News

• 8 Oct 2008:


• WASCO's draft 2007 Financial Statements added to the Financial Documents section of the data room.


• List of ongoing projects, or projects WASCO has received approval for funding and is in the detailed planning phase, added to the Technical Documents section of the data room.


• 1 Oct 2008:


• Letter from Ministry of Economic Affairs confirming the 100% waiver of Consumption Tax for the NewCo


• 30 Sep 2008:


• Instructions to Bidders, revised 30 September 2008, added to the datarooom


• Final Draft Contract Documents, revised 30 September 2008, added to the datarooom:


• Final Draft Subscription Agreement


• Final Draft By-law


• Final Draft Shareholder Agreement


• Final Draft Lease Agreement


• Final Draft Operating License


• Final Draft Service Standards


• Final Draft Interface Agreement


• Final Draft Conditionality Letter


• Miscellaneous financial reports added to the datarooom:


• Other revenue forecast


• WASCO Statement of operations (31 July 2008)


• Salary bands for staff paid monthly and daily (January 2008)


• Seventh set of answers to Bidders' questions added to the dataroom


• 10 Sep 2008:


• Sixth set of answers to Bidders' questions added to the dataroom


• 9 Sep 2008:


• Updated versions of the Instructions to Bidders, By-law, Shareholder Agreement, Lease Agreement, Operating License, and Service Standards added to the data room.


• 5 Sep 2008:


• Fifth set of answers to Bidders' questions added to the dataroom


• Updated provisional calendar


• 2 Sep 2008:


• Set of answers to questions relating to tariff calculation assumptions added to the dataroom


• Updated provisional calendar


• 29 Aug 2008:


• Revised Operating License, Draft By-law and Draft Lease Agreement added to the dataroom


• 15 Aug 2008:


• Revised Instructions to Bidders, and Draft Contract Documents added to the dataroom


• Fourth set of answers to Bidders' questions added to the dataroom


• 14 Aug 2008:


• Optimisation study of the Potable Water Distribution System (Halcrow, 2008) added to the Technical Documents section of the dataroom


• 12 Aug 2008:


• Status of Water Supply Infrastructure Improvement and Grace WTP projects added to the Technical Documents section of the dataroom


• 10 Aug 2008:


• Legal opinion on bidders having potential shareholdings added to the Legal Documents section of the dataroom


• Raw data on the impact of meterization program on 99 randomly selected properties added to the Technical Documents section of the dataroom


• 31 Jul 2008:


• Revised Draft Contractual Documents (Schedules 1 - 19) added in the Tender Documents section of the dataroom


• 21 Jul 2008:


• WASCo's land ownership documents added in the Legal documents section


• 18 Jul 2008:


• Correction to the transaction calendar


• Inventory Listing as of 16 July 2008


• Accounts receivable report, as of 17 July 2008, aged by due date


• 17 Jul 2008:


• additional changes to transaction calendar


• answers to questions raised by Bidders on the Meterization Programme


• annexes to the Technical Assessment and Operational Efficiency Report (Shaw - Stone & Webster Consultants, 2004)


• series of progress reports on the Meterization Programme


• 10 Jul 2008: changes to transaction calendar


• 26 Jun 08, added:


• customer services department: month to date consumption and consumer charges (March 2008)


• HR: contract of the MD of WASCO


• 19 Jun 08, added:


• collection of scanned documents from the Customer Care Department


• detailed statement of Cash Flow Forecast for 2007


• scanned benefits leaflet from the NIC


• month to date estimated consumption and charges data (March 2008)


• April 2008 report from the Leak Detection Office


• Fifth Water Supply Project: summary of Data Collection & Meter Installation


• 16 Jun 08, added:


• third set of clarifications to questions raised by Bidders


• WASCO's Operations Manager's presentation at the Bidder Conference


• list of participants to the Bidder Conference


• 15 Jun 08, added information from WASCO on:


• reservoirs


• chemical analysis


• chemical consumption


• rainfall


• water quality


• water production


• 6 Jun 08, added:


• information on the Global Partnership on Output Based Air (GPOBA)


• technical consultant presentation (in Technical Documents section)


• 5 Jun 08: added WASCO transmission and distribution Data (2007)


• 4 Jun 08: updated calendar


• 29 May 08 added:


• new section: HR information


• billing system improvement report by SLira


• second set of clarifications to questions raised by Bidders


• minutes of WASCO's Board of Directors Meetings: May-Dec 2-07
• integrated Water Resources Assessment of the Rousseau Catchment: Options for upgrading the John Compton Dam
• collection of cost and accounting information, as of December 31, 2007
• list and details of CAPEX program undertaken in the last five years
• 23 May 08 added:


• map in the media section: proposed turism and road development network


• revised Instructions to Bidders: revised Draft Legal Agreements and minimum operational experience requirements for non-water sector bidders
• 16 May 08: added Public Information Memorandum


• 14 May 08:


• added first set of clarifications to questions raised by Bidders


• amended Tender Notice and Invitation to Bidders (revision to the capital structure of NewCo)


• added revised Instructions to Bidders, with re-arranged Schedules and refined Draft Legal Agreements
• 4 May 08 added Due diligence memorandum (MsWord format)


• 2 May 08, added:


• vetted Amendment to the Water Act


• vetted Water and Sewerage Regulations


• vetted Water Resource Management Regulations


• 1 May 08, added:


• WASCO Statement of Operations '07


• Balance Sheet '07


• Customer Billing and Collections '07


• Financial Statements '06


• Dec '06 and Dec '05 Management Reports


• 30 Apr 08: added Technical Assessment and Operational Efficiency Report


• 29 Apr 08: added documents under the Regulatory and Legal Framework, and Environmental and Social sections


• 28 Apr 08: dataroom opened