PROCUREMENT PLAN (Textual Part) Project information: Nepal- Strategic Road Connectivity and Trade Improvement Project (P170409) Project Implementation agency: Department of Roads Date of the Procurement Plan: 2020/03/16 Period covered by this Procurement Plan: 2020/03/16 – 2021/09/15 Preamble In accordance with paragraph 5.9 of the “World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” (July 2016) (“Procurement Regulations”) the Bank’s Systematic Tracking and Exchanges in Procurement (STEP) system will be used to prepare, clear and update Procurement Plans and conduct all procurement transactions for the Project. This textual part along with the Procurement Plan tables in STEP constitute the Procurement Plan for the Project. The following conditions apply to all procurement activities in the Procurement Plan. The other elements of the Procurement Plan as required under paragraph 4.4 of the Procurement Regulations are set forth in STEP. The Bank’s Standard Procurement Documents: shall be used for all contracts subject to international competitive procurement and those contracts as specified in the Procurement Plan tables in STEP. National Procurement Arrangements: In accordance with paragraph 5.3 of the Procurement Regulations, when approaching the national market (as specified in the Procurement Plan tables in STEP), the country’s own procurement procedures may be used with applicable caveats as follows. National Procurement Procedures: These procedures are applicable for the procurement of goods, works and non-consulting services only. In accordance with paragraph 5.3 of the Procurement Regulations, when approaching the national market, as agreed in the Procurement Plan tables in STEP, the country’s own procurement procedures may be used. When the Borrower uses its own national open competitive procurement arrangements as set forth in Nepal’s Public Procurement Act, 2007, as amended by Amendment 2073 (2016) – (1st Amendment) and the Public Procurement Regulation, 2007, as amended by Amendment 2076 (2019) – (9th Amendment), such arrangements shall be subject to paragraph 5.4 of the Bank’s Procurement Regulations and the following conditions: 1) Model bidding documents, including contract conditions agreed with the Bank (as amended from time to time), shall be used. Bidding documents shall be made available, by mail or in person, or through e-GP portal to all who are willing to pay the required fee. 2) The eligibility of bidders shall be as defined under Section III of the Procurement Regulations. Accordingly, no bidder or potential bidder shall be declared ineligible for contracts financed by the Bank for reasons other than those provided in Section III of the Procurement Regulations; 3) The request for bids / request for proposals document shall require that Bidders / Proposers submitting Bids / Proposals present a signed acceptance (in the form attached) at the time of bidding, to be incorporated in any resulting contracts, confirming application of, and compliance with, the Bank’s Anti-Corruption Guidelines, including without limitation the Bank’s right to sanction and the Bank’s inspection and audit rights. 4) Qualification criteria (in case pre-qualifications were not carried out) shall be stated in the bidding documents for all contracts, irrespective of the value, and if a registration process is required, a foreign firm declared as the lowest evaluated bidder shall be given a reasonable opportunity to register, without let or hindrance. 5) Procurement Documents include provisions, as agreed with the Bank, intended to adequately mitigate against environmental, social (including sexual exploitation and abuse and gender-based violence), health and safety (“ESHS”) risks and impacts. 6) Performance security should be an amount of five (5) to ten (10) percent of the contract price and shall not be increased merely based on comparison of the bid price of awarded bidders with the pre-bid cost estimate. 