Draft harmonized procurement procedures and documents of donors

Introduction

The World Bank is committed to the international harmonization agenda. At the request of several donors partners, the World Bank is assuming specific additional responsibilities at the global level in support of country-level implementation. While at the international level, these efforts have already resulted in several harmonized standard bidding documents, donors are also focusing on harmonization of procurement procedures and documents at the country-level which will be carried out in two stages.

The first stage would cover harmonization among donors procedures and documents; and the second stage would concern harmonization between the government procedures and those of the donors. In agreement with the government and the donors, therefore, the World Bank has developed for their consideration the following draft harmonized documents and procedures.

Harmonized Documents

Procurement under development projects are divided in three broad categories: goods, works and consultant services. The following draft documents proposed for harmonization cover all these three categories for procurement for development projects at the country level:

Goods

• National Competitive Bidding (NCB) for Goods
• Evaluation Report for NCB for Goods
• Shopping for Goods
• Evaluation Report for Shopping for Goods

Works

• National Competitive Bidding (NCB) for Works
• Evaluation Report for NCB for Works
• Shopping for Works
• Evaluation Report for Shopping for Works

Consultant Services

• Letter of Invitation for Selecting a Consulting Firm
• Letter of Invitation for Selecting an Individual Consultant
• Evaluation Report for Selecting a Consulting Firm
• Evaluation Report for Selecting an Individual Consultant

Harmonized Procurement Plan Formats

• Procurement Plan Format for Goods and Works
• Procurement Plan Format for Consultant Services

Procedures Proposed for Harmonization

• Harmonized Thresholds
• Harmonized Procurement Plan Formats
• Common Donor Procedures for Conducting ex-Post Reviews
• Need of Training for Using Harmonized Bidding Documents and Procedures