Advance Contracting Notice

Date: 6 June 2017

Country/Borrower: People’s Republic of

Title of Proposed Project: 49021-PRC: Green Urban and Economic Revitalization Project

Name and Address of Executing Agency:

Heilongjiang Provincial Government Heilongjiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission No.202 Zhongshanlu, Nangang , Heilongjiang Province People’s Republic of China

Brief Description of the Project:

The project aims at revitalizing and diversifying the economy promoting non- industries in the cities of , , , and in east Heilongjiang province, and improving their living environment, safety, and public health, infrastructure and public services. The project outcome will be increased non-coal economic activities and urban livability. The project, through its comprehensive approach to urban and economic revitalization is expected to contribute to stopping and reversing a trend of out-migration of younger qualified workforce and attract and retain new residents, companies, and jobs in non-coal industries in more attractive cities. The project will directly benefit 2.73 million urban residents.

The project will have five outputs: (i) output 1: Inclusive capacity in business development services and integrated project planning and management developed; (ii) output 2: Sustainable SME investment and access to finance in project cities improved; (iii) output 3: Key infrastructure and SME facilities in non-coal industrial parks in project cities constructed (iv) output 4: Remediation and environmental cleanup from mining impacts in project cities improved; and (v) output 5: Integrated urban infrastructure and services in project cities improved.

Brief Description of Goods and Related Services, Works or Consulting Services to be Procured and Retroactive Financing:

1. Intelligent Transport System- Signal Control System, Traffic Monitoring and Commanding Platform, including: signal control, electronic police, traffic monitoring, basic poles, special network construction, and central command platform.

2. Project implementation consulting services for project management support and capacity development in the project cities.

3. Consulting services for Business development services for SMEs to develop capacity for non- coal SMEs in the project cities.

4. External resettlement and social monitoring consulting services.

5. External environmental monitoring consulting services.

6. Project implementation start-up support consulting services (individual consultants).