RFP for Water Audit Survey and Impact Assessment Study

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Terms of Reference - Water Audit Survey and Impact Assessment Study

About the Organization:

Kolkata Environmental Improvement Investment Program (KEIIP) aims at integrating different urban sub-sectors to improve the overall urban environment and quality of life for the citizens of Kolkata by increasing the quality and sustainability of water supply and sewerage operations in the city. Presently the Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 overlaps each other, as KMC succeeds to implement all tranches and achieves the loan covenants till date.

Water Audit Survey and Objective:

• To ascertain cause of high usage / consumption households
• Carry-out necessary field visit / re-visit, including necessary IEC to reduce / limit water wastage, recommend repair measures at the consumer end, installation of float valves as necessary.
• Provide enabling support to Team-KEIIP to analyse the data and improve service levels in the established DMA’s.

Activities to be carried out for (Water Audit) Survey:

The nominated agency shall identify the consumers with very high consumption of water based on meter records (based on reports supplied and supported by KEIIP) and prepare the list and maintain the record of such consumers. The agency shall carry out internal water audit for such identified consumers and submit the internal Water Audit Report. Necessary training shall be provided to the agency in this respect by Team-KEIIP.

Water Audit Inspection:

The field inspection shall be to find out visible leaks upon closing all known taps and checking the consumption during supply hours and identifying the leakages & creating inspection check list report. The Water audit team shall recommend a checklist for repair works to the house owners and revisit the households after reasonable period of time (usually 10-14 days) to ascertain if the repair works have been carried out and report duly to the house-owner and KEIIP.

Eligibility of agency and Requirements:

• Agencies may be any Community Based Organizations (CBO) i.e. comprising of Self-Help Groups (SHG), Neighbour-Hood Committee (NHC), Area Level Federation (ALF) willing to participate for the (Water Audit) Survey shall have valid Bank Account details including PAN Card details.
• The CBO shall preferably be an organisation within the jurisdiction of Borough I area and the team members of the CBO shall preferably be a resident of the local area within Borough I. The minimum qualification of the team member for the audit team shall preferably be qualified in Class X board examination
• Details of the contact person, Office address, and contact details must be provided for reference, duly filled in Letter pad of the agency.
• Agencies, willing to participate shall preferably have Government registration / accreditation.
• The CBO’s must provide a minimum of 9 community members for carrying out the study. The water audit shall be carried out with 4 teams, with each team comprising of 2 members and a Co-ordinator. All activities must be carried out in strict conformance to COVID guidelines, as issued by the Government, from time to time.
• Quoted rate shall include expenses on account of local travel. No expenses shall be paid separately for conducting the activities listed

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