China, People's Republic of : Supporting Project Preparation

Sovereign Project | 51044-001

The transaction technical assistance facility (the F-TrTA) will provide project preparation support to a series of ensuing projects, comprising the Green Finance Catalyzing Facility (GFCF), the public private partnership (PPP) Demonstration II for elderly care (EC), the Jilin Yanji Urban Development, and the Multimodal Passenger Hubs Development. All ensuing projects involve investments in green and low carbon infrastructure and elderly care, key strategic priorities for both the government and ADB. This F-TrTA is listed in the country operations business plan (COBP), 2017-2019, for the People's Republic of China (PRC).

Project Details

  • Project Officer
    Hagiwara, Akiko
    East Asia Department
    Request for information
  • Country/Economy
    China, People's Republic of
  • Sector
    • Health
Project Name Supporting Project Preparation
Project Number 51044-001
Country / Economy China, People's Republic of
Project Status Active
Project Type / Modality of Assistance Technical Assistance
Source of Funding / Amount
TA 9437-PRC: Supporting Project Preparation
Technical Assistance Special Fund US$ 1.30 million
TA 9437-PRC: Supporting Project Preparation (Supplementary)
Technical Assistance Special Fund US$ 2.05 million
TA 9437-PRC: Supporting Project Preparation (2nd Supplementary)
Republic of Korea e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund US$ 500,000.00
TA 9437-PRC: Supporting Project Preparation (3rd Supplementary)
Technical Assistance Special Fund US$ 338,000.00
TA 9437-PRC: Supporting Project Preparation (Supplementary)
Technical Assistance Special Fund US$ 312,000.00
Urban Environmental Infrastructure Fund under the Urban Financing Partnership Facility US$ 300,000.00
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation US$ 500,000.00
Republic of Korea e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund US$ 500,000.00
Clean Energy Fund under the Clean Energy Financing Partnership Facility US$ 500,000.00
TA 9437-PRC: Supporting Project Preparation (Supplementary)
Technical Assistance Special Fund US$ 200,000.00
Strategic Agendas Environmentally sustainable growth
Inclusive economic growth
Regional integration
Drivers of Change Gender Equity and Mainstreaming
Governance and capacity development
Knowledge solutions
Partnerships
Private sector development
Sector / Subsector

Finance / Finance sector development - Infrastructure finance and investment funds

Health / Health system development

Transport / Multimodal logistics - Rail transport (non-urban) - Transport policies and institutional development - Urban public transport

Water and other urban infrastructure and services / Other urban services - Urban flood protection - Urban housing - Urban water supply

Gender Some gender elements
Description The transaction technical assistance facility (the F-TrTA) will provide project preparation support to a series of ensuing projects, comprising the Green Finance Catalyzing Facility (GFCF), the public private partnership (PPP) Demonstration II for elderly care (EC), the Jilin Yanji Urban Development, and the Multimodal Passenger Hubs Development. All ensuing projects involve investments in green and low carbon infrastructure and elderly care, key strategic priorities for both the government and ADB. This F-TrTA is listed in the country operations business plan (COBP), 2017-2019, for the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy

Project preparation activities for PRC projects support the review of the FSR prepared by the design institutes and the preparation of standard ADB documents, including due diligence and other requirements, such as financial, economic, and safeguards, and poverty, social, and gender analyses. The review found out that 52% of the PPTA resources were used to revise and strengthen projects' detailed engineering designs prepared by the design institutes, while in 48% of the cases PPTAs were used to undertake standard ADB due diligence and other requirements. This confirms that, for a subgroup of ADB-funded projects, the FSR prepared by the design institutes is of good quality, and therefore the preparatory work could only cover standard due diligence assessments, without the need to duplicate design work. In the latter cases, efficiency gains could come from engaging consultants to undertake standard due diligence assessments for multiple projects.

To address the above issues and in line with the new TA programmatic approach, the F-TrTA will provide project preparation support, from planning and sector work to due diligence assessments and start-up activities, for four projects pipelined for 2018 and 2019 (the subprojects). As projects are likely to require similar set of safeguard, financial management, and economic and sector assessments, the facility approach is suitable to (i) enhance operational efficiency in preparing the projects, (ii) reap important synergies from working with the same consultants, (iii) and reduce recruitment time of consultants by allowing consultants to be retained on a long-term basis; and (iv) strengthen coordination between ADB's preparatory activities and design institutes' work. The F-TrTA will result in PRC's efficient strategic implementation of a longer-term consolidated TA for supporting project preparation, aiming at faster delivery of project preparation, quicker and more flexible responsiveness to support lending operations, and higher readiness of approved projects.

