Business Opportunities

Contracts Awarded in December 2004

TA No.	:	4305-SAM
Sector	:	Education Sector Development
Project Name	:	Supporting the Samoa Schoolnet and Community Access Pilot Project
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Finance
Name of Consultant	:	Helsinki Consulting Group (Finland) in association with Queensland University of Technology (Australia)
Address	:	Kaisaniemenkatu 6A Helsinki 00100 Finland
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operational
Amount of Contract	:	US$520,000
Date of Contract	:	6 December 2004

TA No.	:	4270-FIJ
Sector	:	Water Supply & Sanitation
Project Name	:	Capacity Building in Water and Sewerage Services
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Works and Energy
Name of Consultant	:	Kellogg Brown & Root Pty. Ltd - Water Supply (Australia)
Address	:	186 Greenhill Road Parkside South Australia 5063 Australia
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operational
Amount of Contract	:	US$715,000
Date of Contract	:	13 December 2004

TA No.	:	3892-VIE
Sector	:	Agriculture & Natural Resources
Project Name	:	Second Red River Basin Sector Project
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Name of Consultant	:	Sweco Groner AS (Norway) in association with Wl/ Delft Hydraulics (Netherlands)
Address	:	Fornebuveien No.1327 Lysaker Norway
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operational
Amount of Contract	:	US$3,100,000
Date of Contract	:	13 December 2004

TA No.	:	4354-AFG
Sector	:	Conventional Energy Generation (other than Hydropower)
Project Name	:	Establishing A Gas Regulatory Framework
Executing Agency	:	Asian Development Bank
Name of Consultant	:	Energy Markets Limited (United Kingdom)
Address	:	Half Acre Mews 37 Half Acre, Brentford Middlesex TW8 8BH United Kingdom
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operational
Amount of Contract	:	US$690,000
Date of Contract	:	14 December 2004

TA No.	:	3567-SRI
Sector	:	Economic Management
Project Name	:	Governance & Institutional Support for Private Sector Development
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Finance and Planning
Name of Consultant	:	Pricewaterhousecoopers Lanka Pvt Ltd (Sri Lanka)
Address	:	4/1, Gregory's Road, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operational
Amount of Contract	:	US$332,000
Date of Contract	:	17 December 2004

TA No.	:	4420-AFG
Sector	:	Agriculture Sector Development
Project Name	:	Western Basins Water Resources Management & Irrigated Agriculture Development
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Finance
Name of Consultant	:	SMEC International Pty. Ltd. (Australia) in association with Agrisystems Ltd.(United Kingdom)
Address	:	220-226 Sharp Street Cooma, NSW 2630 Australia
Contract Description	:	Project Preparation
Amount of Contract	:	US$1,531,000
Date of Contract	:	20 December 2004

TA No.	:	4370-IND
Sector	:	Public Finance & Expenditure Management
Project Name	:	West Bengal Development Finance
Executing Agency	:	Chief Secretary's Office
Name of Consultant	:	Pricewaterhousecoopers Pvt Ltd -Finance & Governance (India) in association with Crisil Infrastructure Advisory (India) and; JPS Associates Ltd. (India)
Address	:	7th Flr, 'C'Wing, Mittal Tower, 47/6 Mg Karnataka 560-001 India
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operational
Amount of Contract	:	US$484,000
Date of Contract	:	20 December 2004

TA No.	:	4382-TAJ
Sector	:	Roads & Highways
Project Name	:	Dushanbe-Kyrgyz Border Road Rehabilitation (Phase II)
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Transport
Name of Consultant	:	Engconsult Ltd.(Canada)
Address	:	21 Queen Street East Suite 201, Brampton Ontario, L6W 3P1, Canada
Contract Description	:	Project Preparation
Amount of Contract	:	US$458,000
Date of Contract	:	21 December 2004

TA No.	:	4221-PAK
Sector	:	Civil Aviation
Project Name	:	Cross Border Development
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Commerce
Name of Consultant	:	Engineering Consultants International Pvt Ltd. (Pakistan) in association with NEA Transport Research and Training (Netherlands), CPCS Transcom Ltd. (Canada) and; Associated Consultancy Centre Pvt. (Pakistan)
Address	:	29 Block 7/8 Darul Aman Housing Society Sharae, Karachi-75350 Pakistan
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operational
Amount of Contract	:	US$461,280
Date of Contract	:	21 December 2004

TA No.	:	9031-PAK
Sector	:	Health, Nutrition, & Social Protection
Project Name	:	Mobilizing the Poor for Better Access to Health
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Health
Name of Consultant	:	The Asia Foundation (United States)
Address	:	9th Floor 465 California Street San Francisco, CA 94104 U.S.A.
Contract Description	:	Poverty Reduction
Amount of Contract	:	US$510,000
Date of Contract	:	22 December 2004

TA No.	:	4142-PRC
Sector	:	Other Health & Social Services
Project Name	:	Preventing HIV/Aids on Road Projects in Yunnan Provinces
Executing Agency	:	Yunnan Provincial Leading Group for HIV/Aids Control
Name of Consultant	:	Marie Stopes International (Australia )in association with Marie Stopes International (People's Republic of China)
Address	:	PO Box 6308 St Kilda Rd Central Victoria 8008 Australia
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operational
Amount of Contract	:	US$607,000
Date of Contract	:	22 December 2004

TA No.	:	4371-AFG
Sector	:	Roads & Highways
Project Name	:	Master Plan for Road Network Improvement Project
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Public Works
Name of Consultant	:	Minconsult Sdn Bhd (Malaysia) in association with Sheladia Associates Inc. (United States) and Consultant Bureau for Reconstruction (Afghanistan)
Address	:	P.O. Box 12263 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 30772
Contract Description	:	Project Preparation
Amount of Contract	:	US$955,000
Date of Contract	:	22 December 2004

TA No.	:	4437-IND
Sector	:	Law & Judiciary
Project Name	:	Preparing the Administration of Justice Project
Executing Agency	:	Department of Justice, Ministry of Home Affairs
Name of Consultant	:	Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (Canada)
Address	:	600-350 Albert Street Ottawa, Ontario K1R 1B1 Canada
Contract Description	:	Project Preparation
Amount of Contract	:	US$693,000
Date of Contract	:	22 December 2004

TA No.	:	4343-UZB
Sector	:	Agriculture Sector Development
Project Name	:	Land Improvement
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources
Name of Consultant	:	ULG Northumbrian Ltd. Inc (United Kingdom) in association with Mott Macdonald Limited (United Kingdom)
Address	:	Gables House, Kenilworth Road Leamington Spa, CV32 6JX United Kingdom
Contract Description	:	Project Preparation
Amount of Contract	:	US$500,000
Date of Contract	:	29 December 2004