PROCUREMENT PLAN
Basic Data
Project Name: Power Transmission Strengthening Project
Project Number: 56306-001
Approval Number:
Country: Pakistan
Executing Agency:
National Transmission & Despatch Company Limited
Implementing Agency:
N/A
Project Closing Date: 31 December 2026
Project Procurement Risk: Substantial
Project Financing Amount: US$ 410,000,000
ADB Financing: US$ 200,000,000
Co-financing (TBD): US$50,000,000
Non-ADB Financing: US$ 160,000,000
Date of First Procurement Plan: 9 December 2022
Date of this Procurement Plan: 1 February 2022
Procurement Plan Duration: 18 months
Related to COVID-19 response efforts: No
Advance Contracting: Yes
Use of e-procurement (e-GP): No
A. Methods, Review and Procurement Plan
Except as the Asian Development Bank (ADB) may otherwise agree, the following methods shall apply to procurement of
goods, works, and consulting services.
Procurement of Goods and Works
Method
Open Competitive Bidding (OCB) for Goods
Comments
Request For Quotation for Goods
Consulting Services
Method
Quality- and Cost-Based Selection for Consulting Firm
Competitive for Individual Consultant
Direct Contracting
Comments
80:20
B. Lists of Active Procurement Packages (Contracts)
The following table lists goods, works, non-consulting and consulting services contracts for which the procurement activity
is either ongoing or expected to commence within the procurement plan duration.
Goods and Works
Package
Number
General
Description
Estimated
Value (in US$)
Procurement
Method
Review
Bidding
Procedure
ADB-401B2021
Procurement of
Goods for
500kV D/C
Quad Bundle
T/L from Sangal
to 500kV Maira
Switching
Station (approx.
83km) using
ACSR "Bunting"
Conductor
54,491,646.57
OCB
Prior
1S1E
Advertisement
Date
6 May 2022
BER
Submission
Date
30 September
2022
Contract
Award
Date
March 2023
Comments
Non-Consulting
Services: No
Advertising:
International
No. Of Contracts: 7
Prequalification of
Bidders: No
Domestic Preference
Applicable: Yes
Advance Contracting:
No
Bidding Document:
Goods
High Risk Contract:
No
Covid-19 Response?
No
Comments: initially
advertised under PAK
MFF II T4
Lot I: 550 kV
Transmission
Steel Tower
22,884,133.82
Lot-II A:
Conductor
17,941,780.02
Goods and Works
Package
Number
ADB-401C
General
Description
Estimated
Value (in US$)
Lot IV: Insulator
Hardware
Assemblies and
Accessories
11,912,222.73
Lot V: Dampers
1,753,510.00
Procurement of
Goods - 500kV
Double Circuit
Quad
Bundle
Transmission
Line from 500kV
Maira Switching
Station to 500kV
Islamabad West
Substation
(approx. 131km),
using
ACSR
“Drake”
Conductor and
500kV
double
circuit
transmission line
from
Maira
Switching
Station to Karot
hydropower
station
(20km
approx.)
59,424,000.00
Procurement
Method
OCB
Review
Prior
Bidding
Procedure
1S1E
Advertisement
Date
Q3 / 2023
BER
Submission
Date
Q4 / 2023
Contract
Award
Date
Q1 / 2024
Comments
Non-Consulting
Services: No
Advertising:
International
No. Of Contracts: 7
Prequalification of
Bidders: No
Domestic Preference
Applicable: Yes
Advance Contracting:
No
Bidding Document:
Goods
High Risk Contract:
No
Covid-19 Response?
