National Project Implementation Plan - NVBDCP

and another procurement consultant (financed by GFATM) is also working for
both the World Bank and GFATM funded projects. Another procurement
consultant is likely to join NVBDCP Directorate by October 2008 in the
proposed project. These consultants will also be required to be deputed to
appropriate training program.
12.3.9 Disclosure
Invitation for Bids (IFB) for goods and equipment for all ICB contracts and
advertisement for calling of Letters of Expression of Interest (EOI) for short
listing of consultants for services costing more than $200,000 equivalent will be
published in UNDB and dgMarket as well as procurement agent’s website. Apart
from this the World Bank’s disclosure requirement as listed in Appendix 2.
12.3.10 Procurement Supervision
The frequency of supervision missions will be as per the existing guidelines and
the Designated Procurement Specialist (DPS) will be part of the implementation
supervision missions. It is estimated that the contracts worth approximately
US$ 140 Million will be subject to prior review by the World Bank while the
remaining (with cumulative value of US$ 34 Million) will be post reviewed. The
prior review and post review arrangements are described below:
Prior Review
Thresholds for prior review by the Bank are:
Goods:
Services:
(other than consultancy)
Consultancy Services:
All contracts more than US$1.0 million equivalent
All contracts more than US$1.0 million equivalent
> US$200,000 equivalent for firms; and
> US$50,000 equivalent for individuals
In addition, all consultancy contracts to be issued on single-source basis
exceeding US$ 50,000 in value to consultancy firms shall be subject to prior
review by World Bank. In case of single source contract to individuals, the
qualifications, experience, terms of reference and terms of employment shall
be informed to World Bank for review.
The procurement plan will be updated keeping actual project implementation
needs and institutional capacity.
12.3.11 Post Award Review by the World Bank
All contracts below the prior review threshold procured will be subject to
periodic post review (in accordance with Paragraph 5 of Appendix 1 to the
World Bank’s Procurement Guidelines) on a sample basis. This also includes
those contracts handled by the procurement agent (or the UN agency acting as
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