ONEP Geographic Information System (GIS) Technical Assistance

ONEP Geographic Information System (GIS) Technical Assistance. The Grantee invites submission of qualifications and proposal data (collectively referred to as the "Proposal") from interested U.S. firms which are qualified on the basis of experience and capability to develop a technical assistance for ONEP Geographic Information System (GIS)

Founded in 1972, ONEP is the main producer of drinking water, producing 80% of the national production. ONEP is a public company and is responsible for the country’s potable water supply, as well as for wastewater treatment and recycling. Subsequently, ONEP is charged with the management of drinking water and wastewater networks as well as watershed protection zones.

Until recently, ONEP has tended to manage the areas of urban water supply, rural water supply, and wastewater treatment as separate and unrelated areas. As water/wastewater management becomes increasingly more important in Morocco, the need on ONEP’s part for an integrated, “enterprise-wide” approach is becoming increasingly evident. Effective water resource management requires an in-depth understanding of the location, timing and amount of water used, and GIS technology can provide an essential platform in which to analyze and display this type of information, to make better-informed decisions about management and allocation, and to improve long-range planning.

ONEP’s core operations would substantially benefit from a new, GIS-supported, unified approach to its activities, particularly in the following areas:

•Land usage as it applies to ONEP land (for example: land associated with treatment plants, ONEP pipeline rights-of-way)

•Water resources (technical and administrative data, quality, etc.)

•Watershed protection zones (both physical and environmental aspects)

•Drinking-water networks (production; rural drinking-water supply; urban distribution)

•Wastewater networks (including drinking-water purification plants)

•Commercial aspects (customer management, billing, etc.)

The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $385,876 grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA).