A. Technical capabilities:
This criterion is to evaluate the technical viability of competing design options.
I. Design functionality/sensibility description: Contestants are required to give a detailed description of the design components, level of technological requirements, required inputs, and level of expertise to develop the design concept as a complete product. They are also required to classify their designs in terms of the two categories mentioned above.
a. Inputs to develop the design and where to source (obtain) inputs locally;
b. Technological requirements and where to source (obtain);
c. Level of expertise and the scope (ability) of expertise transfer;
d. Simplicity of the design for product developers to apply easily
e. Openness of the design for further customization by developers
f. Description of designing tools applied and level of availability at local level
II. Ownership Claims: Contestants are expected to prove that there is no third-party design ownership claim. Contestants who submit a customized/modified design should be able to prove that the original design is from open source.
III.Unique value proposition: Contestants are required to give detailed description of their design unique value and to what extent it addresses the sanitation problem of our rural and peri-urban community
IV. Summary of technological fitness: Contestants are required to give a summary of how fit their sanitation product design concept is and the level to which their design feasibility in the realities of the country’s technological realities (capacity).
B. Scope of design prototyping:
Based on the competition categories specified above, design contestants are required to present a level of simplicity to test their design concept in terms of
a. The level of complexity to interpret their design by the process of prototype building
b. Contestants are required to describe the partnership, inputs by source, and context to build prototype to test technicalities of the design.
c. Bill of quantity and cost breakdown to build a prototype of their design concept.
d. Level of expertise required to build a prototype and simplicity to get the prototyping test done with local partners in multiple locations
C. Business case of designs:
Contestants are required to give a brief description of their intended business case for their designs. Their description should start with a unit cost to develop their design to a product and goes onto discussing;
a. Production cost by break down and estimated final consumer price;
b. Market estimate in terms of estimated demand and supply quantities
c. OPTIONAL ---- If there is prepared cash flow forecast.
D. Support and Partnership:
Contestants are required to give detailed description regarding the necessary support and partnership they look for to make their design concept practical. Their presentation should address the following points.
a. Comparative description of their capacity against the required capabilities;
b. The complexity level of partnership required to develop their design as a product; c. Local capabilities in terms of input and technological source availability;
d. Public private partnership required to develop their design into a marketable product. Summary of support and partnership required at the level of prototype building, testing, market building, and expertise mobilization.
2. TERMS OF AWARD AND SELECTED DESIGN PROSPECT Terms of Award:
The evaluation and selection team will conduct three evaluation sessions to decide on the selection of the three best designs. The selection session will be based on the terms of the competition specified in section 3.
1st Screening Session:
The PSIET team screen design documents that fulfills the competition terms. All qualifying design options shall be organized by the competition categories specified in section 3 shared to all evaluating partners.
2nd Screening Session:
In fifteen days’ time all the design evaluating partners will vote to rank the contestant designs. Finally, 5-10 designs shall qualify for the last screening.
3rd Screening Session:
In a week time, the last evaluation session shall take place to select the final three best sanitation designs based on the voting of all evaluating partners after attending presentations by each contestant.
Awards
1ST ranked design gets awarded $ 2000
2ND ranked design get awarded $ 1500
3rd ranked design get awarded $ 1000
Prospects of selected designs:
The next step with the selected design is to build prototype and test the technical and market feasibility. For each of the three winning designs, prototypes will be built up and tested. The estimated allocated budget is $2000.