GEF Efficient & Green Freight Transport Project, Procurement Plan PROCUREMENT PLAN Project information: Country: P.R. China Project name: GEF Efficient and Green Freight Transports Project Project Code: P159883 Project Implementation agency: Ministry of Transportation (MOT) NPMO and provincial PMOs Date of the Procurement Plan: July 29, 2020 Period covered by this Procurement Plan: July 2020 to December, 2022 Preamble In accordance with paragraph 5.9 of the “World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” (July 2016, Revised November 2017 & August 2018) (“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. A. The Bank’s Standard Procurement Documents (SPDs): The Bank’s SPDs shall be used for all contracts subject to international competitive procurement and those contracts as specified in the Procurement Plan tables in STEP. B. National Procurement Arrangements: In accordance with paragraph 5.3 of the Procurement Regulations, when approaching the national market (as specified in the Procurement Plan tables in STEP), the country’s own procurement procedures (Tendering and Bidding Law of the Peoples’ Republic of China, i.e. TBL promulgated by its Order No. 21 dated August 30, 1999 and the Implementation Regulations of the TBL promulgated by its State Council Order No. 613 dated November 30, 2011 and any amendments thereof) may be used with the following conditions to meet the requirements for open competitive procurement of paragraph 5.4 of the Procurement Regulations: a. All procurement notices shall be published in a national newspaper of wide circulation, or on a widely-used website / electronic portal with free access. 1 GEF Efficient & Green Freight Transport Project, Procurement Plan b. A minimum of twenty (20) business days shall be given to Bidders between the date of such advertisement (or the date of availability of procurement documents, whichever is later and the deadline for the submission of bids). The advertisement and procurement documents shall specify the deadline for the submission of bids. Potential Bidders shall be allowed to inspect and purchase procurement documents at any time prior to the deadline for the submission of bids. c. Any Bidder/Consultant should be eligible to participate in a procurement process and to be awarded a Bank-financed contract as defined in paragraphs 3.21, 3.22 and 3.23 of the Procurement Regulations. d. Bidders/Consultants shall be allowed to submit bids/proposals by mail or in person. Bidders/consultants shall not be mandatory required to be present at the bid/proposal opening session. e. Bidders should not be required to register as a condition for inspecting or purchasing procurement documents, submitting its bid or receiving contract award. A winner Bidder, shall be given reasonable opportunity of registering (if required) before contract signing without any let or hindrance. Bidding shall not be restricted to any class of contractors. f. The winning bidder shall not be required, as a condition of award, to reduce its bid price No contract negotiation shall be permitted unless agreed in the procurement plan. g. No bid may be rejected solely on the basis that the bid price exceeds any cost estimate. Rejection of all bids or re-bidding shall not be allowed (except for request for quotation) solely because the number of bids is less than three (3). Rebidding shall not take place without any sound justification. h. The Bank’s procurement documents for approaching the national market or any procurement document acceptable to the Bank shall be used. All procurement documents must require that bidders/consultants present a signed acceptance at the time of bidding or submitting a proposal, to be incorporated in any resulting contract, confirming application of and compliance with the Bank’s Anti-Corruption Guidelines, including without limitation the Bank’s right to sanction and the Bank’s inspection and audit rights. i. The procurement documents shall disclose the newspaper and / or the electronic means in which the information on contract award shall be published. j. The contract award notification, according to the consulting selection or procurement method applied, shall identify: (a) name and address of the Borrower’s Project Implementing Unit, (b) name and reference number of the contract being awarded and the selection method used (c) names of all 2 GEF Efficient & Green Freight Transport Project, Procurement Plan Bidders/Consultants that submitted