholding States for preparation of type design of ESR/overhead tanks, sumps, pump house, etc.;
• guide States to prepare schemes, as and when required, for (a) retrofitting of the existing rural water supply infrastructure to provide FHTCs;(b) construction of new schemes for transfer of water especially Multi Village Schemes (MVS) including treatment plant, distribution networks, etc and (c) Single Village Schemes requiring specific technological interventions;
• facilitate operation and maintenance of commissioned schemes by building capacities of stakeholders;
• support in monitoring and review of projects in terms of physical/ financial targets and against overall monitoring parameters;
• facilitate adoption of technological interventions wherever required;
• attend the meetings of State Level Scheme Sanctioning Committee (SLSSC)and Inter Ministerial Central Team (IMCT)and other meetings as and when directed by DDWS

B) Water purification/ treatment and technology Support

• To provide support to States/ UTs in facilitating accreditation of drinking water quality testing laboratories as per IS/ISO/IEC: 17025 at least for basic parameters and gradually upgrading to other parameters as per local conditions;
• assess the nature of water quality issues in the states and accordingly assist the States in developing water testing modules;
• support the States to assess various level laboratories and suggest improvements including NABL accreditation;
• provide support in capacity building of stakeholders at all levels on importance of water quality and relevant issues;
• conduct a literature review and coordinate research programmes with sector institutions and research centres on water-health linkages, specific to the project area of JJM;
• Provide inputs to develop toxicology maps and risks. If possible, categorize geographical areas with similar pollutants and risks that may be amenable to similar types of treatment options;
• develop monitoring guidelines for pollutants and health impacts, including opportunities for community monitoring and develop a detailed design and methodology for the involvement of local communities;
• propose technology options appropriate for the incidence and levels of pollutants that exist and the levels of treatment required to deliver safe drinking water;
• develop an implementation plan for the pilot programmes including identification of locations, quantification of resources required to carry out the pilot project and development of ToR for the procurement of a suitable agency to carry out the pilot project;
• cross verification of water quality data and integration with other laboratories of State/ Central government agencies;
• providing guidance and training to personnel at different managerial levels in water quality testing, monitoring, data interpretation and reporting; and
• analysis of water quality data received from various levels of labs from States and prepare ranking of labs

C) Monitoring Support

• Create a platform for JJM, where data/information is integrated with other key projects/ programmes;
• undertake intensive field visits to project sites to monitor the physical and financial progress of JJM schemes on the ground level and prepare timely reports on such progress;
• prepare consolidated progress reports for project management including identification of problems, bottlenecks in project implementation, and providing specific recommendations;
• support in development of IT platforms and applications;
• support development of IMIS and website of JJM in consultation with NIC team of DDWS and also providing inputs for developing a dynamic dashboard;
• Prepare regular progress report based on IMIS data for different periodicity (daily, weekly, fortnightly, monthly etc.) and for different levels of monitoring;
• Assistance in carrying out the functionality assessment survey;
• develop and implement capacity building programme for the national, state and district teams;
• facilitate state and district staff in providing accurate and timely data;
• Provide inputs for enhancement of existing grievance management/ and citizen's feedback systems, analyze data and recommend actions for grievance redressal.

Who can submit Expression of Interest (Eol):

DDWS seeks expression of interest from Agencies/ Firms/ Organizations/ Institutions/ fulfilling the following mandatory eligibility requirements:

• The Agency/ Firm/ Organization/ Institution should be registered and non-political in nature and also should not be black-listed by any central/state government department/ PSU/Agency;
• It should be a legal entity eligible to enter into an agreement/ contract with DDWS to undertake work contract in India;
• It should have a minimum of five (5) years of experience in handling similar nature of PMUs at national/state level;
• It should have successfully provided minimum of three PMUs of similar scale/ nature during the last 5 years, with each of the PMU period lasting for a minimum 6 months and having minimum consultancy fee of Rs.2 Crore for each of these PMUs;
• It should have sufficiently qualified personnel and resources to accomplish all the elements mentioned in the Scope of Work;
• It must have average annual turnover of at least Rs.10 Crore for last 3 financial years from consultancy services2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19).

Duration: The period of the assignment will be for 36 months (with man- months of different key position as set out in this ToR.

Important Dates:

• Start date of issuance/ download of Eol document: 6/02/2020
• Start date of Eol submission: 7/02/2020 (09:00 hrs)
• Last date and mode of submission of Eol: 27/02/2020 (15:00 hrs) (e-tendering)
• Eol opening date and time: 28/02/2020 (15:00 hrs)

The Eol and ToR with Annexes can be downloaded from the website https://jalshakti-ddws.gov.in/ tenders and also from CPP portal www.eprocure.gov.in

Contact Details:

Further details, if any, may be obtained by writing in to the above mentioned address or at email: vikas.sri@nic.in or at telephone no. 011-24368561/24363515.

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