Country procurement assessment: consulting services
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68156 AFGHANISTAN COUNTRY PROCUREMENT ASSESSMENT: CONSULTING SERVICES June 2007 Procurement Services Unit South Asia Region
ADB Asian Development Bank AICC Afghanistan International Chamber of Commerce AISA Afghanistan Investment Support Agency ARDS Afghanistan Reconstruction and Development Services ARDS PU Afghanistan Reconstruction and Development Services Procurement Unit ARTF Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers Bank The World Bank CEU Contract Evaluation Unit CMO Contract Management Office CPIA Country Policy and Institutional Performance Assessment CQS Selection Based on the Consultants’ Qualification CSC Civil Service Commission DFID UK Department for International Development EC Evaluation Committee EoI Expression of Interest EPAP Emergency Public Administration Project I and II (World Bank) FBS Fixed Budget Selection FTP Full Technical Proposal GDP Gross Domestic Product GTZ Gesellschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit (German Development Agency) IDA International Development Association IRS Internationally Recruited Staff LCS Least Cost Selection LICUS Low-Income Countries Under Stress LM Line Ministry LRS Locally Recruited Staff MoE Ministry of Economy MoEW Ministry of Energy and Water MoF Ministry of Finance MoFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs MoLSA Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs MQS Minimum Qualifying Score NGO Non-Governmental Organization NO No Objection NSP National Solidarity Program ODA Official Development Assistance PA Public Administration PACBP Public Administration Capacity Building Project PC Procurement Consultant PDT Peace Dividend Trust (NGO) PLO Procurement Liaison Officer PMU Project Management Unit PPL Public Procurement Law PPU Procurement Policy Unit (within the MoF) PR Rules of Procedure for Public Procurement in Afghanistan PRR Priority Reform & Restructuring Framework PRP Procurement Reform Program PU Procurement Unit (within ARDS) QBS Quality-Based Selection QCBS Quality- and Cost-Based Selection RFP Request for Proposals SPC Special Procurement Commission SRFP Standard Request for Proposal SSS Single-Source Selection STP Simplified Technical Proposal ToR Terms of Reference TSU Technical Support Unit TTL Bank Task Team Leader UNDP UN Development Programme Guidelines 2004 Bank Guidelines on the Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers
Table of Contents PREFACE ii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ii Introduction 1 Country Economic Background 1 Public and Private Sector Development 1 Security Situation 1 Consulting Services in Afghanistan 2 Past Developments and TA in the Area of Public Procurement 2 Objectives and Execution of Assessment 3
Bank Policy on Selection of Consultants 4 The Bank’s Response to Crises, Emergencies and Fragile States 4 Weighing QBS against QCBS 5 GoA Policy on Consultants 5 Legal and Regulatory Procurement Framework 6 The New Public Procurement Law 6 Rules of Procedure for Public Procurement 6 Recommendations to Improve the Legal and Regulatory Framework 8 Afghan Institutional Framework & Organization of Procurement 8 ARDS Procurement Unit 8 Line Ministries 9 Procurement Policy Unit 10 Special Procurement Commission 10 Contract Management Office 10 Appeal and Complaint Mechanisms 10 Professional Consulting Associations 10 Recommendations to Improve the Institutional Framework 11 Afghan Procurement Procedures and Practices 11 Available Procurement Manuals or Guidelines 11 Availability of Standard Request for Proposals 11 Recommendations to Improve Procedures & Practices 11 Bank Procurement Capacity 11 PA Procurement Capacity 11 Procurement Capacity of PC within ARDS 11 Previous and Ongoing Capacity Building and Training 12 Capacity within Line Ministries - Key Constraints and Challenges 12 Procurement Capacity in Provinces and Districts 13 Capacity-Building Approach by PACBP and PRP 13 Risks within Capacity-building Approach by PACBP and PRP 13 Efficient Selection of Consultants 13 Development of National Consultants 14 Capacity Building of the PA 14 Recommendations 15 Corruption and Integrity in Procurement of Consultants 16 Steps to be taken by Government 16 Steps to be taken by the Donor Community 17 Public Sector Demand for Consulting Services 17 Domestically Funded Demand 17 Consulting Services Funded by the Bank 18 International Supply of Consulting Services 19 International Participation 19 Performance on Consulting Service Contracts 19 Remuneration Levels 20 Recommendations 20 Domestic Supply of Consulting Services 20 The Local Consulting Sector 20 Main Areas of Expertise 21 Performance on Public Contracts and Remuneration Levels 22 Capacity Assessment of Afghan Consultancies 22 Developing Capacity of the Domestic Consulting Sector 23 Overcoming the Information Gap on Consultants 24 Recommendations 24 Risk Assessment 25 Annex 1: List of Persons Met 26 Annex 2: Details of GoA-funded Consulting Contracts since December 2004 29 Annex 3: Bank-funded Consulting Assignments, 2003-2006 30 Annex 4: Assessment of 10 Bank-funded Consulting Assignments on EoI & Submission Rates 36 Annex 5: Assessment of 12 Bank-funded Consulting Assignments on Billing Rates 37
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