Uzbekistan : Solid Waste Management Improvement Project
The project fully supports the government's priority of improving Tashkents solid waste management (SWM) system through an investment package to accelerate waste minimization and recycling initiatives, upgrade and rehabilitate the city's solid waste collection and transfer systems, and develop a new sanitary landfill (SLF) to potentially serve the city until at least the year 2060. Concurrently, it will assist government to develop a national SWM strategy and investment program in order to guide national SWM sector improvements over the medium term. The project also supports the government's recent proposals to progressively increase private sector involvement in SWM provision, reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Lu, Xijie
Central and West Asia Department
Request for information -
Country/Economy
Uzbekistan -
Modality
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Sector
- Water and other urban infrastructure and services
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| Project Name | Solid Waste Management Improvement Project | ||||
| Project Number | 45366-004 | ||||
| Country / Economy | Uzbekistan |
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| Project Status | Active | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Loan |
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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 | Water and other urban infrastructure and services / Urban policy, institutional and capacity development - Urban solid waste management |
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| Gender | Some gender elements | ||||
| Description | The project fully supports the government's priority of improving Tashkents solid waste management (SWM) system through an investment package to accelerate waste minimization and recycling initiatives, upgrade and rehabilitate the city's solid waste collection and transfer systems, and develop a new sanitary landfill (SLF) to potentially serve the city until at least the year 2060. Concurrently, it will assist government to develop a national SWM strategy and investment program in order to guide national SWM sector improvements over the medium term. The project also supports the government's recent proposals to progressively increase private sector involvement in SWM provision, reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality. | ||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The Project aims to provide an improved SWM system in Tashkent city, resulting in upgrading urban infrastructure and services. The Project will support the development of an international standard sanitary landfill, rehabilitation of transfer stations and a modernization of the waste collection and transfer fleet. The Project will also provide capacity development support and formulation of a national SWM strategy. | ||||
| Impact | Improved urban environment and quality of life for the residents of Tashkent city. |
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| Project Outcome | |
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| Description of Outcome | Improved SWM services and management in Tashkent city |
| Progress Toward Outcome | The engagement for the project implementation consultant and audit firm is completed in Q3 2016. The procurement of waste collection bins is completed in Q4 2016. Procurement of collection trucks is completed in Q1 2020. Procurement of landfill is ongoing, contract is expected to be awarded in Q2 2020. |
| Implementation Progress | |
| Description of Project Outputs | 1. Rehabilitated and expanded SWM system in Tashkent city 2. Strengthened operational capacity 3. National SWM strategy |
| Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | Two transfer stations rehabilitation is under procurement stage, contract to be awarded in Q2 2020; Capacity of waste collection strengthened with 189 units of collection trucks and 17,750 units of collection bins procured; International standard sanitary landfill with 1950 tons disposal capacity per day is under procurement stage, contract to be awarded in Q2 2020; On 17 April 2019, Presidential Decree No. 4291 of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the approval of the national solid waste management strategy for the period of 2019-2028 was issued. |
| Geographical Location | Ohangaron Tumani, Tashkent |
| 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 | Taking into account the potential environmental impacts associated with the construction and operation of sanitary landfill, rehabilitation of transfer stations and demolishing the transfer stations, the project team recommends that the project should be classified as a "B" project in accordance to ADB's SPS 2009 for environment. The Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) including environmental management and monitoring plan (EMP) will be prepared. The loan covenant to empower the implementation of EMP will be included in the loan document. |
| Involuntary Resettlement | The project will need to acquire about 30 hectare of land. Therefore, the project team recommends that the project should be classified as a "B" project in accordance to ADB's SPS 2009 for Involuntary Resettlement. The land acquisition and resettlement plan (LARP) will be prepared and loan covenant will include all requirements to implement LARP. |
| Indigenous Peoples | In the project area and affected areas, none of the community, group of people maintain a separate cultural and social identity from the mainstream Uzbekistan society that would classify them as ethnic group, ethnic minority or indigenous people as describe in ADB SPS, 2009. Therefore, the project team recommends that the Project should be classified as a "C" project in accordance to ADB's SPS 2009 for Indigenous Peoples. |
| Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
| During Project Design | Female Mahalla advisors will be trained to provide practical recycling advice, in partnership with the national and city women's committee. A rapid household survey of recycling practices and gender roles was conducted under project preparatory technical assistance, and consultations were held with local farmers and waste pickers on the development of the resettlement plan and specific gender measures. |
| During Project Implementation | Further consultations are identified in the respective plans and will continue during project implementation. Lack of civil society involvement was identified as a risk in the DMF but will be addressed through adequate information disclosure and effective management. The household survey found households willing to minimize and segregate solid waste. |
