Financial support for improved access to water and sanitation
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IST CALL FOR PROPOSALS - UP SCALING BASIC
SANITATION FOR THE URBAN POOR (UBSUP) UNDER URBAN PROJECTS CONCEPT (UPC)
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SUPPORT TO HOUSEHOLD AND PLOT LEVEL SANITATION PROJECTS
Water Services Trust Fund (WSTF), a Corporate body under the
Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources and established under the
Water Act, 2002 has received funds from Government of Kenya, Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation (BMGF) and German Financial Cooperation (KfW) to finance the
implementation of ‘Up-scaling Basic Sanitation for the Urban Poor’ (UBSUP)
projects. The funds under this grant are to support construction of household
and plot level sanitation facilities and related Decentralized Treatment Facilities
(DTFs) in low income urban areas of Kenya through eligible Water Service
Providers (WSPs).
In this 1st Call for Proposals, WSTF Services Trust Fund
invites all Eligible Water Services Providers throughout the country to
apply for funding for improvement of sanitation in the low income urban areas
or low cost planned areas within their areas of jurisdiction.
Eligibility Requirements for applying for the grants
To qualify for this funding, the Water Service Provider must
meet the following minimum requirements:
a)
Be duly registered under the Company Act and
have a valid Service Provision Agreement.
b)
Be registered by the Water Services Regulatory
Board.
Conditions for applying for funding:
a)
Proof of land and way leaves availability for
the planned infrastructure related to the proposed sanitation project.
b)
The applying WSP that have benefited from WSTF
under UPC funding must have completed all the WSTF-UPC projects up to 5th
call for proposals and project accounts closed.
c)
No funding will be done to WSPs with pending
audit issues.
d)
Proof of availability of a functioning exhauster
either owned by the WSP, the county or a valid emptying agreement with a
private operator.
e)
A valid sludge disposal license provided by the
National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA).
f)
A collaboration agreement with the County
Department of Public Health and the County Department of Environment.
g)
Proof of availability of site for construction
of the DTF (copies of ownership documents with approval from the county
authority).
Application Procedure
a)
Identification of project areas in line with
Water Services Trust Fund Guidelines (www.wstf.go.ke
) refer to the SafiSan Toolkit.
b)
Development of project proposal through filling
in the standard UBSUP application form and attaching all the required
supporting documents.
c)
Each project proposal must comprise 200
household toilets, at least one (1 No.) sludge decentralized treatment facility
in case of absence of a functioning wastewater treatment plant and a software/
accompanying measures component. Each WSP must clearly describe the emptying
and transportation mechanism within the jurisdiction of the WSP.
d)
The application form and other details can be
obtained from Water Services Trust Fund Office, or via email on request, or downloaded
from the website www.wstf.go.ke
e)
The project proposals must be endorsed/ approved
by the respective County Government and Water Services Board before submission
to Water Services Trust Fund.
All proposals must be submitted in one hard copy and the
envelope clearly marked ‘’UBSUP 1st Call for Proposals- UPC’’ and one soft copy
on a CD-ROM to the address below:
The Chief
Executive Officer,
Water Services
Trust Fund,
CIC Plaza 1st
floor, Mara road, Upper Hill
P.O. Box
49699-00100
Nairobi.
NB:
Water Services Providers are expected to work closely with
their respective County Government during proposal development.
Closing Date
All proposals must be received by the Water Services Trust
Fund at 5.00pm on or before 13thOctober 2014.
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