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Azerbaijan: Rural Investment Project 
Procurement Plan
 
I. General
1. 
Agreed Date of the procurement Plan  
 
Original 
: May 5, 2004 
 
2.  
Date of General Procurement Notice
:
June 15, 2004 (planned) 
 
II. Goods and Works and non consulting services
1. 
Prior Review Threshold
:
Procurement Decisions subject to Prior Review by Bank as stated in 
Appendix 1 to the Guidelines for Procurement : 
 
Procurement Method 
Prior Review Threshold 
Aggregate 
1. 
ICB  
> $100,000 
$150,000 
2. Shopping 
< 
$100,000 
$240,000 
23. 
Grouping of contracts
 : To the extent practicable, contracts for __________________ shall be 
grouped in bid packages estimated to cost $__________ equivalent or more each. 
.
Pre-qualification:
 Not applicable 
 
3.  
CDD Procurement: 
Project components to be carried out by community participation to be 
described in accordance with para 3.17 of the Procurement Guidelines: Micro-projects component 
shall be carried out in accordance with the procurement procedures defined in Operational 
Manual, prepared in accordance with the Manual for Conducting Very Small Value Procurements 
under World Bank/IDA/ Small Grants, Loans, Credits (Sept 22, 2003). 
 
4. 
Any Other Special Procurement Arrangements
:
Not applicable 
BOO/BOT/BOOT arrangement 
Output based contract arrangements 
eg. Air Time (in TV and Radio) for Public information  
5. 
Procurement Items with Methods and Time Schedule  
 
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 
No 
 
Description of 
Item/ Package with 
(Description)Ref. 
No. 
 
Total 
Estimated 
Cost 
($) 
 
Number 
of 
Contracts 
 
Procurement 
Method 
 
Domestic 
Preference 
(yes/no) 
Prior 
Review 
by 
Bank 
 
Indicative  
Bid-
document 
Issue 
Date 
Estimated 
Contract 
Duration 
 
Expected 
Contract 
Signing 
 
Expected 
Contract 
Completion 
1
Office Renovation 
 
3 
Shopping 
No 
Post 
August 
2004 
September 
2004 
November  
2004 
2
Vehicles  1 
ICB 
Yes 
Prior 
July 2004 
September 
2004 
January 2005 
3
IT Equipment 
 
3 
Shopping 
No 
Prior 
August 
2004 
September 
2004 
October 2004 
4
Office Equipment 
 
1 
Shopping 
No 
Post 
August 
2004 
September 
2004 
October 2004 
5
Audio
-
visual 
1
Shopping No 
Post 
August 
September 
October 2004 
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Equipment 2004 
2004 
6
Office Furniture 
 
1 
Shopping 
No 
Post 
August 
2004 
September 
2004 
October 2004 
7
Communication 
Equipment 
 1 
Shopping 
No 
Post 
August 
2004 
September 
2004 
October 2004 
8
Micro-projects 
 
multiple 
CPP 
No 
Post 
Throughout the life of the project 
 
TOTAL 
 
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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: 
 
Selection  Method 
Prior Review Threshold 
Aggregate 
1. 
Competitive Methods  (Firms)  
> $100,000 
$1,375,000 
2. Single 
Source 
(Firms) 
All 
$1,375,000 
3. 
Individual Consultant 
> $50,000 
$1,108,000 
2.  2.  
Short list comprising entirely of national consultants
:
Short list of consultants for 
services, estimated to cost less than $100,000 equivalent per contract, may comprise entirely of 
national -consultants in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2.7 of the Consultant 
Guidelines.
Prior Review Threshold
:
Procurement Decisions subject to Prior Review by Bank as 
stated in Appendix 1 to the Guidelines for Selection of Consultants: 
 
Selection Method 
Prior Review Threshold 
Comments 
1. QCBS 
 
 
 
2. QBS 
 
 
3. 
Selection under fixed Budget 
 
 
4. 
Least cost Selection  
 
 
5. Selec
tion Based on Consultants’ 
Qualifications 
 
6. 
Single Source Selection 
 
 
7. Commercial 
Practices 
 
 
8. 
Selection of UN Agencies 
 
 
9. 
Use of NGOs 
 
 
10 Procurement 
Agents 
 
 
11. Inspection 
Agents 
 
 
12 Banks 
 
 
13. Individual 
Consultant 
 
 
14 Individual 
Consultant 
(S.S. 
Selection) 
 
 
3. 
Any Other Special Selection Arrangements: 
Not applicable. 
Employment of public Servants; 
Training Arrangements and selection of Training Institutions 
4. 
Consultancy Assignments with Selection Methods and Time Schedule
 
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
No
.
Description of Assignment 
with Ref. No. 
 
Total 
Estimated  
Cost 
($) 
 
Number 
of 
Contracts 
 
Selection  
Method 
Prior  
Review 
by 
Bank 
 
Indicative 
RFP Issue  
Date 
Estimated 
Contract 
Duration 
 
Expected 
Contract 
Signing 
 
Expected 
Contract 
Completion 
1
Long Term Local Individual 
Consultants 
 multiple 
IC 
Prior 
Throughout the life of the project 
2
Short Term Local Individual 
Consultants 
 
multiple 
IC 
Post 
Throughout the life of the project 
3
Foreign Individual 
Consultants 
 
multiple 
IC 
Post 
Throughout the life of the project 
4
TA Service Providers 
 
3 
QBS 
Prior 
September 
2004 
October 2004 
October 2006 
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TA Service Providers 
 
3 
SS 
Prior 
September 
2006 
October 2006 
October 2008 
7
Publicity and promotion 
campaign 
 1 
FB 
Post 
July 
2004 
September 
2004 
January 2006 
8
Auditing  
2 
LCS 
Post 
January 
2005 
March 2005 
July 2006 
9
Custom Software 
 
1 
CQ 
Post 
August 2004 
September 
2004 
January 2006 
TOTAL 
 
IV. Implementing Agency Capacity Building Activities  with Time Schedule
1. 
The agreed Capacity Building Activities are listed with time schedule  
 
No. 
 
Expected outcome / 
Activity Description  
 
Estimated 
Cost ($) 
 
Estimated 
Duration 
 
Comments 
1
Procurement Training during Project 
Launch Workshop 
-
Two days 
To be provided by PAS 
2
CDD Training for ROO staff at the 
regional level 
-
Two days 
To be provided by PMU 
CDD Consultant 
3
CDD Training to the Recipients 
- 
  
To be provided by 
Service Providers  
4
Training of PMU Procurement 
Specialist on CDD Procurement 
 1 
week 
 
5
Training of PMU Procurement 
Assistant on Bank’s procurement 
procedures 
 4 
weeks