CARITAS Switzerland (CACH) has been working in Ethiopia for more than 45 years. Currently CACH cooperates with four partners in Ethiopia. CACH has successfully been registered as an International Non-Government Organization in Ethiopia and has therefore become operational at project implementation level. CACH’s main working fields are Climate, Income, Migration as well as Humanitarian Aid Responses. CACH current working areas are in Oromia and SNNPR. CACH supports and implements currently about ten projects in these regions. CACH supports and implements different projects in these regions.

Type of work : Assessment of WASH Infrastructures in Bale zone, Mada Wollabu, Harena Buluk and Goba woredas

Purpose of the Consultancy Service

CACH is desirous to ensure quality in the construction activities it is undergoing. The water scheme and the latrines construction/rehabilitation are expected to meet and even to better than the minimum standards. Therefore, the consultancy service is required to ensure meeting the desire of CACH and to avoid any gaps that may arise due to poor planning in the preparation of the design and bill of quantity. Hence the purpose of this consultancy service is to do detail assessment of each school WASH infrastructure need verification of design and bill of quantity, estimation of price and materials of water scheme construction/rehabilitation work and VIP latrines planned to be constructed under the project “Mainstreaming Blue Schools in southern Ethiopia”.

Major tasks of the consultant are:

• Detailed Water Sanitation and Hygiene Hardware Assessment of all the 7 proposed schools (to validate the pre-assessment, and/or to point out at additional so far not considered opportunities or challenges if there might be): status/condition of currently existing WASH infrastructures, recommended new/rehabilitation works. If the recommendations differ from the findings of CACH pre-assessment, the consultant is expected to seek an early dialogue with CACH to see, whether the consultants’ recommendations impact on CACH selection of hardware activities to be undertaken.
• Detail technical assessment of all water scheme to be constructed/rehabilitated/upgraded
• Detail technical assessment of all sanitation facility to be constructed/rehabilitated
• Detailed system design and BoQ review/development for new/to be rehabilitated water schemes, latrines and handwashing facilities with current market-based price estimation and summary of material required item by item.
• Compare the design against government standards
• Provide professional comment to be incorporated in the design or in the overall WASH infrastructure CACH planned to do in the schools and community water points
• Verify the design and BoQ against engineering, government, and international standards (if applicable)

Scope of the Work

This consultancy work requires field assessment. It is preferable if the consultant have prior experience of the area or has site specific information. The work requires an iterative process for each school assessed, whereby the consultant comments and makes the required designing/ and design updating while the final verification shall be made upon submitting the latest version of design and BoQ with full assessment report.

Task of CACH

• Provide ToR for the requested service
  Provide draft design and BoQ available at CACH
  Facilitate logistic means for travel and accompany the consultant in site visit