The proposed regional transaction TA will provide capacity building and policy advice support to a series of ongoing and ensuing projects, comprising projects included in the indicative project pipeline under the Pacific Renewable Energy Investment Facility (the _Facility_), and other investment projects in energy planned or proposed in COBPs of PARD DMCs. This transaction TA is not, in and of itself, included in any country's COBP; it is complementary to operations included such COBPs.
| Project Name | Capacity Building and Sector Reform for Renewable Energy Investments in the Pacific | ||||
| Project Number | 49450-010 | ||||
| Country | Regional Cook Islands Micronesia, Federated States of Kiribati Nauru Palau Marshall Islands Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu |
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| Project Status | Active | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth Regional integration |
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| Drivers of Change | Governance and capacity development Knowledge solutions Partnerships Private sector development |
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| Sector / Subsector | Energy / Energy sector development and institutional reform |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | No gender elements | ||||
| Description | The proposed regional transaction TA will provide capacity building and policy advice support to a series of ongoing and ensuing projects, comprising projects included in the indicative project pipeline under the Pacific Renewable Energy Investment Facility (the _Facility_), and other investment projects in energy planned or proposed in COBPs of PARD DMCs. This transaction TA is not, in and of itself, included in any country's COBP; it is complementary to operations included such COBPs. | ||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The proposed regional transaction TA will support the sustainability of energy investments in the Pacific, including projects to be implemented under the Pacific Renewable Energy Investment Facility (_the Facility_) and financed by ADB or other sources. The Facility was approved on 22 June 2017 for up to $200 million to finance a series of individual small-value renewable energy projects in the 11 smaller Pacific island countries (PIC-11), and support regional approaches for energy sector reform, private sector development, and capacity building. The Facility was designed to streamline ADB's internal procedures, enhancing its ability to process small-value projects in the PIC-11 faster and with lower transaction costs. The proposed regional transaction TA will support similar energy sector reform, private sector development, and capacity building objectives in countries other than those covered by the Facility (i.e. non PIC-11 countries - Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, and Vanuatu). | ||||
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| Geographical Location | Cook Islands - Nation-wide; Kiribati - Nation-wide; Marshall Islands - Nation-wide; Micronesia, Federated States of - Nation-wide; Nauru - Nation-wide; Palau - Nation-wide; Samoa - Nation-wide; Solomon Islands - Nation-wide; Tonga - Nation-wide; Tuvalu - Nation-wide; Vanuatu - Nation-wide |
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| Consulting Services | ADB will be responsible for selection and supervision of consultants engaged under the TA. ADB will engage a single firm under QCBS on an output-based lump-sum retainer contract basis with provision for fixed out-of-pocket expenditures, whereunder successive deployments to individual countries under the TA will follow contract variation orders (VOs) specific to the requirements of each deployment. Rates and payment schedules under the first deployment, determined at the time of contract award will form the basis for successive VOs. Contract value will be advertised at an estimated maximum value of $5 million. (ADB will retain the option to recruit consultants on an individual consultants selection (ICS) basis to augment the firm selected under QCBS, at the discretion of the responsible ADB Project Officer.) Consultant areas of expertise will be consistent with activities prescribed in paragraphs 14 through 18, and will include: (i) energy sector policy and strategic planning, (ii) public utility regulation and governance, (iii) electric power utility operations, (iv) financial management and accounting, enterprise resource planning (ERP) and corporate management information systems (MIS) design and implementation, and business process re-engineering. ADB will engage consultants in accordance with ADB Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and the associated PAIs/TA Staff Instructions. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Trainor, James Michael |
| Responsible ADB Department | Pacific Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | PAEN |
| Executing Agencies |
Asian Development Bank 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550, Philippines |
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| Concept Clearance | - |
| Fact Finding | - |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 22 Nov 2017 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 24 Nov 2017 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 22 Nov 2017 | - | 22 Nov 2017 | 31 Dec 2022 | - | - |
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 0.00 | 5,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5,000,000.00 | 22 Nov 2017 | 1,456,517.00 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Capacity Building and Sector Reform for Renewable Energy Investments in the Pacific: Technical Assistance Report | Technical Assistance Reports | Nov 2017 |
Safeguard Documents See also: Safeguards
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Related Publications
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Tenders
| Tender Title | Type | Status | Posting Date | Deadline |
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| Consultant Recruitment | Firm - Consulting | Closed | 09 Nov 2017 | 08 Dec 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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| Capacity Development | Technical Assistance 9425 | 19 Jul 2018 | TETRA TECH EM INC.(UNITED STATES) in association with Financial Solutions Ltd(UNITED STATES) | 1881 CAMPUS COMMONS DRIVE, SUITE 200 RESTON, VIRGINIA 20191 U.S.A. | Asian Development Bank | 5,000,000.00 | — |
Procurement Plan
None currently available.