1. Infrastructure Investment at ADB
Yu-Lan Feng, Ph. D.
Director (retired)
Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Division
East Asia Department

2. OUTLINE Basic Facts of ADB ADB’s Strategy 2020 and Core Operations
Portfolio and Investment in Infrastructure Projects
Procurement Activities at ADB

3. Basic Facts Of ADB A multilateral development bank, founded in 1966
A working partnership of 67 member countries
34 borrowing member countries
 ADB is a multilateral development bank—“multilateral” because it involves many countries; “development” because it is concerned with economic growth and cooperation, and “bank” because it lends money.
 Its clients are the developing countries of Asia and the Pacific. Its shareholders are its members.
 ADB is a working partnership of the developing countries of the region and the developed countries of the world. 

4. ADB’s Strategy 2020 -Core Areas of Operations
Infrastructure
Energy efficiency, clean energy, transport, irrigation and water management, urban infrastructure
Environment
Climate change, livable cities, transfer of knowledge
Regional cooperation and integration
Finance sector development
Education

5. What Does ADB Do?
Sovereign lending through country partnership strategy and country operational business plan
Non-sovereign lending to support private sector development
Grant financing

6. Portfolio of 2013
$21.02 billion, of which ADB financed $14.38 billion, and co-financing partners $6.65 billion.
Historical top borrowers—IND, PRC, INO, PAK, VIE, PHI
 Typically ADB lends $5 billion to $6 billion a year,  2003 was no exception.
 Most lending is from ADB’s ordinary capital resources. This lending is made at market rates of interest typically at around 6–6½ percent and for terms of 10–20 years. Asian Development Fund loans are made on highly favorable terms—an interest rate of 1–1½ percent, repayable over 32 years. In 2001 ADF loans made up a quarter of the total. 

7. Investment in Infrastructure
Investment priorities in 2013 included energy (5.63B),
transport and ICT (5.14B),
finance (2.99B),
water and municipal services (1.92B).

8. ADB Project Cycle
Country Partnership Strategy and its updates (CPS, CPSU)
Country Operational Business Program (COBP), and
Report and Recommendations of the President (RRP), and its Project Administration Manual (PAM), and Procurement Plan

10. Sample Procurement Plan

11. Procurement Activities
Regional Departments
Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Pacific, Private Sector
OSFMD
Owns procurement guidelines, monitors, and coordinates project processing and administration work programs, procurement reviews and consultant recruitment

12. Procurement Process General Procurement Notice on ADB website
Invitation For Bid by Borrower
Major Mode of Procurement
International Competitive Bidding
International Shopping
National Competitive Bidding
Direct Purchase

13. Procurement Thresholds
METHOD
THRESHOLD
ICB for works
Above $40,000,000
ICB for goods
Above $3,000,000
NCB for works
Below or equal to $40,000,000 but more than $100,000
NCB for goods
Below or equal to $3,000,000 but more than $100,000
Shopping for works and goods
Below or equal to $100,000

14. ADB’s Review Process of loan procurements
Shortlist
Bidding Documents and Draft Contract
Bid Evaluation Report
Disbursement Documents

15. Sample Invitation for Bids (1)

16. Sample Invitation for Bids (2)
Procurement of Works, Plant & Services for construction of Civil structures and supply, transportation, storage, assembly, erection, testing and commissioning of Hydro-Mechanical equipment of 118 MW Nikachhu Hydropower Project at Trongsa, Bhutan

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