Preparation of a document with guidelines for the targeting, selection and sustainable implementation of remote water quality monitoring solutions in rural systems in Peru

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in coordination with the National Rural Sanitation Program (PNSR) of the Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation (MVCS) of Peru, invites consulting firms to submit their proposals to develop a regulatory and institutional framework that establishes criteria for targeting, prioritization and sustainable implementation of telemetry water quality monitoring technologies in rural areas.

The proposal will be based on the lessons learned from the pilot of the SIRWASH program (Phase I), the interventions of local governments and NGOs, and the PIASAR program, ensuring a scalable technical and financial model adapted to the various typologies of rural systems in Peru.

1. Technical scope and central objectives
Enabling diagnosis and eligibility framework: Evaluate the functionality and gaps (connectivity, financing, maintenance, training) in stations with SIRWASH I telemetry, defining objective criteria to determine the viability of new facilities.

Technology benchmarking: Analyze multi-parameter solutions, continuous monitoring of critical parameters and simplified cost-appropriate options, evaluating annual operating costs, useful life, dependence on external technical support and connectivity requirements.

Governance and financial sustainability analysis: Design operational models with clear roles for community operators, Municipal Technical Areas (MTAs) and Local Governments, articulated with the Budget Program 0083 and the SUNASS family quota methodology.

2. Key activities and field verification
Research and regional comparison: Map national and international experiences of remote monitoring of rural water, building an inventory and a comparative matrix adjusted to the Peruvian context.

Inspections and fieldwork: Carry out at least three (3) field trips to audit and verify a minimum of ten (10) rural systems under different technological and institutional models.

Alert and integration protocols: Establish the standardized protocol for immediate response to deviations from the Maximum Permissible Limits (LMP) and integrate the metrics with the PNSR information platform.

Participatory validation: Organize workshops with key actors at the national (PNSR, SUNASS, DS) and regional (Local Governments, ATM and rural providers) level for the socialization of the proposals.

3. Expected Products and Deliverables
Output 1 — Diagnosis and eligibility framework: Evaluation of the baseline of the SIRWASH I pilot and matrix of eligibility criteria validated by the PNSR and the IDB.

Output 2 — Technological comparative matrix: Classification of monitoring alternatives according to complexity, cost-effectiveness, and institutional capacities required.

Output 3 — Field verification report: Longitudinal analysis of operational sustainability and consolidated evidence of the 10 systems evaluated in the territory.

Product 4 — Draft Guideline and Legal Device: Technical proposal prepared under General Directive No. 001-2022-VIVIENDA-DM, including prior technical report, annexes with technical specifications, plans (PDF/DWG) and the draft Ministerial Resolution for formal approval.

Note: Interested companies should review the requirements on the BEO Bidder Portal.