bids/proposals and their prices as read out at the bid opening meeting and as evaluated (d) names of all Bidders/ Consultants whose bids/proposals were rejected either as nonresponsive or as not meeting qualification criteria or were not evaluated, with the reasons therefor and (e) the name of the successful Bidder/Consultant, the final contract price, the contract duration and a summary of its scope. k) The Borrower shall implement an effective complaint mechanism allowing bidders or consultants to complain, and have their complaints handled and responded in a timely manner. Procurement documents should indicate the complaint mechanism procedure and provide the professional title and address of the officials to whom such protests should be sent. l) The Bank shall be allowed to review procurement documentation and activities related to the activities included in the procurement plan. C. Other national procurement arrangements: 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. a. Leased Assets: Not applicable. b. Procurement of Second Hand Goods as specified under paragraph 5.11 of the Procurement Regulations is not applicable: c. Domestic Preference as specified under paragraph 5.51 of the Procurement Regulations: Goods: “Domestic Preference” is not applicable. Works: No works in this project. G. Other Relevant Procurement Information: Prior Review Threshold: Expenditure Contract Procurement Method Bank Prior Review Category Value (US$) Goods/IT >=500,000 & Open National All contracts >= US$2M Systems and < 10 million Non- Consulting < 500,000 RFQ None Services N/A DS All DS contracts ≥ US$2M 3 GEF Efficient & Green Freight Transport Project, Procurement Plan Consultants ≥ 300,000 QCBS, QBS, LCS, FBS Firms: All contracts ≥ US$1M; < 300,000 QCBS, LCS, FBS, CQS Firms: All DS contracts ≥ US$1M; N/A DS IC ≥ US$300K; N/A Individual Consultant DS for IC: ≥ US$300K Notes: DS: Direct Selection CQS: Selection Based on the Consultants’ Qualifications QCBS: Quality- and Cost-Based Selection IC: Individual Consultant QBS: Quality-Based Selection selection procedure LCS: Least Cost Selection RFQ: Request for Quotation FBS: Fixed Budget Selection N/A: Not Applicable 4 GEF Efficient & Green Freight Transport Project, Procurement Plan Annex 1 MOT Procurement Plan (2019-2022) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Estimated Expecte Selecti Review by Contract d Contract Description of on Bank Duration Ref Sub-Component Cost Bidding Status No. assignment metho (prior or (months (USD) Start d post) ) Date Study on the medium-to-long term plan for promoting multimodal transport in China Study on regulations and standardization of multimodal freight transport in China CFT/CS- Jan. 36 1 Study on Structural Promotion of multimodal 700,000 DS Prior  TPRI1 1 2020 months Emission Reduction transport information Strategy for Freight standardization in China Transport in China Cost Benefit Analysis of Carbon Reduction in China’s Freight Sector and Action Plan for Key Region CFT/CS- National multimodal freight flow 30 2 500,000 QBS Post   Jul.2020   2 model months Action plan for infrastructure CFT/CS- Development of Mar. 24 3 connectivity improvement on the 300,000 QBS Prior   3 Action Plan for 2019 months B&R corridors Efficient and Green High efficiency freight transport CFT/CS- Freight Corridor Mar. 24 4 organization and management 300,000 DS Post  CATS2 4 Improvement 2020 months plan for freight corridors in China Analyze the current situation of the intermodal transport Guideline of infrastructure development in the Intermodal Freight CFT/CS- Yangtze River Economic Belt Mar. 24 5 Development for 200,000 CQS Post    5 Investigate the volume and 2019 months the Yangtze River direction of intermodal transport Economic Belt freight flows in the Yangtze River Economic Belt 5 GEF Efficient & Green Freight Transport Project, Procurement Plan Evaluate the development level and trend of the intermodal transport in the Yangtze River Economic Belt on the background of ecological civilization CFT/CS- construction May. 24month 6 200,000 DS Post  WTRI3 6 Put forward the strategic 2019 s objectives and key task of the intermodal transport in the Yangtze River Economic Belt on the background of ecology-based civilization construction The development goal, key tasks and policy measures of railway intermodal transportation in the CFT/CS- Jan. 24 7 Yangtze River economic belt, 250,000 CQS Post    7 2020 months under the background of ecological