CANCELLATION: Hunan Integrated Economic Development of Small Towns Project

Project ID: P118597

This notice has been cancelled as of 22 July 2014. Please do not respond.

The government of Hunan province has received financing in the amount of US$50,000,000 equivalent from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) toward the cost of the Hunan Integrated Economic Development of Small Towns Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this loan to payments for goods, works, related services and consulting services to be procured under this project.

The project has the following three components:

1 .Infrastructure Development:

Strengthening of high priority public infrastructure in selected small towns in Hunan Province through the implementation of key investment subprojects focusing on, inter alia: (a) construction or rehabilitation of urban and rural roads; (b) construction of wastewater treatment facilities and improvement of solid waste management systems; (c) carrying out of environmental protection activities, including creek rehabilitation and embankment protection; and (d) development of agricultural markets and integrated service centers.

2. Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Enhancement:

Improving the insitutional capacity of Hunan Province to manage the development and operation of modern and effcient infrastructure, the carrying out of business development activities and the provision of support services through, inter alia, (a) carrying out of policy, technology and marketing studies; (b) carrying out of training, extension services, workshops and study tours; and (c) acquisition of equipment for testing, grading and real-time monitoring of the quality and operation of infrastructure facilities developed under Part 1 of the Project.

3. Project managements and Monitoring and Evaluation

Supporting the overall development of Hunan Province to coordinate and manage the implementation of the Project, including the establishment and operation of a management information, monitoring and evaluation system.
Procurement of contracts financed by the loan will be conducted through the procedures specified in the World Bank's Guidelines: Procurement of Goods, Works, and Non-Consulting Services under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants by World Bank Borrowers, January 2011, and is open to all bidders from eligible source countries as defined in the guidelines. Consulting services will be selected in accordance with the World Bank's Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants under IBRD Loans & IDA Credits & Grants by World Bank Borrowers, January 2011.

Specific procurement notices for contracts to be bid under the World Bank's international competitive bidding (ICB) procedures and for large-value consultants' contracts will be announced, as they become available, in UN Development Business,www. worldbank.org and China Daily. The consultant for consultancy services of Township Industrial Development Plans of Hunan Province would be selected through QCBS/QBS procedure.
Interested eligible bidders and Consultants who wish to be included on the mailing list to receive an invitation and interested consultants who wish to receive a copy of the advertisement requesting expressions of interest for large-value consultants' contracts, or those requiring additional information, should contact the address below:
 
Hunan Provincial Integrated Economic Development of Small Towns Project Management Office
Mr Liu Wenhua/Mr Wang Lie, Project Management Officer
Address: Room No.2026, Hunan International Business Center, No.1139, the East Second Ring Road, Furong District, Changsha
410016, Hunan Province, P.R.China
Tel/Fax: (86-731)88612318
E-mail: hnshxmb@126.com