Impact
Project Outcome
Description of Outcome
Progress Toward Outcome
Implementation Progress
Description of Project Outputs
Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues)
Geographical Location Nation-wide
Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects
Environmental Aspects
Involuntary Resettlement
Indigenous Peoples
Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation
During Project Design Stakeholders were constantly consulted during project design.
During Project Implementation

The TRTA was approved on 5 December 2017 amounting to $1.30 million financed by ADB's Technical Assistance Special Fund (TASF-other sources). Following the original approval, several rounds of TA replenishments were made, including (i) $2.050 million financed by ADB's TASF-other sources on 28 June 2018; (ii) $0.500 million financed by Republic of Korea e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund (EAKPF) on 6 August 2018; (iii) $0.338 million from ADB's TASF-other sources on 26 December 2018; (iv) $0.312 million from ADB's TASF-other sources, $0.500 million from Sanitation Financing Partnership Trust Fund, $0.500 million from Clean Energy Fund, $0.300 million from Urban Environmental Infrastructure Fund, and another $0.500 million from EAKPF on 8 May 2019; and (v) $0.200 million from TASF-other sources on 27 March 2020. Such replenishments bring the total TA amount to $6.50 million, including $4.20 million from TASF-other sources and $2.30 million of ADB-administered funds. ADB through its People's Republic of China Resident Mission (PRCM) is the executing agency and the TA supervising unit, with the East Asia Regional Department's sector divisions as implementing agencies. The current TA completion is extended to 5 December 2022 and with expectation to extend.

Eleven subprojects are included under the TA Facility namely: (i) Green Finance Catalyzing Facility, (ii) Xiangyang Care Service Development (public private partnership [PPP]), (iii) Jilin Yanji Low-Carbon Climate-Resilient Urban Development, (iv) Multimodal Passenger Hubs Development, (v) Guangxi Elderly Care Demonstration (PPP), (vi) Hunan Xiangtan Low Carbon City Development, (vii) Jiangxi Shangrao Preschool Education Demonstration Project, (viii) Shenzhen Water Project (PPP), (ix) Guizhou Gui'an New Urban Area Smart Transport, (x) Shanxi Changzhi Low-Carbon Climate-Resilient Circular Economy Transformation Project, and (xi) PPP/NSO Project Development. The implementation of the TA facility is proceeding in accordance with the processing schedule of the ensuing loans. As of 26 September 2022, $6,120,832 (94.17%) has been committed and $4,842,943 (74.51%) disbursed.

Business Opportunities
Consulting Services

Each subproject will require a team of international and national consultants to be engaged by ADB. Consulting firms and individual consultants will be recruited based on the requirements of each TA subproject, in accordance with ADB Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and the associated PAIs/TA Staff Instructions. The fields, duration of engagement and related costs of the expertise in Appendix 3 of the TA report are indicative and estimates will be finalized prior to approval of each subproject in consultation with the government teams. Consulting firms will be engaged following either the quality- and cost-based selection method, with a quality-cost ratio of 90:10 using full, simplified, or bio-data technical proposal procedures; or consultant's qualification selection, as appropriate.

Consultants to be selected using the individual consultants' selection method will be engaged to provide specialized technical inputs to fulfill ADB advanced planning and sector work, due diligence requirements, and enhance project readiness. Contract options may include time-based or framework agreements. Lump-sum or output-based contracts will be considered for consulting services under the TA facility. When the preparation of loans to be supported by the proposed TA facility require the same set of expertise, important synergies may be reaped from engaging the same consultants. New contract modalities such as framework agreements, will allow consultants to be retained for repeat assignments during a given period.

Responsible ADB Officer Hagiwara, Akiko
Responsible ADB Department East Asia Department
Responsible ADB Division PRC Resident Mission (PRCM)
Executing Agencies
Asian Development Bank
Timetable
Concept Clearance -
Fact Finding -
MRM -
Approval 05 Dec 2017
Last Review Mission -
Last PDS Update 27 Sep 2022

TA 9437-PRC

Milestones
Approval Signing Date Effectivity Date Closing
Original Revised Actual
05 Dec 2017 29 Jan 2018 29 Jan 2018 31 Dec 2020 30 Jun 2023 -
Financing Plan/TA Utilization Cumulative Disbursements
ADB Cofinancing Counterpart Total Date Amount
Gov Beneficiaries Project Sponsor Others
4,200,000.00 2,300,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6,500,000.00 15 May 2023 5,612,713.85

Project Data Sheets (PDS) contain summary information on the project or program. Because the PDS is a work in progress, some information may not be included in its initial version but will be added as it becomes available. Information about proposed projects is tentative and indicative.

