Expressions Of Interest For Financial And Operational Performance Improvement Programme Stakeholder Participation Programme And Public Service Contract

Expressions Of Interest For Financial And Operational Performance Improvement Programme Stakeholder Participation Programme And Public Service ContractProject Description Ujesjelles Kanalizime Tirane Ukt The Company And Client Is A Municipal Utility Company Which Provides Water Supply And Sewage For The Municipalities Of Tirana Vora And Kamza The Company Is Majority Owned By The Municipality Of Tirana With 82 5 Per Cent The Municipality Of Kamza Owns 14 6 Per Cent And The Municipality Of Vora Owns The Remaining 2 9 Per Cent The Company Serves Around 0 7 Million Customers The Company S Water Network Is In A Poor Condition And Is Characterised By A High Rate Of Failures Disrepair Which Causes An Unacceptably High Level Of Interruptions In Water Supply On Average 8 Hours Per Day And Poor Water Quality In Addition Poor Infrastructure Results In High Physical Water Losses In The Distribution Network Non Revenue Water Accounted For 68 Per Cent As Of 2015 The Client Supported By The Municipality Of Tirana The Municipality Approached The European Bank For Reconstruction And Development The Ebrd Or The Bank With A Request To Finance Priority Investments That Will Improve The Municipal Water Services In Tirana As A Result The Bank Has Signed A Loan Of Up To Eur 15 Million To Ukt To Finance The Following Components The Project Component 1 Construction Of A New Water Pipeline That Will Transfer Water From Bovilla Water Treatment Plant To The Western Part Of The City Of Tirana By Gravity Currently Ukts Customers In The Western Part Of Tirana Are Served By Depleting Pumped Groundwater Supplies And Component 2 Extension Of The Capacity Of Bovilla Water Treatment Plant Wtp From Around 57 000 Million M3 Year To 76 000 Million M3 Year Currently The Water Flows By Gravity From The Dam At Bovilla Reservoir An Abundant Resource To Bovilla Wtp Through A Transmission Pipe Which Will Soon Be Duplicated The Duplication Of The Transmission Pipe Will Be Financed By The Italian Corporation And Would Allow More Raw Water To Be Fed To The Wtp The Project Aims To Assist The Company In I Providing A More Resilient Water System Reaching Its Objective Of Providing A 24 Hour Water Supply By 2021 Ii Reducing The Companys Operational Costs By Supplying Water By Gravity Versus The High Cost Of Pumping Groundwater And Iii Increasing Sustainability By Removing Reducing The Company S Reliance On Depleting And Polluted Wells To Supply Berxull Assignment Description It Is Understood That The Company Has Improved In Its Operational Efficiency And Effectiveness Since The Appointment Of The New Manager A Year Ago In Order To Support The Company Further To Build Commercial Rigor It Will Be Necessary To I Support Institutional Development In The Form Of Operational Improvements And Financial Improvements Through Implementation Of A Financial And Operational Performance Improvement Programme Fopip Ii Support Preparation And Signing Of The Public Service Contract Psc Between The Municipality And The Company And Iii Prepare And Implement The Stakeholder Participation Programme Spp The Assignment Consists Of Three Main Objectives Part I Financial And Operational Performance Improvement Programme Financial And Operational Performance Improvement Programme Corporate Development Financial Performance Improvement Operational Performance Improvement Review The Potential For Private Sector Participation In The Companys Non Core Activities Part Ii Public Service Contract Between The Municipality And The Company Preparation Of A Public Service Contract Part Iii Stakeholder Participation Programme Stakeholder Participation Programme Identification Of Information Needs Stakeholders Information Campaign Creation Of And Support To Water User Committee Wucs Creation Of An Advisory Committee Comprising All Major Stakeholders Transparency In Decision Making Sustainability Of Dialogue Effective Grievance Mechanism

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