Seychelles Solid Waste Management Project

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GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE COUNTRY : SEYCHELLES NAME OF PROJECT : Seychelles Solid Waste Management Project Practice area / sector : Urban, Resilience and Land, Environment, Natural Resources & the Blue Economy GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE Loan No: 9677- SC Project ID No: P181243 The Government of Seychelles has received financing in the amount of five million Dollars (USD 5,000,000), equivalent from the World Bank toward the cost of the Seychelles Solid Waste Management Project , and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, non-consulting services and consulting services to be procured under this project. The project will include the following components: Part 1: Strengthening Operations and Increasing Disposal Capacity at Providence Landfill Supporting the rehabilitation of the Providence landfill, through (i) the design and construction of a new sanitary landfill cell including technical design and civil works, preparation of subgrade, installation of the geosynthetics and leachate collection layer; (ii) installation of an environmental monitoring system, including inter alia , groundwater wells, landfill gas management, and upgrade of the leachate collection system; (iii) upgrade of the existing designated area within the footprint of the landfill for waste recycling and diversion, including green waste, scrap metal, tires, construction, demolition debris; (iv) carrying out of landfill activities, including inter alia , waste compaction, airspace utilization, daily placement and/or cover of waste, monitoring of environmental compliance, improved weight at entrance tracking system for trucks ; and Capacity building through technical assistance and Training of LWMA staff in landfill management, operation, contract management and supervision. Part 2: Institutional Strengthening to improve Solid Waste Management and to Promote Circularity Supporting the Borrower's national plans to improve the overall sustainable management of waste and promote circularity in Seychelles, through: Carrying out a mapping of existing recycling, resource recovery, and circularity activities on the islands of [Mahé, Praslin and La Digue], and [supporting the drafting of] policy interventions and amendments to existing regulations to promote recycling, resource recovery and circularity; Carrying out an assessment of state of extended producer responsibility for imports of plastics at the national level, and providing recommendations on improvements, including through technical assistance on the drafting of legislation and regulations, in close collaboration with private operators, with an emphasis on women-led micro-small and medium enterprises; Providing consultancy services for the development of national strategies to enhance circularity in the fisheries and tourism sectors; Supporting a financial sustainability study of the SWM sector to: (i) identify potential operational efficiencies in across the value chain, including litter management, collection, transport, recycling; (ii) optimize ongoing operations to increase performance and reduce recurrent costs, through inter alia , consolidation of contracts, transport routes, location of collection points; (iii) identify potential sources of revenue from SWM activities; and (iv) develop an operational model for LWMA to ensure the financial sustainability of its operating costs in the medium to long term; and capacity building of LWMA [and other Project institutions], including through the development of operation and management plans and Training; and Supporting education and communication campaigns to promote behavioral change in support of more sustainable solid waste management practices and circularity. Part 3: Project Management Facilitating the Project Implementation Unit and LWMA, as the case may be, for Project implementation, administration, management, monitoring and evaluation, environment and social standards, maintenance of a Grievance Mechanism. Key activit…

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