Development Project

Terms of Reference (TOR) for undertaking Feasibility Study and preparing Detail Project Report (DPR) of Urban Corridor Initiatives West Urban Corridor (UCI- WUC)Development Project

1. BACKGROUND

• The Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) with its implementing arm the Department of Urban Development and Building Construction (DUDBC, “the Department”) with support of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has recently undertaken an effort to develop integrated development strategies in two urbanizing economic corridors in Nepal, one in the east and one in the west of the country (Province 1 and Province 5, respectively). These strategies used a participatory approach to, among others, develop a vision and goals for each corridor, prepare structure plans, capital investment plans, prioritize project themes, identify specific projects, and develop implementation frameworks.

• The WestUrban Corridor (WUC) is situated in Province 5 and encompasses Greater Lumbini Area (GLA) including Butwalin North, Sidharthanagar-Lumbini in South,Ramgram-Bardhaghat in East and Krishnanagarin West (see Annex 16.1for maps). It comprises an area of 3802 km2 and a population of 1.65 million. The WUC in total includes 17 municipalities and 19 village bodies of three-districts namely Rupendehi, Kapilbastu and Nawalparasi West. Out of these, 9 principal municipalities were assessed: Butwal, Sidharthanagar, Tilottama, Lumbini-Sanskritik, Kapilbastu, Krishnanagar, Sainamaina, Devdaha, and Ramgram.

• The West Urban Corridor Integrated Development Study (WUC-IDS) found that the region has significant development maturity and prospects.Butwal-Sidharthanagar is already a matured corridor, while Shidharthanagar-Lumbini-Ramgramare fast urbanizing. Large manufacturing industrieslike cement, iron and steel, beverages and food processing are located in this corridor. Lumbini—the birth place of Buddha and numerous archeological sites found in the region offers auniquetourismdevelopment potential of the region. The construction of Gautam Buddha International Airport—only the second international airport in the country is near completion. This context is instrumental in providingimpetus for private investment to grow in the region.

• The WUC-IDS is an integral part of implementation of the National Urban Development Strategy, 2017 (NUDS) and MoUD/DUDBC’s priority to establish an urban sector project bank in the Department. This is done to expedite urban sector investment to foster inclusive and resilient regional and urban economic development—which in turn contributes to provincial and national prosperity. Thus, the WUC-IDS is intended to be a strategic-level document to guide a long-term investment program in the region.

• Selected municipalities of the corridor have their development plans. Butwal and Tilottama have Integrated Urban Development Plans (IUDPs). Sidharthanagar, Sainamaina, Devdaha, Krishnanagar are in process of preparing IUDPs. LumbiniSanskritik, Kapilbastu, Ramgram have yet to start preparing theirIUDPs. IUDPis primarily policy advisory document for municipalities on selected development themes and infrastructure investment. IUDP also contains Detail Engineering Design (DED) of two prioritized projects. Municipalities and government agencies

may also possess thematic plans. These plan documents may provide useful insights on infrastructure investments in the municipalities. LumbiniSanskritik has Smart City Plan prepared by DUDBC. Tilottama and Ramgrammunicipaties have their indicative investment plans prepared with the support of World Bank-DUDBC. Krishnanagar has also urban infrastructure investment plan prepared by AIIB-DUDBC.

• For corridor planning and project bank initiatives, the Government has formed a Project Steering Committee (PSC) attached to MoUD. The PSC meeting held on May 15, 2019 at Nagarkot has approved the EUC-IDS in principle and agreed to implement the investment plan prioritized by it. The PSC was chaired by Secretary, MOUD and presided by Hon Minister MoUD; Hon Chief Minister of Province 1; Hon Minister, Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Development (MoPID), Province 5; Mayors from 14 project municipalities; Senior Officials from the sector ministries and DUDBC. Subsequently, Aide Memoire agreed by ADB and Ministry of Finance (MoF) on August 19, 2019 outlines DUDBC to prepare Terms of Reference (TOR) for DPR preparation and initiate consultant recruitment.

• MoUD/DUDBC with the support of ADB under the ongoing Regional Urban Development Project is now seeking consultancy services to build such an investment program, including detailed designs for priority investments that would be financed under a new proposed operation, the West Urban CorridorUrban Development Project (WUC-GUDP).

1.1 Proposed WUC-UDP Project

The proposed WUC-UD Project will develop the core economic infrastructure, logistics, essential urban amenities, and build resilience and institutional capacity in the corridor region. The project will consider the following investments (which include planning, infrastructure, and capacity building) under six thematic areas, which were derived from the WUC-IDS: Theme 1: Develop regional economic infrastructure and logistics which contribute to growth of core economic sectors of the region including tourism, industry, agriculture, health, and education services. o Regional economic infrastructuresinclude (i) Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)(ii) integrated transportlogistics (ITL)for transport and goods handling, and (iii) regional bus terminals. BRT is proposed forButwal-Sidharthanagr-Lumbini-Behaliya corridor. ITL includes regional bus terminals, bus and truck parking facilities, and warehouses at Butwal.ITL is proposed to be combined with agro-product logistic at same location if found feasible. Regional bus terminals include facilities and amenities for serving intra- and inter-city passenger movement. They are proposed for Sidharthanagar, Lumbini, Kapilbastu, Krisnanagar, Ramgram, and Sainamaina. Although confined to local level, the ITand regional bus terminals are expected to have (sub)regional impact. o Economic infrastructures also includeby-pass road. It is proposed forLumbini. The alignment of the by-pass road is located close to external boundary of the municipality as shown in the planning regulation.

