Develop a VOCMA Catchment Management Strategy (CMS) 30 months
Tender Details
- Tender Title: Re-advert – Appointment of a Qualified Service Provider to Develop a VOCMA Catchment Management Strategy (CMS)
- Tender Number: VO 016 2026/2027
- Department: Department of Water and Sanitation
- Tender Type: Request for Bid (Open Tender)
- Province: Free State
- Location: Charlotte Maxeke and East Burger, Bloemfontein
- Project Duration: 30 months
- Closing Date: 21 October 2026 at 11:00
- Briefing Session: No briefing session
- Contact Person: MOKHUWA
- Email: mokhuwas@dws.gov.za
- Telephone: 082-819-9085
Tender Description
The Department of Water and Sanitation is seeking a qualified service provider to develop a Catchment Management Strategy (CMS) for the Vaal-Orange Water Management Area. The strategy must align with the National Water Act and the National Water Resource Strategy and establish a long-term framework for sustainable, equitable and efficient water resource management.
The project will also address water allocation, water quality deterioration, transboundary water-sharing obligations, stakeholder participation and the financial sustainability of the catchment management agency.
Responsibilities / Scope of Work
The appointed service provider will be responsible for:
- Preparing an inception report covering methodology, timelines and stakeholder mapping.
- Conducting a comprehensive situation assessment covering biophysical, socio-economic, political and institutional conditions.
- Developing future scenario projections.
- Preparing a water balance and reconciliation strategy to align water availability with demand.
- Facilitating a participatory visioning process.
- Developing sub-strategies covering:
- Water resource protection
- Water-use regulation
- Monitoring and information management
- Stakeholder engagement
- Institutional cooperation
- Financial sustainability
- Developing an implementation framework with defined timeframes and milestones.
- Facilitating peer reviews.
- Conducting national and regional consultation workshops.
- Supporting the final approval of the Catchment Management Strategy.
- Implementing a mandatory capacity-building programme to transfer skills to designated VOCMA and Department of Water and Sanitation officials.
Requirements and Qualifications
The study leader must:
- Be registered with ECSA or SACNASP.
- Be registered as a Professional Engineer or Professional Scientist.
- Have extensive experience in water resource strategy development and implementation.
- Demonstrate experience with relevant water-resource legislation and regulatory frameworks.
- Have appropriate academic qualifications and professional registration.
The project team must collectively have expertise covering:
- Civil/Chemical Engineering
- Environmental Science
- Water Economics
- Environmental Law
- Developmental Studies
- Social Sciences
- GIS and Remote Sensing
- Socio-Economics
- Hydrological Modelling
- Public Policy
- Monitoring and Evaluation
Company / Compliance Requirements
Bidders must also demonstrate:
- Experience in water resource strategy development and related projects.
- Verifiable reference letters for previous water management projects valued at at least R200,000.
- Registration on the Central Supplier Database (CSD).
- SARS tax compliance.
- Valid company registration documentation.
- Compensation Commissioner certification.
- Completed Standard Bidding Documents.
- Valid B-BBEE documentation.
- A detailed methodology for executing the assignment.
- Detailed Gantt charts.
- A comprehensive project budget, including disbursements and VAT.
- Capacity to provide the required skills-transfer programme.