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Title Document Type Document Date
支持项目准备 : 项目数据表 Translated PDS Dec 2017

Safeguard Documents See also: Safeguards
Safeguard documents provided at the time of project/facility approval may also be found in the list of linked documents provided with the Report and Recommendation of the President.

None currently available.


Evaluation Documents See also: Independent Evaluation

None currently available.



The Access to Information Policy (AIP) establishes the disclosure requirements for documents and information ADB produces or requires to be produced in its operations to facilitate stakeholder participation in ADB's decision-making. For more information, refer to the Safeguard Policy Statement, Operations Manual F1, and Operations Manual L3.

Requests for information may also be directed to the InfoUnit.

Tenders

Tender Title Type Status Posting Date Deadline
National information and communication public platform specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
International green fund design specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Green Finance Implementation (Green Assessment) Individual - Consulting Closed
Procurement Specialist (National) Individual - Consulting Closed
Legal Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Climate Finance Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Legal Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Project Management Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Project Management Coordinator Individual - Consulting Closed
Elderly care facility design specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Poverty, Social and Gender Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
National Involuntary Resettlement Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
SOURCE Workshop Facilitator Individual - Consulting Closed
Early Childhood Development Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
International Safeguard and Public Health Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
International Sanitation Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
National Safeguard and Public Health Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
National Sanitation Specialist (Junior) Individual - Consulting Closed
Public Private Partnership and Risk Management Policy Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Intelligent Transport, Smart Energy and Urban System Firm - Consulting Closed
Elderly Care Facility Design Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
National Procurement Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Economist Individual - Consulting Closed
Green Public Procurement Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Financial Management Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Communication, Behavior & Human-Centered Firm - Consulting Closed
Waste-to-Energy (RDF/SDF and non-combustion) Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Policy and Legal System Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Urban Environment and Climate Change Specialist and Deputy Team Leader Individual - Consulting Closed
Public Finance and Fiscal Management Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Distributed Energy and District Heating Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Green Public Procurement Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Procurement Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Financial Management Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Urban and Climate Change Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Procurement Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Public Finance and Fiscal Management Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Economist Individual - Consulting Closed
Social Development and Gender Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Resettlement Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Environment Safeguards Expert Individual - Consulting Closed
Distributed Energy and District Heating Specialists Individual - Consulting Closed
Waste-to-Energy (RDF/SDF and non-combustion) Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Innovation Policy and Governance Firm - Consulting Closed
National Urban Transport Consulting Firm Firm - Consulting Closed
Project and Institutional Coordinator Individual - Consulting Closed
Development of Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Measures for Climate Risks in Xiangtan Firm - Consulting Closed
Project Management Individual - Consulting Closed
Social Safeguards Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Elderly Care and Medical Care Integration Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Infrastructure Finance and Economic Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Industrial Development and Industry Park Management Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Research and Development Management Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Intermodal Railway Station Hub Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Tourism Development Economists Individual - Consulting Closed
National Industrial Development and Industy Park Management Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
National Education Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Environment Safeguards Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Financial Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
National Finance Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
National Poverty, social and gender specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
National_Procurement and Integrity Due Diligence Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
National_Elderly Care Survey Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Project procurement and management specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
National_Project Management and Coordination Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
National Involuntary Resettlement Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
National_Environment Safeguards Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Elderly-Care Medical Care Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Development Communication Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Environment Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Urban Planner/Team Leader Individual - Consulting Closed
Involuntary Resettlement Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Municipal Engineer/Deputy Team Leader Individual - Consulting Closed
Poverty, Social, and Gender Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Municipal Engineer/Team Leader Individual - Consulting Closed
Municipal Engineer/Deputy Team Leader Individual - Consulting Closed
Environmental Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Environment Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
Railway Engineer and Station Design Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed

Contracts Awarded

Contract Title Approval Number Contract Date Contractor | Address Executing Agency Total Contract Amount (US$) Contract Amount Financed by ADB (US$)
Project Preparatory Technical Assistance 9437 18 Jul 2019 DELTARES, NET (NETHERLANDS) | ROTTERDAMSEWEG 185 2629 HD DELFT/Boussin DELFT 2629 HV NETHERLANDS [email protected] Asian Development Bank 157,477.00
Project Preparatory Technical Assistance 9437 16 Aug 2019 WUPPERTAL INSTITUTE (GERMANY) | DOEPPERSBERG 19, 42103 WUPPERTAL, GERMAN FX(+49)202 24 92-108/urda.eichhorst@wupp Asian Development Bank 119,065.00
Project Preparatory Technical Assistance 9437 13 Sep 2019 NXITY Corporation Ltd. (HONG KONG, CHINA) in association with NXITY (Beijing) Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (CHINA,PEOPLE'SREP.OF) | Suite D, 6th Floor, Ho Lee Commercial Bu -44 D?Aguilar Street Central Hong Kong, Asian Development Bank 286,290.00

Procurement Plan

None currently available.