Expressions Of Interest For Banja Luka Water Project Technical Financial And Environmental Due Diligence

Expressions Of Interest For Banja Luka Water Project Technical Financial And Environmental Due DiligenceThe Utility Company Vodovod Banja Luka The Company Supported By The City Of Banja Luka The City Approached The European Bank For Reconstruction And Development The Ebrd Or The Bank With A Request To Finance The Priority Investments Priority Investment Programme Or Pip Aimed At Improving Water Supply And Wastewater Services The Project The Project Will Support The City In Improving Its Provision Of Water And Wastewater Services Particularly To The Currently Underserved Population The Wastewater System Of The City Is Underdeveloped The Wastewater Collection Network Currently Covers Approximately 60 Per Cent Of Inhabitants Of The City With Many Individual Households Connected To Septic Tanks Where Many Of These Tanks Are Sub Standard The City Has No Centralised Wastewater Treatment Plant And The Wastewater Collected Is Discharged Into The Rivers Vrbanja And Vrbas Untreated Septic Waste Collection Is Poorly Managed With Little Arriving At Designated Sanitary Landfill Sites Whilst The Lack Of Formal Wastewater Treatment Of Sewage Is Not Unusual For The Country It Causes Environmental And Social Harm And Needs To Be Addressed The Scale And Impact Of This Harm Is Unknown And May Be Exacerbated With Increased Water And Wastewater Connections This Will Be Confirmed During Technical Environmental And Social Due Diligence The Collectors That Are Currently In Use Date Back To 1912 And They Are In Urgent Need Of Rehabilitation The Wastewater System Has Not Followed The Expansion Of The Water Supply Network And Totals 397 Km The Loan Proceeds Will Finance Expansion And Rehabilitation Of Existing Drinking Water Supply And Wastewater Networks The Exact Scope Of The Proposed Pip Will Be Shared With The Consultants In Order To Perform The Due Diligence Total Capex Needs Are Estimated At Eur 10 Million To Be Provided In Two Equal Tranches Of Eur 5 Million Each The Loan Will Be On Lent Through A Legislated Cascade Of Sub Loans From Bih Via Republika Srpska Rs To The City Assignment Description The Ebrd Wishes To Commission A Suitably Qualified Consultant The Consultant To Prepare A Detailed Technical Financial And Environmental And Social Due Diligence Study As Well As The Resilience Of The Project To Climate Change The Overall Objective Of The Assignment Is To Prepare And Carry Out Technical Financial And Environmental And Social Due Diligence Which The Bank Can Use To Appraise The Project And Take A Decision On The Prospective Financing This Project Will Be Based On An Effective Least Cost Short Term Investment Programme Designed On The Basis Of A Long Term Development Plan The Short Term Investment Plan Will Be Justified On The Basis Of Thorough Technical Financial And Economic Analysis Furthermore The Consultant Will Develop An Efficient Project Implementation Plan Including Procurement Schedule And Carry Out An Energy Saving And Environmental Assessment Including Resource Utilisation And The Impact On Ghg Emissions Of The Short Term Investment Programme

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