Date: 20 December 2013 Lao PDR: Customs and Trade Facilitation Project—Additional Financing Revised Procurement Plan I. GENERAL 1. Project information: Country: Lao PDR Borrower/Recipient: Ministry of Finance Project Name: Customs and Trade Facilitation Project—Additional Financing Project ID No: P144992 Project Implementing Agency: Lao Customs Department, Ministry of Finance 2. Bank’s approval date of the Procurement Plan: 4 April 2013 (original), December 10, 2013 (1st revision) 3. Date of General Procurement Notice: 3 May 2013 4. Period covered by this procurement plan: 18 months II. PROCUREMENT OF GOODS 1. Prior Review Threshold: Procurement Decisions subject to Prior Review by the Bank as stated in Appendix 1 to the Guidelines for Procurement: No. Procurement Method Procurement Method Prior Review Comments Threshold Threshold 1. ICB (Goods) >=US$600,000 All 2. NCB (Goods) US$100,000 >=US$100,000 2. CQS (Firms) <=US$100,000 First Contract 3. Single Source (Firms) - All Where justified and subject to IDA’s prior agreement 4. Least Cost Selection - >= US$ 100,000 For Auditor 5. Individual Consultants - Only the fiduciary, Comparison of legal and some long qualifications of at least term positions three candidates. SSS may be used where justified and subject to IDA’s prior agreement 2. Short list comprising entirely of national consultants: Short list of consultants for services, estimated to cost less than $200,000 equivalent per contract, may comprise entirely of national consultants in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2.7 of the Consultant Guidelines 3. Consultancy Assignments with Selection Methods and Time Schedule 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ref. Contract Selection Review Start Bidding / Comments No. (Description) Method by Selection Bank Process (Prior / Post ) Component A – Automation Support CS-01 ASYCUDA support and SSS* Prior Dec. 2013 Maintenance A1.3.1 maintenance service for 3 years CS-02 LCD ICT Infrastructure and IC Prior (O) Jun. 2013 A2.2.1 Operation Management Support Specialist (International IT (R) Dec. Specialist) 2013 CS-03 Local ICT Support (including QCBS Prior (O) Jun. 2013 A2.2.2 help desk establishment) (R) Dec. 2013 CS-4 Survey and Technical Design of IC Post Nov. 2013 A5.2.2 Back-up Generators for 11 checkpoints and LCD Component B – Organizational Development CS-05 Time release studies CQS Prior (O) Jan. 2014 B1.2.1 (R) May 2014 CS-06 Customs valuation support QBS Prior (O) May B1.2.2 database development 2013 (R) Jan. 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ref. Contract Selection Review Start Bidding / Comments No. (Description) Method by Selection Bank Process (Prior / Post ) 2015 CS-07 Risk management software QBS Prior (O) Jun. 2013 TA for Customs B1.2.3 support Capacity (R) Sep. Enhancement 2014 Program (CS- 12/B5.1) will provide inputs CS-08 Technical assistance for QCBS Prior (O) Jun. B2.1 Customs Training Center 2013 Development Program (R) Jan. 2014 CS-10 Customs Regulation Specialist IC Prior Jan. 2014 B3.2 CS-12 Technical assistance for QCBS Prior Jan. 2014 B5.1 Customs Capacity Enhancement Program CS-13 Administrative support IC Post Jul. 2013 Full time 3 years B6.2 1. Administrative Assistant but with annual ($32,400) extension based 2. Administrative and Finance on performance Assistant ($38,000) 3. Assistant to Customs Advisory Team ($49,600) CS-14 Project Analyst IC Post Jul. 2013 Full time 3 years B6.5 but with annual extension based on performance CS-15 National Procurement Specialist IC Prior Jul. 2013 Full time 3 years B6.6 but with annual extension based on performance CS-16 National Finance Specialist IC Prior Jul. 2013 Full time 3 B6.7 years but with annual extension based on performance CS-17 Project auditor LCS Prior Jun. 2014 B6.8 Note: (*) Single-Source Selection (SSS) will be considered subject to request with justification to be submitted for the World Bank’s no objection. (O) Original (R) Revised SSS Single-Source Selection IC Selection of Individual Consultants QCBS Quality and Cost-Based Selection CQS Selection based on the Consultants’ Qualifications QBS Quality-Based Selection LCS Least-Cost Selection 5