Consultancy service for Detail design for Adigafelema irrigation scheme from groundwater sources [40 Ha]

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION) Country: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Project: Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project Phase Two (LLRP-II) Assignment Title: Consultancy service for Detail Design for Adigafelema irrigation scheme from groundwater sources [40 Ha] Credit No.: IDA- 7519-ET Procurement Reference No.: ET-DR-RPCU-571065-CS-QCBS The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank (IDA) and IFAD toward the cost of the Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project Phase Two (LLRP-II), and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services for the detailed design of the Adigafelema irrigation scheme from groundwater sources [40 Ha] in Aseliso Woreda. The consulting services (“the Services”) include the following : The objective of the assignment is to prepare a bankable, climate-resilient, environmentally sustainable, socially inclusive, and implementation-ready irrigation scheme in accordance with national standards, the World Bank Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) and IFAD SECAP. Specifically, the Consultant shall: Verify existing groundwater investigations (hydrogeology, boreholes, pumping tests, water quality) and assess long-term sustainability of abstraction; no new production well design is envisaged unless instructed; Undertake baseline, socioeconomic, gender and social inclusion, soil and land suitability, agronomic and agricultural economics studies, and a climate-risk assessment; Carry out topographic and geotechnical surveys and the feasibility study, including technical, economic and financial analysis of alternatives; Prepare the ESIA and applicable ESF instruments (ESMP, SEP, LMP, IPMP, GBV/SEA/SH risk assessment); Prepare detailed designs of the solar-pumped, pipe-supported surface irrigation system and drainage, drawings, technical specifications, Bills of Quantities, cost estimates, tender documents and construction readiness package; and Devel