Procurement Plan Improving Compliance Monitoring and Enhancing Transparency in Public Procurement in Albania (P153167) Grant No: 019164 I. General 1. Project information: a) Country: Albania b) Project Name: Improving Compliance Monitoring and Enhancing Transparency in Public Procurement in Albania (P153167), Grant No: 019164 c) Project Implementing Agency: Central Finance and Contracting Unit (CFCU), Ministry of Finance and Economy, Albania 2. Bank’s approval Date of the Procurement Plan: a) First approval: May 19, 2015 b) Revised: February 15, 2016 c) Revised: April 25, 2017 d) Revised: October 27, 2017 3. Date of General Procurement Notice: UN Development Business online on January 11, 2016 4. Period covered by this procurement plan: 11 Dec 2015- 30 Nov 2017 II. Goods and non-consulting services: N/A III. Selection of Consultants 1. Prior Review Threshold: Selection decisions subject to Prior Review by the Bank as stated in Appendix 1 to the Guidelines for Selection and Employment of Consultants: Selection Method Prior Review Threshold 1. Selection of Consulting Firms All Contracts above USD 2,000,000 2. Selection of Individuals All Contracts above USD 400,000 3. TOR-s ALL 2. Reference to (if any) Project Operational/Procurement Manual: Operational Manual of “Improving Compliance Monitoring and Enhancing Transparency in Public Procurement in Albania”. 3. Any Other Special Selection Arrangements: N/A IV. Procurement Packages with Methods and Time Schedule Expected Review Description of Selection proposal/bid Ref by Bank Assignment/Location Method Expected submission Expected Expected Prior/Post No of Submission date Contract Contract contracts of TORs Signing Completion Contractor A B D E F G I J H PPA/1/1.1/2015 IC Prior Nov-15 N/A Feb-16 Jul-16 1 Addendum to Contract Establish public procurement IC Prior N/A N/A Jul-16 Sept- 16 Tom Annikve PPA/1/1.1/2015 indicators Estonia Addendum to Contract IC Prior N/A N/A Sept- 16 Oct-16 PPA/1/1.1/2015 Modifications of the E-GP Portal to Enable Digital Elvis Cirko PPA/1/1.2/2015 IC Post Nov-15 March-16 March-16 June-16 Collection and Analysis of 1 Albania Data Verification and validation of the implementation of the PPA/1/1.2.01/2017 reccomandations fiven from the 1 SSS Prior Apr-17 Jun-17 Jun-17 Aug-17 Elvis Cirko Albania consultancy Ref No PPA/1/1.2/2015 PPA/1/1.3/2015 1 IC Post Dec- 15 May-16 May-2016 Nov- 2016 Strengthening the Monitoring of Compliance with the Gedeon Dudushi Addendum to Procurement Law in Albania Albania Contract IC N/A N/A N/A Oct-16 Nov-16 PPA/1/1.3/2015 PPA/1/1.4/2017 Workshop and training on 1 IC Post Apr-17 Jun-17 Sept-2017 15- Oct-2017 quantitative measurement of Joao de Almeida performance in public Portugal Addendum to procurement Contract IC Post N/A N/A 16-Oct-2017 30- Oct-2017 PPA/1/1.4/2017 Analysis of the electronic conduction of the small value PPA/1/1.5/2017 1 IC Post Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-17 Nov-17 purchases and identification of main problems in this regard. Preparation of a draft training plan to increase capacities PPA/1/1.6/2017 1 IC Post Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-17 Nov-17 among the Contracting Authorities for 2018 Improving the regulatory framework and Standard Tender Documents in relation PPA/1/1.7/2017 2 IC Post Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-17 Nov-17 to Consultancy services and possible use of the Framework Agreement for these latter Improving monitoring of contract management and PPA/1/1.8/2017 2 IC Post Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-17 Nov-17 implementation from the Contracting Authorities Proposal regarding the use of PPA/1/1.9/2017 the CPV codes on public 1 IC Post Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-17 Nov-17 procurement procedures Identification of current indicators and proposals for PPA/1/1.10/2017 new indicators which will 1 IC Post Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-17 Nov-17 generate statistics from the Electronic Procurement System Establishing a continuous link PPA/1/1.11/2017 between procurement planning 2 IC Post Oct-17 Nov-17 Nov-17 Nov-17 and contract implementation Electronic Archiving of Arben Murtaj PPA/2/2.1/2015 1 IC Post Nov-15 Feb-16 March-16 Jul-16 Procurement Procedures Albania Verification and validation of the implementation of the Arben Murtaj PPA/2/2.1.01/2017 reccomandations fiven from the 1 SSS Prior Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Aug-17 Albania consultancy Ref No PPA/1/2.1/2015 Preparing regulations for the investigation of procurement Genc Cifligu PPA/2/2.2/2015 1 IC Post Nov-15 Feb-16 May-16 Sept-16 procedures from external Albania institutions Preparing regulations for the investigation of procurement Genc Cifligu PPA/2/2.3/2015 1 SSS Prior Sept-16 Nov-17 Jan-17 March-17 procedures from external Albania institutions SSAI/3/3.1/2015 1 IC Prior Nov-15 March-16 March-2016 Nov- 2016 Addendum No1 to Develop Training Materials Simeon Sahaydachny Contract and professional expertise in IC Prior N/A N/A Jan-2017 March- 2017 USA SSAI/3/3.1/2015 procurement audit for SSA Addendum No2 to Contract IC Prior N/A N/A Apr-17 Sept-17 SSAI/3/3.1/2015 Incremental Operating Costs