Tender Description

Title: Rehabilitation of Borehole(s) Support Infrastructure, Supply of drinking water to communities and livestock.

Location: Puntland

Ref: WISOM/PUNTLAND /REHABILITATION OF BOREHOLES/016/2025

BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT

Windle International Somalia (WISOM) is a leading development organization dedicated to advancing equitable access to quality education and fostering sustainable development across Somalia's most marginalized and displacement-affected communities. Established on the foundational principle that quality education constitutes an essential pathway for addressing Africa's development challenges, Windle International Somalia implements comprehensive, integrated programs encompassing Education, Training, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), Climate Adaptation, Peace Building, and Community Resilience initiatives. 

This initiative is positioned within the Advancing Circular Technologies for Infrastructure and Value-chain Enhancement in Somalia (ACTIVE) project, a 40-month European Commission-funded intervention implemented by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA UK) in partnership with Windle International Somalia and the Rural Education and Agriculture Development Organisation (READO). The ACTIVE project operates across six regional administrations—Banadir, Hirshabelle, Jubbaland, Southwest, Puntland, and Somaliland—with the overarching objective of enhancing renewable energy access and developing climate-resilient agri-food value chains. The project directly supports Somalia's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by targeting a conditional reduction of 30% greenhouse gas emissions compared to a Business-As-Usual scenario by 2030, thereby contributing to the broader objective of sustainable economic growth grounded in climate resilience, renewable energy integration, and circular economy principles.

Somalia faces a severe and chronic water crisis that profoundly constrains pastoral livelihoods, human health, and agricultural productivity. Currently, only 55.9 percent of the urban population and 35.7 percent of the rural population have access to piped water or improved sources such as boreholes, leaving the majority of Somalia's population dependent on non-improved water sources characterized by contamination, salinity, and unreliability. Water scarcity in Somalia is compounded by recurrent droughts, inadequate water infrastructure, limited regulation of water service providers, and extremely high costs associated with water provision. 

Puntland, characterized by semi-arid livelihood zones with concentrated pastoral and agro-pastoral populations, experiences particular vulnerability to water scarcity. The region faces chronic vulnerability to climate shocks, with recurrent droughts and water stress creating acute humanitarian challenges while severely constraining pastoral production systems.

Water access constitutes a foundational component of Somalia's broader livestock and agri-food value chains, providing essential resources for human consumption, livestock production, and agricultural processing activities. Access to safe drinking water is essential not only for immediate human survival and health but also for supporting productive economic activities that generate household income and community resilience. The water sector is explicitly integrated within the ACTIVE project's broader value chain development strategy, recognizing that reliable water access enables the functionality of all other value chain components, from livestock production through processing and marketing.

The Proposed Intervention: Borehole Rehabilitation and Renewable Energy-Powered Water Supply

This tender addresses the critical water infrastructure deficiencies constraining pastoral livelihoods and value chain development through a strategically targeted intervention focused on establishing reliable water provision capacity

The Proposed Intervention: Borehole Rehabilitation and Renewable Energy-Powered Water Supply

2025 is as below:

LOTS

DESCRIPTION

COMMUNITY - CORDINATES APPX (7.1746867, 47.4499667)

NUMBER OF UNITS

BHL/B. A

BOREHOLE SUPPLIES

SHABELEEY

1

BHL/B. B

SOLAR SUPPORT STRUCTURE

SHABELEEY

1

BHL/B. C

SOLAR INSTALLATIONS

SHABELEEY

1

BHL/B. D

ELEVATED WATER TANK

SHABELEEY

1

BHL/B. E

DISTRIBUTION PIPING

SHABELEEY

1

BHL/B. F

WATER KIOSKS

SHABELEEY

2

BHL/B. G

ANIMAL TROUGHS

SHABELEEY

4

GRAND TOTAL

BILL (A, B,C,D,E,F,G,)

Bidders must meet the following minimum requirements supported by relevant documents at submission and will be considered in evaluation as technical offer & financial offer evaluation.

A: TECHNICAL OFFER

• The bids must be valid for a period of at least 120 days from the date
• Proof of works of similar magnitude and nature undertaken in the last 2 years with at least 1 year of specific experience.
• Must be a registered company (Attach copy of Certificate of Incorporation).
• Must be registered with the relevant National Construction Authority relating to the above works. This proof shall be attached.
• Attach details of similar works completed within the last five years giving details of clients who may be contacted for more information, amount and status (completed or ongoing).
• Attach list of relevant equipment's owned/hired/leased and skilled staff (Site Manager, masons and other necessary experts).
• CVs, Academic certificates and professional certificates of professional personnel or staff you intend to work with MUST be attached.
• Must be willing to engage at least 80% of unskilled labor from the local community. Sourcing of locally available high-quality materials is highly encouraged.
• Attach a detailed program of works showing contractor's proposed schedule of undertaking the rehabilitation/construction works.

B: FINANCIAL OFFER

• Attach PIN/VAT registration and Tax Compliance Certificates. 
• Attach Audited Accounts for the last two (2) years) or bank statement for the last 6 months.
• Attach a copy of Company ownership form.
• Attach dully filled WISOM Business Questionnaire.
• Duly filled BoQ/Bids that MUST be in $ US Dollars

C: COMPLETED QUOTATION DOCUMENTS

All bidders responding to the Invitation to Tender for the Proposed Rehabilitation of Cold Storage Unit and Supply of Solarized Refrigerators and Accessories to Improve the Livestock Value (Dairy) Chain MSME in Puntland must provide complete quotation documents as part of their formal bid submission.

Skills Required

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