Country procurement assessment: consulting services



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Risk Assessment


  1. A detailed risk analysis could not be carried out. However, the interviews with stakeholders indicate the following key risks:

  • Security Risks – Lack of security is the number one challenge in Afghanistan's development environment. The critical security situation will not change in the short term and will limit operational activities. Only national firms and local staff will be available to implement projects for reasonable fees in the remote provinces where conflict is ongoing or likely to erupt again.

  • Technical and Economic Risks – The quality of consulting services has a direct impact on the Afghan economy. Lack of quality services leads to questionable results, increases project costs and causes delays. Considering the current weak capacity of the local consulting sector and the increased fees for international consultants willing to work in the daunting environment of Afghanistan, the costs to the Afghan economy are likely to be alarmingly high.

  • Professional and Business Risks – The challenging operating environment, the weak educational system, and lack of prospects for young professionals lead to a constant drain of knowledgeable people. The loss of intellectual capital is one of the most serious risks for the slowly evolving domestic consulting sector.

  • Regulatory Risks – The lack of provisions specifically tailored to support the weak local consulting firms and the PA’s low capacity to efficiently award contracts have a serious impact on the local consulting sector and make it costly and risky for consultants to tender and to implement consultancy projects for the GoA.


Annex 1: List of Persons Met




Organization

Name

Position

Government of Afghanistan

Ministry of Finance, Office of the Deputy Minister of Finance,

Procurement Policy Unit



Mr. Raj KAMAL

Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Finance,

Head of PPU



Independent Administrative Reform & Civil Service Commission

Mr. Mirza ABDULLAHI

Director, Public Administrative Reform Implementation – Civil Service Management

Ministry of Urban Development

Mr. Al-Haj Wahid Abdul AHAD

Advisor to MoUD and PMU Team Leader

Kabul Urban Development Project (KURP)



Ministry of Public Works

Mr. G.R. SINGAL

Advisor to the MoPW

Donor Agencies

European Commission

Delegation to Afghanistan



Mr. Jens ENGELHARDT

Deputy Head of Section Contracts & Finance

European Commission

Delegation to Afghanistan



Mrs. Sandrine PETRONI

Economic and Trade Advisor

ADB

Mr. Brian FAWCETT

Country Director

Afghanistan Resident Mission



ADB

Mr. Robert Gordon RINKER

Senior Project Management Specialist

DFID

Mr. John GORDON

Deputy Head

DFID Afghanistan



GTZ International Services

Mrs. Marita DIEHLING

Program Manager NSP

GTZ International Services

Mr. Aziz Ahmad SARHADI

Head of Administration

Consultants / NGOs

RITES Ltd.

Mr. Virender Kumar GARG

Team Leader & Program Manager, Afghanistan Reconstruction and Development Services (ARDS)

Peace Dividend Trust

Mrs. Hedvig Christine BOSERUP

Project Director -

Afghan Procurement Directory



Peace Dividend Trust

Mrs. Sylvie M. GAROIA

Trainer (Procurement courses for SME)

SMEC Intern. PTY. Ltd.

Mr. David LORD

Team Leader

World Bank –

Kabul Urban Development Project (KURP)


Bearing Point

Mr. Kelvin POWER

Chief of Party & Financial Management Consultant -

Emergency Public Administration Project



Landell Mills Ltd.

Mr. Jan van AGTHOVEN

Institutional; Development Specialist – Preparing the ADB Commercial Agriculture Development Project

Rodeco Consulting GmbH

Mr. Hans HUSSELMANN


Team Leader

GTZ -Water Sector Reform Project

Ministry of Energy and Water


Rodeco Consulting GmbH

Mr. Mike O’LEARY

Team Leader

GTZ -Institutional Strengthening & Organizational Development of Water Utilities -

Ministry of Energy and Water


CIPE - Center for International Private Enterprise

Mr. Tim BISPEE

Deputy Chief of Party

Individual

Mr. Gil M. SORIA

Consultant (ADB) – Project Implementation and Procurement Specialist,

Ministry of Energy and Water



Sheladia Inc.

