Business Opportunities

Contracts Awarded in September 2003

TA No.	:	4071-UZB
Sector	:	Telecommunications
Project Name	:	Developing a Management Information System for Uzbek Telecom
Executing Agency	:	Committee for Economic Insolvency of Enterprises
Name of Consultant	:	Corporate Solutions Consulting Ltd. (United Kingdom)
Address	:	36 Byron Road, Harrow-On- The-Hill, Middlesex HA2 OHY United Kingdom
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operational
Amount of Contract	:	US$370,000e
Date of Contract	:	1 September 2003

TA No.	:	4156-INO
Sector	:	Health and Population
Project Name	:	Second Decentralized Health Services: Adapting the Project to New Regulations
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Health
Name of Consultant	:	International Science and Technological Institute, Inc. (United States)
Address	:	1820 North Fort Myer Drive, Suite 600 Arlington, VA 22209 U.S.A.
Contract Description	:	Project Preparation
Amount of Contract	:	US$100,000
Date of Contract	:	1 September 2003

TA No.	:	4019-BHU
Sector	:	Multisector
Project Name	:	Industrial Estate and Dry Port Development
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Trade and Industry
Name of Consultant	:	Haskoning Nederland B.V.(Netherlands) in association with Sherpa Consultancy (Bhutan)
Address	:	Postbus 151 6500 Ad Nijmegen Netherlands
Contract Description	:	Project Preparation
Amount of Contract	:	US$554,000
Date of Contract	:	2 September 2003

TA No.	:	4096-NEP
Sector	:	Water Supply and Sanitation
Project Name	:	Kathmandu Valley Water Management Support
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Physical Planning and Works
Name of Consultant	:	Environmental Resources Management (United Kingdom) in association with Sir M. Macdonald and Partners Ltd (United Kingdom) Blake, Cassels & Graydon (Canada), Nepalconsult (P) Ltd.(Nepal), TAEC Consult P. Ltd. (Nepal), Louis Berger Group, Inc. (India) and;PP Pradhan (Nepal)
Address	:	8 Cavendish Square London W1M 0ER, United Kingdom
Contract Description	:	Project Preparation
Amount of Contract	:	US$1,180,000
Date of Contract	:	2 September 2003

TA No.	:	6078-REG
Sector	:	Development Finance Institution
Project Name	:	Rural Finance in Central Asia
Executing Agency	:	Asian Development Bank
Name of Consultant	:	International Management and Communications Corp. (United States)
Address	:	1600 Wilson Boulevard Suite 1030, Arlington, Virginia 22209, U.S.A.
Contract Description	:	Regional TA
Amount of Contract	:	US$573,000
Date of Contract	:	4 September 2003

TA No.	:	4062-UZB
Sector	:	Capital Market Development
Project Name	:	Enterprise Restructuring and Corporate Governance
Executing Agency	:	Committee for Economic Insolvency of Enterprises
Name of Consultant	:	Bearingpoint Inc (United States) in association with Islohotkonsaltservis, Ltd. (Uzbekistan)
Address	:	757 Third Avenue, Room 5-24 New York, NY 10017 U.S.A.
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operational
Amount of Contract	:	US$916,000
Date of Contract	:	8 September 2003

TA No.	:	4110-SRI
Sector	:	Education
Project Name	:	Community Information Services for the Poor
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Human Resources Development, Education & Cultural Affairs
Name of Consultant	:	Teams (Pvt) Limited (Sri Lanka)
Address	:	14 Sunethra Lane Colombo 5 Sri Lanka
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operational
Amount of Contract	:	US$796,000
Date of Contract	:	11 September 2003

TA No.	:	4094-INO
Sector	:	Health and Population
Project Name	:	Public Health and Nutrition
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Health
Name of Consultant	:	British Council, Development Services (United Kingdom)
Address	:	c/o The Taipan Place (10th Floor), Emerald Ortigas Centre, Po Box 12205, Pasig City, 1605 Philippines
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operational
Amount of Contract	:	US$495,000
Date of Contract	:	16 September 2003

