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RCIPRW Procurement Plan  
(April 2011 to June 2011) 
 
General
1. 
Project information
:
Rwanda, RCIPRW, Grant No: H426RW, Project ID: P106369, Project 
Implementing Agency : RDB  
 
2. 
Bank�s approval
 
Date of the procurement Plan
 [Original  : August 2008; 
Revision: April 2009; June 2009; July 2009; June 2010; October 2010; December 
2010, April 2011]  
 
3. 
Date of General Procurement Notice
:
April 27, 2009  
 
4. 
Period covered by this procurement plan
:
April 2011 to June  2011 
 
II. Goods and Works and non-consulting services.
1. 
Prior Review Threshold
:
Procurement Decisions subject to Prior Review by the Bank as 
stated in Appendix 1 to the Guidelines for Procurement:  
 
Procurement Method 
Ceiling  
Prior Review Threshold 
Comments 
1. 
ICB and LIB (Goods) 
�500,000
 All 
contracts 
 
2. NCB 
(Goods) 
�25,000 
<500,000 
Contracts subject to Prior 
review in this category 
may be identified by the 
World Bank case by case.   
 
3. ICB 
(Works) 
�3
,000,000 
�3,000,000
4. NCB 
(Works) 
�25,000 
<500,000 
Contracts subject to Prior 
review in this category 
may be identified by the 
World Bank case by case.   
 
5. ICB 
(Non-Consultant 
Services) 
None  
�500,000
2. Prequalification
:
Prequalification shall be done in accordance with the provisions of 
paragraphs 2.9 and 2.10 of the Guidelines. 
3. 
Proposed Procedures for CDD Components (as per paragraph. 3.17 of the 
Guidelines: 
N/A 
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4. 
Reference to (if any) Project Operational/Procurement Manual: Yes. 
 
5. 
Any Other Special Procurement Arrangements
:
Out Put Based Procurement �OBA�  
 
Procurement Packages with Methods and Time Schedule:  
 
(a) List of contract Packages which will be procured following ICB and other methods: 
 
 
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9
Ref. 
No. 
 
Contract  
(Description) 
 
Estimated 
Cost in USD 
 
Proc
urem
ent 
Meth
od 
 
Prequ
alificat
ion 
(yes/n
o) 
 
Domest
ic 
Prefere
nce 
(yes/no) 
 
Review 
by Bank 
(Prior / 
Post) 
 
Expected 
Bid-Opening 
Date  
 
Comments 
1
Supply of broadband 
connectivity to 
targeted Rwandan 
institutions  
3,000,000 ICB  No 
No 
Prior 13/12/2011 
Implementation 
Details will be known 
after completion of 
Last Mile 
Connectivity survey 
2
Provision of long term 
international capacity 
11,000,000 ICB No 
No 
Prior  21/06/2011 
-
3
Development of the 
virtual landing station 
in Rwanda 
500,000 ICB No  No  Prior 22/11/2011 
-
Comments: 
Procurement of office stationeries, consumables, taxi services, Workshops, refreshments, 
sport services, accommodation, insurance of equipments, labeling of equipments, 
advertisements, promotional materials & Project�s product soft launches and procurement 
of other small issues have been excluded from this Procurement Plan on advice from the 
TTL and maintained in the Action Plan (budget).  
 
(b) Contracts for Goods estimated to cost above USD 500,000 per contract and all direct 
contracting will be subject to prior review by the Bank. 
 
III. Selection of Consultants
1.  Prior Review Threshold
:
Selection decisions subject to Prior Review by Bank as stated 
in Appendix 1 to the Guidelines Selection and Employment of Consultants: 
 
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2. 
Short list comprising entirely of national consultants
:
Short list of consultants for 
services, estimated to cost less than $ 100 000 equivalent per contract, may comprise 
entirely of national consultants in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2.7 of the 
Consultant Guidelines. 
 
3.  Any Other Special Selection Arrangements: 
N/A 
 
Selection  
Method 
Ceiling  
Prior Review Threshold
Comment 
1
QCBS  
No ceiling  
�
200,000
 
All TORS are to be 
reviewed  
2
QBS  
No Threshold 
�
200,000
 
All TORS are to be 
reviewed 
3
LCS  
�200,000
None  
For Audit TORS and 
short list to be reviewed  
4
CQS 
�200,000
None  
All TORS are to be 
reviewed 
5
Single Source 
(Firms) 
No Threshold 
All  
All TORS are to be 
reviewed 
6
IC  
No Threshold 
�100,000
 
All TORS are to be 
reviewed 
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4. 
Consultancy Assignments with Selection Methods and Time Schedule: 
 
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5
6
7
Ref
.
No. 
 
Description of Assignment 
 
Estimated  
Cost in  
USD 
 
Selection 
Method 
 
Review 
by Bank 
(Prior / 
Post) 
 
Expected  
Proposals 
Submission  
Date  
 
Comments 
1
Consultancy services for 
strengthening M&E in  RDB/IT 
80,000 IC Post 
15/03/2011 
Contract negotiations 
are going on 
2
Recruitment of 1 Consultant for 
the Ministry of ICT in President 
Office for a period of two years 
45,000 IC Post 
 
09/08/2011 
-
3
Recruitment of  IT Specialist 
for RDB for a period of 1 Year 
85,000 IC Post 
15/03/2011 
The evaluation of CVs 
is going on 
4
Terms of reference for 
technopole feasibility/  viability 
assessment 
80,000 IC Post 
12/03/2011 
Contract negotiations 
are going on 
5
Recruitment of a Consultant to 
Conduct a Leadership Training 
for 10 No of Management Staff 
60,000 IC Post 
29/04/2011 
 
6
Recruitment of a training firm 
to train RDB-ICT staff in 
TOGAF 9 Certification and 
Enterprise Architecture  
50,000 CQS Post 
29/04/2011 
 
7
Recruitment of Individual 
Consultant to train RDB-ICT 
project management team in 
Finance, Risk and Quality 
Management 
20,000 IC Post 
 
29/04/2011 
 
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IV. Implementing Agency Capacity Building Activities  with Time Schedule
1. 
In this section the agreed Capacity Building Activities (some items could be from 
CPAR recommendation)  are listed with time schedule : 
 
No 
 
Expected 
outcome / 
Activity 
Description  
 
Estimated Cost 
(USD) 
 
Estimated 
Duration 
 
Start Date 
 
Comments 
1
Trainings for 
RCIPRW staff 
 
N/A