KINGDOM OF LESOTHO
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
(CONSULTING SERVICES-FIRM SELECTION)
CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION OF DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS AND PILOT FAECAL SLUDGE MANAGEMENT TREATMENT FACILITY
Project : Lesotho Lowlands Water Development and Sanitation Project III
Project ID No.: P-LS-E00-008
Loan No.: 2100150043397
Ref No. LS-LLWDPIII- 00301-CS-CQS
Date: 23rd October 2025
- The Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho has received a Loan financing from the African Development Fund (ADF) towards the cost of the Lesotho Lowlands Water Development and Sanitation Project Phase III (LLWDSP III) and intends to apply part of the agreed amount of this loan to payments under the contract for Consultancy services for the construction supervision of distribution networks and a pilot Faecal Sludge Management treatment Facility.
- The services included under this project are to carry out is :
Construction supervision of distribution networks and pilot faecal sludge treatment facility including service reservoirs and all the related works within the selected project area or settlements.
- The Ministry of Natural Resources – Department of Water now invites eligible Consultants to indicate their interest in providing consultancy services as summarized in 2 above. Interested Consultants must provide information indicating that they have ten (10) years of demonstrable experience in construction supervision of water distribution networks and three (3) years for feacal sludge management treatment facility. They should also show that they have successfully carried out and completed at least five water supply projects similar or bigger in nature and scope, and at least two feacal sludge management treatment units in the past five years in developing countries. (Brochures, names and contact details of organizations for which the consultant has completed similar assignment, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.)
- The Consultant shall indicate the most recent successful performances (at least five projects) accompanied by a certificate of completion issued by the client. In addition, they must demonstrate experience in FIDIC (Red book) contract of works for civil engineering construction. Consultants may constitute Joint Ventures to enhance their chances of qualification. The Client will provide available data to the Consultant, and the Consultant will undertake the assignments with highest integrity to ensure that the project objectives are met.
The consultancy services will be carried out within a period of Eighteen (18) calendar months.
- Eligibility criteria, establishment of the short-list and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with Consultant Qualification Selection method (CQS) set out in the African Development Bank’s “Procurement Policy for Bank Group Funded Operations”, dated October 2015, which is available on the Bank’s website at http://www.afdb.org.
- Interested firms may obtain clarifications if any by email to the Procurement Specialist at ramaqelef@llwdp3.org.ls cc makhaolam@llwdp3.org.ls or can come to the office from 8:00am -16:45hrs.
- Expressions of interest of not more than fifty A4 pages must be hand delivered or sent by courier to the address below by 11:00hrs local time on or before 17th November 2025 and mention “EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION OF DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS AND PILOT FEACAL SLUDGE MANAGEMENT TREATMENT FACILITY”.
Att: Mamathe Makhaola (Mrs)
Project Manager
Lesotho Lowlands Water Development and Sanitation Project Phase III
LNDC Development House, Block D, Level 9
Constitution Rd, Maseru 100.
Lesotho.
Summary
- The Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho has received a Loan financing from the African Development Fund (ADF) towards the cost of the Lesotho Lowlands Water Development and Sanitation Project Phase III (LLWDSP III) and intends to apply part of the agreed amount of this loan to payments under the contract for Consultancy services for the construction supervision of distribution networks and a pilot Faecal Sludge Management treatment Facility.
- They should also show that they have successfully carried out and completed at least five water supply projects similar or bigger in nature and scope, and at least two feacal sludge management treatment units in the past five years in developing countries.
- Eligibility criteria, establishment of the short-list and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with Consultant Qualification Selection method (CQS) set out in the African Development Bank’s “Procurement Policy for Bank Group Funded Operations”, dated October 2015, which is available on the Bank’s website at http.
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