Institutional Development and Program Management Clause Samples

Institutional Development and Program Management. 7. To have sound project and PPP contract management systems in place, project management units (PMU) in each state will provide implementation support, consisting of staff, office facilities and equipment, consulting services, and liaison and coordination with other ministries and donors. Baseline surveys, and regular monitoring and evaluation (M&E) will be undertaken. PMUs will establish and maintain a project website to disclose information about project activities, including procurement procedures and results. A technical advisory group (TAG) will be engaged by each PMU as transaction advisers and, once establsihed the 4 More commercial components might be leveraged by the establishment of IVCs and developed around the IVCs by private sector operators, which will be free to use subsidy, as applicable, from existing government schemes, but they won’t qualify under the AIDIP. transaction, supervision and monitoring. The TAG will ensure that (i) PMU remains a lean and flexible structure, and (ii) a group of experts with requisite experience and skills gets involved from the beginning for the successful implementation of Program. 8. For tranche 1, the IVC selection has taken into account the diverse crop mix with one region being a predominantly fruit production area and the other focusing on vegetable and grain. The two selected regions also account for the production of major food grain crops: maize and paddy respectively, which are both significant in the state’s consumption pattern. The selected areas are: Muzzafarpur region in North Bihar and Patna-Nalanda region in South Bihar. The various interventions proposed at the 2 IVCs are summarized in Table 1 to 3. Tables 4 to 6 show cost tables and withdrawal allocation of loan proceeds. Table 1: Sub Project Profiles 9. The various interventions proposed at the 2 IVC are summarized in Table 2 and 3: Packhouse-Cold Chain 15 MT/day 15 MT/day - - - Fruit Pulping plant 2 MT/ Hr - - - - Packhouse- Ambient 35 MT/day 35 MT/day 35 MT/day 35 MT/day 35 MT/day Warehouse 5000 MT 5000 MT - 5000 MT 5000 MT Potato Cold Store 5000 MT - - - - Onion store 500 MT - - 500 MT 500 MT Ripening chamber 10 MT/day 10 MT/day 10 MT/day 10 MT/day 10 MT/day Traders Shops 9330 sqm 2000 sqm 3805 sqm 3300 sqm 3950 sqm Trading Platforms 3490 sqm 1700 sqm 2465 sqm 1700 sqm 3350 sqm Business centre 300 300 300 250 250 Knowledge centre 400 300 300 300 300 Source: Asian Development Bank estimates. Pack shed Ambient 35 MT/day 35 MT/day 35 MT/day...

Institutional Development and Program Management. To have sound project and PPP contract management systems in place, project management units (PMU) in each state will provide implementation support, consisting of staff, office facilities and equipment, consulting services, and liaison and coordination with other ministries and donors. Baseline surveys, and regular monitoring and evaluation (M&E) will be undertaken. PMUs will establish and maintain a project website to disclose information about project activities, including procurement procedures and results. A technical advisory group (TAG) will be engaged by each PMU throughout each project implementation cycle to ensure that the PPP transactions for the establishment of the IVC infrastructure are successfully completed with their implementation monitored. The TAG will ensure that (i) PMU remains a lean and flexible structure, and (ii) an agency with requisite experience and skills gets involved from the beginning for the successful implementation of Program. The role and responsibilities of the TAG will include the following functions: (i) management of the entire bid process, including marketing of the projects, inviting expression of interest for Request For Qualifications and Request For Proposals, evaluation of the bids and selection of private sector entity (concessionaire), (iv) recruiting requisite domain experts for the TAG as per agreed Term of References, (ii) M&E of IVCs implementation, during construction and operations, (iii) planning and implementation the of capacity building and training programs along the IVC, and (iv) preparation of subsequent MFF tranches.