ENHANCING TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS IN BIHAR OPERATION PROCUREMENT PLAN I. General 1. Project information: • Project: Enhancing Teacher Effectiveness in Bihar Operation • Country: India • Project Code: P132665 2. Implementing Agencies: Bihar State Educational Infrastructure Development Corporation (BSEIDC) 3. Period covered by this procurement plan: 18 months 4. Risk Rating for the Implementing Agency: Substantial 5. Procurement Risk Rating for the Project: Substantial II. Works, Non-consulting services and Goods. 1 a) Procurement Methods and Thresholds Category Method of Procurement Threshold (US$ Equivalent) Works International Competitive Bidding (ICB) > 40,000,000 National Competitive Bidding (NCB) Up to 40,000,000 (with NCB conditions) Shopping Up to 100,000 Direct Contracting (DC) As per paragraph 3.7 of Guidelines Public-Private Partnership (PPP) for Works As per paragraph 3.14 of Guidelines Force Account As per paragraph 3.9 of Guidelines Framework Agreement (FA) As per paragraph 3.6 of Guidelines Goods and International Competitive Bidding (ICB) > 3,000,000 non- Limited International Bidding (LIB) wherever agreed by Bank consultant National Competitive Bidding (NCB) Up to 3,000,000 (with NCB conditions) services Shopping Up to 100,000 (NCS) Direct Contracting (DC) As per paragraph 3.7 of Guidelines Public-Private Partnership (PPP) As per paragraph 3.14 of Guidelines Force Account (only for NCS) As per paragraph 3.9 of Guidelines Framework Agreement (FA) As per paragraph 3.6 of Guidelines Procurement from United Nations (UN) Agencies As per paragraph 3.10 of Guidelines 1 b) Prior Review Threshold Works: All contracts more than USD 10 million equivalent Goods: All contracts more than USD 2 million equivalent Non-Consultant Services and IT systems: All contracts more than USD 2 million equivalent In addition, the justifications for all contracts to be issued using LIB or direct contracting shall be subject to prior review with procurement plan. For prior review contracts, the amendments for increasing the cost beyond 15% of original value shall also be subject to Bank’s prior review. 2. Pre-qualification – Not envisaged 3. Applicable Guidelines: All the contracts issued under the project in TA component will follow the World Bank’s “Guidelines: Procurement of goods, works and non- consulting services under IBRD loans and IDA credits & grants by World Bank borrowers” dated January 2011 (as updated in July 2014). 4. Any Other Special Procurement Arrangements: NCB will be conducted in accordance with paragraph 3.3 and 3.4 of the Guidelines and the following provisions: i. Only the model bidding documents for NCB agreed with the GOI Task Force (and as amended for time to time), shall be used for bidding; ii. Invitations to bid shall be advertised in at least one widely circulated national daily newspaper (or on a widely used website or electronic portal with free national and international access along with an abridged version of the said advertisement published in a widely circulated national daily inter-alia giving the website/electronic portal details from which the details of the invitation to bid can be downloaded), at least 30 days prior to the deadline for the submission of bids; iii. No special preference will be accorded to any bidder either for price or for other terms and conditions when competing with foreign bidders, state-owned enterprises, small-scale enterprises or enterprises from any given State; iv. Except with the prior concurrence of the Bank, there shall be no negotiation of price with the bidders, even with the lowest evaluated bidder; v. Extension of bid validity shall not be allowed with reference to Contracts subject to Bank prior review without the prior concurrence of the Bank (i) for the first request for extension if it is longer than four weeks; and (ii) for all subsequent requests for extension irrespective of the period (such concurrence will be considered by Bank only in cases of Force Majeure and circumstances beyond the control of the Purchaser/ Employer) vi. Re-bidding shall not be carried out with reference to Contracts subject to Bank prior review without the prior concurrence of the Bank vii. The system of rejecting bids outside a pre-determined margin or "bracket" of prices shall not be used in the project; viii. Rate contracts entered into by Directorate General of Supplies and Disposals will not be acceptable as a substitute for NCB procedures. Such contracts will be acceptable however for any procurement under the Shopping procedures; ix. Two or three envelope system will not be used (except when using e- Procurement system assessed and agreed by the Bank) Other agreed provisions are: • Any discount received from the bidders after bid submission deadline will not be considered either during the bid evaluation or the contract award. • Domestic preference will be applicable for ICB procurement of Goods as per Appendix 2 of the Procurement Guidelines. • Bids received from foreign bidders will not be rejected under NCB. 5. Procurement Packages with Methods and Time Schedule – As per procurement plan available in STEP. III. Selection of Consultants 1 a) Selection Methods and Thresholds Method of Procurement Threshold (US$ Equivalent) Selection Based on Consultants’ Qualifications Up to 300,000 (CQS)/Least-Cost Selection (LCS) Single-Source Selection (SSS) As per paragraphs 3.9-3.11 of Guidelines Individuals As per Section V of Guidelines Particular Types of Consultants As per paragraphs 3.15-3.21 of Guidelines Quality- and Cost-Based Selection (QCBS)/ Quality- for all other cases Based Selection (QBS)/ Selection under a Fixed Budget (FBS) 1 b) Prior Review Threshold Consultancy Services: > US$ 1 Million for firms; and > US$ 300,000 for individuals In addition, the justifications for all contracts to be issued on the basis of single-source selection will be subject to prior review with procurement plan. For prior review contracts, the amendments for increasing the cost or extension of time beyond 15% of original value shall also be subject to Bank’s prior review. 