Seychelles Solid Waste Management Project

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 activities currently remaining under the Project will include the following contracts: A. Supply and Delivery of Materials for the Expansion of the Providence Landfill. (This will include supply and delivery of the following: HDPE Pipes and Fittings: Supply and delivery of various High-Density Polyethylene pipes (slotted and smooth, sizes OD 90 to OD 315) and cross joints to be used for the engineering infrastructure of the site. Geosynthetics: Supply and delivery of high-tenacity Polypropylene non-woven Geotextile (1200 gr/m²), HDPE smooth geomembranes (2.0 mm thickness), and Geosynthetic Clay Liners (7 mm thick).

B. Construction of the Expansion of the Providence Lanfill. This will involve major earthworks, geosynthetics installation ,specialized high-density polyethylene HDPE lining, and related environmental and structural engineering infrastructure.

Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (September 2023) (Procurement Regulations) , and is open to all eligible firms and individuals as defined in the Procurement Regulations . After project negotiations, the World Bank shall arrange the publication on its external website of the agreed initial procurement plan and all subsequent updates once it has provided a no objection. Specific procurement notices for contracts subject to open international competitive procurement will be announced, as they become available, in UN Development Business online, on the World Bank’s external website and Ministry of Environment, Climate, Energy & Natural Resources website and the local newspapers that are available . Interested eligible firms and individuals who would wish to be considered for the provision of goods or works for the above mentioned project, or those requiring additional information, should contact the Borrower at the address below: The Procurement Consultant Mrs Sandra Ibrahim Cc and Mrs Th