PROCUREMENT PLAN(Textual Part) Project information: INDIA, Assam Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (APART) Project Implementation agency: Assam Rural Infrastructure and Agricultural Services Society (ARIASS)is the main agency. Date of the Procurement Plan (Textual Part) : February 03, 2022 Period covered by this Procurement Plan:Until publication of next version of the Procurement Plan (Textual Part). Preamble In accordance with paragraph5.9 of the “World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” (July 2016) (“Procurement Regulations”)the Bank’s Systematic Tracking and Exchanges in Procurement (STEP) system will be used to prepare, clear and update Procurement Plansand conduct all procurement transactions for the Project. This textual part along with the Procurement Plan tables in STEPconstitute the Procurement Plan for the Project.The following conditionsapply to all procurement activities in the Procurement Plan. The other elements of the Procurement Plan as required under paragraph 4.4 of the Procurement Regulations are set forth in STEP. The Bank’s Standard Procurement Documents: shall be used for all contracts subject to international competitive procurement and those contracts as specified in the Procurement Plan tables in STEP. Procurement for the project will be carried out in accordance with the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, July 2016, applicable to Investment Project Financing (IPF). The project will be subject to the World Bank’s Anticorruption Guidelines, dated October 15, 2006, as revised in January 2011 and July 2016. The table below describes various procurement methods to be used for activities financed by the loan. The thresholds (Table 1) indicated will govern the procurement approach and methods; Table 1: Procurement Thresholds Procurement Approaches and Methods Thresholds (US$ equivalent) Open international (works – including turnkey, Any value activity supply and installation of plant and equipment and PPP) Open national (works – including turnkey, supply Below 40 million and installation of plant and equipment and PPP) Open international (goods, IT system, and non- Any value activity consulting services) Open national (goods, IT system, and non- Below 10 million consulting services) National request for quotation (goods and Up to 100,000 works) Direct selection No threshold; For works, goods, non-consulting services and IT system procurement: According to paragraphs 6.8– 6.10 of the Regulations; For consultants: According to paragraphs 7.13–7.15 of the Regulations Shortlist of national consultants Up to 2,000,000 Procurement prior-review thresholds. The World Bank will prior review the following contracts: 1. Works (including turnkey, supply and installation of plant and equipment and PPP): All contracts more than US$ 15 million equivalent 2. Goods, IT system and Non-consulting services: All contracts more than US$4 million equivalent 3. Consultants: All contracts >US$2 million equivalent for firms and >US$400,000 equivalent for individuals 4. There is no automatic requirement to undertake prior review for direct selection for value less than these thresholds 5. Additional provisions as mentioned at paragraph 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 & 2.5 of Annex I (Mandatory Procurement Prior Review Thresholds) under Bank Procedure (Effective August 01, 2018), “Procurement in IPF and Other Operational Procurement Matters” will also apply. National Procurement Arrangements:National competition for the procurement of works, goods, IT system procurement and non-consulting services according to the established thresholds will be conducted in accordance with paragraphs 5.3–5.5 of Section V of the Regulations and the following provisions: 1. Only the model bidding documents for National Competitive Procurement (NCP) agreed with the GOI Task Force (and as amended for time to time), shall be used for bidding. 2. Invitations to bid shall be advertised on a widely used website or electronic portal with free open access at least 30 days prior to the deadline for the submission of bids, unless otherwise agreed in the approved procurement plan. 3. No special preference will be accorded to any bidder either for price or for other terms and conditions when competing with foreign bidders, state-owned enterprises, small-scale enterprises or enterprises from any given State. 4. Except with the prior concurrence of the Bank, there shall be no negotiation of price with the bidders, even with the lowest evaluated bidder. 5. Government e-Marketplace (GeM) set-up by Ministry of Commerce, Government of India will be acceptable for procurement under Request for Quotations (RFQ) method. 6. At the Borrower’s request, the Bank may agree to the Borrower’s use, in whole or in part, of its electronic procurement system, provided that the Bank is satisfied with the adequacy of such system. 