2 o Logistics include agro-product logistics comprising of cold storage, sorting, packaging, distribution facility as well as food quality inspection center at Butwal. Agro-product logistics are also proposed at Sidharthanagar and Krishnanagar, and cold storage facilities at Kapilbastu, and Ramgram.

Theme 2: Develop tourism sites/areas inLumbiniSanskritik, Kapilbastu, Ramgram, Devdaha, Sainmaina, and Butwalto promote local and regional tourism development. Development activities will include (i) preparing local area development plan including design (ii) protection and restoration of cultural and natural sites (iii) development of approach road and drainage (iii) improvement of essential urban amenities comprising of water supply, sanitation, solid waste management, bus and car parking facility (iv) amenities1 for visitors/tourist, and (v) buffer community development around/near cultural and natural sites. The activity also includes development of new wing for Lumbini Museum. Theme 3: Implement strategic land development using land pooling2 or other means of participatory land development techniques. Land pooling is proposed fordevelopment of sites for (i) SME flatted factories inButwal (ii) primary urban activity center in Lumbini-Sanskritik. The technique is proposed also for ITL and agro-product logistics of Butwal, if municipality does not possess required land readily. Theme 4: Improve essential urban infrastructure in all nine municipalities to improve livability and efficient functioning of these cities. The infrastructures include water supply, sanitation, wastewater management, storm water drainage, solid waste management, and secondaryroads. Piped water supply and sanitationneed priority in three locations including water deficit urban core, potential tourism sites, and peri-urban nodes. Of these three locations, waste water management and storm water drainage need consideration mainly in the first two locations.For solid waste management, decentralized resource recovery centers can be proposed at Lumbini, Kapilbastu, Ramgram, and Krishnanagar. The proposal can be made also for regional resource recovery centerforButwal, Tillotama, Sidharthanagar, Sainamaina, and Devdaha—with Butwal and Tilottama taking the primary lead in provisioning of this facility. Theme 5: Develop resilience measures to counter flood hazards in the corridor to ensure sustainability of infrastructure investment inall nine project municipalities.Such measures could include preparation and implementation of specific Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) guidelines, and development of counter measures at the development sites. The counter measures include mainly preservation and restoration of natural water retention amenities and creation of new ones.Natural water retaining amenity includesnatural resources such as wetlands, ponds, water streams, channels, natural space of river corridor including plantations in water catchment areas, and creating green belt along the river corridors. Artificial water retaining amenity includes creation of new water ponds, reservoirs, water parks, and green parks.

1Amenities include tourist information center/rest room/local handicraft shops/café and refreshment shops/landscaping/plantation/walkways/foot trails/furniture/signage/story display board

2Land pooling (also known as land readjustment) is a participatory and self-financed approach to obtaining private land for public development. The process involves consolidating irregular land parcels that are generally undeveloped, taking a percentage of land for public use (for infrastructure, services, industry etc), regularizing the plots with road access, and returning a smaller plot of serviced land back to the original landowners.

Theme 6: Build technical capacity of the executing agency (EA) and implementing agencies (IAs)includingfederal, provincial, and local governments by imparting knowledge and skills on pertinent themes emphasizing specially on approach, methods, and tools. The themes include (i) project management (ii) land pooling (iii) financial management improvement/revenue capacity enhancement, and (iv) enforcement of environmental performance standards and bye- laws.

2.0 OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOMES OF THE ASSIGNMENT

2.1 Objectives

This assignment will be at the forefront of developing the first project in Nepal to take an urban economic corridor approach to unlock the potential for both urban development and economic prosperity in a strategic region of the country. Using the Integrated Development Strategy for the West Urbanizing Corridor (WUC-IDS) study as a basis, the overall objective of the consulting services is to take WUC-IDS study to the next level of implementation through developing an overall investment plan and readiness for a set of bankable priority projects. The Consultancy assignment will be divided into three phases, with the following specific objectives for each phase: Phase 1 - Inception and Pre-Feasibility: The primary objective of this phase is to appraise the potential sub-projects in the field that are described in theme 1-5 under the proposed WUC-GUDP Project and recommend the most pertinent sub-projects for feasibility. The objective is also to identify already significantly appraised sub-projects which can readily be put into implementation.

