Quarterly Newsletter of GEF China Sustainable Cities Integrated Approach Pilot Project
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Quarterly Newsletter of GEF China Sustainable Cities Integrated Approach Pilot Project issue 8 June 2020 Project Progress (As of June 15, 2020) GEBJ-2: The evaluation for the technical proposal was completed on May 19, 2020. Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural The bid opening for the financial proposal and Development of P.R.C. contract negotiation were held on June 11, 2020. The PMO intends to partially adjust the The contract of the National TOD Platform tasks in the TOR. A written request of specific was officially signed on April 20, 2020. The changes will be submitted to the World Bank Project Management Office (PMO) held the task team by the end of June 2020. kick-off meeting for the hired consultant to GEBJ-3: Request of Expression of present the inception report and work plans on Interest (REOI) was posted on April 28, May 29, 2020. The inception report and work 2020. The shortlist of qualified bidders was plans were reviewed by a panel of experts on evaluated on June 10, 2020. RFP is currently June 15. It will be finalized and submitted to under preparation and will be sent to the the World Bank task team by the end of June qualified bidders by the end of June 2020. 2020. Tianjin GETJ-1: The first draft for Task 5: The Contextualized TOD Guidebook and Toolkit for Tianjin was completed at the beginning of May 2020. The final draft will be completed at the end of June 2020. The disbursement of grant submitted to the World Bank task team after the evaluation for the final draft is completed. GETJ-2: The PMO has received EOIs from five consulting firms by May 11, 2020 after extending the deadline of the REOI and reaching out to potential bidders. The shortlist of qualified bidders was created on May 20, 2020. The RFP is currently under preparation. GETJ-3: The terms of reference (TOR) is still under revision. The edited draft will be submitted to the WB task team by the end of July 2020. MoHURD Project Kick-off Meeting Photo Source:https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/wb5Tgmbt-ywMFfBjeMoSvw Shijiazhuang Beijing GESJ-1: This contract was signed GEBJ-1A: The kick-off meeting for review on March 26, 2020 and is now under of the inception report was held on April 28, implementation. The work on data collection 2020. The inception report was submitted to and inception report has started. The PMO the World Bank task team on June 1, 2020. expected to receive the draft inception report The request for disbursement of grant will be and complete evaluation of it by the end of submitted by the end of June 2020. June 2020. Issue No.8 1 GESJ-2: The PMO has issued the REOI GENC-2: PMO has uploaded the for this contract. As of May 31, 2020, EOIs technical proposal to STEP on June 8, 2020. were only received from four consulting The evaluation for the financial proposal will firms. The PMO extended the deadline to start on June 16, 2020. Contract negotiation June 14, 2020 and started to reach out to and final signature will be completed at the other potential bidders. The evaluation of the beginning of July 2020. EOIs and a shortlist of qualified bidders are GENC-3: The terms of reference (TOR) is expected to be completed by the end of June under preparation. The first draft is expected 2020. to be submitted to the World Bank by the end GESJ-3: The terms of reference (TOR) is of June 2020. currently under preparation. The first draft is expected to be submitted to the World Bank Guiyang by the end of June 2020. GEGY-1: This contract has been under Ningbo implementation. The inception report was submitted to the World Bank on May 20, 2020. GENB-1: The inception report was PMO has submitted request for disbursement completed and the PMO evaluated the of grant to the Department of Finance of inception report on June 9, 2020. The finalized Guiyang. version will be submitted to the World Bank by GEGY-2: PMO has submitted the first the end of June 2020. draft of the Terms of Reference (TOR) to GENB-2: After consulting with the World the World Bank task team on June 9, 2020 Bank team, the PMO decided to adjust the and received the written feedbacks and scope of this study. The first draft of the suggestions on June 15, 2020. terms of reference (TOR) is expected to be GEGY-3: PMO submitted the request to completed by the end of June 2020. the World Bank task team to adjust the scope GENB-3: This contract has been under of these two studies on April 17, 2020. The implementation and the deliverables under first draft of the TOR was submitted to the the first assignment was completed on June task team on June 15, 2020. 