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NAME OF COUNTRY: MALAWI 
 
NAME OF PROJECT: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, TRANSPARENCY 
AND ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT (FIMTAP) 
 
LOAN/CREDIT NO. 3437 
–
MAI 
 
Revised Procurement Plan 
 
I. General
1.  
Project information
:
Financial Management and Transparency and Accountability Project 
 
Project Implementation Agency: 
 Office of President and Cabinent 
2. 
Bank’s approval
 
Date of the procurement Plan
 : Jan 2008 
3. 
Date of General Procurement Notice
:
November 2006 
4. 
Period covered by this procurement plan
:
12 months (From January  to 
December 2008) 
 
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 
Prior Review Threshold 
Comments 
1. 
ICB and LIB (Goods) 
USD 250,000 
All 
2. NCB 
(Goods) 
> 
USD100,000 
All 
6. 
Shopping (Goods) 
 None 
None 
8. Direct 
Contracting 
–
DC All 
All 
10. 
Single Source Selection 
All 
All 
2. Prequalification
.
No prequalification is expected under the project. 
Prequalification if any shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of 
paragraphs 2.9 and 2.10 of the Guidelines. 
 
Goods: 
Contract 
(Description) 
Estimated Cost 
(US$) 
Procur-
ement 
Method
Prequali 
-fication 
(Yes/No) 
Domestic 
Preferenc 
(Yes/No) 
Review by 
Bank 
(Prior/Post) 
Comment/ 
(Status) 
2no. Standby 
generators for 
GWAN. 
140,000.00 NCB  NO 
NO 
Prior This 
includes 
the cost of 
generators 
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and 
installation 
4no. Motor 
vehicles 
190,000.00 
 
NCB NO 
NO 
Prior This 
procurement 
is already 
underway. 
5no. Motor 
vehicles 
250,000.00 
 
ICB NO 
NO 
Prior 
Procurement 
process not 
yet started 
Servers, 
Workstations & 
Communication 
equipment 
1,093,000.00 ICB 
NO 
NO 
Prior  Procurement 
process not 
yet started 
GWAN Roll 
Out to the 
regions (GWAN 
Equipment & 
Networking) 
1,200,000.00 ICB 
NO 
NO 
Prior  Procurement 
process not 
yet started 
Fiber 
Installation at 
Capital Hill and 
City centre 
200,000.00 
 
ICB NO 
NO 
Prior 
Procurement 
process not 
yet started 
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 Threshold 
Comments 
1. 
Competitive Methods [QCBS, QBS, 
FBS, LCS, CQS,CP] (Firms)  
US$ 100,000 
 
2. 
Selection of Individual Consultants 
US$ 50,000 
 
5. SSS 
(Firms/individuals) 
All 
All 
contracts 
2. 
Short list comprising entirely of national consultants
:
Short list of 
consultants for services, estimated to cost less than $100,000.00 equivalent per 
contract, may comprise entirely of national consultants in accordance with the 
provisions of paragraph 2.7 of the Consultant Guidelines. 
 
Services/Consultancies: 
Description of 
Assignment 
Estimated Cost 
(US$) 
Selection 
Method 
Review by 
Bank 
(Prior/Post)
Comment 
GWAN Maintenance 
contract 
90,626.10 
 
QCBS Prior 
This 
assignment 
is 
already underway.  
HRMIS Review 
80,000.00 
QCBS 
Prior 
Combined 
Evaluation 
is underway. 
Procurement Audit 
200,000.00 
 
QCBS Prior 
Combined 
Evaluation 
is underway. 
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