Location: Countrywide Duration of assignment (months): 

10 Months Name of Client: IMC, United Kingdom (UK) Contact Person: Christopher Davies, MENg CENG MICE

Principal Consultant, Infrastructure – Water & Sanitation 

Mail: imc@imcworldwide.com Start date (month/year): July 2019

Completion date (month/year): May 2020 Narrative description of Project:

Between 2011 and 2015, The Department for International Development (DFID) supported nonhumanitarian water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) activities benefiting an estimated 64,560,000 people in low and middle income countries eligible for Official Development Assistance.

Following this, Bangladesh was also chosen as one of the eligible countries and during that period, four major projects were implemented in Bangladesh namely BRAC SPA and UNICEF’s SHEWA B, CLP, and UPPR. Under the four projects in Bangladesh, 2,520,000 people gained sustainable acces to cleandrinking water sources and 6,320,000 people gained sustainable access to an improved sanitation facilities.

The main purpose of this assessment is to generate quality evidence about the outcomes of DFID’s

water and sanitation portfolio (2011-2015), assessing the sustainability of the water supply and sanitation services, and the effectiveness of the programmes with regard to targeting poor and vulnerable people.

The overall objective of this assessment is to generate quantitative and qualitative evidence about the outcomes of DFID’s WASH Portfolio (2011-2015), in particular addressing issues of sustainability and targeting, as these apply to domestic water supply and household sanitation in rural areas. The

assessment has three subsidiary objectives:

(1) To assess the availability and quality (completeness and reliability) of information relating to results achieved between 2011 and 2015

(2) To assess the sustainability of DFID funded rural water supply and sanitation services by establishing the proportion of people who still have access to water supply and sanitation facilities established with DFID funding between 2011 and 2015.

(3) To assess the underlying factors that have influenced sustainability and the extent that project interventions have engaged with and benefited poor and vulnerable people. Description of technical specialization provided by the firm:

• Conduct evaluation survey
• Assess the business indicators
• Assess financial indicators
• Support during Inception Period for identification of key documents and stakeholders
• Collection of household survey data, Focus Group Discussions and Site Observations
• Cleaning and preliminary analysis of the data
• Inputs into a scoping mission report including stakeholder mapping
• Inputs into the creation of country profile with narrative and evidence against each of the key indicators specified. 
• Facilitation of Workshop

Location Within Country: Saidpur, Nilphamari Duration of assignment (months): 2 Months Name of Client: SKS Foundation Contact Person: Md. Saiful Alam

Email: sksgaibandba@tistaonline.coni Start date (month/year): 11 September 2019

Completion date (month/year): 10 November 2019 Narrative description of Project:

The objective of this study is to develop a business plan and business development strategy for Faecal Sludge Management in Saidpur Municipality. WaterAid, SKS Foundation and Saidpur -Municipality implement an FSM service which provide mechanical pit emptying and transportation service to the households with a fee. Sludge is transported to a treatment plant located within the town, treated and converted to organic manure with an intention to sell in the open market for the use in agriculture. The study will analyses different components of the whole service to develop the business plan and business strategy.

In particular, it will also provide critical inputs regarding the scope of a comprehensive faecal sludge management model for Saidpur Municipality and marketing of the end products generated from faecal sludge. The overall objective of this assignment is to provide recommendation and develop a business model for sustainable FS management considering the following issues:

• The levels of affordability.
• Willingness to pay by the municipality
• Market promotion strategy of end-product from FS
• Social aspects of the FSM plants and the overall system added to the city sanitation system as well.

• Focus on time requirement for the plant to be sustainable in terms of operation i.e. projection of year wise proportion of sustainahility.

• Review of existing baseline study report on faecal sludge management for Saidpur municipality
• Review of existing design of faecal sludge treatment system for the Saidpur municipality
• Review the existing business modality of FSTP in Bangladesh
• study and determine existing FS emptying practices and services
• Review and determine the actual cost of services for safe emptying and transportation
• Assess service charge options including fees and taxes to be collected from customers and emptying/tfansportation providers (in case of private operators)
• Assess different options for separate tariff systems for vacutug services and for different consumer types
• Develop pricing and tariff options and evaluate the impact of each option on the consumer as well as the viability of the FSM services;
• Review and identify of reuse interest of end-product from fecal sludge recommend innovative incentive mechanism to ensure the affordability of services and develop sustainable business model.
• Organize and conduct Validation Workshops with different stakeholders
• Finalize the business model incorporating feedback from validation workshop and finalize the report

