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Project Name: Consultancy Services for Preparation of Water Network Construction Bidding Documents and Technical Assistance
Country: TURKEY
Finance Source: World Bank
Partners: DORNIER-SCHNIEDER CONSULTING
Tags: Turkey, World Bank, Municipal Infrastructure, Water Network, SCADA, Telemetry, Design, Technical Assistance
Detailed Narrative Description of Project:
The Government of the Republic of Turkey has acquired a loan from IBRD to finance the Municipal Services Project. The loan will be provided via Iller Bank. The general management of this extensive project is carried out by the Management Unit existent within the structure of the General Directorate of Iller Bank. Project is the Consultancy and Construction Supervision services of Connection Lines Between Reservoirs Project within the scope of MESKI Water Network Rehabilitation and Connection Lines Between Reservoirs Project ( Sub Loan No:2) which is one of the sub-projects of Municipal Services Project.
The Project Area is the Greater Municipality of Mersin service area and vicinity. Mersin is an important port, agriculture and tourism city located in the south of Turkey and on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean. While three sub-municipalities of the Greater Municipality of Mersin were Akdeniz, Toroslar and YeniÅŸehir municipalities, the service area of the Greater Municipality of Mersin which has extended the area of Greater Municipalities so that it includes the municipality and settlements in a 20 km from the centre circle as well has been enlarged more than 10 folds with the Municipality Law numbered 5216 which came into force in July 2004 and MESKÄ° has become responsible for 19 additional municipalities as well most of which await services for water and wastewater. Service population is 700.00 and the population at 2040, which is the project target year, is estimated as 1.981.000.
In the content of the Contract, reservoirs, pumping stations and connection lines between reservoirs, network digitalization, establishment of a hydraulic model, rehabilitation of drinking water network, accomplishment of physical investments and an institutional strengthening program will be performed.
The Contract comprises, Design, Preparation of Bidding Documents, Assistance to MESKI During Bidding Process, Construction Supervision and Hydraulic Model Calibration Training. The Contract Period is 27 month and Defects Liability Period is 12 months. Construction Supervision and Hydraulic Model Calibration Training payments are time based, other payments are lump-sum based.
Detailed Description of Actual Services Provided by TEMELSU:
The Services performed in the Contract
1. Design Services :
• Description and evaluation of present water distribution network, recording of the existing system by digitalized medium.
• Establishment of a hydraulic model and defining an optimum system,
• Definition of sub-components comprising water losses, determination of accurate figures on the level of each component,
• Preparation of a Reduction Plan for Water Leaks, and estimation of the appertaining investment and/or (extra) operation costs to achieve the stipulated goals.
• Definition and designing of Local Metering Areas, development of proposals by SCADA System that reads the flow and levels and sends the set points to the PLC (Programmable Logic Controller)’s,
• Definition of equipment requirements for Water Leakage Reduction Unit and preparation of procurement documents,
• Assessment of current Construction Schedule, requirements of rehabilitation and expansion within the framework of hydraulic modeling results, if necessary, developing proposals.
2. Preparation of Bidding Documents for Construction Works
3. Technical Assistance Services during Bidding Process, All kind of services that MESKÄ° needs for each bidding package at every stage of the Supervision of Construction Works and Training Consultancy Services for Hydraulic Model Calibration
4. Institutional Strengthening
Existing operation practices and organization of the MESKÄ° will reviewed and a training program reflecting the needs of MESKÄ° Operation Units will be Developed
