65585 KINGDOM OF LESOTHO Ministry of Trade and Industry, Cooperatives and Marketing Private Sector Competitiveness Project Revised Procurement Plan Date: 30th September 2011 (Revised Version) This simplified procurement plan with the minimum content is required for disclosure on the Bank’s website in accordance with the Bank’s Procurement Guidelines, version May 2004, revised May 2010. This procurement plan covers the period October 2011 to June 2013 and will be updated semi-annually or earlier as necessary. I. GENERAL 1. Project information: Country : Lesotho Project Name : Private Sector Competitiveness and Economic Diversification Project Grant No. : IDA42750 Project ID : P088544 Project Implementing Agency: Ministry of Trade and Industry, Cooperatives and Marketing. 2. Bank’s Approval Date of the Procurement Plan Original: 3. Date of General Procurement Notice: June 28, 2011 4. Period Covered by this Procurement Plan: October 2011 to June 2013 inclusive. II. GOODS AND WORKS AND NON-CONSULTING SERVICES 1. Prior Review Threshold Procurement Decisions are subject to Prior Review by the Bank as stated in Appendix 1 to the Guidelines for Procurement: Thresholds for applicable procurement methods (not limited to the list below) are indicated in the PAD, the Financing Agreement and/or in the detailed procurement plan. 1 2 Contract Value Expenditure (Threshold) Procurement Contracts Subject to Category US$ Method Prior Review 1. Works >=3,000,000 ICB All Contracts >=100,000<3,000,000 NCB As identified in Proc Plan <100,000 Shopping None All value Direct Contracting All Contracts 2. Goods >=500,000 ICB All Contracts >=50,000< 500,000 NCB As identified in Proc Plan <50,000 Shopping As identified in Proc Plan All Contracts All value Direct Contracting 2. Reference to Procurement Manual: 3. Procurement Packages with Methods and Time Schedule 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 Ref. Contract Estimated Procurement Domestic Review Expected No. (Description) Cost Method Preference by Bank Bid-Opening US$ (yes/no) (Prior / Post) Date Goods 1. Equipment for incubators 150,000.00 NCB Yes Prior Feb-2012 2. Materials for village roll-out 90,000.00 NCB Yes Prior Feb-2012 TOTAL 240,000.00 3 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: Expenditure Contract Value Category (Threshold) Contracts Subject to (Consultants) US$ (‘000) Procurement Method Prior Review (a) Firms >=100 QCBS All contracts <100 CQS, LCS, QBS, FBS As identified in Proc Plan All values SSS All contracts (b) Individual >=100 IC All contracts All values Single Source of Individual All Consultants Note: In all cases irrespective of contract value and if a selection process will be subject to Banks prior review or not, all TOR for consultant firms and individual consultants will be subject of review by the Bank 2. Short list comprising entirely of national consultants: Short list of consultants for services, estimated to cost less than US$ 100,000 equivalent per contract, may comprise entirely of national consultants in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2.7 of the Consultant Guidelines. 4 3. Consultancy Assignments with Selection Methods and Time Schedule 1 2 3 4 5 6 Expected Review Proposal Ref Sub- Contract Estimated Selection by Bank Submission No. Component Description of Assignment No. Cost US $ Method (Prior / Post) Date 1. 1A Scan Registry Documents 84 15,000.00 CQS Post 1 December 2011 2. 1A Strike Off Defunct Companies from the Registry 102 5,200.00 IC Post 1 November 2011 3. 1A Institutional and Human Resources Review of the OBFC 100B 10,000.00 IC Post 1 December 2011 4. 1A Upgrade OBFC IT System for integration of Company Registry 101 10,000.00 SSS Prior 1 December 2011 5. 1A Upgrade OBFC Website 122 8,000.00 CQS Post 1 November 2011 6. 1A IT Support for OBFC 123 68,578.00 CQS Prior 1 November 2011 7. 1C Investment Promotion Conference 115 50,000.00 CQS Prior 15 November 2011 Implementation of Leasing Strategy for Lesotho (Capacity Building 8. 1C and Business Development) 116 100,000.00 SSS Prior 1 December 2011 9. 1C International Conference on Leasing 117 100,000.00 CQS Prior 1 November 2011 10 2A Services for Skills Centers 124 100,000.00 QCBS Prior 1 February 2012 11. 2B Denmar 118 875,853.00 SSS Prior 1 October 2011 12. 2B International Advisor (Yasuo) 119 220,000.00 SSS Prior 1 October 2011 13. 2B Financial Analysis for Horticulture Pilot Projects 120 15,000.00 IC Post 1 February 2012 14. 2C Development of Star Grading System for Tourism Establishments 121 250,000.00 QCBS Prior 1 November 2011 15. 2C PPP Advisor for Tourism 125 100,000.00 QCBS Prior 1 November 2011 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 Expected Review Proposal Ref Sub- Contract Estimated Selection by Bank Submission No. Component Description of Assignment No. Cost US $ Method (Prior / Post) Date Automate tourism licensing system and link it to OBFC Company 16. 2C Registration System 126 15,000.00 CQS Post 1 March 2012 Needs assessment/gap analysis/approach for tourism data collection 17. 2C and dissemination 127 40,822.00 IC Post 1 February 2012 TOTAL 1,983,453.00 6 7