Location within Country: Cox’s Bazar Duration of assignment (months): 3 Months approximately  Name of Client: NGO Forum of Public Health Start date (month/year): March, 2019

Completion date (month/year):  Jun, 2019 Narrative description of Project: The major objective of the study was to assess the FSM interventions by NGO Forum from the beginning of the Rohingya response and to coming up with evidence-based recommendations for improvement of the FSM interventions in the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar. Description of technical specialization provided by the firm:  The consultation firm provided expertise and technical support for the assignment consultancy services for review and design of production well and mid-scale chlorinated water network. Developed design of production well and mid-scale chlorinated water network according to the WASH sector standard (Master Plan) and provided a detail description of component as well;

Prepared design and made drawing of mid-scale chlorinated water network of the selected camp areas. 

Designed water distribution system including physical features map, digital elevation model, pipe trenching, laying pressure testing, access for cleaning/repair, pumping, power supply, water quality monitoring, and fire-fighting capacity, household/communal water points, household collection and storage capacity following the sector standards with detailed engineering drawing for the production well and water distribution network including indication of ground level, diameter of pipes, longitudinal section general components and critical components with all the design calculation etc. as per the submitted approved proposal, instruction and guideline mentioned in the Terms of Reference (ToR) of the assignment.  ]]> https://newvision-bd.com/consultancy-services-for-review-and-design-of-production-well-and-mid-scale-chlorinated-water-network-under-project-improved-wash-services-for-the-myanmar-refugee-population-in-ukhiya/feed/ 0 https://newvision-bd.com/consultancy-services-to-conduct-a-willingness-to-pay-study-for-piped-water-scheme-under-maxnutriwash-program/ https://newvision-bd.com/consultancy-services-to-conduct-a-willingness-to-pay-study-for-piped-water-scheme-under-maxnutriwash-program/#respond Mon, 07 Nov 2022 21:20:42 +0000 https://newvision-bd.com/?p=5763 Country: Bangladesh

Location Within Country: Patuakhali & Barguna Duration of assignment (months): 2 Months approximately  Name of Client: Max Foundation, Bangladesh Country Office

Contact Person: Mohammad Irfan, Program Manager

Email: info@maxfoundation.org Start date (month/year): December 2020

Completion date (month/year): January 2021 Narrative description of Project:

Max TapWater is a service for piped water supply by Max Social Enterprise, offered to poor and middle-income families living in Bangladesh. Their mission is to provide safe water to all, linked to Max Foundation’s mission to save as many children’s lives as possible most effectively and sustainably. Access to clean drinking water significantly reduces the spread of diseases like Cholera, causing many deaths, especially among children below five years.

The main purpose of the study is to better understand households’ willingness-to-pay for delivery of safe, running water at home, and to check how this compares to the current tariff. 

The specific objectives of the study are:

• Understand the willingness-to-pay bandwidths for domestic piped water supply services;
• Understand the ability-to-pay for domestic piped water supply services;
• Compare willingness-to-pay findings with the proposed tariff structure and competitive market data;
• Recommend measures for introducing the paid water supply services in the domestic market; and

Understanding the social potential of future water tariffs. Description of technical specialization provided by the firm: 

• Market Research 
• Conduct Willingness to pay survey
• Value Chain Analysis
• Service Chain Analysis
• Business Model Analysis
• Financial Model Analysis
• Proposition of Tariff 
• Facilitation of Workshop

Location Within Country: Satkhira Duration of assignment (months): 2 Months approximately  Name of Client: Max Foundation, Bangladesh Country Office

Contact Person: Mohammad Irfan, Program Manager

Email: info@maxfoundation.org Start date (month/year): December 2020

Completion date (month/year): January 2021 Narrative description of Project:

Financial Inclusion Improves Sanitation and Health (FINISH) is playing a vital role in the WASH sector of the world. It has got its first success in India and Kenya. Later with a single goal: sanitation-for-all, it aimed to reach 27.6 million people across 6 countries by building 5.5 million safe sanitation systems by 2025. 

FINISH Mondial uses a multi-stakeholder approach to involve the entire value chain in sanitation by 

• Raising awareness on and creating a demand for sanitation amongst end-users; 
• Mobilizing the supply and reuse business of sanitation 
• Integrating local financial resources 
• Collaboration with government and development partners allows for scaling.

As a result, FINISH Mondial brings a revolution to the sanitation sector by improving the quality and safety of sanitation services, reducing the price of these services, and ensuring proper disposal of the waste produced. 

