GENERALPROCUREMENT NOTICE VIETNAM SECOND HIGHER EDUCATIONPROJECT (Credit No.4328-VN and TF056736) The Socialist Republic of Vietnam hasreceived a Credit from the International Development Association (IDA) in the amount of US$ 59,400,000 equivalent (Credit No.4328-VN) and a Japan Policy and HumanResource Development (PHRD) Grant in the amount of US$ 4,800,000 [TF056736] toward the cost of the Second Higher Education Project, and it intends to apply part of theproceedsto payments for goods, works, related services and consulting services to be procured under this project. The projectwill include the following components: -Component 1. Capacity Building for Policy Development. Component 1 aims to develop policy and build capacity inpolicy development in the key areas of: (a) the organization of the higher education system and its governance at central andhigher education institutions (HEI) levels; (b) the public supply- and demand-side funding of higher education; and (c) quality ofstudents at entry and quality of services provided by higher education institutions. -Component 2. Capacity Building for University Teaching and Research.Component 2 is designed to strengthen teaching and research in selected universities, by: (i) building management capacity inuniversities (including the carrying out of regular surveys as a management monitoring tool); and (ii) financing Teaching andResearch Innovation Grant (TRIG) sub-projects in two groups of selected universities, with Group 1 concentrating on "major"universities as designated by the Government, and Group 2 guaranteeing a small allocation for "equity" universities located indisadvantaged regions. - Component3. Project Management, Monitoringand Evaluation. The aim of Component 3 is to support and ensure a smooth and effective implementation of the project. This component covers project coordination (includingplanning, procurement, financial management and communications) as well as project monitoring andevaluation (M & E). Under this Component, led by a Department of Higher Educationthat is strengthened through the capacity building activities, the Ministry of Education and Training will also develop the designand prepare documentation for the follow-on Higher Education Reform Support Program. Contracts implemented by Central Project Management Unit in 2011:
| No. | Contract No. | Typesof Contracts | Ref. No. | Assignment Description | | Source | Selection Method | Approved by WB (prior/
post) | Issuance of Procurement Documents | Deadline for Proposal Submission | Contract date | Start and Completion of Contract Implementation (mm/yyyy) | Remarls | | Planned 2011 | Actual | Date of Request forEOI | Date of Issuance of RFP/Bidding Documents | | I. CONSULTANTS (IDA,PHRD): | 2,955,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | I.1 CONSULTANTS(PHRD) | 2,805,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | I.2 CONSULTANTS(IDA) | 150,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 02.1/CF/PDG-HEP2 | Time-Based | Component 1(1.1.1 & 1.1.2) | International Consultant fordrafting Law on Higher Education (3 men-months: 01 contract) | 100,000 | | PHRD | ICS | Prior | 1/2011 | | | 1/2011 | 1/2011-3/2012 | | | 2 | 02.1/CF/PDG-HEP2 | Time-Based | Component 1 (1.1.1 &1.1.2) | National Consultants fordrafting Law onHigher Education & Documentation preparation (90 men-months: 15- 18 small contracts) | 180,000 | | PHRD | ICS | Post | 1/2011 | | | 1/2011 | 1/2011-3/2012 | | | 5 | 03/CF/HEMPIS-HEP2 | Lump-sum | Component 1(1.1.3) | Development of HigherEducation Management Information System (HEMIS), supporting for 2 pilot surveys and collecting data for database system (65 men-months) | 900,000 | | PHRD | QCBS | Prior | 1/2011 | 2/2011 | 4/2011 | 6/2011 | 6/2011-6/2012 | | | 7 | 04/CF/PDF-HEP2 | Time-base | Component 1(1.2) | Policy development &capacity building for Financing (35 men-months) | 450,000 | | PHRD | QCBS | Prior | 1/2011 | 2/2011 | 4/2011 | 6/2011 | 6/2011-6/2012 | | | 8 | 06/CF/QA-HEP2 | Time-base | Component 1(1.3.1.1) | InternationalConsultants for Quality Culture and Accreditation Implementation (04 men months: 02 contracts) | 125,000 | | PHRD | ICS | Prior | 1/2011 | | | 2/2011 | 2/2011-3/2012 | | | 9 | 06/CF/QA-HEP2 | Time-base | Component 1(1.3.1.1) | National Consultants forQuality Cultureand Accreditation Implementation (30 men months) | 150,000 | | PHRD | CQ | Post | 1/2011 | 2/2011 | 3/2011 | 3/2011 | 3/2011-6/2012 | | | 10 | 07.2/CF/QA-HEP2 | Lump-sum | Component 