Phase 2 - Feasibility study:

The primary objective of this phase is to critically examine the recommended sub-projects in terms of their technical, environmental, social, financial, and economic viability—including assessing the potential risks and adoption of safeguards, and recommend the selected projects for carrying out detail project report (DPR). The objective is also to assess the institutional capacities, readiness, and preparedness of implementing agencies (IAs) and executing agency (EA).

Phase 3 - Detailed Design:

The primary objective of this phase is to prepare DPRs including detailed engineering designs (DED), Cost estimates, Execution Plans for project implementation, and Bill of Quantities (BOQs) and Bidding documents to procure construction contractors in next phase. All three phases are expected to consider environmental and social management, including risks, appropriate mitigation measures and opportunities for enhancement.

2.2 Anticipated outcome

The overall outcome of the WUC-GD Project will enhancetourismdevelopment of the WUC corridor region, with improved physical facilities and logistics atLumbiniand other prominent municipalities of the corridor region. This will lead to further diversification of economic opportunities, including increased functional efficiency, economic productivity, and improvement in quality of life in the WUC corridor region. Specific outcomes will be as follows. o Transport infrastructures and logistics such as BRT, regional bus terminals will establish efficient mobility between Lumbini and major cities of the region, while secondary roads will connect outlying areas with the urban centers with increased flow of services and market accessibility. o Agro-products logistics will increase household’s access to local and regional market, and enable participation in higher value chain of agro-products. This will improve livelihood of rural population of vast outlying area of municipalities and adjoining village bodies within and beyond the corridor. This logistics will also enhance and assure timely and quality food supplies to emerging high-end hotels in the corridor region. o Tourism sites development will unleash the latent tourism potential of key Buddhist sites of the region. o Improved urban infrastructures will enhance urban livability, public health conditions, strengthen core-periphery relations, and urban productivity. o Land pooling will enhance provisioning of land for planned urban and industrial expansion. o Resilient city measures will increaseflood resilience capabilities of the designated municipalities, and increase sustainability of infrastructure investment. o Capacity building will increase technical and implementation capabilities of EA and IAs and take on the proposed corridor initiative.

3. SCOPE OF WORK

• The project area will be within the functional boundary of WUC region—which will comprise of Sidharthanagar-Lumbini in South, Butwal in North, Ramgramin East, and Krishnanagar in the West. The proposed subprojects are concentrated in nine designated municipalities namely Butwal, Sidharthanagar, Tilottama, Lumbini-Sanskritik, Kapilbastu, Krishnanagar, Sainamaina, Devdaha, and RamgramMunicipalities.

• The consultant has to undertake pre-feasibility, feasibility, and prepare DPR in a phased but in a coherent manner in twenty-four months’ time. The consultant is required to use necessary project management skills to complete the various project activities on time.

• Initial screening of projects for pre-feasibility has to be done from the list of sub-projects extracted from the WUC-IDS Report as shown in the Annex 16.4. The sub-projects may include substantially examined and designed sub-projects revealed in integrated urban development plan (IUDP) or other plans of the municipalities and agencies which are in conformity with the above list. A maximum of 85 sub-projects (as shown in the above list) are required to be initially

screened. This screening should be done in consultation with the municipalities and provincial government.

• At least 45 sub-projects are required to be subjected to prefeasibility. Already substantially examined and designed sub-projects selected for pre-feasibility phase may be straightforward recommended for feasibility. Initial screening and pre-feasibility is required to be completed in three months' time. Feasibility is required to be done of at least 22 sub-projects in 9months’ time and DPR is prepared of 12 sub-projects in 12 months’ time.

• Pre-feasibility of at least 45 subprojects is carried out to see preliminary technical and financial viability of the sub-projects which are worthwhile to undertake detail feasibility-studies and subsequently prepare DPR. The purpose is also to gather relevant information, and identify and filter-out small sub-projects which have sound implementation readiness (see Annex 16.2). Quick assessment has to be made in consultation with the provincial government and municipalities during pre-feasibility on appropriateness of site selection, land availability, accessibility, potential risks and vulnerabilities, likelihood of community participation, municipal readiness, consensus of stakeholders, tentative project cost, financial benefit—so that practical subprojects are recommended for feasibility studies. For urban facilities, amenities, and land development, consultation with beneficiaries may also have to be done—including exploration on overall willingness to contribute and share the sub-project cost.

• Feasibility study of at least 22 sub-projects has to be carried out and it has to be detailed based on comprehensive field data pertaining to each sub-project and analyzed using sound analytic techniques to see technical, environmental, social, financial and economic viabilities of the sub-projects. All types of risks have to be assessed thoroughly and appropriate countermeasures have to be recommended to mitigate them. The consultant also has to recommend IEE/EIA/HIA for specific sub-projects as required. The requirement should be determined at earliest possible—so that adequate time is availed to complete EIA/HIA process. The consultant is further required to recommend feasible sub-projects for DPR.

