Tender Description
Project P178954 — Water and Sanitation Project - I · Method: Individual Consultant Selection · Consulting services · Employer : Blantyre Water Board Project: Malawi Water and Sanitation Project-1 Assignment title : Consultancy Service for Contract Management Specialist Country: Malawi Loan No. /Credit No. / Grant No: IDA E159-MW Reference No: MW-BWB-578558-CS-INDV Issued on: 31st October 2026 The Government of Malawi (GoM), through Blantyre Water Board (BWB) and Blantyre City Council (BCC) has secured financial support from the International Development Agency (IDA) of the World Bank (WB) towards the cost of the Malawi Water and Sanitation Project-1 (MWSP-1) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. Blantyre Water Board (BWB), which is the main implementing agency, intends to apply part of these proceeds from the grant to recruit an individual consultant to take up assignment of Contract Management Specialist to be positioned in the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) for the Malawi Water and Sanitation Project (MWSP-1) in adherence to the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers. Scope of the Services The Contract Management Specialist shall assist and be answerable to the PIU Manager and will play a crucial role to support the project on contract compliance and risk management by spearheading the planning, design /review implementation, monitoring and management (supervision) of all contracts under the Project according to the World Bank Procurement regulations and work according to principles of good practice in contract management, and bear responsibility for performance management and cost effectiveness of contracts. The specialist will be expected to work very closely with the other members of the PIU and technical officers from the implementing agencies such as BWB, BCC, Ministry responsible for water development, and Ministry responsible for sanitation and hygiene, in the management and supervision of all contracts under the project. Specifically, the Contract Management Specialist will perform the following duties: Work hand in hand with the procurement team to prepare contract documents covering specifically guarantee requirements, price-adjustment provisions and indices, commencement and effectiveness conditions, sectional
- Country
- Malawi
- Published
- 30 Oct 2026
- Closing date
- 13 Nov 2026
- Procedure
- Individual Consultant Selection