Mr. Mir HASHIMI

Acting Team Leader (ADB Pul-e-Khumri-Balkh Road Project)

Sheladia Inc.

Mr. Paul J. GUNARATNAM

Project Manager / Socioeconomist

Scanagri / Terrainstitute

Dr. Stefan SCHUETTE

Team Leader,

Capacity Building for Land Policy and Administration Reform (ADB),

Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation


ACTED – Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development

Mrs. Ziggy GAREWAL

Country Director Afghanistan

DED – Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst

Mrs. Kerstin LEPPER

Project Manager

Individual

Mr. Malcolm TOLAND

Advisor to the Ministry of Commerce, Technical Assistance & Capacity Building in the Ministry of Commerce Project

Hope Worldwide

Mr. Daniel R. ALLISON

Country Director

Hope Worldwide



CNFA (Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs)

Mr. Gerald TURNBULL, PhD

Country Director

CNFA Afghanistan



(Afghanistan Agriculture Development Project, AADP, funded by USDA)

Individual

Mr. Bradley DOLLIS

Technical Advisor – Administration, Ministry of Finance

ARD Inc.

Dr. Lewis RASMUSSEN

Senior Technical Advisor – USAID Afghanistan Local Governance and Community Development Project

Afghan Consulting Firms

AICB – Afghan Innovative Consulting Bureau

Mr. Jan NAZARI

Vice President

Afghan Bena Group

Mr. Jamshid IBRAHIMI

CEO

NBCC – Nawee Bakhter Construction Co. Ltd.

Mr. Engineer Nazir AHMAD

Director

Trust Project and Design Co.

Mr. Abdul MUSA

Director

Kabul Group Consulting Firm

Mr. Sayed Javed ANDISH

Managing Director

ALTAI Consulting

Mr. Eric DAVIN

Partner

Academic Institutions

Kabul University

Prof. Abdul KABIR KARIMI

Lecturer, Faculty of Economics

Kabul University

Mr. Ahmad Jawed SHUAIBI

Lecturer, Faculty of Economics

Other

Afghanistan International Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Atiqullah M. NUSRAT

Membership Director

ABA – Afghan Builders Association

Mr. Naeem YASSIN

President

ASCE – American Society of Civil Engineers

Mr. Michael R. SANIO

Director International Alliances

BRAC Afghanistan Bank

Mr. Shawkat HOSSAIN

COO & Senior Vice President

World Bank Task Team Leaders and Staff

Mrs. Nancy ZHAO

Operations Advisor (SAROQ)

Mr. William BYRD

Advisor (SASPR); TTL – Anti-Corruption Study

Mr. Paul Edwin SISK

Senior Financial Management Specialist (SARFM); TTL – Public Administration Capacity Building Project

Mrs. Susanne HOLSTE

Senior Transport Specialist (SASEI); TTL – National Emergency Rural Access Project, Emergency National Solidarity Program

Mr. Mitsuyoshi ASADA

Senior Transport Specialist (SASEI); TTL – Emergency Transport Rehabilitation Project

Mrs. Scherezad LATIF

Education Specialist (SASHD); TTL – Strategic Higher Education TA Project, Strengthening Higher Education Program

Mrs. Sorarya GOGA

Senior Urban Development Specialist (SASEI); TTL – Kabul Urban Reconstruction Project

Mrs. Julia M. FRASER

Senior Financial Analyst (SASEI); TTL – Second Emergency Power Rehabilitation Project

Mr. Nigel COULSON

Senior Public Sector Specialist (SASPR)

Mr. Deepal FERNANDO

Senior Procurement Specialist (SARPS)

Mrs. Sima KANAAN

Senior Operations Officer (OPCFS)

Mrs. Patricia MACGOWAN

Senior Procurement Specialist (LCSPT)

Mrs. Irina LUCA

Lead Procurement Specialist (AFTPC)

Mr. Frederick KRANZ

Consultant (MNAPR)

Mr. Nagaraju DUTHALURI

Procurement Specialist (Consultant SARPS)

Mr. Habibullah WAJDI

Education Specialist (SASHD)

Mr. Nargis HAKIMY

Program Assistant – Procurement (SARPS)


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