• DPR will be prepared of selected 12 feasible sub-projects. The complete content of DPR shall include sections on pre-feasibility, feasibility studies and execution plan. The execution plan should among others contain blue-prints on architectural design, detail engineering design, structural design, bill of quantities (BoQ), cost estimate, implementation plan including detail activity and time schedule, institutional arrangements, institutional responsibilities, financing, and project operation and management plan. Besides DPR, the bid documents for the procurement of construction contractor for DPR implementation, and the IEE, EIA,HIA reports and Resettlement Plan also needs to be prepared. IEE, EIA, and HIA will have to be prepared in accordance with the Government Environment Protection Act and Regulations of 1997 and in consistent with established ADB guidelines.

• The consultant has to also provide trainings on project management, land pooling execution, financial management improvement/revenue capacity enhancement, and enforcement of environmental performance standards and bye-laws. Technical personnel—two each from nine project municipalities,provincial government and DUDBC/PCO have to be included in such training programs. If found necessary, technical personnel from other selected local

governments of the corridor may also be availed of this training opportunity. The total days of training on these four themes will be approximately twelve days.

• Entire work has to be carried out in technical support of DUDBC/PCO and in close coordination with the provincial government and project municipalities. Extensive fieldwork will have to be done, and adequate consultations and coordination have to be established with all stakeholders in the field. 4. OUTPUT EXPECTED

• DPR of the selected prioritized subprojects shall be prepared. This shall comprise of the following: o Prefeasibility of sub-projects: Reasonable field-data of all proposed subprojects shall be generated. On the basis of which, small and readily implementable projects shall be identified and screened out from feasibility study. Depending on the municipal readiness and consensus of stakeholders including provincial and local governments, pertinent sub-projects among the remaining ones shall be subjected to preliminary technical and financial feasibility leading to prioritization of sub-projects for detail feasibility study. o Detail feasibility study of prioritized sub-projects: Comprehensive field-data of the prioritized sub-projects shall be generated adding to data generated for pre-feasibility. Following these data, detail technical, environmental, social, financial and economic viability of the sub-projects and detail risk analysis shall be carried out. Of the feasibility completed sub-projects, at least 12 sub-projects will be prioritized for detail design phase. o Execution plan/blue-print: Detail engineering design (DED) including architectural and structure design as required is prepared of selected feasibility completed sub-projects. Also, detail layout plan, BoQs, cost estimate, financing plan, institutional arrangement, detail activity and time schedule, and bid documents for procurement of construction contractor are prepared. Relevant IEE/EIA/HIA reports are also prepared. Post project operation and management plan will be prepared.

5. APPROACH AND METHODS

• Approach Approach to undertaking feasibility study and preparation of DPR shall be staggered in a manner which speeds up to complete the prefeasibility and feasibility studies of a few pertinent sub-projects at earliest possible time—which in turn helps to complete preparation of DPR ahead in time than stipulated in this TOR.

For the purpose, the initial screening may prioritize already substantially examined and designed sub-projects that may be contained in IUDPs or other thematic studies—which are consistent with the defined sub-projects list (included in the appendix). Such sub-projects may also include substantial infrastructure works like upgrading internal or secondary roads, storm

water management—assessed and designed separately in other thematic plans and studies of the municipalities and government agencies. Such significantly assessed and designed sub- projects—which are already examined for technical and financial viability or preliminary examination of which reveals such viability—can be straightway recommended for feasibility to expedite the process.

Also the approach to undertake this assignment has to be such that also becomes a platform to transfer knowledge and build capacity of federal, provincial and local governments. Therefore, the consultant has to undertake the project planning engaging the deputed technical counterpart staff of DUDBC/PCO, technical official from the urban development division of MoPID/provincial government, and designated municipalities.

• Institutional process for doing feasibility study and preparing DPR DUDBC/PCO will lead this feasibility and DPR preparation collaborating withProvincial Project Planning Coordination Committee(PPPCC). Project Steering Committee (PSC) attached to MoUD will be the policy guiding body for undertaking feasibility and DPR process. PSC will be chaired byHon. Minister, MoUD and will be represented by sectoral ministries, provincial government, designated project municipalities, IBN, TDF, FNCCI, CNI, NLHDA, RUPSON and DUDBC. Provincial Project Planning Coordination Committee (PPPCC) chaired by Provincial Government and participated by the project municipalities, agencies and private sector will be formed to provide operational guidance to the consulting firm, forge coordination among the stakeholders and resolve the field issues.

DUDBC, Provincial Government and designated local governments will depute the technical counterpart staff throughout the project planning period to engage in the field and assist the consultant to carry out the field work.

• Methods of data collection and analysis Extensive field work has to be conducted to identify the project sites and gather comprehensive first-hand information about the site. Associated issues and risks have to be carefully examined.

