Business Opportunities

Contracts Awarded in May 2005

TA No.	:	4402-PRC
Sector	:	Energy Sector Development
Project Name	:	Heating Supply for Urban Poor in Liaoning Province
Executing Agency	:	Liaoning Development and Reform Commission
Name of Consultant	:	PA Government Services, Inc. (United States) in association with Ramboll Danmark A/S (Denmark)
Address	:	1750 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 1000, Washington D.C. 20006, U.S.A.
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operational
Amount of Contract	:	US$485,000
Date of Contract	:	3 May 2005

TA No.	:	4392-LAO
Sector	:	Agriculture Production, Agroprocessing
Project Name	:	Marketing Support for Organic Produce of Ethnic Minorities
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Commerce
Name of Consultant	:	Friend of the Upland Farmer Co. Ltd (Lao PDR)
Address	:	PO BOX 100 Luang Nam Tha Lao PDR
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operational
Amount of Contract	:	US$116,350
Date of Contract	:	3 May 2005

TA No.	:	4482-SOL
Sector	:	Economic Management
Project Name	:	State-Owned Enterprise Reforms & Private Sector Participation
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Finance
Name of Consultant	:	Vinstar Consulting International (New Zealand)
Address	:	Suite No. 5, 21 Williamson Avenue, PO Box 78277, Auckland New Zealand
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operational
Amount of Contract	:	US$740,000
Date of Contract	:	4 May 2005

TA No.	:	4532-BAN
Sector	:	Education Sector Development
Project Name	:	Secondary Education Sector Improvement II
Executing Agency	:	Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education
Name of Consultant	:	British Council (The) (United Kingdom)
Address	:	Bridgewater House, 58 Whitworth Street, Manchester M1 6BB United Kingdom
Contract Description	:	Project Preparation
Amount of Contract	:	US$547,000
Date of Contract	:	4 May 2005

TA No.	:	4425-PAK
Sector	:	Renewable Energy Generation
Project Name	:	Renewable Energy Development
Executing Agency	:	Alternative Energy Board
Name of Consultant	:	Integration International Management Consultants GmbH (Germany) in association with Entec AG (Switzerland)
Address	:	Holzgraben 31, D-60313 Frankfurt Am Main Germany
Contract Description	:	Project Preparation
Amount of Contract	:	US$505,000
Date of Contract	:	6 May 2005

TA No.	:	4436-PRC
Sector	:	Waste Management
Project Name	:	Wuhan Wastewater and Stormwater Management
Executing Agency	:	Wuhan Urban Drainage Development Co. Ltd.
Name of Consultant	:	Black & Veatch (Asia) Limited (Hong Kong, China)
Address	:	Shanghai Representative Office, 2K Hongqiao Business Center, 2272 Hongqiao Road, Shanghai, China
Contract Description	:	Project Preparation
Amount of Contract	:	US$570,000
Date of Contract	:	10 May 2005

TA No.	:	4479-INO
Sector	:	Subnational Government Administration
Project Name	:	Gender Responsive Public Policy & Administration
Executing Agency	:	State Ministry of Women's Empowerment
Name of Consultant	:	Cowater International Inc. (Canada) in association with Osana Lestari Konsultan PT (Indonesia)
Address	:	411 Roosevelt Avenue, Suite 400 Ottawa, Ontario K2A 3X9 Canada
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operational
Amount of Contract	:	US$400,000
Date of Contract	:	12 May 2005

TA No.	:	4471-MON
Sector	:	Multimodal Transport and Sector Development
Project Name	:	Formulating a Transport Strategy
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Roads, Transport and Tourism
Name of Consultant	:	CPCS Transcom Ltd. (Canada)
Address	:	72 Chamberlain Avenue Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1S 1V9
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operational
Amount of Contract	:	US$290,000
Date of Contract	:	12 May 2005

TA No.	:	4399-PRC
Sector	:	Public Finance & Expenditure Management
Project Name	:	Agricultural Taxation Reform
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Finance
Name of Consultant	:	Sea Consultants, Inc. (Philippines)
Address	:	2nd Floor, Raha Sulayman Building, 108 Benavidez Street, Legaspi Village, Makati Cty, Metro Manila, Philippines
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operational
Amount of Contract	:	US$402,100
Date of Contract	:	13 May 2005

