India - Andhra Pradesh Community Based Tank Management Project : procurement plan for April 1, 2009 - March 31, 2010

48248 Andhra Pradesh Community Based Tank Management Project Procurement Plan April1,2009 - March 31,2010 27th January, 2009 _____________________________________________________________ Irrigation & CAD Department Government of Andhra Pradesh  Procurement Plan I. GENERAL 1. Project information: Country : India Borrower : GoAP Project Name : Andhra Pradesh Community Based Tank Management Project Loan /Credit No. : Loan No. 48570 - IN , Credit No. 42910 - IN Project Implementing Agency (PIA) : Special Unit under CADA in the I & CAD Department of GoAP. Bank's approval Date of the Procurement Plan [Original] : 17th Jan'2009 [Revision 1] : 27th Jan'2009 [Revision 2] : 31st Jan'2009 2. Date of General Procurement Notice 3. Period Covered by this procurement plan : 12 months II. Goods and Works and non-consulting services: 1. Procurement Methods and Prior Review Threshold: a) Goods estimated to cost US$500,000 or more per contract and works estimated to cost US$10,000,000 or more per contract will be procured following ICB procedures as per Section II of the Procurement Guidelines. Goods estimated to cost US$50,000 or more but less than US$500,000 per contract and works estimated to cost US$50,000 or more but less than US$10,000,000 per contract may be procured following NCB procedures in accordance with paragraph 3.3 and 3.4 of the Guidelines b) Goods and works estimated to cost less than US$50,000 per contract may be procured following Shopping procedures in accordance with paragraph 3.5 of the Guidelines c) Goods and works which meet the requirement of Paragraph 3.6 of the Bank Guidelines may be procured following Direct Contracting Procedures.  d) Works estimated to cost less than $15000 per contract may be procured following Community contracting Procedures in accordance with paragraph 3.17 of the guideline. e) Procurement Decisions subject to Prior Review by the Bank as stated in Appendix 1 to the Guidelines for Procurement. Procurement Method Prior Review Threshold Comments 1 ICB (Goods) All 2 NCB (Goods) First contract irrespective of the All other value contracts will be subject to Post Review 3 ICB (Works) All contracts 4 NCB (Works) First contract irrespective of the All other value and subsequent contract contracts will above $1,000,000 be subject to Post Review 5 Shopping All shopping contracts will be subject to post review 6 Community Contracting First Contract irrespective of the value for Goods and Works each 7 Direct contracting (Goods) All contracts above $10000 All other contracts will be subject to Post Review 8. Force Account All contracts with prior concurrence 2 Procurement Packages with Methods and Time Schedule Procurement Plan for Works and Goods is attached at Annexure-1A and Annexure -1B respectively. III. Selection of Consultants 1. Selection Methods and Prior Review Threshold:  a) Consultancy Services will be procured following Least Cost Selection, CQ, Single Source, QBS and QCBS methods in accordance with the Bank's Guidelines. Contracts estimated to cost USD 100,000 and below, may be procured following CQ method of selection in accordance with the Consultant Guidelines. The services of individual consultants will be procured in accordance with Section V of Bank's Guidelines. b) Selection decisions subject to Prior Review by Bank as stated in Appendix 1 to the Guidelines Selection and Employment of Consultants Selection Method Prior Review Comments Threshold 1. Competitive Methods (Firms) Contracts All other contracts will estimated to cost be subject to Post USD 100,000 or Review more 2 Single Source (Firms). All single source contracts shall be prior reviewed by the Bank 3 Individual consultants Contracts All other contracts will estimated to cost be subject to Post USD 50,000 or Review more 2. Short list comprising entirely of national consultants: Short list of consultants for services, estimated to cost less than $USD 500,000equivalent per contract, may comprise entirely of national consultants in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2.7 of the Consultant Guidelines. 3. Procurement Plan for Consultancies and Capacity Building is attached at Annexure-2. IV. Implementing Agency Capacity Building Activities with Time Schedule 1. The agreed Capacity Building Activities are listed below with the agreed time schedule No. Expected outcome/ Year Year 2 Comments Activity Description 1 1. Training on contract management aspects for all staff of PMU/DPU X associated with procurement activities  2 Staff from Contracts department and Finance department dealing with X X procurement who have not undergone procurement training will be deputed to ASCI, Hyderabad or NIFM, Faridabad for training on procurement under World Bank funded Procurement 3 Staff who have earlier X received procurement training will be deputed to ASCI, Hyderabad or .NIFM, Faridabad for a refresher course