In general, such field work will include field investigation, and consultation with officials of provincial and local governments, relevant government departments and private stakeholders. The field work will further include the following case wise specific activities. o Relevant inter- and intra- city data on flow of traffic, people, commodities, agro-products has to be gathered and recorded, and existing barriers have to be identified for assessing feasibility of BRT, secondary roads, and by-pass road. o Tourism sites have to be delineated in topographic map and cadastral map—and need to be augmented with preparation of GIS shape file. Delineation of boundary has to be verified in consultation with the concerned authority. Data on tourist flow, and events taking place in and around the site have to be recorded. o Household access to urban amenities, service quality, deficiencies, willingness and capacity to pay for services, participation and support of beneficiaries in provisioning and siting of amenities, inventory and conditions of physical assets have to be recorded. In case of water

supply, water sources, source capacity, and provision of land required for water reservoir, treatment plant have to be assessed. For waste water management and storm water drainage, alignment of network and site for treatment plant has to be assessed.For solid waste management, allocation of land for decentralized integrated resource recovery center (IRRC)/sanitary land fill site (SLFS), transfer stations, and logistics requirement have to be assessed including local acceptance on the site selected for RRC and SLFS. Prospect of regional resource recovery center will have to be assessed in potential lead ofButwal and Tilottama with participation of other nearby municipalities. o The case of land pooling will require identifying tentative project boundary, assessing willingness on the participation of landowners, study of cadastral map, conducting land survey and other relevant assessment. o For resilience, flood risk needs prioritization besides other relevant natural and man-made hazards. Hydrology and hydraulics of the catchment areas and river system which is causing flooding in the cities of the corridor need to be analyzed. All other encroachment, bottlenecks, state of natural water bodies and behavioral aspects of households have to be recorded.

6. DELIVERABLES AND PROJECT REPORTING

The firm is required to submit the following reports. (i) an inception report within 4 weeks from the start of the contract, finalizing the approach and presenting a detailed work plan and implementation schedule for the contract; (ii) a progress report every month, every quarter, summarizing the progress, problems, and challenges identified and actions taken or proposed to be taken to address them as well as major achievements to be noted and shared with stakeholders (iii) Semi-annual social safeguard Monitoring report (iv) Semi-annual Environmental Safeguard monitoring Report (v) Pre-Feasibility Report (PFR) in 3 months (vi) Feasibility Study Report in 12months (vii) Detail Project Report (DPR) of the selected prioritized projects in 22 months (viii) Final DPRin 24 months. (Also, see templates in the appendix). Reports should address all aspects of this TOR to appropriate level of detail at all phases of DPR process. The firm shall submit five hard copies and electronic copy of each report and provide all data to appropriate authority of provincial government and DUDBC/PCO. Each sector expert shall submit his/her sector report separately. The Team leader shall submit the consolidated report of all experts.

• The key contents of the reports are listed below. (i) Output 1—Prefeasibility Report (3months after mobilization): The prefeasibility report shall include: (a) minutes of the meetings at PSC, PPPCC, and notes of the consultations with ministries, provincial government, municipalities and other actors

(b) screened out small ready-to-implement sub-projects from the list of projects (extracted from WUC-IDS report as shown in the Annex 16.4)—which have already undergone requisite

assessment and design. The screened out sub-projects may also include those on which municipal readiness is found lacking and need to be excluded.

(c) the sub-projects which are recommended for pre-feasibility have to be in accordance with the above list of projects. Already substantially examined and designed sub-projects contained in IUDPs and other thematic plans and studies of municipalities and government agencies that are consistent with the above list can be prioritized. The sub-projects may also include already designed infrastructure upgrading works as well.

(d) list of sub-projects—of which pre-feasibility have been carried out. Pre-feasibility of at least 45 sub-projects are required to be done. Of these, at least one-third is required to be of regional nature. Such sub-projects may either cross the boundary of more than one local government or it may be limited to one municipality benefiting more local governments of the corridor or beyond.

(e) list of sub-projects—which have been recommended for feasibility study. Prioritization of sub-projects for feasibility study has to be based primarily on preliminary technical and financial assessment including other pertinent rationale and justification. At least, 22 sub-projects will have to be recommended for the feasibility study. Of these, at least one-third sub-projects are required to be of regional nature.

(f) site appraisal notes including location, suitability of sites, potential risk and vulnerabilities, adequacy of land, accessibility and available urban amenities

(g) initial concept and elements of the sub-projects

(h) relevant maps highlighting sites, tentative project boundaries

(i) outline of approach, methods and process to undertake feasibility study as well as for training and technical capacity building work

(ii) Output 2—Feasibility Report (12months after mobilization). The feasibility report shall include: (a) minutes of the meetings at PSC, PPPCC, and notes of the consultations with ministries, provincial government, municipalities and other stakeholders.

