EBRD and ProcurementHelsinki, 16 February 2016

Jan JackholtDirector, Procurement Function

EBRD Procurement related Policies

DOCUMENT OF THE EUROPEAN BANK

FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

EBRD FINANCING

OF PRIVATE PARTIES

TO CONCESSIONS

PP&R

Aligned with the Government Procurement Agreement of the World

Trade Organisation

Fair and open international tendering – the norm but some projects

follows alternative procedures

No country eligibility limitations or preferences

Clients are responsible for project implementation and tendering

Compliance with the Bank’s Environmental and Social Policies

Prevention and fighting of prohibited practices

“Concession Policy”

Three core criteria must be met

EBRD Procurement principles

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The EBRD Procurement Function

•The key activity of the Bank’s procurement function is to support

clients in the implementation of projects.

•The Procurement Policy Department also supports countries of

operations through Procurement Policy Dialogue under the umbrella

of a Memorandum of understanding to achieve procurement

transition.

•The Procurement Policy Department furthermore work in a “Joint

Venture” with the Bank’s Legal Transition Team (LTT)

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Legal transition and Procurement

Currently EBRD are in the OECD working group for the revision of

“MAPS” to establish a commonly accepted tool for benchmarking of

country procurement systems.

In 2011 EBRD and UNCITRAL launched a joint programme involving

workshops, Gap analysis and reform of the public procurement legal

framework in several countries of EBRD operations. Benchmark is

the UNCITRAL model law.

EBRD started In 2013 to actively support countries that are

committed to sign up the WTO/ GPA and now have a joint

programme with the WTO to support EBRD countries in the

accession to the WTO/GPA. The EBRD GPA Technical Cooperation

Facility provides capacity building and country specific technical

cooperation projects. In particular, the Facility support countries in

overcoming any institutional, legal and trade challenges related to

GPA accession they may face

Accessions to the GPA by EBRD 35 countries of operations

o GPA Parties:

Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Estonia, Hungary,

Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Slovak

Republic, Slovenia,

o GPA Observers:

Albania, Georgia, FYR Macedonia, Jordan, Kyrgyz Republic,

Moldova, Mongolia, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkey,

Ukraine,

Kazakhstan has also recently committed to begin talks to join the

Government Procurement Agreement (GPA).

Note: Countries underlined are, or have been, supported by the

EBRD/GPA Technical Cooperation Facility

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The Class of 2014

31 EBRD and Italian Government-funded students this year coming from:

Albania, Armenia, Bosna and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Jordan, Lebanon, Moldova, Serbia

General procurement statistics

Note: Excludes contracts placed under the Nuclear Sector Funds and TC

funded contracts. 2015 preliminary figures.

General procurement statistics

Note: Excludes contracts placed under the Nuclear Sector Funds and TC

funded contracts. 2015 preliminary figures.

General procurement statistics

Note: Excluding Nuclear Safety contracts and TC funded consultancy. 2015 preliminary figures.

General procurement statistics

Note: Excluding Nuclear safety and TC funded

contracts. 2015 preliminary figures

Nuclear safety

The EBRD manages six nuclear safety Funds with over €4 billion in pledged

contributions. Each Fund is governed by specific provisions as set out in the

Rules of the Fund approved by the respective Assembly of Contributors and

by the EBRD Board of Directors.

Procurement under the Funds must follow the EBRD’s PP&R for public sector

projects with the limitation that eligibility is restricted to entities from member

countries of the respective Funds, the EU member states and the EBRD’s

countries of operation.

Nuclear Safety

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Finnish participation 2011 – 2015

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Number of tenders submitted by Finnish firms = 10

Number of contracts won by Finnish = 3

Value of contracts won by Finnish firms = € 11 million

Rate of success = 30%

Finnish participation TC Consultancy Services

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Year

Consultancy Contracts Awarded by EBRD Consultancy Contract Awards

to Finnish consultants

Value,

€ millionNumber

Value,

€ million% of Total Value

Number

2011 169.49 2,797 4.09 2.42% 51

2012 168.07 2,764 1.59 0.95% 25

2013 173.72 2,879 3.77 2.17% 45

2014 163.56 2,734 1.82 1.09% 46

In 2015, 60 consultancy contracts with an aggregate value of € 3,504,248.91 were awarded to Finnish

consultants by TC Team, including 45 contracts for € 532,657 for the Small Business Support team for provision of management advice. The other main areas of expertise were in the municipal infrastructure, manufacturing and legal reform sectors.

Where to find the the opportunities?

Where to find information on opportunities

• www.ebrd.com (Work with us)

What to look for

• Contract pipeline (Very important!!!!)

• General Procurement Notices

• Invitation for Prequalification or for Tender

• Invitation for Expression of Interest (Consultants)

• Contact clients, but remember integrity aspects!!!

Do your research!http://www.ebrd.com/work-with-us/procurement/project-procurement.html

Research procurement notices

E-procurement

Kiitos!

You can only win if you participate!!