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Regulatory and Compliance input Package for the National Technical Guideline on Decentralised Wastewater Systems,

with Environmental Sanitation Cambodia

BTDC-ID: 41402
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Expected Outputs

Regulatory and Compliance input Package for the National Technical Guideline on Decentralised Wastewater Systems,

Announcement Description

Environmental Sanitation Cambodia (ESC) Cambodian non-profit, and non-governmental organization (NGO). ESC has a long-standing partnership with BORDA implement the BMZ-financed project "Decentralized Water and Sanitation Solutions for Small Towns in Cambodia and Laos" (2026–2028).Output 1 of the project requires that a national technical guideline for the gender-responsive and inclusive dissemination of decentralized sanitation solutions is available, formally adopted by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) and integrated into the national wastewater legislation and the corresponding regulatory and planning processes.

The project agreement between BORDA, ESC and MPWT governing this work was approved by the Minister of Public Works and Transport on 20 August 2026. At the request of the General Department of Wastewater Management, ESC held the combined project inception and technical working group formation event on 28 August 2026. The technical working group therefore exists, and its mandate, work plan and calendar are established, before this assignment begins. MPWT has made clear that it regards itself as the owner of the guideline, with ESC in a supporting role. The Ministry has further stated that a guideline alone would not be sufficient for it to act on: it requires detailed instructions, forms and templates — a quality management and compliance apparatus — that departments and provincial offices can use directly.

Two substantive issues have been identified in project preparation. First, Cambodian effluent standards are becoming more stringent, and conventional decentralized treatment cannot meet nutrient standards without an additional treatment step, which has implications for what a guideline can require and where.

Expected Outputs

Regulatory and Compliance input Package for the National Technical Guideline on Decentralised Wastewater Systems,

  • Career Category: Consultancies
  • Location: Phnom Penh
Summary

Reference: 2026/ESC-03

Beneficiary / implementing partner: Environmental Sanitation Cambodia (ESC), in partnership with the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT), General Department of Wastewater Management

Type of contract: Short-term expert consultancy (individual expert or consultancy firm)

Maximum budget: USD 13,200, all-inclusive of professional fees, international and domestic travel, accommodation, subsistence and all taxes

Contract period: 5 October 2026 – 31 December 2026 (within the maximum three months for short-term experts)

Mode of delivery: Work Packages 1, 2 and 4 home-based; Work Package 3 requires one mission to Cambodia in November or December 2026

Inputs provided at inception: The signed project agreement; the record and outcomes of the technical working group formation event of 28 August 2026, including any outline direction agreed there; the existing MPWT guideline on faecal sludge management using drying beds; and the updated DEWATS quality management system for Cambodia

Objective, and what this assignment is not

The objective is to provide ESC and the MPWT technical working group with the regulatory foundation, the practical compliance instruments and the development roadmap needed for the national technical guideline on decentralised wastewater systems, and to build the capacity of the ESC team to lead the stakeholder process themselves.

This assignment does not draft the technical guideline. The guideline is drafted by ESC and validated by the MPWT technical working group. Offers proposing to author the guideline will not be considered. The consultant supplies the regulatory baseline, the compliance and monitoring instruments, the facilitation input and the roadmap, and coaches the team; the drafting, the ownership and the relationship with the Ministry remain with ESC and MPWT.

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Eligibility

  • Essential
  • At least ten years of professional experience in wastewater or sanitation regulation, policy or compliance.
  • Demonstrated experience drafting or advising on national-level technical guidelines, standards, regulations or ministerial instruments in a low- or middle-income country, evidenced by at least two assignments in which the applicant held a substantive role.
  • Technical knowledge of decentralised and on-site wastewater systems, including their operation, monitoring and effluent performance.
  • Demonstrated facilitation and capacity-transfer experience: coaching a partner team is a deliverable of this assignment, not an incidental benefit.
  • Professional experience in the ASEAN or Mekong region.
  • Availability to travel to Cambodia for one mission in the fourth quarter of 2026.
  • Advantageous
  • Prior experience in Cambodia, and familiarity with MPWT and Ministry of Environment procedures.
  • Experience with quality management systems, inspection regimes or laboratory accreditation in the water sector.
  • Experience of national open consultation processes for technical guidelines.

Submission Requirements

Offers are to be submitted by e-mail, in PDF, with the subject line "2026/ESC-03 – Offer", to email provided in the contact details.

Deadline: 25 September 2026, 17:00 ICT. Questions of clarification may be submitted to the same addresses up to four working days before the deadline; answers are shared with all bidders who have registered their interest.

Attachment:
  • rev_ToR_ESC_03_Regulatory_and_Compliance_Input_Package_EXTERNAL
 

Contact Details

Office Address
  • #10bis, St.430, Sangkat Phsar Daeum Thkov, Khan Chamkar Mon, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
 
Contact Name
  • Vira Riel, Project Manager
 
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