TA No.	:	4292-VIE
Sector	:	Agriculture Sector Development
Project Name	:	Preparing the Livelihood Improvement in the Central Coastal Provinces
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Planning and Investment
Name of Consultant	:	Pacific Rim Innovation & Management Exponents, Inc. (Philippines)in association with Strategic Consulting Group (Viet Nam)
Address	:	502, Manila Luxury Condominium, 30 Pearl Drive, Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Philippines
Contract Description	:	Project Preparation
Amount of Contract	:	US$569,874
Date of Contract	:	19 May 2005

TA No.	:	6171-REG
Sector	:	Economic Management
Project Name	:	Reviewing the Poverty Impact of Regional Economic Integration in the GMS
Executing Agency	:	Asian Development Bank
Name of Consultant	:	Central Institute for Economic Management (Viet Nam)
Address	:	Ministry of Planning and Investment, 68 Phan Dinh Phung, Hanoi, Vietnam
Contract Description	:	Regional TA
Amount of Contract	:	US$105,000
Date of Contract	:	19 May 2005

TA No.	:	4073-PHI
Sector	:	Energy Sector Development
Project Name	:	Transition to Competitive Electricity Market
Executing Agency	:	Department of Energy
Name of Consultant	:	Union Fenosa Soluzonia, S.A. (Spain) in association with Mercados Energeticos (Spain)
Address	:	Infanta Mercedes, 31 Madrid, 28020 Spain
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operational
Amount of Contract	:	US$602,000
Date of Contract	:	19 May 2005

TA No.	:	4344-PHI
Sector	:	Multimodal Transport & Sector Development
Project Name	:	Intermodal Transport Development
Executing Agency	:	Department of Transportation & Communications
Name of Consultant	:	Louis Berger Group, Inc. (Philippines) in association with Pacific Consultants International, Inc. (Japan)
Address	:	Unit 3, 12/F Urban Bank Plaza Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue Cor. Pasong Tamo, Makati City 1200, Philippines
Contract Description	:	Project Preparation
Amount of Contract	:	US$980,000
Date of Contract	:	19 May 2005

TA No.	:	4423-TAJ
Sector	:	Renewable Energy Generation
Project Name	:	Development of Community Based Micro-Hydropower Supply in Remote Rural Areas
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Energy
Name of Consultant	:	Jacobsgibb Ltd. (United Kingdom)
Address	:	Gibb House London, Reading, Berkshire RG6 IBL, United Kingdom
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operational
Amount of Contract	:	US$742,000
Date of Contract	:	19 May 2005

TA No.	:	6202-REG
Sector	:	Put sector here
Project Name	:	Diagnostic Studies for Secured Transactions Reforms in Pacific Region
Executing Agency	:	Asian Development Bank
Name of Consultant	:	The Enterprise Research Institute (ERI)(United States)
Address	:	4300 Brandywine St., NW, Suite 1035 Washington D.C. 20016-4530, U.S.A.
Contract Description	:	Regional TA
Amount of Contract	:	US$550,000
Date of Contract	:	23 May 2005

TA No.	:	4533-BHU
Sector	:	Integrated
Project Name	:	Urban Infrastructure Development
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Works and Human Settlement (MoW&HS)
Name of Consultant	:	Connell Wagner Pty Ltd (Urban Development) (Australia)in association with Cardno MBK International Pty. Ltd. (Australia) and Gyaltshen Consultancy (Bhutan)
Address	:	Level 12, 60 Albert Road South Melbourne, Victoria 3205 Australia
Contract Description	:	Project Preparation
Amount of Contract	:	US$544,000
Date of Contract	:	25 May 2005

TA No.	:	4390-PHI
Sector	:	Agriculture Sector Development
Project Name	:	Agrarian Reform Communities II
Executing Agency	:	Department of Agrarian Reform
Name of Consultant	:	Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Studies and Research
Address	:	University of the Philippines Los Banos 4030 Laguna, Philippines
Contract Description	:	Project Preparation
Amount of Contract	:	US$224,000
Date of Contract	:	30 May 2005

TA No.	:	4558-THA
Sector	:	Subnational Government Administration
Project Name	:	Commercial Financing for Local Government Units
Executing Agency	:	Public Debt Management Office
Name of Consultant	:	Deutsche GTZ (Finance & Governance) (Germany)
Address	:	1-5, Dag-Hammarskjoeld-Weg, Eschborn 6576 Germany
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operational
Amount of Contract	:	US$615,000
Date of Contract	:	30 May 2005