2. Short list comprising entirely of national consultants: Short list of consultants for services, estimated to cost less than $ 800,000 equivalent per contract, may comprise entirely of national consultants in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2.7 of the Consultant Guidelines. 6. Any Other Special Selection Arrangements: None. 7. Applicable Guidelines: All the contracts issued under the project will follow the World Bank’s “Guidelines: Selection and employment of consultants under IBRD loans and IDA credits & grants by World Bank borrowers” dated January 2011 (as updated in July 2014). 8. Consultancy Assignments with Selection Methods and Time Schedule – As per procurement plan available in STEP. PROCUREMENT India : India: Enhancing Teacher Effectiveness in Bihar PLAN General Information Country: India Bank’s Approval Date of the Original Procurement Plan: 2018-05-07 2019-12-13 Revised Plan Date(s): (comma delineated, leave blank if none) Project ID: P132665 GPN Date: Project Name: India: Enhancing Teacher Effectiveness in Bihar Loan / Credit No: IDA / 55780 Executing Agency(ies): Bihar State Educational Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited WORKS Bid Evaluation Activity Reference No. / Draft Bidding Loan / Credit Market Procurement Prequalification Estimated Actual Amount Process Draft Pre-qualification Prequalification Specific Procurement Bidding Documents Proposal Submission / Report and Description Component Review Type Method Document / Signed Contract Contract Completion No. Approach Process (Y/N) Amount (US$) (US$) Status Documents Evaluation Report Notice / Invitation as Issued Opening / Minutes Recommendation for Justification Award Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual GOODS Bid Evaluation Activity Reference No. / Draft Bidding Loan / Credit Market Procurement Prequalification Estimated Actual Amount Process Draft Pre-qualification Prequalification Specific Procurement Bidding Documents Proposal Submission / Report and Description Component Review Type Method Document / Signed Contract Contract Completion No. Approach Process (Y/N) Amount (US$) (US$) Status Documents Evaluation Report Notice / Invitation as Issued Opening / Minutes Recommendation for Justification Award Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual NON CONSULTING SERVICES Bid Evaluation Activity Reference No. / Draft Bidding Loan / Credit Market Procurement Prequalification Estimated Actual Amount Process Draft Pre-qualification Prequalification Specific Procurement Bidding Documents Proposal Submission / Report and Description Component Review Type Method Document / Signed Contract Contract Completion No. Approach Process (Y/N) Amount (US$) (US$) Status Documents Evaluation Report Notice / Invitation as Issued Opening / Minutes Recommendation for Justification 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 Market Contract Type Estimated Actual Expression of Interest Short List and Draft Request for Proposals Opening of Technical Evaluation of Description Component Review Type Method Process Status Terms of Reference Report and Draft Signed Contract Contract Completion No. Approach Amount (US$) Amount (US$) 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 IN-BSEIDC-59820-CS-QCBS / Teacher Incentive reforms Quality And Cost- Under including a pilot on try out IDA / 55780 Post Open - National 700,000.00 0.00 2018-04-21 2018-05-12 2018-06-25 2018-07-23 2018-08-22 2018-09-26 2018-10-31 2019-10-31 Based Selection Implementation of teacher incentive in select block or district IN-BSEIDC-59828-CS-QCBS / Leadership Training Quality And Cost- program for Teacher IDA / 55780 Prior Open - National 1,000,000.00 0.00 Canceled 2018-05-15 2018-06-05 2018-07-19 2018-08-16 2018-09-15 2018-10-20 2018-11-24 2019-11-24 Based Selection Education to support SCERT Teacher Educators IN-BSEIDC-61960-CS-QCBS / Hiring an agency for Quality And Cost- Under IDA / 55780 Post Open - National 250,000.00 0.00 2018-05-08 2018-05-29 2018-07-12 2018-08-09 2018-09-08 2018-10-13 2018-11-17 2019-11-17 conducting Mid Line Study Based Selection Implementation of Teacher Performance IN-BSEIDC-63058-CS-QCBS / Leadership Training for Quality And Cost- Under Teacher Educators and IDA / 55780 Prior Open - National 1,000,000.00 0.00 2018-05-17 2018-06-07 2018-07-21 2018-08-18 2018-09-17 2018-10-22 2018-11-26 2019-11-26 Based Selection Implementation Educational Managers of Bihar Page 1 IN-BSEIDC-73386-CS-QCBS Quality And Cost- Open - Pending / End line Study on Teacher IDA / 55780 Post 250,000.00 0.00 2019-09-02 2019-09-23 2019-11-06 2019-12-04 2020-01-03 2020-02-07 2020-03-13 2021-03-13 Based Selection International Implementation Performance IN-BSEIDC-73392-CS-QCBS / Impact evaluation - Most Quality And Cost- Pending IDA / 55780 Post Open - National 500,000.00 0.00 2020-02-28 2020-03-20 2020-05-03 2020-05-31 2020-06-30 2020-08-04 2020-09-08 2021-09-08 cost effective online platform Based Selection Implementation to improve teaching practices INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANTS Activity Reference No. / Invitation to Loan / Credit Market Contract Type Estimated Actual Draft Negotiated Description Component Review Type Method Process Status Terms of Reference Identified/Selected Signed Contract Contract Completion No. Approach Amount (US$) Amount (US$) Contract Consultant Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual IN-BSEIDC-147100-CS-CDS / TEACHER EDUCATION Pending MANAGEMENT IDA / 55780 Post Direct Selection Direct 75,527.33 0.00 2019-12-02 2019-12-16 2019-12-25 2020-06-22 Implementation INFORMATION SYSTEM (TEMIS) Page 2