ADB is helping Bangladesh improve the living standards of city dwellers, especially the poor. The project will help reduce child mortality and morbidity by decreasing the prevalence of waterborne and food-related diseases in six cities - Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi, and Sylhet. It will improve waste management and food safety regulation, and strengthen institutions.
| Project Name | Urban Public and Environmental Health Sector Development Program (Program Loan) | ||||||||||||
| Project Number | 39305-013 | ||||||||||||
| Country | Bangladesh |
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| Project Status | Active | ||||||||||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Loan Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Environmentally sustainable growth Inclusive economic growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development |
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| Sector / Subsector |
Agriculture, natural resources and rural development / Agro-industry, marketing, and trade Health / Health sector development and reform Water and other urban infrastructure and services / Urban policy, institutional and capacity development - Urban solid waste management |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Effective gender mainstreaming | ||||||||||||
| Description | The overall impact of the Urban Public and Environmental Health Sector Development Program (UPEHSDP) is to improve the public and environmental health conditions in the urban areas of Bangladesh, particularly in the six city corporations (Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi, and Sylhet). The successful implementation of the UPEHSDP will help reduce child mortality and morbidity by reducing the prevalence of waterborne and food-related diseases, increase productivity by reducing overall morbidity, and improve the quality of life of urban inhabitants. UPEHSDP will improve the health status of the poor in urban areas and assist Bangladesh to make progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) relating to child and maternal health care and communicable diseases (MDGs 4, 5, and 6), and improve urban sanitation (MDG 7). The program and project loans under the UPEHSDP are designed to complement each other in achieving progress towards these key goals. | ||||||||||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | Rapidly urbanizing Bangladesh has one of the highest population densities in the world. Crowded and poor hygienic living conditions have increased the vulnerability of urban poor people to economic shocks from ill-health. A burgeoning urban population is only going to make the situation for public and environmental health more challenging. Urban local bodies that are mandated to provide public and environmental health-related services have limited institutional and financial capacities. Nationally, the Local Government Division (LGD) of the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (MOLGRDC) needs to take a stronger stewardship role in urban public and environmental health (UPEH). The Government of Bangladesh needs to make use of various instruments at its disposal such as regulations, taxation, information, and investments to address the growing challenges of UPEH with the help of the private sector and civil society. A sector development program (SDP) will address a wide range of complex but interlinked UPEH challenges. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) in many ways is uniquely placed to help the Government address these daunting multidimensional challenges. The SDP builds on more than a decade of ADB's strong engagement in urban development in Bangladesh, and makes a concerted effort to mainstream valuable lessons learned and good practices which have evolved from ADB-supported projects, such as urban governance and infrastructure improvement projects and urban primary health care projects. |
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| Impact | Improved public and environmental health of urban inhabitants | ||||||||||||
| Project Outcome | |
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| Description of Outcome | Sustainable public and environmental health services established in the six city corporations |
| Progress Toward Outcome | Procurement for major contract packages completed. |
| Implementation Progress | |
| Description of Project Outputs | 2. Improved financial sustainability of urban public and environmental health interventions are operational (policy reform area 2 and project component C) 3. Improved public and environmental health service delivery are operational (policy reform area 3 and project components A and B) 4. Strengthened UPEH governance and management (policy reform area 4 and project component C) 1. Strengthened institutional arrangements for urban public and environmental health (UPEH) in place (policy reform area 1) |
| Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | 1a. UPEHU is established.1b. Core civil servants are supported bu government revenue budget.1c. The national urban public and environmental health committee was constituted in April 2010.3a. National Waste Reduce, Reuse and Recycle (3R) Strategy and standards introduced - Ongoing. Strategy and standardsbeing implemented.3b. All city corporations have integrated waste treatment facilities (sanitary landfill and compost) - Landfill packages cancelled. 3d. All city corporations have facilities for safe disposal of medical waste - cancelled. 3e.Inter-ministerial committee for food safety meets regularly - Achieved. 3f.All city corporations construct modern slaughter houses - Will be done through PPP. LGD sent a request to PPP office for necessary action.2g. Bylaws for food safety, solid waste, and medical waste disposal introduced by city corporations - Model Bylaws on Medical Waste Management for CCs is finalized. LGD has approved in principle and sent to city corporations to take necessary action for getting formal approval in the name of particular city corporations. Five CCs (CCC, KCC, RCC, BCC and SCC) have already submitted the bylaws on medical waste management to LGD. Draft model bylaws on Food Safety for CCs has been prepared on the basis of Safe Food Act 2013 and sent to CCs for comments. It will be finalized after finalizing the draft rules on safe food at national level.3h.Urban primary health care sustainability fund fully operational in each city corporation - All CCs deposited an amount equivalent to 1% of their budget into their respective Urban Primary Health Care Sustainability Fund bank accounts. Ongoing.4a. Effective private sector participation introduced for delivery of UPEH services - Ongoing. In 2010, the prime minister's office issued Policy and Strategy Guidelines on Public Private Partnership. Guidelines were circulated to all CCs for implementation4b.Citizens participation in city corporation delivery of UPEH services introduced - Ongoing. Guidelines circulated to all CCs for implementation.4c. All poor and very poor people in the city corporation area are provided with entitlement cards - Ongoing. This has been done by the Urban PrimaryHealth Care ServiceDelivery Project4d.Maternal and child health care for poor and very poor people is introduced - Ongoing. This has been done bythe Urban PrimaryHealth Care ServiceDelivery Project.2a. Collection of 2008 level of holding tax arrears increased by 25% (December 2013) - Achieved by six city corporations (Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Barisal and Sylhet)2b. City corporations update the assessment of holding taxes (December 2013) - Work in progress2c. City corporations introduce modernized and computerized financing management systems (December 2013) - Work in progress2d. Introduction of performance-based grant mechanism (December 2013) - Introduction circulated to all CCs and adoptedby them. Operations Guidelines on Performance Based Targeted Grant Mechanism for City Corporations circulated to CCs by LGD on 6 March 2014. |
| Geographical Location | Aminbazar, Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi, Sylhet |
| Safeguard Categories | |
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| Environment | B |
| Involuntary Resettlement | B |
| Indigenous Peoples | C |
| Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects | |
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| Environmental Aspects | Environmental assessments have been prepared as part of the detailed design of subprojects in accordance with the agreed Environmental Assessment and Review Framework (EARF). The EARF covers both ADB and government policy requirements. |
| Involuntary Resettlement | Involuntary resettlement assessments have been prepared as part of the detailed design of subprojects in accordance with the agreed Resettlement Framework (RF). The RF covers both ADB and government policy requirements. |
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| Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
| During Project Design | Stakeholder consultation is an ongoing process which is being undertaken during project planning and design stages. |
| During Project Implementation | Community consultation will be an ongoing process and will continue througout project implementation. |
| Business Opportunities | |
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| Consulting Services | Following consultants were engaged and mobilized in accordance with ADB's quality- and cost-based selection procedures: (i) design supervision and construction consultants; (ii) financial management and municipal finance consultants; and (iii) program support consultants. |
| Procurement | Procurement of all goods and services to be financed under the Project will be carried out in accordance with ADB's Procurement Guidelines (2013, as amended from time to time). All civil works contracts estimated to cost the equivalent of $1 million or more will be procured through international competitive bidding. Civil works contracts estimated to cost less than $1 million will be procured using national competitive bidding (NCB). To the extent practicable, goods will be grouped into procurement packages larger than $500,000 to be suitable for international competitive bidding procedures. Goods that cannot be grouped into larger contracts and are estimated to cost less than $500,000 per contract will be procured through NCB. A third-party, pre shipment inspection provision will be adopted to ensure quality of goods and equipment. NCB procedures applicable to the Project are specified in the Government's Public Procurement Rules 2008, (once the Public Procurement Rules 2008 in English are formally adopted) and the procurement plan. Miscellaneous minor goods expected to cost less than the equivalent of $100,000 will be purchased using shopping procedures. NCB packages valued at more than $100,000 each will be subject to prior review by ADB. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Liau, Charlene |
| Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Urban Development and Water Division, SARD |
| Executing Agencies |
Local Govt Div,Min of Local Govt Rural Devt & Coop Mr. Monzur Hossain MOLGRDC, Building # 7, Dhaka Secretariat, Bangladesh |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 13 Apr 2009 |
| Fact Finding | 15 Apr 2009 to 27 Apr 2009 |
| MRM | 17 Jun 2009 |
| Approval | 28 Sep 2009 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| PDS Creation Date | 07 Jul 2008 |
| Last PDS Update | 01 Apr 2020 |
Loan 2554-BAN
| Milestones | |||||
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 28 Sep 2009 | 14 Oct 2009 | 06 May 2010 | 30 Jun 2017 | - | 08 Oct 2014 |
| Financing Plan | Loan Utilization | ||||
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| Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
| Project Cost | 70.00 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
| ADB | 70.00 | 28 Sep 2009 | 68.93 | 0.00 | 100% |
| Counterpart | 0.00 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
| Cofinancing | 0.00 | 28 Sep 2009 | 68.93 | 0.00 | 100% |
| Status of Covenants | ||||||
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| Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
| Rating | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | - | - | Partly satisfactory |
Loan 2555-BAN
| Milestones | |||||
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 28 Sep 2009 | 14 Oct 2009 | 06 May 2010 | 30 Jun 2017 | 30 Jun 2020 | - |
| Financing Plan | Loan Utilization | ||||
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| Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
| Project Cost | 80.13 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
| ADB | 60.00 | 28 Sep 2009 | 24.35 | 0.00 | 68% |
| Counterpart | 20.13 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
| Cofinancing | 0.00 | 28 Sep 2009 | 21.25 | 0.00 | 59% |
| Status of Covenants | ||||||
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| Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
| Rating | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | - | - | Partly satisfactory |
TA 7354-BAN
| Milestones | |||||
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 28 Sep 2009 | 09 Feb 2010 | 09 Feb 2010 | 31 Dec 2011 | 30 Nov 2012 | - |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 500,000.00 | 28 Sep 2009 | 301,418.61 |
| Status of Covenants | ||||||
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| Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
| Rating | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | - | - | Partly satisfactory |
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Tenders
| Tender Title | Type | Status | Posting Date | Deadline |
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| Recruitment of a Principal Evaluation Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 10 Dec 2019 | 16 Dec 2019 |
| ADB Loan No. 2555-BAN (SF): Urban Public and Environmental Health Sector Development Project [Package No. 7E] | Invitation for Bids | Closed | 11 Oct 2019 | 24 Nov 2019 |
| Individual Consultant | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 16 Oct 2018 | 29 Oct 2018 |
| Individual Consultant | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 16 Oct 2018 | 29 Oct 2018 |
| Loan No. 2555-BAN: Urban Public and Environmental Health Sector Development Project [Package No. 7C] | Invitation for Bids | Closed | 28 Jul 2017 | 11 Sep 2017 |
| Loan No. 2555-BAN: Urban Public and Environmental Health Sector Development Project [Package No. 12B] | Invitation for Bids | Closed | 27 Apr 2017 | 08 Jun 2017 |
Contracts Awarded
| Contract Title | Approval Number | Contract Date | Contractor | Contractor Address | Executing Agency | Contract Description | Total Contract Amount (US$) | Contract Amount Financed by ADB (US$) |
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| PROCUREMENT OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT EQUIPMENT PACKAGE 7E-LOT 1: 5 UNITS CHAIN MOUNTED HYDRAULIC EXCAVATOR | Loan 2555 | 17 Feb 2020 | SARKER KABIR AHMED | 31 BIR UTTAM KM SHAFIULLAH ROAD DHAKA-1205, BANGLADESH BANGLADESH | Local Govt Div,Min of Local Govt Rural Devt & Coop | SUPPLY OF GOODS | 1,105,000.00 | 1,105,000.00 |
| PROCUREMENT OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT EQUIPMENT PACKAGE 7E-LOT2, 5 UNITS HYDRAULIC WHEEL LOADER | Loan 2555 | 17 Feb 2020 | SARKER KABIR AHMED | DHAKA-1205, BANGLADESH BANGLADESH | Local Govt Div,Min of Local Govt Rural Devt & Coop | SUPPLY OF GOODS | 1,140,000.00 | 1,140,000.00 |
| PACKAGE 12B: SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF ICT HARDWA RE AND ACCESSORIES FOR THE REMAINING 5 CCS FOR MODERNIZING AND COMPUTERIZING THE MFRMS | Loan 2555 | 06 Feb 2018 | F. UNDUETSCH-STERLING JV | EMIL-SOMMER-STR-4-6, 283 BREMEN GERMANY GERMANY | Local Govt Div,Min of Local Govt Rural Devt & Coop | SUPPLY OF GOODS | 1,169,652.00 | 1,169,652.00 |
Procurement Plan
| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Urban Public and Environmental Health Sector Development Program (Program Loan): Procurement Plan | Procurement Plans | Feb 2017 |