Several IT equipment packages for establishing June 15, G.SH. several 300,000 Shopping post consumer unit and Micro 2014 finance Division Selection of Consultants Threshold: Selection decisions subject to Prior Review by Bank as stated in Prior Review Appendix 1 to the Guidelines Selection and Employment of Consultants: Selection Method Prior Review Threshold Comments 1. Competitive Methods (Firms) 1 million 2. Single Source (Firms) All 3 Individual consultant 0.075 million Short list comprising entirely of national consultants: Short list of consultants for services, estimated to cost less than US$300,000 equivalent per contract, may comprise entirely of national consultants in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2.7 of the Consultant Guidelines. Any Other Special Selection Arrangements: a number of QCBS for selection of supervision and TA consultants will be financed under retroactive financing and advance procurement. Consultancy Assignments with Selection Methods and Time Schedule 1 2 3 4 5 6 Review Description of Estimated Selection by Bank Issue RFP Ref. No. Assignment Cost US$ Method (Prior / date Post) Strengthen credit C.QCBS.1 1 million QCBS March 2014 guarantee schemes Enhance consumer C.QCBS.2 0.5 million QCBS prior May 2014 protection mechanism Supporting the development of the institutional framework Individual 15, C.IND.1 for microfinance and 0.3 million Prior/post consultants 2014 Non-bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs) supervision (i) a clear legal Procurement risks are in particular inherent to the following: framework regarding selection of consultants is lacking in Jordan, CBJ procurement bylaw and the regulations (154/2003) dated 25/3/2003 that sets the mechanism and the process of procurement in CBJ has no specific reference to procurement of consulting services and consultants contracts (ii) standard bidding documentation for request for proposals not used by procurement practitioners, (iii) lack of familiarity of CBJ procurement staff with Bank’s
G.SH. several Several IT equipment packages for establishing consumer unit and Micro finance Division 300,000 Shopping post June 15, 2014 Selection of Consultants 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 1. Competitive Methods (Firms) 1 million 2. Single Source (Firms) All 3 Individual consultant 0.075 million Short list comprising entirely of national consultants: Short list of consultants for services, estimated to cost less than US$300,000 equivalent per contract, may comprise entirely of national consultants in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2.7 of the Consultant Guidelines. Any Other Special Selection Arrangements: a number of QCBS for selection of supervision and TA consultants will be financed under retroactive financing and advance procurement. Consultancy Assignments with Selection Methods and Time Schedule 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ref. No. Description of Assignment Estimated Cost US$ Selection Method Review by Bank (Prior / Post) Issue RFP date C.QCBS.1 Strengthen credit guarantee schemes 1 million QCBS March 2014 C.QCBS.2 Enhance consumer protection mechanism 0.5 million QCBS prior May 2014 C.IND.1 Supporting the development of the institutional framework for microfinance and Non-bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs) supervision 0.3 million Individual consultants Prior/post 15, 2014 Procurement risks are in particular inherent to the following: (i) a clear legal framework regarding selection of consultants is lacking in Jordan, CBJ procurement bylaw and the regulations (154/2003) dated 25/3/2003 that sets the mechanism and the process of procurement in CBJ has no specific reference to procurement of consulting services and consultants contracts (ii) standard bidding documentation for request for proposals not used by procurement practitioners, (iii) lack of familiarity of CBJ procurement staff with Bank’s
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