(b) detail locational, project site and land investigation—including investigation on catchment area for natural resource input, influence and relational area of subprojects with the surrounding settlements and natural environment, and participation of landowners

(c) detailed viability analysis of the sub-projects including technical, environment, social, financial and economic viabilities

(d) capacity analysis of DUDBC/PCO, provincial government and each project municipality

(e) risk analysis, sensitivity analysis in each thematic component and mitigation measures

(f) detailing out the sub-project concept

(g) recommendation of selected sub-projects for DPR. At least, 12 sub-projects have to be recommended for DPR, of which 3 projects have to be of regional nature. This sub-project prioritization has to be done using appropriate criteria including rationale and justification. DPR preparation may be initiated early with early approval—if feasibility is established beforehand.

(h) report on personnel training and technical capacity building of EA and IAs

(i) determination and recommendation of IEE,EIA, and HIA reports if needed

(j) outline of approach, methods, and process to undertake DPR including IEE, EIA, and HIA

(k) report on initiation of early approval and commencement of sub-projects for DPR—when feasibility studies are accomplished before the stipulated time

(iii) Output 3—Draft Detail Project Report (22months after mobilization) (a) minutes of the meetings at PSC, PPPCC, and notes of the consultations with ministries, provincial government, municipalities and other actors

(b) detailed architectural design, detailed engineering design and structural design of at least 12viable sub-projects and their components including blue-prints

(d) implementation plan including institutional and financing arrangements, and detail activity schedule

(e) bid documents to procure construction contractors

(f) associated IEE, EIA, and HIA reports, and resettlement plan

(g) report on personnel training and technical capacity building of EA and IAs

(iv) Output 4—Final Detail Project Report (24months after mobilization) The submission of final DPR will be made after accommodating comments from PPPCC, PSC, DUDBC and ADB. The Department and ADB can subject the DPR to detail peer review.

7. SCHEDULE OF WORK

• TheDPR process is conceived to be completed by 24months including prefeasibility (3months), feasibility (9months), and DPR (12months). The detail activity schedule is included in the appendix (see Annex 16.3).

Study Phase Time (in months) 1-2 2-4 4-6 6-8 8-10 10-12 12-14 14-16 16-18 18-20 20-22 22-24 Prefeasibility

Feasibility

DPR

8. FIRM CAPABILITY AND RESOURCE

8.1 Firm profile

• The consulting firm is required to be established and have wide contextual experience of urban and regional infrastructure planning and design in developing countries. Especially those with experience of work in planning and development of urban economic corridor will be preferred.

• The consulting firm will be required to make avail of all technical and non-technical personnel as described in this TOR and that may be required additionally during the course of work, but hitherto not identified. 8.2 Team composition and qualification

• The consulting firm is required to bid and maintain the roster of the following experts throughout the DPR process.

• International Urban Infrastructure Engineer will lead the team—with national Urban Planner as a deputy. All the international experts and national experts (excluding research assistant and surveyor) are deemed as core experts. Depending on the nature of sub-projects and its requirements, TL can recommend mobilization of experts intermittently from the roster and on approval of DUDBC/ADB, the following experts are mobilized to undertake pre-feasibility study, feasibility study and DPR.The selected core experts under the guidance of TL/DTL will also be mobilized for imparting orientation and training to build technical capacity of EA and IAs.

SN Project experts Desired requirements Job description Engagemen t time in months International 1 Urban Expert is preferred to have a master’s Responsible for overall 24 Infrastructure degree in infrastructure planning and quality and timeliness of Engineer (Team design or related fieldand at least 15 years deliverables Leader) of experience in municipal and regional infrastructure assessments and design. Manage and provide Experience of work on urban and guidance to all team

economic infrastructure planning and members no.of round design related to urban economic corridor trip : 4 and in south Asian developing country in Lead communications related field (other than home country)is with key government required. counterparts and ensure frequent and quality Experience in IFI-assisted projects is also communications required. Experience on ADB project is project preferred. Provide inputs on planning office: 24 and design of urban and economic infrastructures

Ensure timely completion of all deliverables and activities 2 Traffic and Expert is preferred tohave a master’s Assess and design BRT 8 Transport degree in Transport/traffic engineering or system, secondary roads, Engineer related field and at least 10 years of and other transport experience in traffic assessment, inter- requirements in the EUC. modal networking, BRT system, road No.of round network planning, design of road, and Oversee work of the trips 2 related infrastructures. Experience in IFI- national transport assisted projects is required. Experience engineer on ADB project is preferred.Expert shall Home have experience in related field in Other related tasks as country south Asian countries (other than requested by the Team /Home office home country) Leader input:3 Field/Project office input:5 3 Logistics Expert is preferred tohave a master’s Assess and design 8 Engineer degree in logistics engineering or related transport logistics, regional field and at least 10 years of experience in bus park, agro-product urban transport, freight, agro-goods, and logistics and other logistics No.of round other logistics assessments, planning and requirements in the EUC trips :2 design of logistics hub and infrastructures. Experience in IFI-assisted projects is Other related tasks as Home required. Experience on ADB project is requested by the Team country preferred. Leader /Home office input:3 Field/Project office input:5

