5.

3 Procurement Plans

ADB’s Procurement Guidelines and Guidelines on the Use of Consultants by ADB and Its
Borrowers both require that, prior to loan negotiations, the borrower will prepare a procurement
plan acceptable to ADB. The procurement plan must list all packages equal to or over $100,000
in value by procurement method and the date by which procurement activity is expected to
commence. The procurement plan identifies

the contracts for goods, works, and consultant services required to carry out the project;
the proposed method of procurement for contracts that are permitted under the financing
agreement; and
the related ADB procedures.

The procurement plan must include any recruitment of consultants. When contract packages will
only be identified during project implementation, indicative packages should be listed and later
confirmed or replaced when the contract packages become known.

Procurement plans are updated by ADB's borrowers on an annual basis, or more frequently
when the need arises. In parallel to any publication arranged by a borrower ADB also publishes
the agreed plan and subsequent updates. See procurement plans.

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