Our Client: Water Sector PIU State Agency, Armenia

Our Donor: KfW

Contract Estimate: 800 TEUR

Tender Period: 04 2018 - 09 2018

Procurement-No.: 50343

Project Background: To regulate seasonal varying river discharges, dams and reservoirs were built in Armenia until the 1980s. Construction of the 90m high Kaps Dam, with a storage capacity of 90 Mm3, on the Akhouryan River near Gyumri, in Shirak Marz, started in 1983 but never completed. The reservoir was meant to supply water for irrigation of approximately 33,000 ha. The uncompleted dam presented a permanent hazard over the years with a worst case scenario of partial collaps and subsequent flooding of downstream areas including the outskirts of Gyumri, the second biggest city of Armenia. The tasks of the consultant were as following: preparation on an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), a Land Acquisition and Resettlement Action Plan (LARAP), a Livelihood Restoration Plan (LRP), a Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP), and an Environmental and Social Management and Monitoring Plan (ESMMP) for the Integrated Water Resources Management Project in Akhouryan River Basin covering the Construction of Kaps Dam and Reservoir as well as the associated gravity irrigation system.

Our Services: Tender Agent / Procurement Expert for the procurement of consulting services.

We carried out a two-stage - two-envelope - international competitive bidding procedure with quality and cost-based selection for the procurement of the Consulting Services for Preparation of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) Report for the KfW financed Integrated Water Resources Management / Akhouryan River Construction of Kaps Reservoir and Gravity Irrigation System in Armenia
which included the following services:
- development of bidding documents,
- evaluation of expressions of interest and shortlisting,
- evaluation of proposals and contract award proposal,
- contract negotations and contract closure.