civilization construction Control and coordination mechanism on urban freight vehicles: issue and solution CFT/CS- Mar. 24 8 Guideline for Green Development experiences of 200,000 CQS Post    8 2019 months and Efficient Urban green urban freight distribution Freight in foreign and domestic urban Development clusters Index System Construction and CFT/CS- Jan. 24 9 Effect Evaluation on Green Urban 100,000 DS Post  CATS 9 2020 months Freight Promoting CFT/CS- Study on the standardization of Mar. 24 10 Standardization 250,000 DS Post  RIOH4 10 urban freight distribution 2019 months and Development Intelligent Study on route optimization and CFT/CS- Technology for Jan. 24 11 intelligent dispatching technology 150,000 CQS Post    11 Urban Freight 2020 months for urban freight distribution Distribution CFT/CS- Monitoring and Energy consumption and Jan. 24 12 150,000 CQS Post    12 evaluation emissions data/Appraisal report 2021 months 6 GEF Efficient & Green Freight Transport Project, Procurement Plan of energy conservation and emissions reduction effect Performance monitoring and evaluation Performance monitoring and (including Midterm evaluation (including Midterm CFT/ CS- Jan. 24 13 project evaluation, project evaluation, Project 100,000 CQS Post    13 2021 months Project completion completion report and report and Performance appraisal report) Performance appraisal report) 2-3 Study on green Jun- Internatio Study on green Freight-driver 14 CFT/IC-1 Freight-driver 120,000 ICS Post  Dec,201   nal Standard Standard 9 Consultant s Mar. 3-5 2019- Technical 15 CFT/IC-2 Technical Experts Technical Experts 211,000 ICS Post    Dec. Consultant 2021 s Total Budget 3,731,000 7 GEF Efficient & Green Freight Transport Project, Procurement Plan Yantai Procurement Plan (2019-2022) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Expected Review by Expected Contract Re Contract Description of Estimated Selection Proposals Bank (prior Bidding Duration Status f No. assignment Cost (USD) method submissio or post) Start Date (months) n Date CFT/CS- 1 Data Analysis 650,000 QCBS Post Jan. 2019 Mar. 2019 36 1-Yantai CFT/CS- 2 Publicity and Promotion 100,000 CQS Post Jan. 2020 Mar. 2019 24 2-Yantai Total Budget 750,000 Weifang Procurement Plan (2019-2022) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Expected Review by Expected Contract Re Contract Description of Estimated Selection Proposals Bank (prior Bidding Duration Status f No. assignment Cost (USD) method submissio or post) Start Date (months) n Date CFT/CS- Equipment for Green 1 1- freight carbon emission 160,000 RFQ Post Jan. 2019 Mar. 2019 24 Weifang data collection system Research on the mode CFT/CS- of urban joint 2 2- 290,000 CQS Post Jan. 2019 Mar. 2019 24 distribution Weifang organization in Weifang CFT/CS- 3 3- Training and promotion 100,000 CQS Post Jul. 2019 Sep. 2019 18 Weifang Total Budget 550,000 8 GEF Efficient & Green Freight Transport Project, Procurement Plan Hubei Procurement Plan (2019-2022) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Expected Estimated Review by Expected Contract Re Contract Description of Selection Proposals Cost (USD Bank (prior Bidding Duration Status f No. assignment method submissio ‘000) or post) Start Date (months) n Date Research on the construction and 1CFT/CS- development of modern 220,000 CQS Post Jan. 2019 Mar. 2019 24 1 1-Hubei shipping system in Han River Equipment for Green 2CFT/G- Waterway Construction 80,000 RFQ Post Jul. 2019 Sep. 2019 2 2 1-Hubei Project Total Budget 300,000 Guangdong Procurement Plan (2019-2022) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Expected Review by Expected Contract Re Contract Description of Estimated Selection Proposals Bank (prior Bidding Duration Status f No. assignment Cost (USD) method submissio or post) Start Date (months) n Date Guangzhou-Qingyuan CFT/CS- Urban-rural Logistics 11- Integrating 560,000 QCBS Post Jan. 2019 Mar. 2019 36 1 Guangdo Distribution ng Demonstration CFT/CS- 2- 2 Capacity Building 190,000 CQS Post Jul. 2019 Sep. 2019 24 Guangdo ng Total Budget 750,000 9 GEF Efficient & Green Freight Transport Project, Procurement Plan Fujian Procurement Plan (2019-2022) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Expected Estimated Review by Expected Contract Re Contract Description of Selection Proposals Cost (USD Bank (prior Bidding Duration Status f No. assignment method submissio ‘000) or post) Start Date (months) n Date The development and CFT/CS- construction of Fujian- 1 1- Jiangxi rail-sea 550,000 QCBS Post Jan. 2019 Mar. 2019 36 1 Xiamen intermodal transport information system Study on the CFT/CS- optimization of freight 2 1- distribution 150,000 CQS Post Jul. 2019 Sep. 2019 24 2 Xiamen organization at Xiamen Port Total Budget 700,000 Notes: 1. TPRI: MOT’s affiliated institute – Transport Planning and Research Institute; 2. CATS: MOT’s affiliated institute – China Academy of Transportation Sciences; 3. WTRI: MOT’s affiliated institute – China Water-bone Transport Research Institute 4. RIOH: MOT’s affiliated institute – Research Institute of Highway. 