No
Comments: Inclusive
of retender of 3 lots
under ADB-401B2021
Goods and Works
Package
Number
ADB-TL-012023
General
Description
Estimated
Value (in US$)
Lot I: 550 kV
Transmission
Steel Tower
22,471,000.00
Lot-IIA:
Conductor
14,850,000.00
Lot-IIB:
Alluminum Clad
Shield Wire
300,000.00
Lot-III: OPGW
with Accessories
1,743,000.00
Lot IV: Insulator
Hardware
Assemblies and
Accessories
16,860,000.00
Lot V: Dampers
2,500,000.00
Lot VI:
Grounding
Material
700,000.00
Procurement of
plant – design,
supply,
installation,
testing and
commissioning
of 220kV D/C
Twin Bundle
T/Line from
Bund Road G/S
to NKLP G/S
41,230,000
Part-I:
220kV Double
Circuit on twin
bundle ACSR
“Rail” conductor
overhead
transmission line
Procurement
Method
OCB
Review
Prior
Bidding
Procedure
1S2E
Advertisement
Date
Q3/ 2023
BER
Submission
Date
Q4/ 2023
Contract
Award
Date
Q1/ 2024
Comments
Non-Consulting
Services: No
Advertising:
International
No. Of Contracts: 1
Prequalification of
Bidders: No
Domestic Preference
Applicable: Yes
Advance Contracting:
Goods and Works
Package
Number
General
Description
Estimated
Value (in US$)
Procurement
Method
Review
Bidding
Procedure
Advertisement
Date
BER
Submission
Date
Contract
Award
Date
on steel poles
(approx. 12.6
km)
No
Bidding Document:
Plant
Part-II:
220kV
Underground
Transmission
Line (approx.
5.3km)
ADB-TL-022023
Procurement of
goods for the
construction of
(i) about 70 km
of 220kV
double circuit
transmission line
from Mohmand
HPP to
Nowshera
Industrial
substation; and
(ii) about 65 km
of 220kV double
circuit
transmission line
from Mohmand
HPP to 220kV
Jamrud grid
station;
Comments
High Risk Contract:
No
Covid-19 Response?
No
16,133,936.00
OCB
Prior
1S1E
Q4 / 2023
Q1 / 2024
Q2 / 2024
Non-Consulting
Services: No
Advertising:
International
No. Of Contracts: 6
Prequalification of
Bidders: No
Domestic Preference
Applicable: Yes
Advance Contracting:
No
Bidding Document:
Goods
High Risk Contract:
No
Covid-19 Response?
No
Comments: NA
Lot-I Steel
towers
7,017,060.00
Goods and Works
Package
Number
General
Description
Estimated
Value (in US$)
Lot-II ACSR rail
conductor
6,753,055.00
Lot-III OPGW
225,372.00
Lot-IV
Hardware,
accessories and
grounding
material
153,305.00
Lot-V Polymer
Insulator
ADB-PTSP01-2023
Procurement
Method
Review
Bidding
Procedure
Advertisement
Date
BER
Submission
Date
Contract
Award
Date
Comments
1,550,446.00
Lot-VI Dampers
434,698.00
procurement of
goods for the
construction of
(iii) two line bays
each at 220kV
Nowshera
Industrial and
Jamrud
substations
1,082,433.24
OCB
Prior
1S1E
Q4 / 2023
Q1 / 2024
Q2 / 2024
Non-Consulting
Services: No
Advertising:
International
No. Of Contracts: 5
Prequalification of
Bidders: No
Domestic Preference
Applicable: Yes
Advance Contracting:
No
Bidding Document:
Goods
High Risk Contract:
No
Covid-19 Response?
No
Comments: NA
Lot-I: 220kV
308,457.94
Goods and Works
Package
Number
General
Description
Estimated
Value (in US$)
Procurement
Method
Review
Bidding
Procedure
Advertisement
Date
BER
Submission
Date
Contract
Award
Date
Comments
circuit breakers
ADB-PTSP02-2023
Lot-II: 220kV
Isolators
297,198.62
Lot-III: 220kV
Current
Transformers &
220 kV Voltage
Transformers/C
CVT
369,077.49
Lot-IV: 198kV
Surge Assertors
90,186.68
Lot-V: 220kV
Post Insulators
17,512.51
Procurement of
220 kV Control,
Relay, AC/DC
Panels
alongwith
Design
Installation,
Testing &
Commissioning
for
I.Addition of 2
Line Bays at
220KV Jamrud
Substation; and
II.Addition of 2
Line Bays at
220KV
Nowshera
Substation
250,000.00
OCB
Prior
1S1E
Q4 / 2023
Q1 / 2024
Q2 / 2024
Non-Consulting
Services: No
Advertising:
International
No. Of Contracts: 1
Prequalification of
Bidders: No
Domestic Preference
Applicable: Yes
Advance Contracting:
No
Bidding Document:
Goods
High Risk Contract:
No
Covid-19 Response?
