USAID’s Community Support Program (CSP) - RFP# TO5-22-008 / Request for Proposals for Construction of Borj Rahhal Wastewater Pumping Station and Force Main, and Lower Litani Trunk Sewer.

About Chemonics:

Chemonics International, the USAID contractor implementing the Community Support Program in Lebanon, is an international development company based in Washington, D.C. Our mission is to promote meaningful change around the world to help people live healthier, more productive, and more independent lives. Since 1975, we have worked in 150 countries around the world, and we are currently implementing 118 projects in 84 countries. Our main partner is the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and we also work with foreign donors such as the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Global Fund. We have more than 4,000 staff in our project offices around the world, and more than 500 staff based in our headquarters in Washington, D.C.

About the USAID-Funded Community Support Program (CSP) in Lebanon:

USAID’s Community Support Program is designed to improve the delivery of essential services and enhance economic opportunities, primarily in Lebanon’s North, South, and Beqaa regions. Through its support of municipalities and underserved and vulnerable communities, CSP aims to improve lives and reduce tensions that contribute to conflict and violence in the country.

Description of Intervention:

CSP is soliciting proposals from eligible companies in the construction and water/wastewater treatment industries for “Construction of Borj Rahhal Wastewater Pumping Station and Force Main, and Construction of a main trunk sewer located in the Lower Litani river basin”.

The overall objective of the intervention aims to mitigate health hazards by eliminating pollution caused to the Litani river by the uncontrolled discharge of the untreated wastewater generated from neighboring villages. In order to mitigate the environmental hazards, the construction of a main collector (Lower Litani Trunk Sewer) and a pumping station (Borj Rahhal WWPS) with its force main, along with all the necessary connections and extension as specified in the RFP, will be required to convey the Wastewater generated from neighboring villages to the existing Wastewater Treatment Plant located in Chabriha – Tyre.