7) If a contract is terminated because of fundamental breach of contract by the contractor, the amount to be recovered from the contractor representing the employer’s additional costs for completing the contract shall be provisioned as agreed with the Bank in model bidding documents. When other national procurement arrangements other than national open competitive procurement arrangements are applied by the Borrower, such arrangements shall be subject to paragraph 5.5 of the Procurement Regulations. Leased Assets as specified under paragraph 5.10 of the Procurement Regulations: Not Applicable. Procurement of Second-Hand Goods as specified under paragraph 5.11 of the Procurement Regulations – Not Applicable Domestic preference as specified under paragraph 5.51 of the Procurement Regulations (Goods and Works). Goods: is applicable for those contracts identified in the Procurement Plan tables; Works: is applicable for those contracts identified in the Procurement Plan tables PROCUREMENT Nepal : Nepal Strategic Road Connectivity and Trade Improvement Project PLAN General Information Country: Nepal 2020-04-24 Bank’s Approval Date of the Original Procurement Plan: 2022-07-25 Revised Plan Date(s): (comma delineated, leave blank if none) Project ID: P170409 GPN Date: 2020-06-01 Project Name: Nepal Strategic Road Connectivity and Trade Improvement Project Loan / Credit No: / , IDA / 66730 Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies Executing Agency(ies): WORKS Activity Reference No. / Procureme Actual Am Bid Evaluation Report Loan / Credit N Market Approac Procurement Pro Prequalification High SEA/SH Ri Process St Draft Pre-qualification Prequalification Evalu Draft Bidding Docum Specific Procurement Bidding Documents a Proposal Submission / Contract Complet Description Component Review Type Method nt Docume ount (US$ and Recommendation Signed Contract o. h cess (Y/N) sk atus Documents ation Report ent / Justification Notice / Invitation s Issued Opening / Minutes ion nt Type ) for Award Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual National Proc SRCTIP/PCU/DOLS/W/NCB-01 urement Doc /078/79 / Construction of Hol Single Stage - One E Pending Imp 2023-12-0 IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Post Request for Bids Open - National ument - 1 En 0.00 2022-04-01 2022-04-06 2022-05-18 2022-06-17 2022-07-22 ding Yard at Matiarwa quaran nvelope lementation 4 velope proce tine check Post ss (Non Bank -SPD) National Proc SRCTIP/PCU/DOLS/W/NCB-2- urement Doc 2078/79 / Construction of Hol Single Stage - One E Pending Imp 2023-12-0 IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Post Request for Bids Open - National ument - 1 En 0.00 2022-04-01 2022-04-06 2022-05-18 2022-06-17 2022-07-22 ding Yard at Nepalganj quara nvelope lementation 4 velope proce ntine checkpost ss (Non Bank -SPD) SRCTIP/PCU/DOLS/W/ SHOPP Request for ING-01/2078/79 / Laboratory Request for Quota Single Stage - One E Quotations ( Pending Imp 2022-05-1 IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Post Limited 0.00 2021-12-06 2022-01-31 Refurbishment of Krishnanag tions nvelope Non Bank-SP lementation 1 ar quarantine checkpost D) SRCTIP/PCU/DOLS/W/SHOPPI Request for NG-02/2078/79 / Laboratory Request for Quota Single Stage - One E Quotations ( Pending Imp 2022-05-0 IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Post Limited 0.00 2021-12-01 2022-01-26 Refurbishment of Bhadrapur tions nvelope Non Bank-SP lementation 6 Quarantine checkpost D) SRCTIP/PCU/DOLS/W/SHOPPI Request for NG-03/2078/79 / Laboratory Request for Quota Single Stage - One E Quotations ( Pending Imp 2022-05-1 IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Post Limited 0.00 2021-12-06 2022-01-31 Refurbishment of Bhairahaw tions nvelope Non Bank-SP lementation 1 a Quarantine checkpost D) National Proc SRCTIP/PCU/DOLS/W/NCB-03 urement Doc -2078/79 / Construction of Ho Single Stage - One E ument - 1 En Pending Imp 2023-12-0 IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Post Request for Bids Open - National 0.00 2022-04-01 2022-04-06 2022-05-18 2022-06-17 2022-07-22 lding Yard and office building nvelope velope proce lementation 4 at Biratnagar Qurantine ss (Non Bank -SPD) Other (with fi SRCTIP/PCO/PQPMC/W/RFQ- Request for Quota Single Stage - One E Pending Imp 2022-12-2 IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Post Limited eld for expla 0.00 2022-05-03 2022-06-28 1 / Lab refurbishment at Birat tions nvelope lementation 5 nation) nagar GOODS Activity Reference No. / Bid Evaluation Report Loan / Credit N Market Approac Procurement Pro Prequalification Actual Amount Process St Draft Pre-qualification Prequalification Evalu Draft Bidding Docum Specific Procurement