Improvement of water supply management through a GIS-based monitoring and control system for water loss reduction in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

The United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON), on behalf of Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) invites qualified interested firms to submit Expression of Interest (EOI) to participate in the upcoming solicitation for provision of technical assistance on "Improvement of water supply management through a GIS-based monitoring and control system for water loss reduction in Saint Kitts and Nevis". The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on behalf of the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) requires the services of an institution to deliver the technical assistance as approved by National Designated Entity from Saint Kitts and Nevis. The objective of this Technical Assistance is to strengthen the capacity of Saint Kitts Water Services Department (WSD) and Nevis Water Department's (NWD) staff in the management of a GIS-based monitoring and control system for water loss reduction and leakage detection. The twin island Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis is a democratic and sovereign country located in the northern part of the Lesser Antilles chain of islands in the Caribbean. Climate change is already impacting critical sectors including agriculture, water, tourism and health, and affecting particularly vulnerable communities and groups. Freshwater resources are already limited on St Kitts and Nevis and climate change further threatens this sector. Threats to the sector include increased variability in rainfall, more intense rainfall events, droughts, increases in air temperature, greater risk of extreme heat events, sea level rise and increase in intensity and frequency of stronger storms. Overall, there has been inadequate investment in the water sector in St. Kitts and Nevis over the past 20 years to meet the ever-increasing water demand while creating resilience to climate change. The objective of this Technical Assistance (TA) is to enhance WSD's and NWD´s overall Non-Revenue-Water (NRW) management with a structured and systematic approach. WSD's and NWD´s current data models, as well as the linked management processes, requires a complete review and redesign. The required GIS data model must allow systematic and automated data analysis and therefore has to follow examples of internationally recommended systems. Some of the expected outputs are: 1. Project Management. 2. Establishment of a GIS data structure and procedures 3. District Metered Areas (DMA) testing. 4. Regional South-South exchange event. The complete details of the requirement will be provided in the tender documents that will be issued to bidders after this request for EOI is closed.