TA No.	:	4013-IND
Sector	:	Roads and Road Transport
Project Name	:	Institutional Strengthening & Capacity Building Madhya Pradesh State Road Sector
Executing Agency	:	Public Works Department- Madhya Pradesh
Name of Consultant	:	N.D. Lea Consultants Ltd. (Canada)
Address	:	600-1455 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6G 2T3 Canada
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operational
Amount of Contract	:	US$1,440,000
Date of Contract	:	17 September 2003

TA No.	:	4041-INO
Sector	:	Industry (Non-agriculture)
Project Name	:	Small and Medium Enterprise Export Development
Executing Agency	:	Bank Ekspor Indonesia
Name of Consultant	:	GFA Management GMBH (Germany)
Address	:	Eulenkrugstrasse 82 22359 Hamburg, Germany
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operational
Amount of Contract	:	US$495,000
Date of Contract	:	17 September 2003

TA No.	:	4034-VIE
Sector	:	Roads and Road Transport
Project Name	:	Central Region Transport Network
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Transport
Name of Consultant	:	N.D. Lea Consultants Ltd. (Canada) in association with Transport Development and Strategy Institute (Vietnam)
Address	:	600-1455 West Georgia St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6G2T3 Canada
Contract Description	:	Project Preparation
Amount of Contract	:	US$914,500
Date of Contract	:	18 September 2003

TA No.	:	9030-AFG
Sector	:	Health and Population
Project Name	:	Primary Health Care Partnership for the Poor
Executing Agency	:	AFG/MOH
Name of Consultant	:	Ibnsina (Afghanistan)
Address	:	Afghanistan
Contract Description	:	Poverty Reduction
Amount of Contract	:	US$529,000
Date of Contract	:	18 September 2003

TA No.	:	3974-IND
Sector	:	Ports and Shipping
Project Name	:	Inland Waterway Sector Development Program
Executing Agency	:	Inland Waterways Authority of India
Name of Consultant	:	CPCS Transcom Ltd.(Canada) in association with Water and Power Consultancy Services (India) and; Luthra And Luthra, Law Offices (India)
Address	:	150 Isabella Street Penthouse Floor, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 1V7 Canada
Contract Description	:	Project Preparation
Amount of Contract	:	US$841,934
Date of Contract	:	25 September 2003

TA No.	:	4107-INO
Sector	:	Others
Project Name	:	Support to State Audit Reform
Executing Agency	:	National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS)
Name of Consultant	:	International. Business and Technical Consultants, Inc. (United States) in association with Osana Lestari Konsultan (Indonesia)
Address	:	8914 Westwood Center, Suite 400, VA 22182 U.S.A
Contract Description	:	Project Preparation
Amount of Contract	:	US$658,000
Date of Contract	:	26 September 2003

TA No.	:	4105-VIE
Sector	:	Agricultural Support Services
Project Name	:	Agriculture Sector Development Support
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Name of Consultant	:	Scanagri Denmark A/S (Denmark) in association with International Service for National Agriculture (Netherlands) and; VICA Ltd. (Vietnam)
Address	:	Granskoven 8 2600 Glostrup, Denmark
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operational
Amount of Contract	:	US$503,000
Date of Contract	:	29 September 2003

TA No.	:	4072-KAZ
Sector	:	Others
Project Name	:	Capacity Building of National and Local Governments to Implement the Poverty Reduction Program
Executing Agency	:	Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning (MEBP)
Name of Consultant	:	Agrarwirtschaftliche Beratung Gottingen (ABG) Gmbh (Germany)
Address	:	Weeder Landstrasse 76a 37075 Gottingen, Germany
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operational
Amount of Contract	:	US$605,468
Date of Contract	:	29 September 2003

TA No.	:	4083-IND
Sector	:	Electric Power
Project Name	:	Building the Capacity of Assam Electricity Regulatory Commission
Executing Agency	:	Department of Power, Government of Assam
Name of Consultant	:	Pricewaterhousecoopers (Australia)
Address	:	215 Spring Street Melbourne, Vic 3000, Australia
Contract Description	:	Advisory and Operational
Amount of Contract	:	US$484,000
Date of Contract	:	30 September 2003