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The Kingdom of Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam has received loans from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) towards the cost of the GMS Tourism Development Project.
The Project will improve tourism- related infrastructure, support pro-poor community-based tourism projects in rural areas, facilitate private sector participation in tourism marketing and promotion, and ease the movement of tourists across borders. It will also establish mechanisms to increase subregional cooperation. It also aims to reduce poverty in the countries, contribute to economic growth, increase employment, and promote the conservation of the natural and cultural heritage.
The Project will comprise four parts: (i) tourism-related infrastructure improvements; (ii) pro-poor, community- based tourism development; (iii) subregional cooperation for sustainable tourism; and (iv) implementation assistance and institutional strengthening.
Procurement
Goods and related works to be financed by ADB will be procured in accordance with ADB Guidelines for Procurement. International competitive bidding procedures will be used for major civil works contracts estimated to cost over $1.0 million and supply contracts valued over $500,000. Minor civil works will be procured through local competitive bidding in accordance with procedures acceptable to ADB. International shopping procedures will be followed for materials and equipment packages estimated to cost more than $100,000 equivalent but less than $500,000 equivalent.
Consulting Services
There will be a consulting package for firms (one for each country) for overall project management to support the PCUs. This package will be tendered before the other packages. The other consulting packages for individual consultants (pro-poor community based component) and firms for different design and construction supervision (roads, airports, piers, sewerage system), will be tendered later. To support the implementation of the Project, a total of 346 person-months of consulting services (127 person-months of international and 219 person-months of domestic services) will be required for Cambodia; 241 person-months (104 person-months of international and 137 person-months of domestic services) for the Lao PDR, and 169 person-months (63 person-months of international and 106 person-months of domestic services) for Viet Nam. The consultants will be engaged in accordance with ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants and other arrangements satisfactory to ADB on the engagement of domestic consultants.
The Executing Agencies (EAs) for the Project are the Ministry of Tourism for Cambodia, the National Tourism Authority of the Lao PDR, and the Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism. In Viet Nam, the provincial people's committees of An Giang and tien Giang provinces will be the EAs for Part A of the Project. The EAs will be supported by implementing Agencies (IAs) in charge of implementing infrastructure improvement subprojects.
Ministry of Tourism
No. 3, Preah Monivong Blvd.
Phnom Penh 12258
Kingdom of Cambodia
Tel. No. (855) 23 211 593
Fax No. (855) 23 426 107
E-mail address: chanta@mot.gov.kh
National Tourism Authority
Lanexang Avenue
P. O. Box 3556
Vientiane, Lao PDR
Tel. No. (856-21) 217910
Fax No. (856-21) 217910, 212769
E-mail address: ntalaos@hotmail.com
Viet Nam National Administration of Tourism
80 Quan Su Street,
Hanoi, Viet Nam
Tel. No. 9.421.243
Fax No. 84.49424115
General Procurement Notice