World Bank Assisted CHHATTISGARH INCLUSIVE RURAL AND ACCELERATED AGRICULTURE GROWTH PROJECT Procurement Plan Directorate of Agriculture and Biotechnology Government of Chhattisgarh 1 1. Project information Country/Borrower: India/ Government of India Project Name : CHATTISGARH INCLUSIVE RURAL AND ACCELERATED AGRICULTURE GROWTH PROJECT (CHIRAAG) Project Identification No (ID) : P170645 2. Date of the Procurement Plan : June ,2020 : -- 3. Project Implementing Agency (PIA): 1. Directorate of Agriculture and Biotechnology 2. Chhattisgarh Rajya Beej Evam Krishi vikas nigam 4. Date of General Procurement Notice: 24 December 2019 5. Applicable Procurement Regulation (For Goods, Works, Consultancy and Non consultancy) : World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” (July 2016, Revised revised November 2017 and August 2018) 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. National Procurement Arrangements: National competition for the procurement of goods, works and non-consulting services according to the established thresholds will be conducted in accordance with paragraphs 5.3 – 5.5 of Section V of the Regulations and the following provisions: i. Only the model bidding documents for NCB agreed with the GOI Task Force (and as amended for time to time), shall be used for bidding; ii. Invitations to bid shall be advertised in at least one widely circulated national daily newspaper (or on a widely used website or electronic portal with free national and international access along with an abridged version of the said advertisement published in a widely circulated national daily inter- alia giving the website/electronic portal details from which the details of the invitation to bid can be downloaded), at least 30 days prior to the deadline for the submission of bids; iii. No special preference will be accorded to any bidder either for price or for other terms and conditions when competing with foreign bidders, state-owned enterprises, small-scale enterprises or enterprises from any given State; iv. Except with the prior concurrence of the Bank, there shall be no negotiation of price with the 2 bidders, even with the lowest evaluated bidder; v. Extension of bid validity shall not be allowed with reference to Contracts subject to Bank prior review without the prior concurrence of the Bank (i) for the first request for extension if it is longer than four weeks; and (ii) for all subsequent requests for extension irrespective of the period (such concurrence will be considered by Bank only in cases of Force Majeure and circumstances beyond the control of the Purchaser/ Employer) vi. Re-bidding shall not be carried out with reference to Contracts subject to Bank prior review without the prior concurrence of the Bank vii. The system of rejecting bids outside a pre-determined margin or "bracket" of prices shall not be used in the project; viii. Government e-Marketplace (GeM) set-up by Ministry of Commerce, Government of India will not be acceptable as a substitute for NCB procedures. GeM will be acceptable however for any procurement under the Shopping procedures; ix. Two or three envelope systems will not be used (except when using e-Procurement system assessed and agreed by the Bank) 9. Government e-market place: Use of GeM will be allowed in lieu of RFQ/Shopping as per following details: • up to INR 50,000 in catalog mode (viz. any available item could be selected by IA without further competition), provided selected Item/Supplier meeting the requisite quality, specification and delivery period. • up to INR 3 Million from the Supplier having lowest price amongst at least three Suppliers meeting the requisite quality, specification and delivery period. The tools for online bidding and online reverse auction available on GeM may be used by the Purchaser. • up to INR equivalent of US$ 100,000 from the Supplier having lowest price and meeting the requisite quality, specification and delivery period after mandatorily obtaining bids from at least three Suppliers, using online bidding or reverse auction tool provided on GeM 10.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. 11. Leased Assets Not Applicable. 12. Procurement of Secondhand Goods: Not Applicable. 