7. Procurement will be open to eligible firms from any country. This eligibility shall be as defined under Section III of the Procurement Regulations. Accordingly, no bidder or potential bidder shall be declared ineligible for contracts financed by the Bank for reasons other than those provided in Section III of the Procurement Regulations. 8. The request for bids/request for proposals document shall require that Bidders/Proposers submitting Bids/Proposals include a signed acceptance in the bid, to be incorporated in any resulting contracts, confirming application of, and compliance with, the Bank’s Anti-Corruption Guidelines, including without limitation the Bank’s right to sanction and the Bank’s inspection and audit rights. 9. The Borrower shall use an effective complaints mechanism for handling procurement related complaints in a timely manner. 10. Procurement Documents will include provisions, as agreed with the Bank, intended to adequately mitigate against environmental, social (including sexual exploitation and abuse and gender-based violence), health and safety (“ESHS”) risks and impacts. Domestic preference-The provision of domestic preference will be applied in the evaluation of bids in accordance with Annex VI of the Regulations. Procurement of Works, Goods (Supply and Installation; and IT Equipment), Non-Consultancy Services and Consultancy Services – As per procurement plan approved in STEP. PROCUREMENT India : Assam Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project PLAN General Information Country: India 2020-12-30 Bank’s Approval Date of the Original Procurement Plan: 2023-09-28 Revised Plan Date(s): (comma delineated, leave blank if none) Project ID: P155617 GPN Date: Project Name: Assam Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project Loan / Credit No: IBRD / 87800 Commissionerate, Industries and Commerce Executing Agency(ies): WORKS Activity Reference No. / Estimated Actual Am Bid Evaluation Report Loan / Credit N Market Approac Procurement Pro Prequalification High SEA/SH R Procurement D Process St Draft Pre-qualification Prequalification Evalu Draft Bidding Docum Specific Procurement Bidding Documents a Proposal Submission / Contract Complet Description Component Review Type Method Amount (U ount (US$ and Recommendation Signed Contract o. h cess (Y/N) isk ocument Type atus Documents ation Report ent / Justification Notice / Invitation s Issued Opening / Minutes ion S$) ) for Award Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned IN-OPIU-IND & COM-340740- Request for Quota Component A: Enabling Agri Request for Quota Single Stage - One E Pending Imp 2023-10-2 CW-RFQ / Pilot Packaging Uni IBRD / 87800 Post Open - National tions (Non Bank-S 30,204.00 0.00 2023-02-26 2023-04-23 Enterprise Development tions nvelope lementation 0 t at Guwahati Biotech Park ( PD) GBP) GOODS Activity Reference No. / Bid Evaluation Report Loan / Credit N Market Approac Procurement Pro Prequalification Estimated Am Actual Amount Process St Draft Pre-qualification Prequalification Evalu Draft Bidding Docum Specific Procurement Bidding Documents a Proposal Submission / Description Component Review Type Method and Recommendation Signed Contract Contract Completion o. h cess (Y/N) ount (US$) (US$) atus Documents ation Report ent / Justification Notice / Invitation s Issued Opening / Minutes for Award Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual IN-OPIU-IND & COM-211333- GO-RFQ / Procurement of 16 Component A: Enabling Agri Request for Quota Single Stage - One E IBRD / 87800 Post Open - National 11,946.00 12,784.81 Completed 2021-01-16 2021-03-13 2021-02-13 2021-09-09 2021-03-27 nos of Laptops for DEDC and Enterprise Development tions nvelope DEDE for DI&CC (Kshyamata Programme) IN-OPIU-IND & COM-211047- GO-RFQ / Procurement of 22 Component A: Enabling Agri Request for Quota Single Stage - One E IBRD / 87800 Post Open - National 14,335.00 12,658.56 Completed 2021-01-16 2021-03-13 2021-04-03 2021-09-09 2021-06-03 nos of All in One Computer fo Enterprise Development tions nvelope r 17 DICCs under APART Distr icts. IN-OPIU-IND & COM-278999- GO-RFQ / Procurement of one no. of Integrated Video Confe rencing Set , One no. of Stan Component A: Enabling Agri Request for Quota Single Stage - One E Under Imple IBRD / 87800 Post Open - National 11,704.00 0.00 2022-02-27 2022-04-24 2022-10-21 d and One no. of 1 KVA Onlin Enterprise Development tions nvelope mentation e UPS for Conference Hall at OPIU, Office of the Commissi oner of Industries & Commer ce, Assam IN-OPIU-IND & COM-380168- GO-RFB / Supply and installat ion of 6 Ton per Day Expellar Component B: Facilitating A Single Stage - Two E Pending Impl IBRD / 87800 Post Request for Bids Open - National 95,695.12 0.00 2023-09-17 2023-09-22 2023-11-03 2024-01-16 2024-02-20 2024-08-18 Mustard Oil Processing Unit gro Cluster Development nvelope ementation with related