10 PROCUREMENT China : China: GEF Efficient and Green Freight Transport Project PLAN General Information Country: China Bank’s Approval Date of the Original Procurement Plan: 2020-12-16 2020-12-29 Revised Plan Date(s): (comma delineated, leave blank if none) Project ID: P159883 GPN Date: 2019-11-16 Project Name: China: GEF Efficient and Green Freight Transport Project Loan / Credit No: TF / A9121 X Executing Agency(ies): iamen Jiaotong WORKS Activity Reference No. / Estimated Actual Draft Bidding Bid Evaluation Report Loan / Credit Procurement Prequalification High SEA/SH Procurement Process Draft Pre-qualification Prequalification Specific Procurement Bidding Documents as Proposal Submission / Contract Description Component Review Type Method Market Approach Amount Amount Document / and Recommendation Signed Contract No. Process (Y/N) Risk Document Type Status Documents Evaluation Report Notice / Invitation Issued Opening / Minutes Completion (US$) (US$) Justification for Award Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned GOODS Activity Reference No. / Draft Bidding Bid Evaluation Report Loan / Credit Procurement Prequalification Estimated Actual Amount Process Draft Pre-qualification Prequalification Specific Procurement Bidding Documents as Proposal Submission / Description Component Review Type Method Market Approach Document / and Recommendation Signed Contract Contract Completion No. Process (Y/N) Amount (US$) (US$) Status Documents Evaluation Report Notice / Invitation Issued Opening / Minutes Justification for Award Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual NON CONSULTING SERVICES Activity Reference No. / Draft Bidding Bid Evaluation Report Loan / Credit Procurement Prequalification Estimated Actual Amount Process Draft Pre-qualification Prequalification Specific Procurement Bidding Documents as Proposal Submission / Description Component Review Type Method Market Approach Document / and Recommendation Signed Contract Contract Completion No. Process (Y/N) Amount (US$) (US$) Status Documents Evaluation Report Notice / Invitation Issued Opening / Minutes Justification for Award Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual CONSULTING FIRMS Activity Reference No. / Combined Evaluation Loan / Credit Contract Type Estimated Actual Amount Expression of Interest Short List and Draft Request for Proposals Opening of Technical Evaluation of Description Component Review Type Method Market Approach Process Status Terms of Reference Report and Draft Signed Contract Contract Completion No. Amount (US$) (US$) Notice Request for Proposals as Issued Proposals / Minutes Technical Proposal Negotiated Contract Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual CFT/CS-2-XIAMEN / The Opti mization Scheme of Freight Or 1. National Technical Consultant ganization of the Port of Xiam TF / A9121 Assistance and Policy Post Qualification Open - National 150,000.00 0.00 Under Review 2020-12-16 2020-12-16 2021-01-06 2021-02-19 2021-03-21 2021-04-25 2022-09-20 en and Its Associated Inland D Development Selection ry Port Land port CFT/CS-1-XIAMEN / The Development and 1. National Technical Quality And Cost- Pending Construction of Fujian-Jiangxi TF / A9121 Assistance and Policy Post Open - International 550,000.00 0.00 2020-12-16 2021-01-06 2021-02-19 2021-03-19 2021-04-18 2021-05-23 2021-06-27 2022-09-20 Based Selection Implementation Rail-Sea Intermodal Transport Development Information System INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANTS Activity Reference No. / Invitation to Loan / Credit Contract Type Estimated Actual Amount Draft Negotiated Description Component Review Type Method Market Approach Process Status Terms of Reference Identified/Selected Signed Contract Contract Completion No. Amount (US$) (US$) Contract Consultant Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Page 1