13. Domestic preference as specified under paragraph 5.51 of the Procurement Regulations. Goods: is applicable for those contracts identified in the Procurement Plan tables; Works: is not applicable 14. Other Relevant Procurement Information: a) All contracts not covered under prior review by the Bank will be subject to post review during implementation support missions and/or special post review missions, including missions by consultants hired by the Bank. To avoid doubts, the Bank may conduct, at any time, Independent Procurement Reviews of all the contracts financed under the loan. b) For all Post Review cases, the inputs of Bank on Technical Specifications / TORs will be obtained by project. c) Contracts procured in advance will be financed under retroactive financing within the specified limits, as agreed to in the Credit Agreement provided, they are procured in accordance with agreed processes and procedures for the project and have been cleared as part of procurement plan. 3 15. Procurement Methods and review threshold: Table below describes various procurement methods and review thresholds to be used for activities financed by the loan. The Thresholds indicated in table below apply to the implementation period and are based on procurement performance of the project; based on the risk assessment during implementation these thresholds may be subsequently modified, if required. Goods, Works, and Non-Consulting Services Selection Procurement Method Thresholds for Method (US$ equivalent) and arrangements * RFB, Open International (Goods, IT and Equal to or more than 3 million non-consulting) RFB, Open National (Goods, IT and non- < $ 3 million and >$100,000 as per the National Procurement Procedures (Para 5.3 to consulting) 5.5 of Section V of the Procurement Regulations and additional provisions for India RFQ (Goods, IT and Non-Consulting Less than $100,000 Services) Open International (Works) Equal to or more than 40 million Open National (Works) Less than $ 40 million and more than $ 100,000as per the National Procurement Procedures (Para 5.3 to 5.5 of Section V of the Procurement Regulations and additional provisions for India. RFQ (Works) Less than $ 100,000 Direct Selection In accordance with para 6.8 to 6.10 of the Procurement Regulations, and with prior cleared in Procurement plan by the Bank. Community Driven Development In accordance with para 6.52 and Annex XII 6.9 and 6.10 and prior cleared in Procurement plan by the Bank. ** Framework Agreements (Goods, Works In accordance with Para 6.57 to 6.59 and Annex XV of Procurement Regulations, and & consulting Services) with prior agreement in Procurement plan with the Bank. Force Account In accordance with Para 6.54 and 6.55 of the Procurement Regulations, and with prior agreement in Procurement plan with the Bank 16. Selection methods of procurement of Consultants' Services (Firms): The Approved Selection Methods as reflected in the Section VII of the procurement regulations Selection Procurement Method and arrangement * Thresholds for Methods Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) As per requirements of para 7.3 of the Bank’s Procurement Regulations Quality Based Selection (QBS) As per requirements of para 7.8 to 7.10 of the Regulations Selection based on a Fixed Budget (FBS) As per requirements of para 7.4 and 7.5 of the Regulations Selection Based on Least Cost Basis (LCS) As per requirements of para 7.6 and 7.7 of the Regulations Selection based on Consultant’s Qualification (CQ) As per requirements of para 7.11 and 7.12 of the Regulations Contracts estimated to cost equivalent of US$ 300,000 or less per contract Direct Selection Must meet the requirements of Para 7.13 to 7.15 of the Regulations, and with prior clearance by the Bank thru STEP. UN Agencies In accordance with paragraph 7.27 & 7.28 of the Procurement Regulations, and with prior clearance by the Bank thru STEP NGOs In accordance with paragraph 7.29 of the Procurement Regulations. * In addition to above there are other selection arrangements available in the Bank procurement regulations July 2016 which subject to Bank prior clearance can be incorporated in future by updating the procurement plan and shall be