90763
                            Lao People's Democratic Republic
                              Peace Independence Democracy Unity Prosperity

Ministry of Planning and Investment                               No:………………./MPI.LSB.LAOSTAT
Lao Statistics Bureau                                             Vientiane Capital, Date…………………
Strengthening the National Statistical System Project (LAOSTAT)
TF014613
P129825

                  Revised Draft Procurement Plan (Sep 2014- Dec 2015)


LAO PDR: LAOSTAT - Strengthening the National Statistical System Project

I.     General

1.    Project information:
        Country/Borrower: Lao PDR
        Project Implementing Agency: Lao Statistics Bureau (LSB)

2.    Bank’s approval Date of the procurement Plan :
        November 2012 (original),
        January 6, 2014 (1st Revision)
        September 12, 2014 (2nd Revision)

3.    Date of General Procurement Notice: October 17, 2013

4.    Period covered by this procurement plan: 12 months (Sep 2014-Dec 2015)

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 Threshold       Prior Review Threshold
        1.    ICB (Goods)                             >US$600,000             All ICB
        2.    NCB (Goods)                            <USD 600,000             The first NCB
        3.    Shopping (Goods)                       <USD 100,000             The first shopping contract
        4.    Direct Contracting (Goods)                    -                 All Contracts


2.     Prequalification : Not applicable

3.     Reference to (if any) Project Operational/Procurement Manual: N/A

4.     Any Other Special Procurement Arrangements: N/A
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5.       Procurement Packages with Methods and Time Schedule

     1                            2                               3            4           5            6        7           8

Ref. No.                      Contract               Procurement Prequal              Domestic Review by      Expected   Comments
                            (Description)               Method      i-                Preferenc  Bank           Bid-
                                                                 fication                 e     (Prior/       opening
                                                                 (yes/no)              (yes/no)  Post)          Date
            Goods and Works and non-Consulting Services
G-1/2014 Office equipment (( 1 LCD, 1color Printer, 1    Shopping             No          No           Post   Oct 2014
         printer, 5 Desktops, 3 laptops, 3 external hard
         disk, Recorder, communication equipment and
         1 photocopy machine (LSB)- 32,800 $
         -Tablets (60*500$)= 30,000$-Component A
         -Laptops (11*2,200$)=24,200$ (all IAs)
         -Barcode scanner/Printer (1,000$)-Component
         B

G2/2014     Office furniture (-Book shelf, meeting tables    Shopping         No          No           Post   Oct 2014        -
            and chairs, Office tables, chairs and cabinets                                                               LAOSTAT
            -Library Furniture for setting up library                                                                     -20,000$
            room                                                                                                            -Data
            -furniture for courtesy room                                                                                   Service
                                                                                                                            Dept-
                                                                                                                           5,000$
G4/2014     Motorcycles {2}                                  Shopping         No          No           Post   Sep 2014      Rebid
                                                                                                                           because
                                                                                                                          only one
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                                                                                                                 bidder
                                                                                                              submits the
                                                                                                               quotation.
G5/2014   Vehicles {2}                         Shopping         No          No           Post    June -2014    On going
G6/2014   ICT equipment -                        NCB            No          Yes          Prior   Aug -2014     On-going
                                                                                                                software
                                                                                                              and training
                                                                                                               during bid
                                                                                                               document
G7/2014   ICT Equipment                           ICB           No          No           Prior   September    Waiting for
                                                                                                   2015            the
                                                                                                               Twinning
                                                                                                              Arrangeme
                                                                                                                    nt
                                                                                                              assignment
                                                                                                                  starts
G8/2014   Library Management Software             SSS           No          No           Prior   Aug 2014      On-going
                                                                                                                  (Data
                                                                                                                 Service
                                                                                                                  Dept)
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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       Contract Value         Comment
                                                Threshold           Threshold
1.       Competitive Methods (Firms) -            Above               Above
         Quality & Cost Based Selection         US$100,000         US$100,000
         (QCBS), Quality Based
         Selection (QBS), Least-Cost
         Selection (LCS)
2.       Selection Based on Consultant       The first contract       Below
         Qualifications (CQS)                                       US$100,000
3.       Single Source (Firms)                  All contracts           -
4.       Individual Consultants                > US$50,000              -
                                              and all fiduciary
                                                consultants
5.       Sole Source (Individual                   Above              Above
         consultants)                           US$10,000            US$10,000


2.       Short list comprising entirely of national consultants: Short list of consultants for services,
         estimated to cost less than US$100,000 equivalent per contract, may comprise entirely of
         national consultants in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2.7 of the Consultant
         Guidelines.

3.       Any Other Special Selection Arrangements:

4.       Consultancy Assignments with Selection Methods and Time Schedule

     1                    2                    3          4           5             6
                                            Selecti Review
                                                              Expected
 Ref.              Description of             on    by Bank              Comment
                                                              Proposals
 No.                Assignment              Metho (Prior/Pos                 s
                                                             Subm. Date
                                               d       t)
 CS-1       Twinning Arrangement             QBS     Prior    Nov-2014    Need to
                                                                         revise the
                                                                            TOR
 CS-2       Statistic and                     IC      Post    Nov-2014 Short-term
            Macroeconomic related                             (multiple) and small
            Experts                                                      contracts
 CS-3       Admin Officer                     IC      Post    Sep 2014
 CS-5       Office Assistant                  IC      Post    Sep-2014
 CS-6       Auditing Firm                    CQS     Prior    Sep 2014    Ongoing
 CS-7       International Input-output        IC      Post    Feb 2015     Lump-
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          Compilation Expert                                                               sum
                                                                                         Contract-
                                                                                         Expect 22
                                                                                          working
                                                                                           days
CS-8      Data Capture Software               SSS (*)       Prior       Sep 2014         On-going
          (ReadSoft)
(*) SSS justifications and cost breakdown to be submitted for the Bank’s no objection.



Approved by:                                     Certified by                       Prepared by




Dr. Samaychanh Boupha                            Phetsamone Sone                    Phousavanh Chanthasombath
Head of Lao Statistics Bureau                    Project Director                   Acting Project Manager
Chair of Project Steering Committee