PAD - LGED

D. Procurement
69. Advanced procurement actions: Two types of procurement are subject to advance
actions so that contracts can be awarded within a short time of credit effectiveness of the project.
The three consultancy assignments (Supervision Consultants R1 and R2 as well as Management
Support Consultant- MSC) and first year civil works contracts (RPM and PBMCs) as agreed in
the initial procurement plan of RTIP-II, are earmarked as advance procurement actions.
70. Institutional and management capacity constraints remain for procurement. Key
findings of the procurement capacity assessment include: (i) quality of procurement
documentation to be improved, (ii) appropriate planning and procurement packaging, (iii)
utilization of the delegated financial powers in case of high bid price or re-bidding, (iv) handling
procurement complaints in the earlier stages of RTIP-II to be improved, and (v) avoiding delays
in contract implementation. Based on procurement performance of LGED under RTIP-I, the
procurement operation and contract administration risk is rated as “Substantial”. Annex 3
contains detailed procurement information.
71. Procurement Plan: The procurement plan dated March 8, 2012 for the first 18 months of
the project has been prepared by LGED. The procurement plan will be updated once every six
months and will be the basis of Bank’s procurement supervision plan.
E. Social Safeguards
72. A framework approach for the project planning was considered, hence the specific
investment activities will be identified and designed only during the course of the project
implementation. A Social Impact Management Framework (SIMF) has, therefore been
developed during the preparation stage for social safeguard compliance of the project. The
World Bank policies on involuntary resettlement (OP/BP 4.12) and indigenous people (OP/BP
4.10) have been triggered for this project. The SIMF includes a resettlement policy framework,
an indigenous peoples planning framework and a gender framework. Social Impact Assessment
(SIA) will be conducted for all project activities and Social Management Plans (SMP) that
include Resettlement Plans (RP), Indigenous Peoples Plans (IPP) and Gender Action Plans
(GAP), will be prepared as necessary.
73. Adverse social impacts expected under RTIP-II program are largely related to possible
land acquisition and population displacement for improvement of UZR, and the presence of
indigenous communities in project districts who are also among the targeted beneficiaries.
Specific social screening and planning of the project activities will be carried out as part of the
annual investment planning process in line with the SIMF during implementation. The first year
works are rehabilitation and periodic maintenance (RPM) of UZR and UNR which have been
designed to be carried out without any land acquisition. According to the social screening carried
out in February 2012, no land acquisition or resettlement is expected under RPM works and
improvement of UNR.
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