services in Turnk ey Basis at Chengmora, Jaran i, Biswanath District IN-OPIU-IND & COM-382052- GO-RFQ / Procurement of 20 Component B: Facilitating A Request for Quota Single Stage - One E Pending Impl IBRD / 87800 Post Open - National 35,365.85 0.00 2023-09-22 2023-11-17 2024-05-15 0KVA and 125 KVA DG Set at gro Cluster Development tions nvelope ementation Lakhimpur & Sonitpur CFC IN-OPIU-IND & COM-381616- GO-RFQ / Procurement of pac Component B: Facilitating A Request for Quota Single Stage - One E Pending Impl IBRD / 87800 Post Open - National 19,768.29 0.00 2023-09-22 2023-11-17 2024-05-15 kaging equipments for musta gro Cluster Development tions nvelope ementation rd oil plant at Lakhimpur CFC IN-OPIU-IND & COM-381630- GO-RFB / Supply, installation, Component B: Facilitating A Single Stage - Two E Pending Impl IBRD / 87800 Post Request for Bids Open - National 209,036.59 0.00 2023-09-17 2023-09-22 2023-11-03 2024-01-16 2024-02-20 2024-08-18 commissioning and trial run gro Cluster Development nvelope ementation of 5 turn per hour (tph) rice milling unit at Hojai IN-OPIU-IND & COM-381788- GO-RFQ / Procurement of wei Component B: Facilitating A Request for Quota Single Stage - One E Pending Impl IBRD / 87800 Post Open - National 20,146.34 0.00 2023-09-22 2023-11-17 2024-05-15 ghing and bagging machine gro Cluster Development tions nvelope ementation of 5TPH rice milling unit at H ojai IN-OPIU-IND & COM-382054- GO-RFQ / Procurement of Foo Component B: Facilitating A Request for Quota Single Stage - One E Pending Impl IBRD / 87800 Post Open - National 43,487.80 0.00 2023-09-22 2023-11-17 2024-05-15 d Processing Equipments at gro Cluster Development tions nvelope ementation Karbi Anglong CFC IN-OPIU-IND & COM-381640- Component B: Facilitating A Single Stage - Two E Pending Impl GO-RFB / Procurement of 4 T IBRD / 87800 Post Request for Bids Open - National 398,268.29 0.00 2023-09-17 2023-09-22 2023-11-03 2024-01-16 2024-02-20 2024-08-18 gro Cluster Development nvelope ementation PH Rice Milling Unit at Jorhat CFC NON CONSULTING SERVICES Activity Reference No. / Bid Evaluation Report Loan / Credit N Market Approac Procurement Pro Prequalification Estimated Am Actual Amount Process St Draft Pre-qualification Prequalification Evalu Draft Bidding Docum Specific Procurement Bidding Documents a Proposal Submission / Description Component Review Type Method and Recommendation Signed Contract Contract Completion o. h cess (Y/N) ount (US$) (US$) atus Documents ation Report ent / Justification Notice / Invitation s Issued Opening / Minutes for Award Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual IN-OPIU-IND & COM-220083- NC-RFB / Entrepreneur Traini ng based on the skill gap ana Component B: Facilitating A Single Stage - Two E lysis completed by the Cluste IBRD / 87800 Post Request for Bids Open - National 795,506.76 0.00 Canceled 2021-04-23 2021-04-28 2021-06-09 2021-08-22 2021-09-26 2022-03-25 gro Cluster Development nvelope r Development Technical Age ncy, Grant Thornton Bharat L LP in all the project districts o f APART. IN-OPIU-IND & COM-302221- NC-RFQ / Selection of Trainin Component B: Facilitating A Request for Quota Single Stage - One E IBRD / 87800 Post Limited 86,051.00 0.00 Canceled 2022-07-15 2022-09-09 2023-03-08 g Partner for entrepreneurshi gro Cluster Development tions nvelope p and skill development IN-OPIU-IND & COM-322570- NC-DIR / Engagement of Trai Component B: Facilitating A Pending Impl IBRD / 87800 Post Direct Selection Direct - National 60,132.98 0.00 2022-11-01 2022-11-06 2022-12-11 2023-06-09 ning Partner for entrepreneur gro Cluster Development ementation ship and Skill development tr aining Page 1 IN-OPIU-IND & COM-381641- NC-RFQ / Development of wa Component A: Enabling Agri Request for Quota Single Stage - One E Pending Impl IBRD / 87800 Post Open - National 14,742.50 0.00 2023-09-22 2023-11-17 2024-05-15 lk through tutorial videos for Enterprise Development tions nvelope ementation EoDB Services under APART Project CONSULTING FIRMS Activity Reference No. / Combined Evaluation Loan / Credit N Market Approac Contract Type Estimated Amo Actual Amount Expression of Interest Short List and Draft R Request for Proposals Opening of Technical Evaluation of Technic Description Component Review Type Method Process Status Terms of Reference Report and Draft Neg Signed Contract Contract Completion o. h unt (US$) (US$) Notice equest for Proposals as Issued Proposals / Minutes al Proposal otiated Contract Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANTS Activity Reference No. / Loan / Credit N Market Approac Contract Type Estimated Amo Actual Amount Invitation to Identifie Draft Negotiated Cont Description Component Review Type Method Process Status Terms of Reference Signed Contract Contract Completion o. h unt (US$) (US$) d/Selected Consultant ract Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual Page 2