| Business Opportunities | |
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| Consulting Services | All consultants will be recruited according to ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants (2013, as amended from time to time). Consultants support will be provided under the project to the EAs and PIU. This support will include project management, financial management, procurement, contract administration, safeguards implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. For the EA, four individual specialists will be engaged. Given that these experts will function independently of each other, they will be recruited using the individual consultant selection method. For the PIU, a consulting firm will be engaged to provide specialist technical support in the technical design and engineering aspects of SWM, procurement of civil works and goods contracts, and construction monitoring and supervision. In addition to the PIU consultants, two consulting firms will be recruited for the following sub-projects (i) SLF design and supervision, and (ii) community collection points design and supervision. The project also provides technical support through a firm of capacity development consultants in five strategic areas: (i) national SWM strategy formulation; (ii) waste minimization and recycling program development; (iii) formulation of an associated media and public awareness program; (iv) a transport logistic assessment to define optimal solid waste collection and transfer system designs; and (v) operational and management support for SWM system operations. Given the envisaged technical complexities and the requirement for high quality, all consulting firms will be engaged using the quality- and cost-based selection method with a quality cost ratio of 80:20 in accordance with ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants (2013, as amended from time to time). The exception to this will be the recruitment of a firm of auditors which will be recruited using least cost selection, as the contracts are very small and routine in nature. |
| Procurement | Procurement capacity assessment of the IA has been undertaken and included as a linked document. Based on the findings of the assessment, the thresholds for procurement of goods and works as well as consulting services have been defined, and the degree of ADB oversight (prior and post review) has been recommended. These are set forth in the underlying procurement plan. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Lu, Xijie |
| Responsible ADB Department | Central and West Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Urban Development and Water Division, CWRD |
| Executing Agencies |
State Committee for Ecology and Environmental Protection (formerly State Committee for Nature Protection) Tashkent Hokimiyat (Municipality) |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 14 Dec 2011 |
| Fact Finding | 20 May 2013 to 30 May 2013 |
| MRM | 23 Aug 2013 |
| Approval | 27 Nov 2013 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 30 Mar 2020 |
Loan 3067-UZB
| Milestones | |||||
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 27 Nov 2013 | 27 Feb 2014 | 29 Dec 2014 | 30 Jun 2019 | 31 Dec 2023 | - |
| Financing Plan | Loan Utilization | ||||
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| Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
| Project Cost | 76.00 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
| ADB | 69.00 | 26 Apr 2023 | 57.01 | 0.00 | 83% |
| Counterpart | 7.00 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
| Cofinancing | 0.00 | 26 Apr 2023 | 50.96 | 0.00 | 74% |
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| Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
| Rating | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | - | Satisfactory | - | Satisfactory |
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Tenders
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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| SANITARY LANDFILL ESTABLISHMENT | Loan 3067 | 02 Mar 2022 | JV Stecol-PowerChina Guiyang | 4-2101, No. 2, Rongyuan Road, Huayuan Industrial Zone, Tianjin | State Committee for Ecology & Env'tal Protection | 15,691,566.66 | 15,691,566.66 |
| TRANSFER STATION REHABILITAION | Loan 3067 | 15 Apr 2021 | FUTURE GROWTH LLC | TASHKENT UZBEKISTAN, REP. OF | Tashkent Hokimiyat (Municipality) | 6,982,746.00 | 6,982,746.00 |
| CIVIL WORKS (DESIGN & SUPERVISION) SANITARY LANDFILL DESIGN & SUPERVISION CONSULTANTS SUE/MAXSUSTRANS/QCBS-CONS_2 | Loan 3067 | 22 Nov 2018 | CHINA URBAN CONSTRUCTION DESIGN & RESEARCH | 36 DESHENGMENWAI ST., XICHENG DISTRICT BEIJING CHINA,PEOPLE'SREP.OF | Tashkent Hokimiyat (Municipality) | 2,028,425.00 | 2,028,425.00 |
| SUPPLY OF 4 WHEEL 770 LITER (LOT 1) AND 1100 LITER (LOT 2) WASTE COLLECTION BINS | Loan 3067 | 10 Nov 2017 | UZBEK CHINESE TRADING HOUSE LIMITED | 1309/13F, XINHONGXIN BUILDING, 38 RENMIN ROAD, TIANSHAN DIST., URUMQI CITY, CHINA,PEOPLE'SREP.OF | Tashkent Hokimiyat (Municipality) | 1,319,059.00 | 1,319,059.00 |
| WASTE COLLECTION & TRANSFER TRUCKS (SUPPLY OF 3 LOTS-WASTE COLLECTION & TRANSFER TRUCKS SUE/MAXSUSTRANS/ICB-G2-2016-02 | Loan 3067 | 07 Nov 2017 | POSCO-DAEWOO CORPORATION | 10, TONGIL-RO, JUNG-GU SEOUL KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | Tashkent Hokimiyat (Municipality) | 13,989,900.00 | 13,989,900.00 |
| CAPACITY SUPPORT PROGRAM (CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CONSULTANT SUE/MAXSUSTRANS/QCBS-CONS_3 | Loan 3067 | 29 Sep 2017 | GWCC-INTERIVAL ZT GMBH | CARL-REICHERT-GASSE 28 1170 VIENNA AUSTRIA | Tashkent Hokimiyat (Municipality) | 1,377,600.00 | 1,377,600.00 |
| Capacity Support Program (Audit Consultant for APFS FY2015) Sue/Maxsustrans/LCS-CONS_5-2016-02 | Loan 3067 | 10 Feb 2017 | Tsiar-Finans, LLC | 2A, Chust Str. Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Tashkent Hokimiyat (Municipality) | 15,400.00 | — |
| Project Management Personnel and Support (PIU Consultants for Project Management, Implementation and Civil Works) Sue/Maxsustrans/QCBS-CONS_1-2016-01 | Loan 3067 | 13 Feb 2017 | H.P. Gauff Ingenieure GmbH and Co. Kg-Jbg (J/V) | 45 Berner Strasse 60437 Frankfurt Am Main, Germany | Tashkent Hokimiyat (Municipality) | 2,127,958.00 | — |
Procurement Plan
| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Solid Waste Management Improvement Project: Procurement Plan | Procurement Plans | May 2023 |