World Bank’s Address. The World Bank’s Address referred to in Section 9.01 of the Standard Conditions is: International Development Association 0000 X Xxxxxx, X.X. Washington, D.C. 20433 United States of America Cable: Telex: Facsimile: INDEVAS 248423 (MCI) or 0-000-000-0000 Washington, D.C. 64145 (MCI) The modifications to the Anti-Corruption Guidelines are as follows:
1. Section 5 is re-numbered as Section 5(a) and a new Section 5(b) is added to read as follows: “…(b) These Guidelines also provide for the sanctions and related actions to be imposed by the Bank on Borrowers (other than the Member Country) and all other individuals or entities who are recipients of Loan proceeds, in the event that the Borrower or the individual or entity has been debarred by another financier as a result of a determination by such financier that the Borrower or the individual or entity has engaged in fraudulent, corrupt, coercive or collusive practices in connection with the use of the proceeds of a financing made by such financier.”
(a) is modified to read as follows:
(a) sanction in accordance with prevailing Bank’s sanctions policies and procedures (fn13) a Borrower (other than a Member Country) (fn 14) or an individual or entity, including (but not limited to) declaring such Borrower, individual or entity ineligible publicly, either indefinitely or for a stated period of time: (i) to be awarded a Bank-financed contract; (ii) to benefit from a Bank-financed contract, financially or otherwise, for example as a sub-contractor; and (iii) to otherwise participate in the preparation or implementation of the project or any other project financed, in whole or in part, by the Bank, if at any time the Bank determines (fn 15) that such Borrower, individual or entity has engaged in corrupt, fraudulent, collusive, coercive or obstructive practices in connection with the use of loan proceeds, or if another financier with which the Bank has entered into an agreement for the mutual enforcement of debarment decisions has declared such person or entity ineligible to receive proceeds of financings made by such financier or otherwise to participate in the preparation or implementation of any project financed in whole or in part by such financier as a result of a determination by such financier that the Borrower or the individual or entity has engaged in fraudulent, corrupt, coercive or collusive practices in connection with the use of the proceeds of a financing made by such financier.”
World Bank’s Address. The World Bank’s Address referred to in Section 9.01 of the Standard Conditions is:
World Bank’s Address. The World Bank’s Address referred to in Section 9.01 of the Standard Conditions is: International Development Association 0000 X Xxxxxx, X.X. Washington, D.C. 20433 United States of America Telex: Facsimile: 248423 (MCI) or 0-000-000-0000 64145 (MCI)
World Bank’s Address. The World Bank's Address referred to in Section 7.01 of the Standard Conditions is: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/International Development Association 0000 X Xxxxxx, X.X. Washington, D.C. 20433 United States of America Cable: Telex: Facsimile: INTBAFRAD INDEVAS Washington, D.C. 248423 (MCI) or 64145 (MCI) 0-000-000-0000 The modifications to the Anti-Corruption Guidelines are as follows:
1. Section 5 is re-numbered as Section 5(a) and a new Section 5(b) is added to read as follows:
World Bank’s Address. The World Bank’s Address referred to in Section 7.01 of the Standard Conditions is: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 0000 X Xxxxxx, X.X. Washington, D.C. 20433 United States of America Facsimile: 0-000-000-0000 National Competitive Bidding (NCB) shall follow the Recipient’s procurement procedures, subject to the following additional procedures:
1. The Recipient’s standard bidding documents for procurement of goods and works acceptable to the Association shall be used. At the request of the Recipient, the introduction of requirements for bidders to sign an Anti-Bribery pledge and/or statement of undertaking to observe Ethiopian Law against fraud and corruption and other forms that ought to be completed and signed by him/her may be included in bidding documents if the arrangements governing such undertakings are acceptable to the Association.
2. If pre-qualification is used, the Association’s standard prequalification document shall be used.
3. No margin of preference shall be granted in bid evaluation on the basis of bidder’s nationality, origin of goods or services, and/or preferential programs such as but not limited to small and medium enterprises.
4. Mandatory registration in a supplier list shall not be used to assess bidders’ qualifications. A foreign bidder shall not be required to register as a condition for submitting its bid and if recommended for contract award shall be given a reasonable opportunity to register with the reasonable cooperation of the Recipient, prior to contract signing. Invitations to bids shall be advertised in at least one newspaper of national circulation or the official gazette, or on a widely used website or electronic portal with free national and international access.
5. Bidders shall be given a minimum of thirty (30) days to submit bids from the date of availability of the bidding documents.
6. All bidding for goods and works shall be carried out through a one-envelope procedure.
7. Evaluation of bids shall be made in strict adherence to the evaluation criteria specified in the bidding documents. Evaluation criteria other than price shall be quantified in monetary terms. Merit points shall not be used, and no minimum point or percentage value shall be assigned to the significance of price, in bid evaluation.
8. The results of evaluation and award of contract shall be made public. All bids shall not be rejected and the procurement process shall not be cancelled, a failure of bidding declared, new bids...
World Bank’s Address. The World Bank’s Address referred to in Section 7.01 of the Standard Conditions is: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/International Development Association 0000 X Xxxxxx, X.X. Washington, D.C. 20433 United States of America Cable: Telex: Facsimile: INTBAFRAD INDEVAS 248423 (MCI) or 0-000-000-0000 Washington, D.C. 64145 (MCI) Hai Xxxxx Xx Xxx Xxxx City Hanoi Can Tho Da Xxxx Xxxx Son Xxxxx Xxxx Dong Xxxx Xxxxx-Vung tau Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx Xxx Xx Xxxx Xxx Xxxx An Xxxxx Bac Xxxxx Xxx Xxx Xxx Xxxx Dong Xxx Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx Xxx Xxxx Xxxx An Son La Thai Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Long Xxx Xxx Soc xxxxx The procedure to be followed for National Competitive Bidding shall be those set forth in Article 18 on Open Bidding of the Law on Procurement 61 / 2005/QH11 dated November 29, 2005, Law on Amendment to some provisions in Laws related to State-involvement in Investment 38/2009/QH12 dated June 19, 2009 and Decree 85/2009/ND-CP, Guiding Implementation of Law on Procurement and Selection of Construction Contractors under the Construction Law dated October 15, 2009 (collectively, “National Procurement Laws”) with due consideration to economy, efficiency and transparency as set forth in, and broad consistency with, Section I of the of the “Guidelines for Procurement under IBRD Loans and XXX Credits” published by the World Bank in May 2004 and revised in October 2006 (the Guidelines) and required by paragraphs 3.3 and 3.4 of the Guidelines. Whenever any procedure in the National Procurement Laws is inconsistent with the requirements of said paragraphs 3.3 and 3.4 of the Guidelines, the latter shall prevail, including the following:
1. The eligibility of bidders shall be as defined under Section I of the Guidelines; accordingly, no bidder or potential bidder shall be declared ineligible for contracts financed by the World Bank for reasons other than those provided in Section I of the Guidelines. Foreign bidders shall be eligible to participate in bidding under the same conditions as national bidders. In particular, no domestic preference over foreign bidders shall be granted to national bidders in bid evaluation, nor shall foreign bidders be asked or required to form joint ventures with national bidders in order to submit a bid. Bidders located in the same province or city as the procuring entity shall not be given preference over bidders located outside that city or province.
2. In addition to the foregoing req...
