88618 Procurement Plan I. GENERAL 1. Project information: (a) Country/Borrower: Myanmar (b) Project Implementing Agency: Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) 2. Bank’s approvalDate of the procurement Plan  Original Plan : December 23 2013  1st Revised Plan : 09 June 2014 3. Date of General Procurement Notice:  December 10, 2013 4. Period covered by this procurement plan:  18 months. II. Goods and Works and Non-Consulting Services 1. Prior Review Threshold: Procurement Decisions subject to Prior Review by the Bank as stated in Appendix 1 to the Guidelines for Procurement: Procurement Method Contract Value Prior Review Comments Threshold (USD) Threshold ($’000) 1. ICB (Goods) >100,000 All contracts Simplified ICB documents will be used for two vehicles. 2. Shopping <100,000 First contract 3. ICB (Non-Consulting Service) >100,000 All contracts 4. Direct Contracting All contracts 2. Procurement Packages for Goods with Methods and Time Schedule Ref. No. Contract Procurement Domestic Review Expected Comment (Description) Method Preference by Bank Bid/Quotation (yes/no) (Prior / Post) Opening Date G1.3.1 Integrated Spectrum ICB No Prior September Management and Monitoring 2015 System (Supply & Installation Contract) G2.2 Funding for pilot programs ICB No Prior December Output (Non-Consulting Services) 2015 based contract G3.1.1 Portal Implementation, ICB No Prior December including Infrastructure Set 2014 up (Hardware and software) G4.1 Office Equipment Shopping No Prior July 2014 First Shopping contract G4.2 Office Furniture Shopping No Post July 2014 G4.3 2 Vehicles ICB No Prior July 2014 G 1.3.2 SMS4DC software license Direct No Prior July 2014 Contract with ITU III. Selection of Consultants 1. Prior Review Threshold: Selection decisions subject to Prior Review by Bank as stated in Appendix 1 to the Guidelines Selection and Employment of Consultants: Selection Method Prior Review Threshold Comments (US$) 1. Competitive Methods (Firms) – >$50,000 All contracts 2. Single Source (Firms) All contracts - 3. Individual Consultants >$50,000 <$50,000 & all sole-source selection The first contract for hiring individual consultants 2. Short list comprising entirely of national consultants: No short lists of consultants for services are expected to comprise entirely of national consultants in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2.7 of the Consultant Guidelines. However, if a need arises during the project implementation and if it is warranted, short lists of consultants for services estimated to cost less than $50,000 equivalent per contract may be composed entirely of national consultants. 3. Consultancy Assignments with Selection Methods (prior & post reviews) and Time Schedule 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ref. No. Description of Selection Review Expected Comment Assignment Method by Bank Proposals (Prior / Submission Post) Date C1.1.1 Long Term policy IC Prior July 2014pril 3 yrs advisor for MCIT 2014 (local) C1.1.2 Long Term IC Prior July 2014 1 yr regulatory advisor to MCIT and PTD (Int’l) C1.1.3 Develop law for CQS Prior September 1 yr establishment of 2014 Myanmar Telecommunications Commission C1.1.4 Development of QCBS Prior Sept. 2014 rules and procedures (tariffs, quality of service, standardization, type approval and others) C1.1.5 Long term advisor IC Prior 2015 to MTC C1.1.6 Support to Appeals IC Prior Oct. 2014 Fee based body contract C1.1.7 Due diligence on CQS Prior Sep 2014 additional ICT Laws C1.1.8 Support on Postal IC Prior August 2014 6 months Policy and Law C1.3.1 Spectrum QCBS Prior August 2014 3 years Management and Implementation support (Technical and procurement) C1.3.2 Spectrum IC Prior July 2014 6 months Implementation Expert Services for SMS4DC C1.3.3 Spectrum IC Post August 2014 3 years (5 Monitoring persons technicians (5 local @500 USD individuals) per month) C1.4.1 Technical advisory QCBS Prior December 18 months and management 2014 support for corporatization of MPT C2.1 Development of QCBS Prior Sept. 2014 4 yrs Universal Service Strategy, Universal Service Fund Manual, implementation procedures and design of pilot programs C3.1.1 TA for Design of IC Prior July 2014 4 months portal, and font standardization C3.2.1 eLeadership IC Post** September Workshop trainer 2014 C3.2.2 eGovernance IC Post** September Capacity Building 2014 trainer C3.3.1 Head of delivery IC Prior October 2014 unit C3.3.2 eGovernment IC Prior October 2014 Project managers and technical specialists (3) C3.3.3 Marketing and IC Prior October 2014 Technical Specialist C4.1 Procurement IC Prior June 2014 Specialist C4.2 Financial IC Prior July 2014 Management Specialist C4.3 Communications IC Prior August 2014 Specialist C4.4 M&E Specialist IC Prior December 2014 C4.5 Safeguard Specialist IC Post April 2015 C4.6 Translator IC Post August 2014 C4.7 PTD Webpage IC Post August 2014 Updates ** In the event of Sole Source Selection (SSS) , the request and SSS justification will have to be submitted for the Bank’s Prior Review