4 Finance and Expert is preferred tohave a master’s Assess financial return and 5 Economic Expert degree in Economics/Economic economic return of Development/Business Studies or a proposed infrastructure related field and at least 10 years of projects experience in undertaking financial and No.of round economic analysis of investment in Conduct cost benefit trips: 1 municipal projects. analysis, revenue and expenditure capacity, Experience in developing country context financing arrangement home office is required. Experience in IFI assisted input: 2 projects is preferred.Expert shall have Oversee work of national experience in related field in south financial and economic field office Asian countries (other than home development expert input:3 country) Other related tasks as requested by the Team Leader

5 Institutional Expert is preferred tohave a master’s Assess organization 2 Development degree in Public structure, functions, Expert Policy/Governance/Institutional staffing, resources, and Development or a related field and at least prepare plans to strengthen 10 years of experience in undertaking institutional capacity of EAs governance and institutional management and IAs assessments, design and management of special purpose institutions (SPI) required Provide input for efficient No.of round for managing regional infrastructure project implementation trips: 1 projects. Experience in developing country including institutional context is required. Experience in IFI arrangement, SPI, and assisted projects is preferred. Expert legislative basis for project shall have experience in related field implementation in south Asian countries (other than field office home country) Oversee work of national input:2 institutional development expert

Other related tasks as requested by the Team Leader 6 Tourism Expert Expert is preferred to have a master’s Assess tourism potentials, 8 degree in Tourism Studies/Tourism undertake tourism area Development/Heritage Conservation or a planning, give inputs on related field and at least 10 years of tourism product experience in planning, design, and development implementation of tourism development projects related to eco-tourism, cultural Assess tourism area routes No.of round tourism, leisure and business tourism; and networks trips :2 assessment of tourism potentials, tourism area planning, tourism product Oversee work of national Home development, and networking. Expert tourism expert country shall have experience in related field /Home office in south Asian countries (other than Other related tasks as input:3 home country) requested by the Team Leader

Field/Project Expert with an experience related with office input:5 conservation and development of cultural, religious, historical, and natural sites and work related to enhancing local and regional tourism economy will be preferred.

Experience in developing country context is required. Experience in IFI assisted projects is preferred National 9 Urban planner Expert is preferred to have a master’s Conduct planning and 24 (Deputy Team degree in City and Regional Planning with design of land pooling; local Leader) approximately 15 years of experience on area and project site spatial planning, strategic planning, planning structure planning, urban infrastructure planning, land development at both Plan, design and coordinate regional and city level. for training on capacity building She/he must also have experience of planning, designing and implementing at Support team least 3 different land pooling projects in management and developing country. liaison with the federal, provincial, local

Experience in IFI-assisted projects is governments highly desirable. (municipalities), and agencies in coordination with Team Leader

Other related tasks as requested by the Team Leader 10 Architect Expert is preferred tohave a master’s Undertake neighborhood 18 degree in Architecture and at least 10 design, logistic building years of experience in design of design buildingsand associated facilities including logistic building such as bus-terminals, Assess and prepare plans warehouse, cold storage,vehicle parking. for Tourism Area Development and land Experience of preparing or reviewing city pooling area by-laws, preparing settlement plans, land pooling, conservation of heritages and Support TL/DTL monuments is required. Proficiency with Auto-Cad or similar software is required. Experience in IFI-assisted projects is highly desirable. 11 Civil Engineer Expert is preferred to have amaster’s Assess and design relevant 24 degree in Civil Engineering/Structural civil works such as water Engineering and at least 10 years of supply, sanitation, roads experience in undertaking assessment of and bridges, drainage, solid physical infrastructures. Experience in waste management etc preparing DPR and cost estimates is required. Experience in IFI-assisted Prepare cost estimate projects is highly desirable. Support TL/DTL 12 Environmental Expert is preferred tohave amaster’s Devise solutions for 24 Engineer degree in Environmental Engineer or wastewater related field and at least 10 years of management, water and air experience in environment management, pollution control, creating sustainable buildings, Experience recycling, waste disposal, in IFI-assisted projects is highly desirable. and public health, design municipal water supply and industrial wastewater treatment systems, evaluate hazardous-waste management systems to evaluate the severity of such hazards, advise on treatment and containment, and develop regulations to prevent mishaps.

Support TL/DTL and international Environment Safeguard and Resilience Development Expert 13 Urban Design Expert is preferred toto have a master’s Undertake design of green 18 Expert degree in Urban Design/Architecture and street, green public space, at least 10 years of experience in design and public parks prioritizing of built environment, landscaping, public social relations, aesthetic, spaces, streetscapes, heritage and cultural heritages conservation, etc. Assess and plan utility Experience in IFI-assisted projects is arrangement, landscaping, highly desirable. Proficiency with Auto-Cad aesthetic elements of

or similar software is required. project sites

Provide inputs for physical layout and design of tourism and land pooling areas

Support TL/DTL 14 Structural Expert is preferred tohave amaster’s Conduct structural design 12 Engineer degree in Civil Engineering/Structural of building structure and Engineering and at least 10 years of other superstructures experience in undertaking structural design of buildings and other Support TL/DTL superstructures. Experience in IFI-assisted projects is highly desirable. 15 Transport Expert is preferred tohave a master’s Assess and design BRT 12 Engineer degree in Civil Engineering/Transport system, secondary roads, Engineering or equivalent and at least 10 and other transport years of experience in traffic assessments requirements in the EUC. and design of transport infrastructure. Experience in IFI-assisted projects is Undertake associated required. infrastructure quantity and cost estimate

