100536

                           Lao People's Democratic Republic
                             Peace Independence Democracy Unity Prosperity


Ministry of Planning and Investment                               No:………………./MPI.LSB.LAOSTAT
Lao Statistics Bureau                                            Vientiane Capital, Date…………………
Strengthening the National Statistical System Project (LAOSTAT) TF014613
P129825

                      Revised Procurement Plan (March- Dec 2015)


LAO PDR: LAOSTAT - Strengthening the National Statistical System Project

I.     General

1.    Project information:
        Country/Borrower: Lao PDR
        Project Implementing Agency: Lao Statistics Bureau (LSB)

2.    Bank’s approval Date of the procurement Plan :
        November 2012 (original),
        January 6, 2014 (1st Revision)
        September 12, 2014 (2nd Revision)
        March 12, 2015 (3rd Revision)


3.    Date of General Procurement Notice: October 17, 2013

4.    Period covered by this procurement plan: 10 months (March-Dec 2015)

II.    Goods and Works and non-Consulting Services.

1.     Prior Review Threshold: Procurement Decisions subject to Prior Review by the Bank as
       stated in Appendix 1 to the Guidelines for Procurement:

                  Procurement Method          Contract Value Threshold        Prior Review Threshold
        1.   ICB (Goods)                            >US$600,000              All ICB
        2.   NCB (Goods)                           <USD 600,000              The first NCB
        3.   Shopping (Goods)                      <USD 100,000              The first shopping contract
        4.   Direct Contracting (Goods)                   -                  All Contracts


2.     Prequalification : Not applicable

3.     Reference to (if any) Project Operational/Procurement Manual: N/A

4.     Any Other Special Procurement Arrangements: N/A
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5.       Procurement Packages with Methods and Time Schedule

     1                            2                              3             4            5             6         7          8              9

Ref. No.                      Contract                      Estimated Procurement Prequal              Domestic Review by   Expected     Comments
                            (Description)                      Cost     Method       i-                Preferenc  Bank        Bid-
                                                              (‘000)              fication                 e     (Prior/    opening
                                                              (US$)               (yes/no)              (yes/no)  Post)       Date
             Goods and Works and non-Consulting Services
 D.3.1      Office equipment* ( 1 LCD, 1color Printer, 1         88     Shopping     No                  No        Post     Feb 2015   At the evaluation
            printer, 5 Desktops, 3 laptops, 3 external hard                                                                                  Stage
            disk, Recorder, communication equipment and 1
            photocopy machine (LSB)- 32,800 $
            -Tablets (60*500$)= 30,000$-Component A
            -Laptops (11*2,200$)=24,200$ (all IAs)
            -Barcode scanner/Printer (1,000$)-Component B

 D.3.1      Office furniture (-Book shelf, meeting tables         25       Shopping        No            No        Post     Feb 2015   At the Evaluation
            and chairs, Office tables, chairs and cabinets                                                                                   Stage
            -Library Furniture for setting up library
            room
            -furniture for courtesy room
            Total                                                113
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                                       Peace Independence Democracy Unity Prosperity

List of Office Equipment

  No    Description                         Quantity           For whom
  1     Desktops                                  5                             1- Project Advisor
                                                                    2- Supporting government Staff
                                                                                2- Project Assistant

  2     Laptops                                    14                                    11-All IAs
                                                                                   1-Head of NICT
                                                                    2-Standy to use for meeting…..
  3     LCD Projector                               1                                          LSB
  4     Printer                                     1                                          LSB
  5     External Harddisk                           3                                          LSB
  6     Voice Recorder                              1                                          LSB
  7     Mobile Phone                                3                LSB Management Team
  8     Photocopy Machine                           1                                          LSB
  9     Tablets                                    60               Economic Statistics Department
  10    Barcode Scanner and printer                 1                    Data Services Department
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                                Peace Independence Democracy Unity Prosperity

III.       Selection of Consultants

1.        Prior Review Threshold: 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       Contract Value         Comment
                                                 Threshold           Threshold
1.        Competitive Methods (Firms) -            Above               Above
          Quality & Cost Based Selection         US$100,000         US$100,000
          (QCBS), Quality Based
          Selection (QBS), Least-Cost
          Selection (LCS)
2.        Selection Based on Consultant       The first contract       Below
          Qualifications (CQS)                                       US$100,000
3.        Single Source (Firms)                  All contracts           -
4.        Individual Consultants                > US$100,000             -
                                               and all fiduciary
                                                 consultants
5.        Sole Source (Individual                   Above              Above
          consultants)                           US$10,000            US$10,000


2.        Short list comprising entirely of national consultants: Short list of consultants for services,
          estimated to cost less than US$100,000 equivalent per contract, may comprise entirely of
          national consultants in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2.7 of the Consultant
          Guidelines.

3.        Any Other Special Selection Arrangements:

4.        Consultancy Assignments with Selection Methods and Time Schedule

     1                     2                     3           4          5            6            7
                                                        Selecti Review
                                                                          Expected
 Ref.               Description of          Estimated     on    by Bank              Comment
                                                                          Proposals
 No.                 Assignment             Cost (‘000) Metho (Prior/Pos                  s
                                                                         Subm. Date
                                                           d       t)
A, B,C Twinning Arrangement                   1800       QBS     Prior    Nov-2014     At the
                                                                                     Technical
                                                                                     Evaluation
                                                                                        Stage
     A1      Statistic and                      70        IC      Post    (O) 11/14 Short-term
             Macroeconomic related                                        (R) April and small
             Experts                                                         2015     contracts
                                                                          (multiple)
     D1      Admin Officer                      12        IC      Post     (O) 9/14    At the
                                                                          (R) April Evaluation
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                                                                                          2015      Stage. The
                                                                                                        1 st
                                                                                                      ranked
                                                                                                    candidate
                                                                                                    denied the
                                                                                                    job offer.
  D1       Project Accountant                      15            IC          Prior        April
                                                                                          2015

  A1       International Input-output              22            IC          Post        (O) 2/15    Lump-
           Compilation Expert                                                            (R) June      sum
                                                                                           2015     Contract-
                                                                                                    Expect 22
                                                                                                     working
                                                                                                       days
  B1       National Expert on                      24            IC          Post        Mar 2015   At least 60
           Statistics and Econometrist                                                               working
                                                                                                       days
  B1       International Expert on                 24            IC          Post        Mar 2015   At least 20
           Statistics and Econometrist                                                               working
                                                                                                       days
           Total                                  1,967

(*) SSS justifications and cost breakdown to be submitted for the Bank’s no objection.



Approved by:                                      Certified by                       Prepared by




Dr. Samaychanh Boupha                            Phetsamone Sone                     Bounmy Vilaychith
Head of Lao Statistics Bureau                    Project Director                    Project Manager
Chair of Project Steering Committee