Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, April 15, 2016

The Aim Texas Overseas Management Group has been shortlisted in the tender for providing consulting services for Darkhan Wastewater Management Project in Mongolia. Project is funded Asian Development Ban (ADB).

Darkhan-Uul aimag is Mongolia’s third largest province with a registered population of 92,000 and an urban population in Darkhan soum of 76,400, of which an estimated 40.0% live in ger areas. Poverty incidence is significant at 27.0% citywide and 44.0% in ger areas, respectively. Darkhan soum is located 220 kilometers (km) north of Ulaanbaatar and 130 km south of the Russian Federation border.

The project will directly benefit more 50,000 residents and indirectly more than 80,000 residents and support improvement of the city’s wastewater management, its central WWTP, sewer system, and pumping stations. The project will support institutional development, training, project management, and policy dialogue.

Deadline for submission of “Full Technical Proposal” & “Full Financial Proposal” is May 30, 2016. The RFP for this tender has been addressed to following shortlisted Consultants:

Name of the Consultant	Country of Incorporation	Type of Association (Lead/JV/member of sub-consultant)	Type of Legal Entity (Private Firm / State Owned Enterprise (SOE) or NGO)
Hankuk Engineering Consultant’s Co. Monhydroconstruction LLC	Republic of Korea Mongolia	Lead Sub-consultant	Private Private
Tata Consulting Engineers Civil Engineering Consulting Ltd.Moncınsult Ltd.	India MongoliaMongolia	Lead JV MemberJV Member	Private PrivatePrivate
Aim Texas Trading, LLC Numt Group	USA Mongolia	Lead Sub-consultant	Private Private
Fichtner GmbH & Co. Kg. Fichtner Water & Transportation GmbHiICON Company	Germany Germany Mongolia	Lead JV Member Sub-consultant	Private Private Private
GAUFF GmbH & Co. Eng. Kg p2mberlin GmbH NaaranRashaan LLC Ulaantongoi Khairkhan LLC	Germany Germany Mongolia Mongolia	Lead JV Member Sub-consultant Sub-consultant	Private Private Private Private
SAFEGE Prestige Engineering Co. Ltd. Ochir Consulting Ltd.	France Mongolia Mongolia	Lead JV Member JV Member	Private Private Private

The project outcome will improve wastewater collection and treatment for domestic and industrial users in Darkhan City. The indicative outputs include:

Output 1: Modern central wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) with a total treatment capacity of 20,000 m3/d through structural renovation and partially new construction, and full new equipment installation with a new, efficient treatment process meeting national effluent standards constructed and operating in Darkhan;

Output 2: Improved wastewater collection system with 1,800 meters of replaced sewer lines, and two structurally renovated, newly equipped pumping stations operating in Darkhan;

Output 3: Institutional development, training, and sector policy dialogue to increaseinstitutional capacity in utility project management, planning, procurement, implementation, operation, monitoring and improved efficiency of utility service provision.

Darkhan City