5, 2020. The evaluation of the intermediary output will be completed and submitted to the Shenzhen World Bank by the end of June 2020. GESZ-1: The PMO has completed the Nanchang contract negotiation on April 30, 2020 and uploaded the contract to STEP on May GENC-1: The contract has been 20, 2020. The contract is expected to be under implementation and the consultant officially signed by the end of June 2020. has completed Task 1: data collection and The disbursement of grant will be completed scoping. The report produced under Task afterward. 1 was submitted to the World Bank on May 28, 2020. Task 2: beneficiary analysis and GESZ-2: The PMO published the REOI public participation and Task 3 are underway. on May 14, 2020. The shortlist of qualified Relevant phase achievements were submitted bidders will be evaluated on June 17, 2020. to PMO. Task 4 is expected to be completed by the end of June 2020. Issue No.8 2 Project Implementation Progress (As of March 15, 2020) Bidding Shortlist Bid Contract Contract Inception Intermediary Mid-term Draft Final PMO Activity Draft TOR TOR Announcement Review Evaluation Negotiation Signing Report Output Report Report Report MoHURD National TOD Platform City-level TOD Strategy Corridor and Station-level Beijing TOD Application District-level TOD Application City-level TOD Strategy Research on Private Sector Tianjin Engagement in TOD Financing Corridor-level TOD Application City-level TOD Strategy Corridor-level TOD Shijiazhuang Application Station-level TOD Application City-level TOD Strategy Ningbo District-level TOD Application Station-level TOD Application City-level TOD Strategy Corridor-level TOD Nanchang Application Station-level TOD Application City-level TOD Strategy Corridor-level TOD Guiyang Application Corridor-level TOD Application City-level TOD Strategy Shenzhen District and Station-level TOD Application Knowledge Events Tokyo TOD and Tokyu Experiences, Exploring Since March 2020, the Organizing the TOD Wisdom of Industrial Parks and Cities Committee of Beijing International Metro Integration, The Key to the Implementation Transit Exhibition of China Association of of TOD in China and TOD Policy Logic and Metros has launched a series of TOD online Window Period. lectures, "Beijing International Metro Transit On May 12, 2020, GEF-SCIAP Exhibition & TOD Forum." These lectures Shijiazhuang Project Management Office targeted at urban rail companies, real estate organized an online lecture, "Subway Network developers, and other organizations related to Expansion and Transit-Oriented Development TOD industrial chain, and the public. For each in Seoul" The lecture started with the history lecture, one to two senior experts from China of Seoul's urban development and subway or other countries would be invited to have expansion. It then explicitly introduced the dialogues in the exploration of TOD related public transport reform in Seoul. The lecture academic or other hot issues. Up to now, deepened the discussion by using case five lectures have been held, TOD from the studies of some stations and the cities that Perspective of Public Emergencies, Analysis of surround them. Issue No.8 3 On May 15, 2020, the Project Management Station. The length of the newly built line is Office of the Ministry of Housing and Urban- 12 kilometers, constructed by China Railway Rural Development of GEF-SCIAP project Guangzhou Group Co., Ltd. and scheduled to launched an online lecture, "Guidelines for be completed in 2024.(link) TOD under Epidemic Prevention—Planning and Design Considerations." The lecture Shenzhen Metro Group Co., Ltd. held a triggered thoughts on TOD in terms of contract signing ceremony for the Study of planning and design, such as tight space and Feasibility and Support of the Five Intercity ventilation conditions inside the rail transit. It Railway Projects in Guangdong-Hong Kong- also discussed how cities should respond to Macau Bay Area on March 20, 2020. This the requirements of epidemic prevention in the project has a total length of about 410 km future. and the total investment of about CNY 2018 billion. These five intercity railway projects Industry News include Shenzhen-Shangwei High-speed Railway, Shenzhen–Huizhou Intercity Railway, TOD Projects Shenzhen International Airport-Dayawan Shenzhen Intercity Railway, the Longgang-Dapeng spur line, and the Qianhai-Huanggang Checkpoint The Design Scheme of Shenzhen Xili Section of the Guangzhou-Dongguan- Transportation Hub was put forward on Shenzhen Intercity Rail. Shenzhen Metro March 10, 2020. The design scheme was Group Co., Ltd. will organize the project created based on the principles of "integrated research unit to fully carry out the project development and easy transfer," aiming to feasibility study and accelerate the project to build an innovative demonstration project ensure the construction of the Guangzhou- and people-oriented modern high-speed rail Dongguan-Shenzhen Intercity Rail project station.