Approx. value of the contract (in current PKR): PKR 223,880,000/-
Location: Lahore, Okara, Khanewal, Kot Addu (Punjab), Pakistan
Duration of assignment (months): 30 months
Start date (month/year): 1st March, 2022
Completion Date (month/year): August, 2025
Narrative description of project:
A Program captioned as Punjab Cities Program (PCP), introduced as a Program for Results (P4R), funded by World Bank through soft loan of USD 200.00 million and gestation period of 5 years, is being launched in 16 MCs of Punjab. Each MC will contribute 20% of the total cost of the sub-projects being executed in its jurisdiction.
The PforR (Window-1) will pilot the Performance Based Grants (PBGs) to the MCs of the 16 selected cities.
The IPF (Window-2) will support provincial government agencies i.e. Local Government & Community Development Department (LG&CDD), Punjab Local Government Board (PLGB), Punjab Municipal Development Fund Company (PMDFC) and PFC Unit of Finance Department (FD) in Program Management, Release of funds, Capacity building of MCs in municipal service delivery along with developing and implementing gender responsive systems for human resource management, grant management, reporting, audit and MC performance assessment.
The municipal infrastructure reserved for consultancy services includes that of Parks, Filtration plants, Solid Waste Management, Roads and Streetlights, Water Supply, Sewerage and Waste Water Treatment Plants.
The intention of the process is to develop the municipal infrastructure at a pace and level where satisfactory service delivery level for the entire growing population of the cities in future is attained and the gap between the supply and demand is bridged instead of widening with passage of time.
Description of actual services provided by your staff within this assignment:
The Consultants are required to;
- Design in detail the need based, prioritized, and most cost-effective municipal services infrastructure sub-projects in the sectors given in the following sections for benefiting the maximum population with optimal possible investments whereby the cost vs. benefits are considered, after due deliberation and assessments from all stake holders of the MC
- Prepare the holistic Sectoral Plans for the sectors given in the following sections in each Program MC to serve as a true development framework in that sector in next 30 years to keep in pace with the growing trends of the cities, for benefiting the maximum population with optimal possible investments whereby the cost vs benefits are considered instead of ad hoc and piece meal development wasting time and financial resources and bringing smaller benefits (as compared to investments) to the growing population of the cities.
- Resident supervision of the sub-projects during execution for quality control.
- Develop the list of prioritized, need based and most cost-effective municipal services infrastructure sub-projects in the said sectors, over the planning horizon of the Sectoral Plans with their time frame of execution.
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