Project Data Sheet

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PDS Creation Date
PDS Updated as of 16 May 2012

Project Name Western Regional Road Corridor Investment Program
Country Mongolia
Project/Program Number 41193-014
Status Proposed
Geographical Location
In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of, or reference to, a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area.
Sector and/or Subsector Classification Transport and ICT
/ Road Transport
Thematic Classification Economic growth
Regional cooperation and integration
Gender Mainstreaming Categories Some gender benefits

Financing

Type/Modality of Assistance Approval Number Source of Funding Approved Amount (thousand)
Loan-Asian Development Fund70,000
Loan-Ordinary capital resources100,000
TOTAL US$ 170,000

Summary of Environmental and Social Issues

Environmental Aspects
Involuntary Resettlement
Indigenous Peoples

Stakeholder Communication, Participation and Consultation

During Project Design
During Project Implementation

Description

Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy

Development Impact

Inclusive economic growth is promoted by enhanced local and regional connectivity

Project Outcome

Description of Outcome
Transport accessibility within the project area and between countries improved
Progress Towards Outcome

Outputs and Implementation Progress

Description of Project Outputs
1. Western regional road constructed 2. Local roads constructed 3. Road maintenance component 4. Capacity development program
Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues)
Status of Development Objectives
Material Changes

Business Opportunities

Date of First Listing 2011 Sep 05
Consulting Services
All consultants will be recruited according to ADB s Guidelines on the Use of Consultants. The project will finance 87 PM of international and 342 PM of national consulting services to provide for the construction supervision services. This is required to extend the current services beyond the end of ongoing contract, which ends on 31 December 2013, for the same section of road which is made necessary due to substantial delays incurred in implementation under the Phase 1 project. Since this is an extension of the current contract as part of Phase 1, the services will be single sourced to Korea Consultants International which has performed satisfactorily. An additional 62 PM of international and 294 PM of national consulting services will be required to (i) facilitate project management and implementation, and (ii) strengthen the institutional and operational capacity of the executing agency. The following expertise will be required: (i) an international project management specialist to provide project and contract management support to EA/IA; and (ii) safeguards specialists to provide for monitoring services (national individual consultants) and safeguard related studies to be sourced through individual (international) and local institutes. Due to the specialized nature of the services and small amount of the contracts assigned to the local institutes, services will be contracted through the single source selection (SSS) method. In addition to the services above, 5 PM of international and 12 PM of national will be financed through Phase 1 project to provide services in the areas of (i) value engineering, and (ii) procurement support.
Procurement
All procurement of goods and works will be undertaken in accordance with ADB s Procurement Guidelines (2010, as amended from time to time). For the procurement of works, the road will be divided into three (3) lots. Procurement will be through international competitive bidding (ICB) procedures using the single stage two envelope (SSTE) modality. Procurement shall use the latest ADB standard bidding documents which can be downloaded from ADB's website. Documents for all procurement under ICB will be subject to the prior review of ADB. The procurement of equipment for maintenance will be through National Competitive Bidding (NCB) whereby (i) the advertisement may be limited to the national press, an official gazette or an open access website; (ii) bidding documents may be only in the Mongolian language, and Mongolian currency may be used for the purpose of bidding and payment. Procurement under NCB will be subject to the provisions of the NCB annex (see procurement plan in Appendix 1). Additionally, before the start of any procurement ADB and the Government will review the public procurement laws of the central and state governments to ensure consistency with ADB's Procurement Guidelines.
Procurement and Consulting Notices
http://www.adb.org/projects/41193-014/business-opportunities

Timetable

Concept Clearance
Fact-finding 22 Aug 2011 to 29 Aug 2011
Management Review Meeting 19 Oct 2011
Approval 09 Dec 2011
Last Review Mission

Milestones

Approval No. Approval Signing Effectivity Closing
Original Revised Actual

Utilization

Date Approval Number ADB (US$ thousand) Others (US$ thousand) Net Percentage
Cumulative Contract Awards
Cumulative Disbursements

Status of Covenants

Covenants are categorized under the following categories—audited accounts, safeguards, social, sector, financial, economic, and others. Covenant compliance is rated by category by applying the following criteria: (i) Satisfactory—all covenants in the category are being complied with, with a maximum of one exception allowed, (ii) Partly Satisfactory—a maximum of two covenants in the category are not being complied with, (iii) Unsatisfactory—three or more covenants in the category are not being complied with. As per the 2011 Public Communications Policy, covenant compliance ratings for Project Financial Statements apply only to projects whose invitation for negotiation falls after 2 April 2012.

Approval No. Category
Sector Social Financial Economic Others Safeguards Project Financial Statements
Loan -

Contacts and Update Details

Responsible ADB Officer Steven Lewis-Workman (slworkman@adb.org)
Responsible ADB Department East Asia Department
Responsible ADB Divisions Transport and Communications Division, EARD
Executing Agencies

Links

Project Website http://www.adb.org/projects/41193-014/main
List of Project Documents http://www.adb.org/projects/41193-014/documents