National Project Implementation Plan - NVBDCP
National Project Implementation Plan - NVBDCP
National Project Implementation Plan - NVBDCP
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(commercial or UN agency acting as procurement agent) will follow the World<br />
Bank Guidelines dated May 2004 and other procurement arrangements agreed<br />
for the project. The Procurement Support Agencies (PSA) are not to be used at<br />
any level until otherwise agreed by the World Bank. The procurement of<br />
services (both consultancy and non-consultancy) will also be handled by the<br />
Procurement Agent till the implementing agencies develop their in-house<br />
capacity. However, in procurement of services the role of the Procurement<br />
Agent will be limited up to finalizing the contract award recommendations,<br />
while the contract shall be signed and managed by <strong>NVBDCP</strong>. <strong>NVBDCP</strong> will<br />
directly handle the low value procurement below NCB threshold.<br />
12.3.6 Procurement MIS<br />
Until such time the computerized MIS system (in which contract database<br />
would be a module) becomes operational, the manual system of collecting<br />
contract data would be put in place. The format and frequency for collecting<br />
the contract data would be agreed with the World Bank based on the post<br />
review plans.<br />
12.3.7 Borrower’s Procurement Audit<br />
Following procurement audit will be conducted by the <strong>NVBDCP</strong>/MOHFW for the<br />
project:<br />
Procurement Audit by GOI: <strong>NVBDCP</strong>/MOHFW will hire an independent<br />
agency for undertaking yearly post review of the contracts awarded by the<br />
program implementing agencies at all levels to cover a minimum of 10% of<br />
the contracts issued during the year. The TOR for this agency shall be<br />
shared with the World Bank for No Objection. The report submitted by the<br />
consultant would be part of the consolWorld Bank ted audit reports to be<br />
submitted to the World Bank.<br />
CAG Audit: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India conduct the<br />
procurement audit (as part of the financial audit) of MOHFW. In case there<br />
is any procurement related observation made by CAG in its audit report, the<br />
same shall be shared with the World Bank along with the comments of<br />
MOHFW.<br />
12.3.8 Procurement Staff<br />
With most of the procurement to be handled by the procurement agent, the<br />
role of <strong>NVBDCP</strong> Directorate would be to directly handle low value procurement<br />
(below NCB threshold), coordinate with the procurement agent, monitoring the<br />
stock position and quality of supplies; development of specifications, supply<br />
chain management, quality management, procurement planning,<br />
implementation of risk mitigation plan and service procurement (as and when<br />
capacity is built up for this), monitoring the decentralized procurement (as and<br />
when allowed) etc. For playing this role effectively the directorate of <strong>NVBDCP</strong><br />
has recruited one procurement consultant in 2007 under retroactive financing<br />
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