Project:

Technical Assistance to The Project Implementation Unit Lesotho Lowlands Water Development Project – Phase II

Location:

Maseru, Lesotho

Client:

Ministry of Water

Project Value:

191,000,000 (approximately)

Business Sectors:

• Wastewater Treatment Plant
• Drinking Water Treatment Plant
• Wastewater Network
• Drinking Water Network
• Infrastructure

Services (Technical Disciplines):

• Feasibility
• Preliminary Design
• Detailed Design
• Tender Dossiers
• Procurement
• Construction Supervision
• Construction Managment
• Capacity Building

Project Objectives/Outcomes:

The primary objective of the Project Management Consultancy (PMC) is to actively facilitate oversight of the project in accordance with their designated role within the PIU to ensure that projects are completed on time, on budget and in accordance with the expectations of all parties involved in the projects.

The Project Management Consultant will function as part of the PIU in coordinating the efforts of the design and supervision consultants, the project QA (Quality Assurance)/QC (Quality Control) entity, project consultants for associated environmental and social mitigation measures, and the construction contractors, to assure that the promoter’s and the project’s needs are properly defined and met.

The contract will be 60 months long, with a firm tranche of 30 months and conditional tranche of additional 30 months subject to consultant performance for the first 30 months. The PMC will be responsible to the PIU manager for coordinating other tasks that need to be accomplished which may not be assigned to the individual design and supervision consultant(s), the QA/QC entity, the environmental and social management consultants, or the construction contractors.

Our Role:

• Mobilisation of the Consultant’s team and establishment of local offices
• Meetings, site visits and data collection
• Organise and carry out a planning workshop with the Consultant’s project team, the Client and key stakeholders to establish a baseline to monitor the impact of this consultancy assignment
• Co-ordinate and liaise with other IFIs who may also be providing technical assistance support to the LLWDP II, to identify and avoid any overlaps between these various technical assistance services
• Analysis and planning
• Preparation of the Inception Report and baseline situation/conditions report
• Management of Procurement
• Project Strategy
• Monitoring, Controlling
• Project Control
• Project Management
• Lean Construction Management
• General Construction Management
• Communication and Data Management
• Communication Consulting, Construction Site Marketing

Geoscience Ireland Contact: Michel Davitt – mdavitt@nodwyer.com