REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)
(Consulting Services – Firm Selection)
Title: 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 (LLWDSP III)
Project ID No.: P-LS-E00-008
Loan No.: 2100150043397
Ref No.: LS-LLWDPIII-00301-CS-CQS
Date: 23rd October 2025
1. Introduction
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.
2. Scope of Services
The services included under this project are to carry out:
- 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.
3. Eligibility and Experience
The Ministry of Natural Resources – Department of Water now invites eligible Consultants to indicate their interest in providing consultancy services as summarized 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 faecal sludge management treatment facility.
- Evidence 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 faecal sludge management treatment units in the past five years in developing countries.
Provide brochures, names and contact details of organizations for which the consultant has completed similar assignments, descriptions of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, and availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.
Consultants 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 the highest integrity to ensure that the project objectives are met.
Duration: The consultancy services will be carried out within a period of eighteen (18) calendar months.
4. Selection Method
Eligibility criteria, establishment of the short-list, and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with the Consultant Qualification Selection (CQS) method set out in the African Development Bank’s “Procurement Policy for Bank Group Funded Operations” (October 2015), available at: http://www.afdb.org.
5. Clarifications
Interested firms may obtain clarifications (if any) by email to the Procurement Specialist at [email protected]
cc: [email protected]
or can come to the office from 08:00 – 16:45 hrs.
6. Submission of Expressions of Interest
Expressions of Interest of not more than fifty (50) A4 pages must be hand-delivered or sent by courier to the address below by 11:00 hrs (local time) on or before 17th November 2025, and must clearly mention:
“EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION OF DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS AND PILOT FAECAL SLUDGE MANAGEMENT TREATMENT FACILITY.”
Addressed to:
Attn: Mamathe Makhaola (Mrs) – Project Manager
Lesotho Lowlands Water Development and Sanitation Project Phase III
LNDC Development House, Block D, Level 9
Constitution Road, Maseru 100
Lesotho