1(1.3.1.1) | Improving capacity of QAcenters and study to develop feed-back instruments (08 men - months) | 80,000 | | PHRD | CQ | Post | 5/2010 | 10/2010 | 11/2010 | 12/2010 | 12/2010-12/2011 | | | 12 | 9/CF/EE-HEP2 | Lump-sum | Component 1(1.3.2) | InternationalConsultant for Entrance examination (2.5 man-months; 01 contract) | 80,000 | | PHRD | ICS | Prior | 1/2011 | | | 2/2011 | 2/2011-3/2012 | | | 13 | 9/CF/EE-HEP2 | Lump-sum | Component 1(1.3.2) | NationalConsultnats for Entrance examination (26 man-months) | 120,000 | | PHRD | CQ | Prior | 1/2011 | 2/2011 | 3/2011 | 3/2011 | 3/2011-6/2012 | | | 14 | 10.1-.../IC-HEP2 | Time-based | Component 1 | International and LocalShort-term Consultants for System and Institutional Capacity Building (Component 1&2.1: 10 - 12 contracts under 50,000USD): | 150,000 | | PHRD | ICS | Post | 3/2008 | N/A | N/A | During 2011 | 1/2011-6/2012 | | | 16 | 15.1/CF/TRIG-HEP2 | Lump-sum | Component 2(2.1.2) | Consultant and Trainingon University Quality Assurance Plans (12 men-months) | 150,000 | | PHRD | CQ | Post | 1/2011 | 2/2011 | 3/2011 | 3/2011 | 3/2011-6/2012 | | | 17 | 15.2-##/CF/TRIG-HEP2 | Lump-sum | Component 2(2.1.3) | Consultant and Trainingon University Leadership (11 men-months/several contracts) | 140,000 | | PHRD | CQ | Post | 1/2011 | 2/2011 | 4/2011 | 4/2011 | 4/2011-6/2012 | | | 18 | 08.3/CF/EA-HEP2 | Lump-sum | Component 1(1.3.1.2) | Graduate TracerSurvey | 180,000 | | PHRD | CQ | Post | 1/2011 | 2/2011 | 4/2011 | 4/2011 | 4/2011-6/2012 | | | 19 | 16/TRIG MS-HEP2 | Lump-sum | Component 2(2.1.2) | TRIG management Softwarefor HEP2 (updated& Mantainance) | 15,000 | | IDA | Extended &Updated | Post | 12/2010 | | | 1/2011 | 2/2011-6/2012 | | | | | | Component 3(3.1.3): | Technical Support for Higher Education Development Policy Program (HEDPP) Design: | 60,000 | | IDA | | | | | | | | | | 20 | 21/IC-HEDPP | Time-based | 3.1.3.1 | Int'lconsultants (specialist in Finance, Education, 02 men-months: 01 contract) - HEDPP | 45,000 | | IDA | ICS | Post | 1/2011 | | | 01-02-11 | 2/2010-12/2011 | | | 22 | 22/IC-HEDPP | Time-based | 3.1.3.3 | Short-termNat'l consultant (04 - 05 small contracts)- HEDPP | 15,000 | | IDA | ICS | Post | 1/2011 | | | During2011-2012 | 1/2011-12/2011 | | | 24 | 23.1-.../IC-HEP2 | Time-based | Component3 | Nat'lShort-term Technical Assisstants (many small contracts according to TRIG equipments nature) | 75,000 | | IDA | ICS | Post | 1/2011 | | | During 2011-6/2012 | 1/2011-6/2012 | | | II. GOODS (IDA) | 466,000 | | IDA | | | | | | | | | | 25 | 1/Gds/IT-HEMPIS/HEP2 | Lump-sum | Component 1 | IT equipment forhigher education management and policy information system (HEMPIS) | 466,000 | | IDA | ICB | Prior | N/A | 3/2011 | 5/2011 | 7/2011 | 7/2011-3/2012 | | Abbreviation:
-QCBS : Quality and Cost based Selection;
- CQ : Selection Based on Consultants;
- ICS : Individual Consultant Selection;
- LCS : Least-Cost Selection;
-ICB : International CompetitiveBidding;
- NCB : National Competitive Bidding;
- NS : National Shopping;
- SOE : Statement of Expenditures. | |
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Contactdetail of the Project Management Unit: TheSecond Higher Education Project Attn:Mr. Nguyen Duc Thuan # Project Director RoomNo. 705 & 707, 7th Floor, "Ta Quang Buu Library"Building, Hanoi University ofTechnology, 1 Dai Co Viet Street, Hanoi, Vietnam Phone: +84 4 36 230 096 Fax: +84 4 36230097 E-mail: project@hep.edu.vn Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank will be conducted through the procedures asspecified in the World Bank's Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDACredits (May 2004), and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the guidelines. Consulting services will be selected in accordance with the World Bank's Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by WorldBank Borrowers (May 2004). Specific procurement notices for contracts to be bid under the World Bank's international competitivebidding (ICB) procedures and for contracts for consultancy services will be announced, as they become available, in UN Development Business and the Vietnam News. Interested eligible bidders who wish to be includedon the mailing list to receive invitations to bid under ICB procedures, and interested consultants who wish to receive a copy ofadvertisement requesting expressions of interest for consultancy contracts, or those requiring additional information, shouldcontact the address above.
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