GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

Name of Borrower's Country:Government of Rwanda

Name of Project: Nature-Based Flood Adaptation to increase community resilience in the western part of Rwanda

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

1. The Government of Rwanda has received a grant from the African Development Fund to

finance the Nature-Based Flood Adaptation to increase community resilience in the western

part of Rwanda. Rwanda Water Resources Board (RWB) has been designated as the

Executing Agency tasked with overseeing the project implementation.

2. The main objective of the project is to enhance the climate resilience of communities and

water infrastructure in the Karongi and Rusizi districts of Western Province. The specific

objectives are to (i) reduce vulnerability to climate-related hazards; (ii) safeguard critical

water infrastructure; and (iii) strengthen the adaptive capacity of local communities through

a combination of flood control measures, climate-smart catchment restoration, and the

integration of climate information and early warning systems.

3. The project includes the following components:

Component 1: Nature-Based Flood Adaptation Measures.

Activities under this component will increase the resilience to flood risk of communities in Rusizi

and Karongi Districts through the construction of nature-based flood control measures on critical

flood hotspots in the districts. The measures to be constructed include, among others, earth

embankments, river training, and gabions.

Component 2:Climate-Smart Catchment Restoration for Watershed Resilience.

This component aims to restore degraded catchment areas to reduce soil erosion and enhance water

resource quality to safeguard water supply infrastructure for the secondary cities in Rusizi and

Karongi (Kivu Belt Water Supply Project) through various measures, including terracing,

agroforestry, afforestation, gully rehabilitation, and provision of rainwater harvesting kits to decrease

the formation of gullies. Most of these activities will be implemented through the community

approach, an approach that relies on community members in the planning and implementation of

activities.

Component 3:Climate Information, Early Warning, and Capacity Building for Community

Resilience.

This component integrates two sub-components, namely (i) the installation of the flood forecasting

systems, and (ii) capacity building and awareness initiatives for local institutions and vulnerable

communities to strengthen their anticipatory climate risk management and the uptake of Nature-

Based Solutions.

Activities in this component will promote sustainable and nature-centric approaches to addressing climate-related hazards and environmental challenges. To upscale the best practices of the project and sustainability, this project will contribute to the mainstreaming of NBS practices in Rwanda’s infrastructure design by conducting training workshops with students in local technical schools, specifically Integrated Polytechnic Regional Colleges (IPRCs) and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) schools. Furthermore, study tours with community leaders will also be undertaken to increase their awareness of NBS and hence guide to increased community awareness of flood risk mitigation and create flood vulnerability reduction skills. This approach will take into consideration gender transformative approaches and vulnerable people to ensure no one is left behind. This component will also aim to increase the resilience of communities in Rusizi District to the impact of flooding through the supply and installation of six (6) hydrometric stations that will be used to calibrate hydrologic models used in flood forecasting systems. Component 4: Project management and institutional assist. Project management and institutional assist will cover coordination, planning, execution, and monitoring of all project activities to ensure timely and within-budget delivery. This component includes risk assessment and mitigation, plan implementation, activity coordination, performance tracking, issue resolution, monitoring and evaluation, and documentation of outcomes. It aims to strengthen the implementing agency’s management capacity and assist successful project delivery. Key activities include the Project Baseline Study, Mid-Term evaluate, Environmental and Social Safeguards Compliance Audits (Annual, Mid-Term, and Final), annual financial audits, and the Project Completion Report. 

4. Procurement of goods (including non-consultancy services), works, and the acquisition of consulting services will be carried out in accordance with the Procurement Policy for Bank Group Funded Operations, dated October 2015. Specific Procurement Notices/Solicitation Documents are expected to be available starting in April 2026. 

5. Interested bidders may obtain further information and should confirm their interest by contacting: Rwanda Water Resources Board (RWB) Attn: Procurement Office Procurement Specialist Nyarugenge Pension Plaza KN 3 Avenue| P.O Box: 6213 Kigali-Rwanda|Twitter: @RwandaWater Website:www.rwb.rw | Email: info@rwb.rw Tel: (+250) 785265939          E-mail: jules.muhoza@rwb.rw