National Agricultural Higher Education Project: Hiring of Consultancy Services for Conducting Post Procurement Review (PPR) of the Contracts Under Nahep

Project ID: P151072

Project Title: National Agricultural Higher Education Project

Borrower Bid Reference: IN-ICAR-336725-CS-CQS

Published Date: 01-Feb-2023

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NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL HIGHER EDUCATION PROJECT (Project Implementation Unit) INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH KRISHI ANUSANDHAN BHAWAN-II, NEW DELHI-12 Website: www.icar.org.in/ nahep.icar.gov.in Country: India Name of the Project: National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) Loan No.: 8776-IN Sector: Agriculture Project ID No.: P151072 Assignment Title: Post Procurement Review (PPR) EXPRESSION OF INTEREST 1. The Government of India (GOI) has received a loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) for funding the National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and intends to apply part of the proceeds towards a consultancy for conducting Post Procurement Review (PPR) of the funded contracts under NAHEP. 2. The services include: verify that the procurement procedures followed for the project comply with the requirements of the legal agreement, and identify any non-compliance with the legal agreement and applicable procurement arrangements; check that the procurement arrangements agreed with the Borrower are still in place; identify and report any contract management issues; check that the Borrower has carried out technical compliance reviews and physical completion reviews for implemented contracts; identify and report any indications of possible Fraud and Corruption; identify mitigating measures to correct procurement deficiencies or deter future deficiencies and recommend them to the Borrower; identify good practices and lessons learned from implementing procurement; rate the performance of sampled contracts (procurement process and contract implementation) on compliance with the legal agreement and agreed procedures and contribute to the overall procurement performance rating of the implementing agency based on the rating of the PPR; and provide a basis for updating the project procurement risk and the risk mitigation plan. Implementation period: up to March 2024 Monitoring Organization: PIU, NAHEP, ICAR, New Delhi 3. PIU, NAHEP invites eligible consultants to indicate their interest in providing the services indicated at para 2 above. Interested consultant must provide the following information along with documentary evidence indicating that they are qualified to perform the services: a. Company profile with organization setup, details of experiences in audit of public procurement, turnover of last three financial years (i.e., FY 2019-20, 2020-21 & 2021-22), staff strength of the firm, geographical spread (i.e., no. of office in different cities, etc.). b. Core business of the firm and number of years in business. c. General qualifications and number of professional staff (list to be attached). d. No. of staff having procurement audit experience with World Bank assignment (list to be attached). e. Experiences showing handling of similar nature of assignments during the last five financial years (i.e., FY 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 & 2021-22). 4. A consultant will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers, January 2011 (revised July 2014) under “Selection based on Consultants’ Qualification” method. 5. Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address given below on any working days from 1000 to 1700 hours. 6. Expression of Interest must be submitted in hard copy to the address given below by 06th Feb, 2023 till 16.00 hours. Rajesh Kumar Jha Deputy Secretary & Procurement Officer, PIU-NAHEP Room No.503, 5th Floor, KAB-II, Pusa Campus, New Delhi-110012, India Telephone: 011-2584 8772, Email: piunahep1822@gmail.com

Organization/Department: Indian Council of Agricultural Research

Name: R .K. Jha

Address: NASC Complex, New Delhi - 12

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Country: India

Phone: +919868362946

Email: piunahep1822@gmail.com

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