SUSWA is a bilateral project funded by the Government of Nepal (GoN), the Government of Finland (GoF) and the European Union to be implemented in forty-two selected Palikas of Karnali Province. The Department of Water Supply and Sewerage Management (DWSSM)/Ministry of Water Supply (MoWS) is the main agency supporting the project's implementation. The Project Support Unit (PSU) of the SUSWA project is located in Kalinchowk, Birendranagar, Surkhet.

In 2023 and 2024, SUSWA collaborated with the DWSSM, the Karnali MoWRED and Local Governments to develop and implement a Service Support Centre, supporting communities in monitoring and O&M of for the water supply. The “Rural Drinking Water Service Support Center Operation Guideline (SSC Guideline 2080)” - DWSSM - December 2023, is the basis for the development of the services requested in this tender.

SUSWA is seeking consultancy services to prepare an “O&M Fund Management and Mobilization Procedure" template. The contractor will develop a template for regulating O&M of drinking water assets under SSC guidelines and an operational mechanism for managing the maintenance fund that LGs can adopt.

The tender document can be requested from PSU Surkhet by email at [email protected]. The interested bidder can seek clarifications by writing email, if any before 13 May 2024. No verbal queries will be entertained. The bid evaluation will be done following the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method

The application should be submitted to the SUSWA PSU email address at [email protected]  on or before Wednesday, 15 May 2024, 5:00 PM, Nepal time. If the last date of submission of the tender document falls on a government holiday, then the next working day shall be considered the last date. The SUSWA Project reserves the right to reject any/all tender documents without mentioning any reasons whatsoever.