Environmental assessment of existing school buildings

Reference: PSE22001-10055

Tender Title:  Public service contract for the comprehensive environmental assessment of existing school buildings in Palestine

 About Enabel

Enabel is the Belgian development agency. It implements Belgium’s governmental cooperation. The agency also works for other national and international donors. With its partners in Belgium and abroad, Enabel offers solutions to address pressing global challenges - Climate Change, Urbanisation, Human Mobility, Peace and Security, Economic and Social Inequality - and to promote Global Citizenship. With 2,000 staff, Enabel manages about 170 projects in twenty countries, in Belgium, Africa and the Middle East. 

About the contract

This public services contract concerns the comprehensive environmental assessment of a sample of 17 public schools in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, with the purpose of setting a baseline for the design of four new schools with higher environmental performances, inform the design standards of future schools and for the potential greening of existing school buildings.

The procurement contract consists of the following items:

• Item 1: The implementation of a detailed energy audit for each concerned public-school building, combining theoretical calculations and on-site tests and measurements, and formulating proposals of improvement.
• Item 2: - The estimation of the carbon footprint of the different school buildings, covering their current use and the historic emissions embedded in the construction materials for their production as well as a calculation of the raw material resources (aggregates, iron ore, stone) consumed for the construction of the schools.
• Item 3: The implementation of a comprehensive water cycle audit including the freshwater consumption, pre-treatment, storage, grey and black waters post-treatment, measurement of degree of pollution at exit, potential current reuse and recycling, as well as the rainwater drainage and potential existing harvesting measures, and formulating proposals of improvement.
• Item 4: A solid waste audit, including an analysis of current practices, measurement of quantities and types of waste, potential current sorting and recycling practices, and formulating proposals of improvement.
• Item 5: A climate change and environmental awareness assessment, using a Knowledge, Attitude and Practices survey, before and after the implementation of the audits and greening measures, and formulating proposals which may contribute to further reinforce awareness of users.

How to apply? 

      1. Tender document and all annexes available for download at: CLICK HERE.

2. Until Monday 14th August 2023 inclusive, candidate-tenderers may ask questions about these Tender Specifications and the contract. Questions will be in writing to Mohammed Dahlan, Expert in Contracting and Administration ([email protected]).
3. The complete overview of questions asked and any changes to tender documents will be available at (https://www.enabel.be/public-procurement/) as from Thursday 17th August 2023.
4. Tenders must be delivered to one of the two addresses mentioned below by Monday 28th August 2023 before 03:00 pm (Palestinian time – GMT+3). Late tenders will be rejected.

Addresses:

• Ramallah Office: Enabel - Belgian Development Agency, Royal Center, 7th Floor, Al Balou’, Mecca Street, Ramallah - Al Bireh.
• Gaza Office: Enabel - Belgian Development Agency,Al Rayes Plaza Building, 4th floor, Victor Hugo street, Gaza City.