based on the project need. 4 17. The short list may consist of all National consultants in case the estimated cost is less than USD 800,000 18. Procurement methods for Selection of Individual Consultants (IC): The Approved Selection Methods as reflected in the Section VII of the procurement regulations Method of Procurement Thresholds for Methods Open Competitive Selection As per requirements of para 7.36 and 7.37 of the Regulations Limited Competitive Selection As per requirements of para 7.38 of the Regulations Direct Must meet the requirements of Para 7.39 of the Regulations, and with prior agreement in PP with the Bank *Shall meet the requirements as stated in Regulations 19.Prior Review Thresholds: The details of the Procurement review / oversight are defined in the Annex II of the Regulations for borrowers. The following would be subject to Prior review of the Bank regardless of the Method of selection: Type of procurement Bank’s Prior review threshold * Works All procurements estimated to cost more than USD 10 million Goods All procurement estimated to cost more than $2 Million Consultant Firm All procurements estimated to cost more than USD 1 Million Consultant Individual All procurement estimated to cost more than USD 300,000 *The thresholds may be increased or decreased based on re-assessment of risks assessment. All contracts not subject to prior review will be post-reviewed. 20. Proposed Procedures for CDD Components: The project comprised of various initiatives implemented through CDD approach. The envisaged interventions will be implemented by the selected Community [Village Committee/Farmer Interest Groups (FIG)/ Farmer Producer Organizations (FPO) )or the selected individual beneficiary based on the micro plan at Village and Cluster Level. The Procurement committee at community level shall follow community driven development selection arrangement as described in the regulation for all community level procurements. Community manual prepared shall include applicable Procurement arrangements which shall be converted in local vernacular and provided to the community for ensuring consistent procurement . 5 PROCUREMENT India : Chhattisgarh Inclusive Rural and Accelerated Agriculture Growth Project PLAN General Information Country: India Bank’s Approval Date of the Original Procurement Plan: 2019-10-10 2020-08-26 Revised Plan Date(s): (comma delineated, leave blank if none) Project ID: P170645 GPN Date: 2019-12-24 Project Name: Chhattisgarh Inclusive Rural and Accelerated Agriculture Growth Project Loan / Credit No: / , IBRD / P5000 Executing Agency(ies): Department of Agriculture - Govt. of chhattisgarh WORKS Bid Evaluation Activity Reference No. / Procurement Estimated Actual Draft Bidding Loan / Credit Market Procurement Prequalification High SEA/SH Process Draft Pre-qualification Prequalification Specific Procurement Bidding Documents Proposal Submission / Report and Contract Description Component Review Type Method Document Amount Amount Document / Signed Contract No. Approach Process (Y/N) Risk Status Documents Evaluation Report Notice / Invitation as Issued Opening / Minutes Recommendation for Completion Type (US$) (US$) Justification Award Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned GOODS Bid Evaluation Activity Reference No. / Draft Bidding Loan / Credit Market Procurement Prequalification Estimated Actual Amount Process Draft Pre-qualification Prequalification Specific Procurement Bidding Documents Proposal Submission / Report and Description Component Review Type Method Document / Signed Contract Contract Completion No. Approach Process (Y/N) Amount (US$) (US$) Status Documents Evaluation Report Notice / Invitation as Issued Opening / Minutes Recommendation for Justification Award Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual NON CONSULTING SERVICES Bid Evaluation Activity Reference No. / Draft Bidding Loan / Credit Market Procurement Prequalification Estimated Actual Amount Process Draft Pre-qualification Prequalification Specific Procurement Bidding Documents Proposal Submission / Report and Description Component Review Type Method Document / Signed Contract Contract Completion No. Approach Process (Y/N) Amount (US$) (US$) Status Documents Evaluation Report Notice / Invitation as Issued Opening / Minutes Recommendation for Justification Award Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual CONSULTING FIRMS Activity Reference No. / Combined Evaluation Loan / Credit Market Contract Type Estimated Actual Expression of Interest Short List and Draft Request for Proposals Opening of Technical Evaluation of Description Component Review Type Method Process Status Terms of Reference Report and Draft Signed Contract Contract Completion No. Approach Amount (US$) Amount (US$) Notice Request for Proposals as Issued Proposals / Minutes Technical Proposal Negotiated Contract Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual IN-DOA - GOCH-139573-CS- CQS / Hiring of Consultancy 1.Community Empowerment Consultant Pending Services for conducting the / and Institutional Post Qualification Open - National 150,000.00 0.00 2019-12-16 2020-01-06 2020-02-19 2020-03-20 2020-04-24 2020-10-21 Implementation Comprehensive Baseline Strengthening Selection Survey IN-DOA - GOCH-139589-CS- 1.Community Empowerment Consultant CQS / Hiring of Consultancy Pending / and Institutional Post Qualification Open - National 100,000.00 0.00 2019-11-11 2019-12-02 2020-01-15 2020-02-14 2020-03-20 2020-09-16 Services for Digital, IEC & Implementation Strengthening Selection Training Materials IN-DOA - GOCH-170082-CS- 1.Community Empowerment QCBS / Hiring of an agency Quality And Cost- Under IBRD / P5000 and Institutional Prior Open - National 3,700,000.00 0.00 2020-06-03 2020-06-11 2020-06-17 2020-06-23 2020-07-04 2020-07-30 2020-08-10 2020-08-27 2020-09-10 2026-09-09 for establishing a 'Value Based Selection Implementation Strengthening Chain Development Cell' IN-DOA - GOCH-170083-CS- QCBS / Hiring of an agency 1.Community Empowerment for CHIRAAG Village Quality And Cost- IBRD / P5000 and Institutional Prior Open - National 4,200,000.00 0.00 Canceled 2020-06-03 2020-06-11 2020-06-17 2020-07-02 2020-07-31 2020-08-07 2020-08-24 2020-09-07 2025-09-06 Development plan, Based Selection Strengthening Institution Building and Capacity Building Page 1 IN-DOA - GOCH-170084-CS- QCBS / Hiring of an agency 1.Community Empowerment for conducting the Baseline, Quality And Cost- Under IBRD / P5000 and Institutional Prior Open - National 1,020,000.00 0.00 2020-06-03 2020-06-11 2020-06-17 2020-06-23 2020-07-06 2020-08-05 2020-08-17 2020-09-03 2020-09-17 2026-09-16 Midterm assessment and Based Selection Implementation Strengthening Process monitoring of the project IN-DOA - GOCH-177648-CS- 1.Community Empowerment QCBS / Hiring of an agency Quality And Cost- Under IBRD / P5000 and Institutional Post Open - National 550,000.00 0.00 2020-06-03 2020-06-22 2020-06-17 2020-06-22 2020-06-30 2020-07-30 2020-08-06 2020-08-19 2020-09-02 2022-09-02 for recruitment of staff Based Selection Implementation Strengthening under CHIRAAG project IN-DOA - GOCH-181282-CS- QCBS / Hiring of TSA for conducting CVDP, 1.Community Empowerment Quality And Cost- Under Institutional Building and IBRD / P5000 and Institutional Prior Open - National 2,300,000.00 0.00 2020-06-23 2020-06-23 2020-07-07 2020-06-23 2020-07-22 2020-08-12 2020-08-19 2020-09-05 2020-09-19 2025-09-18 Based Selection Implementation Capacity Building of PGs - Strengthening North and Central Blocks of CHIRAAG Project IN-DOA - GOCH-181283-CS- QCBS / Hiring of TSA for conducting CVDP, 1.Community Empowerment Quality And Cost- Under Institutional Building and IBRD / P5000 and Institutional Prior Open - National 2,400,000.00 0.00 2020-06-23 2020-06-23 2020-07-07 2020-06-23 2020-07-22 2020-08-20 2020-08-27 2020-09-13 2020-09-27 2025-09-26 Based Selection Implementation Capacity Building of PGs - Strengthening Southern Blocks of CHIRAAG project INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANTS Activity Reference No. / Invitation to Loan / Credit Market Contract Type Estimated Actual Draft Negotiated Description Component Review Type Method Process Status Terms of Reference Identified/Selected Signed Contract Contract Completion No. Approach Amount (US$) Amount (US$) Contract Consultant Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual IN-DOA - GOCH-139567-CS- INDV / Hiring of 1.Community Empowerment Individual Pending Consultancy services for / and Institutional Post Consultant Open 80,000.00 0.00 2019-10-27 2019-12-15 2020-01-05 2020-02-09 2020-08-07 Implementation Preparation of Project Strengthening Selection Operation Manual IN-DOA - GOCH-139579-CS- INDV / Hiring of Consultancy Services for 1.Community Empowerment Individual Preparation of Project Under / and Institutional Post Consultant Open 80,000.00 0.00 2019-10-27 2019-12-19 2019-12-15 2020-01-05 2020-02-09 2020-08-07 Procurement Strategy Implementation Strengthening Selection Development, Procurement Plan & Manual, Bid Document IN-DOA - GOCH-139583-CS- INDV / Hiring of 1.Community Empowerment Individual Consultancy Services for Pending / and Institutional Post Consultant Open 150,000.00 0.00 2019-10-27 2019-12-15 2020-01-05 2020-02-09 2020-08-07 preparation Environment Implementation Strengthening Selection Strategic Assessment and Management Framework IN-DOA - GOCH-139587-CS- INDV / Hiring of 1.Community Empowerment Individual Pending Consultancy Services for / and Institutional Post Consultant Open 150,000.00 0.00 2019-10-27 2019-12-15 2020-01-05 2020-02-09 2020-08-07 Implementation preparation of Project Strengthening Selection Implementation Plan IN-DOA - GOCH-139591-CS- INDV / Hiring of 1.Community Empowerment Individual Consultancy Services for Pending / and Institutional Post Consultant Open 100,000.00 0.00 2019-11-18 2020-01-06 2020-01-27 2020-03-02 2020-08-29 Preparing implementation Implementation Strengthening Selection protocols, guidelines for Model NGGB Page 2 IN-DOA - GOCH-148311-CS- CDS / Hiring of Consultancy 1.Community Empowerment Services for onboarding a IBRD / P5000 and Institutional Prior Direct Selection Direct 7,500.00 0.00 Canceled 2019-12-05 2019-12-08 2020-01-02 2020-06-30 Technical Support Agency for Strengthening conducting the Environment and Social Assessment IN-DOA-GOCH-148312-CS- CDS / Hiring of Consultancy Services for onboarding a 1.Community Empowerment Technical Support Agency for IBRD / P5000 and Institutional Post Direct Selection Direct 17,150.00 7,004.67 Signed 2019-12-12 2019-12-13 2019-12-15 2019-12-20 2020-01-09 2019-12-27 2020-07-07 conducting the Environment Strengthening and Social Assessment against PPA IN-DOA - GOCH-139655-CS- INDV / Hiring of 1.Community Empowerment Individual Consultancy services for / and Institutional Post Consultant Open 150,000.00 0.00 Canceled 2019-10-27 2019-12-15 2020-01-05 2020-02-09 2020-08-07 preparation of Social Strengthening Selection Assessment and Management Framework IN-DOA - GOCH-170086-CS- CDS / Hiring of an agency 1.Community Empowerment Pending for conducting Block-level IBRD / P5000 and Institutional Prior Direct Selection Direct 3,800,000.00 0.00 2020-06-03 2020-06-13 2020-07-07 2026-07-06 Implementation Diagnostics and and Strengthening Capacity Building of staff IN-DOA - GOCH-177652-CS- CDS / Hiring of an agency 1.Community Empowerment for the development of a Pending IBRD / P5000 and Institutional Prior Direct Selection Direct 1,080,000.00 0.00 2020-06-03 2020-06-13 2020-07-01 2025-06-30 Management information Implementation Strengthening System and Geographic Information Systems IN-DOA - GOCH-185882-CS- INDV / Recrutiment of a 1.Community Empowerment Individual Individual Consultant for IBRD / P5000 and Institutional Post Consultant Limited 12,500.00 0.00 Canceled 2020-08-07 2020-08-12 2020-09-02 2020-10-07 2021-10-07 supporting the Procurement Strengthening Selection activities under CHIRAAG project IN-DOA - GOCH-185990-CS- INDV / Recrutiment of a 1.Community Empowerment Individual Individual Consultant for IBRD / P5000 and Institutional Post Consultant Open 13,000.00 0.00 Canceled 2020-08-02 2020-07-29 2020-09-20 2020-10-11 2020-11-15 2021-05-14 supporting the Procurement Strengthening Selection activities under CHIRAAG project IN-DOA - GOCH-190472-CS- INDV / Hiring of a 1.Community Empowerment Individual Pending Individual Consultant for IBRD / P5000 and Institutional Post Consultant Limited 17,500.00 0.00 2020-08-26 2020-08-31 2020-09-10 2020-10-15 2021-10-15 Implementation supporting the Procurement Strengthening Selection activities under CHIRAAG Page 3