Terms of Reference (ToR) for water trucking services, LOT #1, of 76 water tankers for vulnerable households affected by acute water shortage in Bali-cabane, Bali-mataan, Sayla and Gunburaha villages, Maroodijeh, Somaliland.

1. Project overview

Severe drought conditions, seasonal flooding, protracted conflict, and Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) remain the key drivers of WASH needs in Somalia. In 2022, more than 6.4 million people are in need of safe water of sufficient quantity and quality, appropriate sanitation and hygiene services. Of which 3.1 million people are in 66 districts including 0.7 million internally displaced people (IDP), 2.5 million vulnerable host communities and 0.47 million persons with disabilities (PWD). PWDs, minority groups and displaced population in hard-to-reach districts have the highest unmet WASH needs.

About, 1.5 million women and girls face heightened protection and GBV risks due to distant or inadequate access to WASH services. Humanitarian WASH assistance shall be provided to vulnerable population across Somalia reaching 3.1 million people, including 2.0 million children, 0.54 million men and 0.57 million women.1

Lifesaving WASH interventions will be prioritized to IDPs, drought and floods affected communities, minority groups, and women and children in locations with chronic WASH vulnerability. This is to mitigate any negative impacts of risks associated with seasonal flash floods, drought and AWD outbreak on the vulnerable population, and prevent any morbidity and mortality related to water borne diseases. Moreover, partners will continue to deliver sustainable WASH package in all locations in parallel to the emergency lifesaving WASH interventions that will target population groups without access to improved water and sanitation services and those population falling into category 3 (severe) and 4 (extreme). The WASH cluster will strengthen integrated response with Nutrition, Health and FSL sectors targeting districts with high GAM rates and those classified as cholera hotspots, to deliver multi-sectoral assistance to malnourished children and women2.

Many rural households, primarily in Togdheer and Maroodijeh regions of Somaliland, are facing severe acute water shortage, a widening food consumption gaps, and a rapid destruction of their livelihoods that limits their coping capacity, contributing to a surge in population displacement from rural areas to IDP settlements and towns and cities. Sources also site that acute malnutrition rates are already at Critical levels in many areas of Somaliland and southern Somalia, the number of acutely malnourished children being admitted to treatment centres is rapidly increasing, with two to four-fold increases reported in some districts.

Urgent and sustained humanitarian assistance is required to avert the risk of famine/catastrophe and prevent further losses of lives and livelihoods. Therefore, Plan International Somalia/Somaliland and TAAKULO have rolled out an emergency response project that aims to contribute to the humanitarian efforts through addressing food and non-food gaps by providing multipurpose cash that will cover 80 percent of the minimum expenditure basket, MEB and significantly, will ensure the easy access of sufficient potable water for most affected rural households with least water-supply systems; through emergency water trucking services, periodically one cycle for each region as (76 tankers for Maroodijeh region of Somaliland, 56 tankers for Todheer region of Somaliland, and 56 tankers for Bay region of Somalia).

1. Activity description and target villages.

Rural households in Bali-cabane, Bali-mataan, Sayla and Gumburaha villages, are extremely affected by on-standing strain of limited access to clean water for drinking and the spike of water prices marking 2 or 3 times higher than it was in last December, and considerably the effects of delayed g’u rains in target areas.

Specifically, Water tankers volume/quantity to occupy (40 water barrels) to contain clean water for drinking; quality of water will be examined physically through test, adore and color. Any water that does not qualify those physical quality benchmarks will not be allowed and will be disqualified thereafter, the “vendor” will hereafter re-truck clean water. TAAKULO, will have an active supervision on daily basis, water will be supplied to communal water reservoirs, once its quality is verified and recorded by TAAKULO’s CHV. 

Lot 1 TOR of Water Trucking Services for Marodi jeh

1. Project expected results.

4.1 Emergency water trucking for 1,442 HHs in Moroodi-Jeex and Togdheer regions (average,

45L per day/household) for one month based on WASH cluster guidelines.

4.2 60% targeted girls, boys, women and men are satisfied with the humanitarian responses provided by Plan International and Taakulo

1. Key quality-benchmarks the service-provider/vendor to maintain.

• Water will be only trucked from a proven borehole with safe and quality- maintained water system that has enough yield to cover demands of communities and as well as with less time of queuing.
• Volume of 1 tanker to be 40 barrels (8 cubic meters), any tanker less than 83 of water will not be allowed and herein will result a disqualification, above calculations on table 01: is based on a viable factor drifted from tankers with unit volume of 40 barrels and minimum standards of SHPERE and WASH Cluster parameters in emergencies. Whereas any tanker with less volume (40 barrels) would cause a genuine miss-match.
• TAAKULO kulo will perform a continuous supervision (daily-basis) of which 3 quality benchmarks will be considered; a) taste b) adore and c) color. Any tracked water which fails to meet those standards is largely unacceptable and will be re-trucked to: qualifying potable water.
• TAAKULO is a timing-sensitive organization; Vendor’s queuing time at the water source should not be longer than determined; all daily designated water-tankers should be available at the same time.

NB: Any water trucked from an open conduit reservoir (Berkads, earth dams, haffir dams, shallow wells etc.) will not be allowed and this will result a total disqualification. Taakulo will supervise the source from the water and will stablish a log (Supervisory log) on the source to main good quality.

1. Advert note:

Taakulo Somali Community is inviting to a bid for the water trucking service-providers as per below Billing Quantity. The below technical specifications are the scope of works in Bali-cabane, Bali-mataan, Sayla and Gumburaha villages” The deadline of the submission is the Tuesday, 10th May 2022 to Taakulo office, Badacas, near Summertime restaurant. Both hardcopy and online summations are accepted.

NB: Early submission is highly encouraged.

1. Submission procedures: Documents to submit.

• Quoted billing quantity BoQ, which is stamped and signed
• Company profile
• Bank statement; for the last 6 months.
• A valid company license from ministry of commerce (Any outdated license will not be accepted).
• Updated tax clearance certificates and documents
• Certificate of experience. (Experience in thematic area is highly acknowledged)
• List of company water-tankers (Booyad) capable to truck (40 barrels of water)

All bids should be written in English.

Please submit the required above mentioned documents through E-mail at: [email protected] or Submit hardcopy to Hargeisa head office, Badacas, Behind Dhaweeye office.