Pilot water supply project in two towns of Bac Ninh and Hai Phong

Project Locations: Hai Phong, Bac Ninh

Customer Name / Source of Fund: Water and Sanitation Program, World Bank

Start date: 2/2003

Completion Date: 6/2003

Project brief description:

Together with the Government of Vietnam, the World Bank is developing a number of projects P073763, and a part of the project that will help the provincial water company expanded to serve the urban district Water does not have to be. To achieve this objective, the water company will select the contractor of the conditions to design, build and operate the water supply of their services, through a process of competitive bidding and healthy .

Based on the perspective of innovation, pilot projects will be conducted in two district towns to demonstrate the ability of the method and approach to the lessons, which can be applied to the major investment. One of the important characteristics of this pilot project is a combination of phase "design and build" the stage "operate" on a bid package. This method is called design, build and operate rental (DBL).

Feasibility Study Report will provide research results, observations, analysis, field survey, population and water demand prediction, water resource assessment, analysis of development options, planning framework is developed according to recommendations, financial feasibility analysis and negotiations, and PPC consultant with PWC and future users.

Describe the services which Consulting contractor performs:

Community consultation activities: investigate socio-economic conditions of households, collecting information is available, as well as the desired needs and ability to pay of households for system Water, gender and poverty, land acquisition, resettlement assessment, consumer profiles in water; Financial aspects: assessing loans and audit of performance indicators based copies.

Report results of the questionnaire survey and analysis of the original data, choose Report on internal capital recovery factor and water rates, the ability to recover its costs.

Training sociological investigation of readiness to connect to the water supply system. Community participation and economic analysis to identify affected properties and compensation authority.

Reporting to poll the community on water demand of households as well as on the plan selected, prepared resettlement plan.