Bidding Documents a Proposal Submission / Description Component Review Type Method and Recommendation Signed Contract Contract Completion o. h cess (Y/N) (US$) atus Documents ation Report ent / Justification Notice / Invitation s Issued Opening / Minutes for Award Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual SRCTIP/PCU/DOLS/G/SHOPPI Request for Quota Single Stage - One E Pending Impl IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Post Limited 0.00 2021-12-01 2022-01-26 2022-03-12 NG-01/2078/79 / Procuremen tions nvelope ementation t of Labtops SRCTIP/PCU/DOLS/G/SHOPPI Request for Quota Single Stage - One E Pending Impl NG-02/2078/79 / Procuremen IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Post Limited 0.00 2021-12-01 2022-01-26 2022-03-12 tions nvelope ementation t of Airconditioners SRCTIP/PCU/DOLS/G/SHOPPI Request for Quota Single Stage - One E Pending Impl NG-03/2078/79 / Procuremen IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Post Limited 0.00 2021-12-05 2022-01-30 2022-03-16 tions nvelope ementation t Rapid Test kits SRCTIP/PCO/PQPMC/G/RFQ-1 Request for Quota Single Stage - One E Pending Impl / Lab equipment for Quaranti IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Post Limited 0.00 2022-05-14 2022-07-09 2023-01-05 tions nvelope ementation ne office, Biratnagar and Birj ung SRCTIP/PCO/PQPMC/G/RFQ-2 Request for Quota Single Stage - One E Pending Impl IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Post Limited 0.00 2022-05-14 2022-07-09 2023-01-05 / Printer and Laptop for PQPM tions nvelope ementation C SRCTIP/PCO/DFTQC/G/NCB-1 / Supply & Installation of the Single Stage - One E Pending Impl IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Post Request for Bids Open - National 0.00 2022-06-06 2022-06-11 2022-07-16 2022-07-17 2022-08-07 2022-11-05 Laboratory Equipment for the nvelope ementation Kathmandu and Bhairahawa Office SRCTIP/PCO/DFTQC/G/NCB-3 Request for Quota Single Stage - One E Pending Impl / Supply, Installation & Opera IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Post Limited 0.00 2022-06-11 2022-07-19 2022-08-18 tions nvelope ementation tion of Cold Storage at Kath mandu Office SRCTIP/PCO/DFTQC/G/RFQ-4 / Supply and Installation of w Request for Quota Single Stage - One E Pending Impl IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Post Limited 0.00 2022-06-11 2022-07-07 2023-01-03 ater treatment plant with dei tions nvelope ementation onization unit to Kathmandu SRCTIP/PCO/DFTQC/G/RFQ-5 / Supply and Installation of w Request for Quota Single Stage - One E Pending Impl IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Post Limited 0.00 2022-06-11 2022-07-07 2023-01-03 ater treatment plant with dei tions nvelope ementation onization unit to Bhairahawa SRCTIP/PCO/DFTQC/G/RFQ-6 / Supply and Installation of w Request for Quota Single Stage - One E Pending Impl IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Post Limited 0.00 2022-06-11 2022-07-07 2023-01-03 ater treatment plant with dei tions nvelope ementation onization unit to Biratnagar NON CONSULTING SERVICES Activity Reference No. / Bid Evaluation Report Loan / Credit N Market Approac Procurement Pro Prequalification Actual Amount Process St Draft Pre-qualification Prequalification Evalu Draft Bidding Docum Specific Procurement Bidding Documents a Proposal Submission / Description Component Review Type Method and Recommendation Signed Contract Contract Completion o. h cess (Y/N) (US$) atus Documents ation Report ent / Justification Notice / Invitation s Issued Opening / Minutes for Award Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual SRCTIP/PCU/NITDB/NCS/02/2 078/79 / Survey and Geo tec Request for Quota Single Stage - One E Under Imple IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Post Limited 0.00 2022-02-28 2022-04-25 2022-10-22 hnical Investigation of Parkin tions nvelope mentation g Area for Bhairahawa ICD Page 1 CONSULTING FIRMS Activity Reference No. / Combined Evaluation Loan / Credit N Market Approac Contract Type Actual Amount Expression of Interest Short List and Draft R Request for Proposals Opening of Technical Evaluation of Technic Description Component Review Type Method Process Status Terms of Reference Report and Draft Neg Signed Contract Contract Completion o. h (US$) Notice equest for Proposals as Issued