Business Opportunities at Asian Development Bank

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Business Opportunitiesat Asian Development Bank

• Dr. Yue-Lang Feng

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• What is ADB?
• What does ADB do?
• Loans
• Technical Assistance
• Business Opportunities
• Consulting Services
• Procurement
• Experience Sharing

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Basic Facts

• A multilateral development bank, founded in 1966
• A working partnership of 63 members
• 34 borrowing members

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What Do We Do?

• ADBs overarching goal is to reduce poverty in
  Asia and the Pacific. It helps improve the
  quality of peoples lives by providing loans and
  technical assistance for a broad range of
  development activities.

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ADB Operations Departments

• Regional Departments
• South Asia, Mekong, Private Sector
• Southeast Asia, East and Central Asia, Pacific
  
• Central Operations Services Office
• Consulting Services, Project Coordination and
  Procurement

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Loan Approvals, 2003

• 6.1 billion for 85 loans, 66 projects
• Average loan size
• 72 million
• Major borrowers India, Peoples
  Republic of China, Pakistan, Bangladesh,
  and Sri Lanka

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Technical Assistance

• Grant funds used for
• preparing and implementing projects
• providing advice
• supporting regional activities
• Loan-financed technical assistance

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Technical Assistance in 2003

• 315 TAs valued at 176.5 million were approved in
  2003, compared with 324 TAs valued at 179
  million in the previous year.

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Asian Development BankBusiness Opportunity
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Consulting Services

• Consulting Firms/Organizations
• all sources of consultants such as consulting
  firms, governments, public sector organizations,
  national or international institutions, and
  non-government organizations.
• Individual Consultants

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Consultant Selection Procedure

• Consulting Services Recruitment Notice
• Expression of Interest
• Shortlisting (DACON DICON)
• Request for Proposal
• Evaluation of Proposals (technical and/or
  financial)
• Contract Negotiations and Award

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Data on Consulting Firms (DACON)

• The ADB asks consulting firms to regularly update
  their registrations in the DACON. To make sure
  that all the registrations are up-to-date, the
  ADB will in future deactivate registrations that
  have not been updated for two years or more.
  Consulting firms whose registrations have been
  deactivated will no longer be eligible to bid for
  ADB assignments.
• We will start deactivating dormant registrations
  on 1 July 2004. We ask all the concerned
  consulting firms to update their registrations on
  or before 30 June 2004.
• Time limit for completing DACON registrations
• The ADB asks consulting firms to complete the
  registration process within three (3) months
  after ADB approves their registration requests.
  After three months the ADB considers registration
  requests dormant and deletes them. Only firms
  that have completed the registration requirements
  and have DACON numbers are eligible to bid for
  ADB assignments.

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Data on Individual Consultants (DICON)

• The Data on Individual Consultants (DICON)
  system contains the names of persons who are
  citizens of ADB's member countries, are at the
  forefront of their respective fields, and may be
• Practicing consultants
• Employees whose organizations are prepared to
  release them for short periods to serve ADB or
• Retired persons with special experience who are
  still active, and others.

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Procurement

• Major Mode of Procurement
• International Competitive Bidding
• International Shopping
• Local Competitive Bidding
• Direct Purchase

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ADBs Review Process

• Shortlist
• Bidding Documents and Contract
• Bid Evaluation Report
• Contract Award and Signed Contract

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Sharing Experience

• Delay of reviewing process
• Delay of contract awards
• Adoption of E-procurement
• Joint venture

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Visit ADB Website

• www.adb.org