No
Goods and Works
Package
Number
General
Description
Estimated
Value (in US$)
ADB-PTSP03-2023
Procurement of
goods for the
construction of
(iii) two line bays
each at 220kV
Nowshera
Industrial and
Jamrud
substations
1,549,005.85
Procurement
Method
OCB
Review
Prior
Bidding
Procedure
1S1E
Advertisement
Date
Q4 / 2023
BER
Submission
Date
Q1 / 2024
Contract
Award
Date
Q2 / 2024
Comments
Comments: NA
Non-Consulting
Services: No
Advertising:
International
No. Of Contracts: 3
Prequalification of
Bidders: No
Domestic Preference
Applicable: Yes
Advance Contracting:
No
Bidding Document:
Goods
High Risk Contract:
No
Covid-19 Response?
No
Comments: NA
Lot-I:
Connectors,
String
Assemblies,
Aluminum
Tubes and
associated
Hardware
800,000.00
Lot-II: I. Power
and Control
Cables; and II.
AAC, Copper
Conductors and
Shield Wire
665,765.57
Goods and Works
Package
Number
General
Description
Lot-III: 220kV
Columns and
Beams
ADB-PTSP04-2023
Telecom
Equipment for
Addition of 2
Line Bays each
at 220KV
Jamrud
Substation &
Nowshera
Estimated
Value (in US$)
Procurement
Method
Review
Bidding
Procedure
Advertisement
Date
BER
Submission
Date
Contract
Award
Date
Comments
83,240.28
1,068,916.32
OCB
Prior
1S1E
Q4 / 2023
Q1 / 2024
Q2 / 2024
Non-Consulting
Services: No
Advertising:
International
No. Of Contracts: 1
Prequalification of
Bidders: No
Domestic Preference
Applicable: Yes
Advance Contracting:
No
Bidding Document:
Goods
High Risk Contract:
No
Covid-19 Response?
No
Comments: NA
Consulting Services
Package
Number
ADB-CS001
General
Description
Project
Management
Consultant
Estimated
Value (in US$)
2,000,000.00
Selection
Method
QCBS
Review
Prior
Type of
Proposal
RFP
Advertisement
Date
(quarter/year)
Q2/ 2023
Comments
To be partially
financed by MFF II
Tranche 1.
C. List of Indicative Packages (Contracts) Required Under the Project
The following table lists goods, works, non-consulting and consulting services contracts for which procurement activity is
expected to commence beyond the procurement plan duration and over the life of the project (i.e., those expected beyond the
current procurement plan duration).
Goods and Works
General Description
Estimated Value
(cumulative)
Estimated Number
of Contracts
Procurement
Method
Comments
None
Consulting Services
Package
Number
None
General
Description
Estimated
Value (in US$)
Selection
Method
Review
Type of
Proposal
Comments
D. Non-ADB Financing
The following table lists goods, works, non-consulting and consulting services contracts over the life of the project, financed by NonADB sources.
Goods and Works
Package
Number
TLC-18-2023
General
Description
Estimated
Value (in US$)
Review
Bidding
Procedure
Advertisem
ent Date
BER
Submission
Date
Contract
Award
Date
Comments
Non-Consulting
Services: Yes
Civil Works,
Erection, Stringing,
Testing &
Commissioning of
500kV Double
Circuit Quad
Bundle
Transmission Line
from Sangal to
500kV Maira
Switching Station
(Approx. 83km),
using ACSR
“Bunting”
Conductor
Lot-I: 500kV
Double Circuit
Quad Bundle
Transmission Line
Procurement
Method
Q2 2023
Q3 2023
Advertising: National
No. Of Contracts: 3
National
Competitive
Bidding (NCB)
Prior
1S2E
Q4 2024
Prequalification of
Bidders: No
Domestic Preference
Applicable: No
USD 8.95 Million
Approx.
Advance Contracting:
No
from Tower No.
