Vacancy: TERMS OF REFERENCE Siting, Drilling, Installation and Construction of Boreholes

Siting, Drilling, Installation and Construction of Boreholes (including water quality testing and treatment where necessary) and Training of Area Mechanics and Pump Care Attendants in the Sekyere East District of the Ashanti Region

 

GrowthAid LBG is a not-for-profit non-governmental organization which exists to provide development support and direct services to communities to improve the situation of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and contribute towards the prevention and management of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Our Vision is of a world where everyone has adequate safe water, sanitation, and hygiene on a sustained basis, and where no one dies from preventable diseases.

 

GrowthAid LBG, with funding from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is implementing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Health (WASH4Health) project in Schools, Healthcare Facilities and Communities within the Sekyere East District of the Ashanti Region. To assist with the implementation, GrowthAid LBG intends to engage the services of Contractors under GrowthAid LBG Partnership Agreement to undertake siting, drilling, construction, installation of hand and/or submersible pumps for simple and mechanized boreholes in the selected project institutions and communities. The assignment will also include the training of Area Mechanics and Pumpcare Attendants for sustainable operation and maintenance of the water system as well as carrying out analyses on pumping and water quality tests as required under GrowthAid LBG’s Water Quality Policy.

 

The overall objective of the WASH4Health project is to provide improved hygiene practices and increase access to safe drinking water service delivery in a sustainable manner for the prevention and management of NTDs in the Sekyere East District of the Ashanti Region. 

 

Specifically, the WASH4Health project, in part aims to:

i. Site, design, drill, construct, rehabilitate and install Afridev handpump for 1No. five-inch simple borehole in each of the six (6) schools in Sekyere East District

ii. Site, design, drill, construct and install Pedrollo submersible pump for 1No. five-inch mechanized borehole in each of the three (3) schools in Sekyere East District

iii. Train two (2) Area Mechanics and twelve (12) Pumpcare Attendants for sustainable operation and maintenance of the water system

 

The assignment requires the Contractor to site, drill, construct or rehabilitate simple and mechanized borehole for schools in the Sekyere East District in order to increase water supply service delivery, improved hygiene practices to contribute to the prevention and management of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) within the district.

 

The Contractor shall, in close collaboration with GrowthAid LBG, the beneficiary institutions and communities, site, drill, construct, rehabilitate and install Afridev hand pump for up to six (6) simple boreholes in the Sekyere East District. The Contractor shall also drill, install Pedrollo submersible pump for three (3) mechanised boreholes within the same district. The Contractor shall conduct training for two (2) Area Mechanics and twelve (12) Pumpcare Attendants to ensure the water systems are operated and maintained in a sustainable manner. Details of the works are packaged in Lots and summarized in the table below.

Loop	District	Lots	Name of Institution/ Community	Simple Borehole	Mechanized Boreholes
Ashanti Region	Sekyere East	Lot 1	Buoya T.I Primary & JHS	N/A	1
			Anunya D/A Primary School	1	N/A
			Daakoho D/A Primary School	1	N/A
			Training of Area Mechanic and Pumpcare Attendants
		Total-(Lot 1)		2	1
Region	District	Lots	Name of Institution/Community	Simple Borehole	Mechanized Boreholes
Ashanti Region	Sekyere East	Lot 2	Asokore T.I. Ahmadiyya Muslim Primary School	N/A	1
			Okaikrom D/A Basic School	1	N/A
			Nsutem Presby Primary School	1	N/A
			Training of Area Mechanic and Pumpcare Attendants
		Total-(Lot 2)		2	1
Region	District	Lots	Name of Institution/Community	Simple/Rehab Borehole	Mechanized Boreholes
Ashanti Region	Sekyere East	Lot 3	Ntukomso ST. Michael R/C Basic School	N/A	1
			Akokoaso D/A JHS	1	N/A
			Bimma No.1 D/A Primary School	Rehab  1	N/A
			Training of Area Mechanic and Pumpcare Attendants
		Total-(Lot 3)		2	1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Period of Assignment 

Contractor shall commence work not later than seven (7) days after signing the Contract; and the intended completion time for the completion of works shall not to exceed forty-five (45) days from commencement date.

Expected Deliverables

i. Siting report including borehole design (the content of the report should include)

ii. Progress report

iii. Substantial work completion records

iv. Condition report for each borehole (including GPS, depth, water quality tests, action taken to address water quality issues, final water quality tests for treated boreholes)

v. Final Report

vi. Copies of signed borehole completion record for each location.

Payment Schedule

GrowthAid LBG shall make payments upon completion of deliverable set out in the terms of reference. The Contract shall be paid on submission of invoices and appropriate report or documentation. The Contractor shall be paid in accordance with the following payment schedule:

Milestone Description	Contract Payment (%)
Mobilization	40
Completion of Substantive Construction works	40
Completion of assignment and post defect liability period	10

  Child Protection Code of Conduct

The Contractor shall sign and observe GrowthAid LBG’s Code of Conduct and Child Protection Policy strictly as stipulated in the contract.