86191 LAO PEOPLE DEMONCRATIC REPUBLIC EDUCATION FOR ALL FAST TRACK INITIATIVE PROGRAM PROCUREMENT PLAN Revision No. 4rd I. General 1. Project information Beneficiary Country : Lao People's Democratic Republic Project Name : Catalytic Fund EFA/FTI Program Grant No. : TF097384 & TF099625 Implementing Agency: Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) : Department Of Planning : Education Sector Development Framework Coordination Unit (ECU) : Tel/Fax. (856 21) 243672 : e-mail: edpiimoe@laopdr.com 2. Date of Bank's approval to the Procurement Plan: Original : 24th March 2010 First revision : 25th March 2013 Second revision : 25th December 2013 Third revision : 11th March 2014 3. Date of General Procurement Notice: First issued : 10th September 2010 4. Period covered by this procurement plan: 1 year January - August 2014 5. Any other Special Procurement Arrangements: Following the Prime Minister on Government Procurement of Goods, Construction, Maintenance and Services, 03/PM dated January 9, 2004, and the Implementing Rules and Regulations on Government Procurement of Goods, Works, Maintenance and Services dated March 12, 2004 [stated in the Grant Agreement :EFA FTI Grant No. TF 097384 dated August 12, 2010 and TF 099625 dated July 14, 2011] Page 1 of 5 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 Procurement Prior review Items Method Comments Method by WB Threshold ICB 1 ≥ USD600,000 All (Goods) .- NCB 2 ≥ USD600,000 (Goods) 3 Shopping < USD 100,000 .- (Goods) 4 Community .- .- Participation 2. Pre-qualification. Bidders for _Not applicable_ shall be prequalified in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 2.9 and 2.10 of the Guidelines. 3. Proposed Procedures for CDD Components (as per paragraph. 3.17 of the Guidelines: NA 4. Reference to (if any) Project Operational/Procurement Manual: Community Based Contracting Operational Manual, Community Grant Manual, Handbook for the Management and Utilization of School Administrative Fund, Guideline for Temporary School Building for and Implementation of Mobile Teacher; Planning and Budgeting Manual for Education Sector; National School Meal Program Manual and Manual for the Implementation of the Pre-Service Training for Pre-primary Teacher for 30 weeks and two years 5. Any Other Special Procurement Arrangements: NA 6. Summary of the Procurement Packages planned during the first 18 months after project effectiveness Page 2 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ref. No. Contract Procure Domestic Review Bid Comments (Description) ment Preference by Bank Opening (yes/no) date Method (Prior / Post) G01/2014 147 Desktop In the Computers, 22 process of NCB No Post Laptop Computers advertisem and 117 Printers ent G02/2014 14 Photocopiers for PESS and S No Post Feb 2014 DEBS In the 25 Feb process of G03/2014 88 Motorcycles NCB No Post 2014 Bid Evaluation G04/2014 In the 1 set of Video, March process of 15 Camera and S No Post 2014 draft 5 recorders bidding doc March Drafting G05/2014 Furniture S No Post bidding doc 2014 G06/2014 Publishing 1000 M&E Manual for S No Post June 2014 primary level G07/2014 Printing and distribution school S No Post May 2014 questionnaire G08/2014 Procurement 1pick In the up for Houaphan 20 Feb process of S No Post province to serve 2014 Bid NSMP Evaluation G09/2014 125 calculators, 125 Stopwatch S No Post Mar 2014 sand 125 Tape recorders G11/2014 Interpreter systems Pending with 20 head sets item from S No Post Mar 2014 NOL dated 25/4/2013 Page 3 of 5 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: S/N Selection Method Prior Review Threshold Comment 1. Competitive Methods (Firms) Above US$ 100,000 2. Single Source (Firms) All 3. Individual Above US$ 50,000 2. Short list comprising entirely of national consultants: Short list of consultants for services, estimated to cost less than $_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: NA 4. Consultancy Assignments with Selection Methods and Time Schedule: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Expected Ref. No. Description of Selection Review Proposals Comments Assignment Method by Bank submission (Prior / date Post) IC02/2014 National TA for IC Post Feb 2014 In the process M&E (7 months) of Evaluation CVs IC03/2014 National Consultant SSS Prior Jan 2013 Extension of on Social contract Assessment for 2 month (Chansouk [In the process Insouvanh) of requesting NOL TOR] IC04/2014 19 District SSS Prior May 2014 Extension of Engineers (7 Contract for months) assisting the rehabilitation of schools under EFA FTI CF and EDPII AF [In the process of Requesting Page 4 of 5 NOL] IC05/2014 7 Provincial Project IC Prior Mar 2014 Extension of Technical Advisor Existing (PPTA) contract:1 PPTA to extend for 6 months and another 6 PPTAs will extend 3.5 more IC06/2014 Auditor to conduct SSS Prior Feb 2014 Extension an audit for the existing period Oct 2013 to contract with Dec 2014 Pricewaterhous eCoopers (Lao) to audit period from Oct 2013 to Dec 2014 IC07/2014 International/ SSS Prior April 2014 Extension Regional Senior existing Education Statistics contract with Specialist for the Mr. Khin Kyu period 4 months IC08/2014 One Provincial SSS Prior April 2014 Extension Field Monitor existing contract 4.5 months IC09/2014 Accounting SSS Prior Mar 2014 Extension Software consultant existing contract with Motive Solution (Lao)Co. Ltd for the period 2 months Page 5 of 5