210 Near Sangal
to Tower No. 279
Near Potha Sharif
(23.5 km)
Bidding Document:
Works
High Risk Contract: No
Lot-II: 500kV
Double Circuit
Quad Bundle
Transmission Line
from Tower No.
279 Near Potha
Sharif to Tower
No. 347 Near Ratti
Galli (23.5 km)
USD 9.11 Million USD
Approx.
Lot-III: 500kV
Double Circuit
Quad Bundle
Transmission Line
from Tower No.
347 Near Ratti
Galli to 500kV
Maira Switching
Station (36.5 km)
USD 10.19 Million
Approx.
TLC-21-2023:
(Number to be
confirmed by
NTDC)
National
Competitive
Bidding (NCB)
Civil Works,
Erection, Stringing,
Testing &
Commissioning of
500kV Double
Circuit Quad
Bundle
Transmission Line
from 500kV Maira
Switching Station
to 500kV
Islamabad West
Substation
(Approx. 131km),
using ACSR
“Drake” Conductor
Lot-I: 500kV
Double Circuit
Quad Bundle
Transmission Line
from 500kV Maira
Switching Station
to Tower No. 222
Near Sihal (71.5
km)
Covid-19 Response?
No
Prior
1S2E
Q3 2023
Q4 2023
Q1 2024
Non-Consulting
Services: Yes
Advertising: National
No. Of Contracts: 3
Prequalification of
Bidders: No
Domestic Preference
Applicable: No
Advance Contracting:
No
USD 10.73 Million
Approx.
Bidding Document:
Works
High Risk Contract: No
Covid-19 Response?
No
TLC-xx-2023
Lot-II: 500kV
Double Circuit
Quad Bundle
Transmission Line
from Tower No.
222 Near Sihal to
500kV Islamabad
West Substation
(60 km)
USD 10.5 Million
Approx.
Lot-III: Civil Works,
Erection, Stringing,
Testing &
Commissioning of
500kV Double
Circuit Quad
Bundle
Transmission Line
from Karot HPP to
500kV Maira
Switching Station
(Approx. 20km),
using ACSR
“Drake” Conductor
USD 3.31 Million
Approx.
Civil Works,
Erection, Stringing,
Testing &
Commissioning of
(i) about 70 km of
220kV
double circuit
transmission line
from Mohmand
HPP to Nowshera
Industrial
substation; and (ii)
about 65 km of
220kV double
circuit transmission
line from Mohmand
HPP to 220kV
Jamrud grid
station;
2,240,061,068.00 PKR
(1USD = 279.45 PKR)
8,015,963.74
National
Competitive
Bidding (NCB)
Prior
1S2E
Q1 / 2024
Q2 / 2024
Q3 / 2024
Non-Consulting
Services: Yes
Advertising: National
No. Of Contracts: 1
Prequalification of
Bidders: No
Domestic Preference
Applicable: No
Advance Contracting:
No
Bidding Document:
Works
High Risk Contract: No
Covid-19 Response?
No
Consulting Services
Package
Number
General
Description
Construction
Supervision
Consulting Firm
Consultancy
Services for
Construction
Supervision of
500kV D/C Quad
Bundle Transmission
Line from Sangal to
500kV Maira
Switching Station
(approx. 83km),
using ACSR
“Bunting” Conductor
Consultancy
Services for
Construction
Supervision of
500kV D/C Quad
Bundle Transmission
Line from 500kV
Maira Switching
Station to Islamabad
West (approx. 131km)
& Maira to Karot
(20km) using ACSR
“Drake” Conductor
Consultancy
Services for
Construction
Supervision of
220kV D/C Twin
Bundle T/Line from
Bund Road G/S to
NKLP G/S
Estimated
Value (in US$)
Estimated
Number of
Contracts
Recruitment
Method
Review
Type of
Proposal
Advertisement
Date
Contract
Award
Date
150,000.00
USD 1.6 Million Approx.
Comments
Covid-19 Response?
No
01
QCBS
Constructi
on
Supervisi
on
Q32023
Q1202
4
Covid-19 Response?
No
01
QCBS
Constructi
on
Supervisi
on
Q32023
Q2202
4
Covid-19 Response?
No
USD 2.05 Million
Approx.
USD 2.13 Million
Approx.