Bangladesh : Urban Public and Environmental Health Sector Development Program (Program Loan)
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 Details
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Project Officer
Roy, Amit Datta
South Asia Department
Request for information -
Country/Economy
Bangladesh -
Modality
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Sector
- Water and other urban infrastructure and services
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| Project Name | Urban Public and Environmental Health Sector Development Program (Program Loan) | ||||||||||||
| Project Number | 39305-013 | ||||||||||||
| Country / Economy | Bangladesh |
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| Project Status | Closed | ||||||||||||
| 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 | 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 |
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| Project Outcome | |
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| Description of Outcome | Sustainable public and environmental health services established in the six city corporations |
| Progress Toward Outcome | Program extended up to 30 June 2021. Municipal solid waste collection, transportation, and treatment improvement activities are being implemented. Level of contamination of food items has been reduced to a great extent and activities still ongoing. Testing of food and water samples in Dhaka South City Corporation and Chittagong City Corporation has been increased significantly. |
| 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) | The establishment of urban public and environmental health unit has been complied. The support from revenue budget to core civil servants of UPEHU has been complied. The national urban public and environmental health committee (NUPEHC) is constituted and meets annually. Strengthening of city corporation health departments and city corporation conservancy departments has been partially accomplished. Holding tax management system report and operational guidelines approved and being implemented. Updating the assessment of holding taxes by City corporations is in progress. Modernized and computerized financial management system utilizing online device has significantly contributed to enhancing and improving the status of collection procedure of revenue in terms of amount of money collected as holding tax and other taxes. Inspiring impact of collection of tax through online is very noticeable and it is clearly reflected especially in Dhaka South City Corporation and Dhaka North City Corporation. Other five City Corporations are putting their efforts to heighten their performance status in terms of enhancing collection of higher amount of revenue through using same hardware and software like that provided to DSCC and DNCC. Operational guidelines for performance-based grant mechanism completed. The strategy of 3Rs could not be implemented as the construction of controlled landfills and sanitary landfills (pkg.4 & pkg.5) were cancelled. Development of sanitary landfill in 5 city corporations is cancelled. The component for all city corporations having facilities for safe disposal of medical waste is cancelled. Inter-ministerial committee meeting for food safety is held time to time. The slaughterhouse component is dropped. Bylaws as prepared on medical waste disposal was submitted to the concerned ministry, but clearance has not yet been received. The component for urban primary health care sustainability fund for each city corporation is considered under different project.The introduction of effective private sector participation for delivery of UPEH services is achieved. The introduction of citizens participation in city corporation delivery of UPEH services is achieved. The component for providing entitlement cards for poor and very poor people in the city corporation area is considered under different project. The introduction of maternal and child health care for poor and very poor people is considered under different project. |
| 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. |
| Indigenous Peoples | No impacts o0n indigenous peoples. |
| 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 has been done properly and continued throughout 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 financed under the project carried out in accordance with ADB's Procurement Guidelines (2013, as amended from time to time). All civil works contracts cost estimated to $1 million or more procured through international competitive bidding. Civil works contracts cost estimated to less than $1 million procured using national competitive bidding (NCB). To the extent practicable, goods 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 cost of which is estimated to less than $500,000 per contract procured through NCB. A third-party, pre shipment inspection provision was 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 in the procurement plan. Miscellaneous minor goods cost less than $100,000 were purchased using shopping procedures. NCB packages valued at more than $100,000 was subject to prior review by ADB. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Roy, Amit Datta |
| Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Bangladesh Resident Mission |
| Executing Agencies |
Local Govt Div,Min of Local Govt Rural Devt & Coop |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 13 Apr 2009 |
| Fact Finding | 15 Apr 2009 to 27 Apr 2009 |
| MRM | 17 Jun 2009 |
| Approval | 28 Sep 2009 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| PDS Creation Date | 07 Jul 2008 |
| Last PDS Update | 26 Sep 2021 |
Loan 2554-BAN
| Milestones | |||||
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 28 Sep 2009 | 14 Oct 2009 | 06 May 2010 | 30 Jun 2017 | - | 08 Oct 2014 |
| Financing Plan | Loan Utilization | ||||
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| Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
| Project Cost | 70.00 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
| ADB | 70.00 | 25 Jan 2023 | 68.93 | 0.00 | 100% |
| Counterpart | 0.00 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
| Cofinancing | 0.00 | 25 Jan 2023 | 68.93 | 0.00 | 100% |
| Status of Covenants | ||||||
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| Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
| Rating | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | - | 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 2021 | 25 Aug 2022 |
| Financing Plan | Loan Utilization | ||||
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| Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
| Project Cost | 60.13 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
| ADB | 60.00 | 25 Jan 2023 | 25.41 | 0.00 | 100% |
| Counterpart | 0.13 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
| Cofinancing | 0.00 | 25 Jan 2023 | 25.41 | 0.00 | 100% |
| Status of Covenants | ||||||
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| Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
| Rating | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | - | 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 | 23 Jan 2013 |
| 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 | 20,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20,500,000.00 | 25 Jan 2023 | 301,418.61 |
| Status of Covenants | ||||||
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| Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
| Rating | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | - | 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 | ||
| Loan No. 2555-BAN: Urban Public and Environmental Health Sector Development Project [Package No. 7C] | Invitation for Bids | Closed | ||
| Loan No. 2555-BAN: Urban Public and Environmental Health Sector Development Project [Package No. 12B] | Invitation for Bids | Closed | ||
| Individual Consultant | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Individual Consultant | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| ADB Loan No. 2555-BAN (SF): Urban Public and Environmental Health Sector Development Project [Package No. 7E] | Invitation for Bids | Closed |
Contracts Awarded
| Contract Title | Approval Number | Contract Date | Contractor | Address | Executing Agency | Total Contract Amount (US$) | Contract Amount Financed by ADB (US$) |
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| 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 | 1,140,000.00 | 1,140,000.00 |
| 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 | 1,105,000.00 | 1,105,000.00 |
| 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 | 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 |