FINISH Mondial formally began its program in Bangladesh in January 2019. And started implementation in January 2020. Primarily 3 Municipalities have been selected- Faridpur, Satkhira and Sakhipur (Tangail). The programme is currently being implemented by BASA, Hope for the Poorest (ASA), Practical Action and Max Foundation. It is expected to expand the program to other municipalities in the period 2020-2025. 

the main objective of the assignment is to develop a marketing strategy to promote the pit emptying service by private pit emptying service providers, professional associations/cooperatives and Municipality.

The study covered few issues such as the current practice and details of available service, consumers’ preference, willingness to pay for the services, communication channel, the content of promotional messages, present market and demand creation for future, partnership issues between service providers, GO-NGO, Cooperatives etc. This marketing strategy was developed based on the findings from Satkhira Municipality. Description of technical specialization provided by the firm: 

• Market Research with quantitative and qualitative method
• Development of Communication Plan 
• Value Chain Analysis
• Service Chain Analysis
• Business Model Develoment 
• Financial Model Develoment
• Development of Marketing Strategy
• Design and Development of prototype marketing tools
• Facilitation of Workshop

Completion date (month/year): November 27, 2020 Narrative description of Project: The purpose of this assessment was to generate quantitative and qualitative evidence about the outcomes of DFID’s WASH Portfolio (2011-2015), in particular addressing issues of sustainability and targeting, as these apply to domestic water supply and household sanitation in rural areas. Description of technical specialization provided by the firm: 

The assessment had three subsidiary objectives:

• To assess the availability and quality (completeness and reliability) of information relating to results achieved between 2011 and 2015
• To assess the sustainability of DFID funded rural water supply and sanitation services by establishing the proportion of people who still have access to water supply and sanitation facilities established with DFID funding between 2011 and 2015.
• To assess the underlying factors that have influenced sustainability and the extent that project interventions have engaged with and benefited poor and vulnerable people.

Location within Country: Manikganj Duration of assignment (months):  15 Days Name of Client: JDC Corporation

Contact Person: Mr. Masaaki Kusano, Senior Managing Executive Officer CTO

Mail: masaaki.kusano@n-kokudo.co.jp Start date (month/year): 15th March 2021

Completion date (month/year): 31st March 2021   Narrative description of Project:

The objective of the project is to identify whether people of the teota union will purchase Japani water and what should their willingness to pay for 1-liter water. The study also carried out that to identify the socio-economic situation of the households, understand the current water consumption practice of the households, identify the probable consumer groups in the union, identify the appropriate water distribution channels, and to identify the willingness to pay according to the distribution process. Description of technical specialization provided by the firm:

Collected the feedback from consumers on the actual service and price. Consumers’ inputs was collected through F2F, Focus groups discussion, appointment of a consumer representative to the regulatory agency board, or consumers’ associations :

• To identify the socio-economic situation of the households.
• To understand the current water consumption practice of the households.
• To identify the probable consumer groups in the union
• To identify the appropriate water distribution channels 
• To identify the willingness to pay according to the distribution process

Mail: sellis@snv.org Start date (month/year): 10th August 2021

Completion date (month/year): 15 December 2021   Narrative description of Project:

The assignment aims to understand the reasons and triggers for willingness to pay for faecal sludge management services, mainly focusing on safe containment construction and renovation, and safe emptying and transportation services.

The intended outcome from the wiliness to pay study is that the findings will be used to develop/revise the tariff setting and define fees for a sustainable business model based on different market segments and design behaviour change communication strategies and campaigns to sensitise and increase demand for services in the 3 working cities.

The specific objectives of the assignment are to:

• Define priority expenses list of all market segment and all wealth quintiles.
• Understand the willingness to pay of residential and non-residential tenants, owners or managers for safe and regular emptying and transportation services. 
• Understand the willingness to pay of residential and non-residential tenants, owners or managers for construction and upgradation of safe septic tanks and maintenance (CAPEX and OPEX).

The willingness to pay study aims to understand customers behaviours on FSM investments, services and budging priority. For this purpose, the consultants will apply different techniques and tools (semi-structured interviews, FGD, KII) in the 3 cities (4 study areas) that may help to better understandings on the following:

• The reasons, barriers or triggers that enable willingness to pay for the FSM services
• The priority rank/level of FSM/sanitation services and facilities, compared to their other living needs
• Customers willingness to pay for safe containment facilities and FSM services
• The payment mechanism and schemes to facilitate more access and demand for FSM services
• Additional/unexpected costs that customer has to pay during FSM services