Proposals / Minutes al Proposal otiated Contract Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual SRCTIP/PCU/NITDB/CS/QCBS- 077/078 / Hiring of Consultin g Firm for Preparation of DPR and Supervision for Truck p Quality And Cost- Under Implement / Trade Facilitation Prior Open - National 0.00 2020-06-01 2021-04-29 2020-07-23 2021-06-06 2020-10-07 2020-11-04 2020-12-04 2021-01-08 2021-02-12 2025-02-08 arking Yard,Inspsection Shed Based Selection ation , Godown (Warehouse), Cont ainer Parking yard and impro vement link road from 2 lane to four lane in Biratnagar and Birganj . INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANTS Activity Reference No. / Loan / Credit N Market Approac Actual Amount Invitation to Identifie Draft Negotiated Cont Component Review Type Method Contract Type Process Status Teams of Reference Signed Contract Contract Completion Description o. h (US$) d/Selected Consultant ract Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual SRCTIP/PCU/NITDB/CS/IC-07 7/078 / Procurement of Gantr Individual Consult Under Implement IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Post Open 0.00 2021-01-24 2021-01-29 2021-03-23 2021-07-06 2021-04-13 2021-10-03 2021-05-18 2021-11-14 y Crane Specialist (Internatio ant Selection ation nal ) for design and supervisi on Gantry Crane. SRCTIP/PCU/PQPMC/CS/D-07 8/79 / Procurement of Consul ting Service to carry out Deta Under Implement iled Design of Office Cum Lab IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Post Direct Selection Direct 0.00 2021-11-01 2022-03-25 2021-11-11 2022-01-15 2022-07-14 ation oratory Building For Plant Qu arantine and Pesticide Manag ement Centre(PQPMC) at Kak arbhitta, Jhapa SRCTIP/PCU/DOLS/CS/D-078/ 79 / Procurement of Consulti ng Service to carry out Detail Under Implement ed Design of Animal Holding IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Post Direct Selection Direct 0.00 2021-11-01 2022-03-25 2021-11-11 2022-01-15 2022-07-14 ation Yards for Department of Live stock Services at Biratnagar ( Morang), Motiarhawa (Bara) and Piparhawa Nepalgung (B anke) SRCTIP/PCO/CS/IND-01/2078 Individual Consult /79 / Hiring of procurement a IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Prior Open 0.00 Canceled 2022-02-20 2022-03-09 2022-04-16 2022-04-20 2022-05-08 2025-02-04 ant Selection nd contract management spe cialist for PCO SRCTIP/PCO/CS/IND-02/2078 Individual Consult Under Implement /79 / Hiring environment safe IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Post Open 0.00 2022-02-20 2022-03-06 2022-04-21 2022-04-26 2022-05-14 2025-02-19 ant Selection ation guard specialist for PCO SRCTIP/PCO/CS/IND-03/2078 Individual Consult Under Implement /79 / Hiring of Social Develop IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Post Open 0.00 2022-02-20 2022-03-06 2022-04-16 2022-04-21 2022-05-09 2025-02-19 ant Selection ation ment Specialist SRCTIP/PCO/CS/IND-04/2078 Individual Consult /79 / Hiring of occupational H IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Post Open 0.00 Canceled 2022-02-20 2022-03-06 2022-04-16 2022-04-21 2022-05-09 2025-02-19 ant Selection ealth and safety specialist for PCO SRCTIP/PCO/CS/IND-05/2078 Individual Consult Under Implement /79 / Hiring of Trade Develop IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Post Open 0.00 2022-02-20 2022-03-06 2022-04-16 2022-04-21 2022-05-09 2025-02-19 ant Selection ation ment Advisor SRCTIP-NITDB-BHW-INDV- C Individual Consult Under Implement S -01-2078/79 / Pavement De IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Post Limited 0.00 2022-02-23 2022-03-06 2022-02-28 2022-03-07 2022-03-28 2022-06-11 ant Selection ation sign for Parking Area next to Bhairahawa ICD SRCTIP/PCO/DFTQC/CS/IND-1 / Consulting Services to prep are the details technical spec Individual Consult Pending Impleme IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Post Limited 0.00 2022-06-06 2022-06-13 2022-06-20 2022-07-02 2022-09-30 ification and cost estimation ant Selection ntation of the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) SRCTIP/PCO/CS/IND-06 / Hiri Individual Consult Pending Impleme ng of Procurement and Contr IDA / 66730 Trade Facilitation Prior Open - National 0.00 2022-07-26 2022-08-18 2022-08-23 2022-08-31 2025-07-15 ant Selection ntation act Management Specialist Page 2