Support TL/DTL and international Traffic and Transport Engineer 16 Social Expert is preferred tohave a master’s Assess and prepare plans 12 Development degree in Social Science/Social related with GESI, social and Safeguard Development/Development Studies or a equity and relations, Expert related field and at least 10 years of livelihood, cultural experience in social safeguards heritages, social impacts assessments, and social management such as household plans. Expert is preferred to have displacement, resettlement, experience in urban sector and advising rehabilitation, poverty on social inclusiveness aspects of project reduction etc or program design. Familiarity with ADB’s social safeguards requirements is Support TL/DTL and preferred. international Social Development and Safeguard Expert 17 Environment Expert is preferred tohave a master’s Conduct IEE, EIA, HIA, 12 Safeguard degree in environment Impact analysis and Expert planning/environmental science or a mitigation related field and at least 10 years of experience in environment impact Support TL/DTL and assessment, risk and vulnerability international Environment assessments, and environment Safeguard and Resilience management plan. Experience on urban Development Expert projects is preferred.

Experience of preparing reports on IEE and EIA in accordance with the Government Environmental Conservation Act and Rules 1997 is required. Familiarity with ADB’s environmental safeguards requirement is preferred. 18 Resilience Expert is preferred tohave a master’s Assess site related hazard 12 Development degree in disaster risk management/ and vulnerability Expert urban planning/civil engineering or a assessment related field and at least 10 years of

experience in hazard risk and vulnerability Support TL/DTL and assessments, and preparation of disaster international Environment risk mitigation strategies and plans. Safeguard and Resilience Development Expert Expert especially with knowledge and experience of National Building Code (NBC) and integrated countermeasures for flood management will be preferred.

Experience in IFI assisted projects is highly desirable.

19 Finance and Expert is preferred tohave a master’s Assess financial return and 12 Economic Expert degree in Economics/Economic economic return of Development/Business Studies or a proposed infrastructure related field and at least 10 years of projects experience in undertaking financial and Conduct cost benefit economic analysis of investment projects. analysis, revenue and Experience in IFI assisted projects is expenditure capacity, preferred financing arrangement

Support TL/DTL and international Finance and Economic Expert 20 Institutional Expert is preferred to have a master’s Assess organization 12 Development degree in Public Policy/Governance/ structure, functions, Expert Institutional Development or a related field staffing, resources, and and at least 10 years of experience in prepare plans to strengthen undertaking governance and institutional institutional capacity of EAs management assessments. and IAs

Expert with a work experience on Provide input for efficient designing institution for implementing project implementation, regional scale urban corridor projects will including institutional be preferred. arrangement and legislative basis for project Experience in IFI assisted projects is implementation preferred Support TL/DTL and international Institutional Development Expert 21 Tourism Expert Expert is preferred tohave a master’s Conduct tourism area 12 degree in Tourism Studies/Tourism planning and development Development/Heritage Conservation or a related field and at least 10 years of Assess tourism area routes experience in tourism are planning, and networks development, networking, and assessment of tourism potential. Support TL/DTL and international Tourism Expert with an experience related with Expert conservation and development of cultural, religious, historical, and natural sites and work related to enhancing local and regional tourism economy will be preferred.

Experience in IFI assisted projects is preferred 22 Solid Waste Expert is preferred tohave a master’s Assess, plan, design 12 Management degree in Environmental Engineering/Civil regional and/or Expert Engineering/ Infrastructure Planning or a decentralized related field and at least 10 years of SLFS/resource recovery

experience in assessing, designing center infrastructure facilities, and preparing and implementing development plans related Conduct assessment of with solid waste management. Experience SWM infrastructure, in IFI-assisted projects is highly desirable. quantity and cost estimation, and relevant institution development

Support TL/DTL 23 Water Supply Expert is preferred to have a master’s Conduct water demand and 12 Expert degree in water resource engineering/ capacity assessment, water hydraulic engineering/sanitary source evaluation, piped engineering/civil engineering/infrastructure network planning and planning or a related field and at least 10 design, and related years of experience in assessing, infrastructure design designing infrastructure facilities, and preparing and implementing development Undertake associated plans related with water supply and infrastructure quantity and resources. Experience in developing cost estimation country’s context and IFI-assisted projects is highly desirable. Support TL/DTL 24 Sanitary Expert is preferred tohave a master’s Conduct sewerage and 12 Engineer degree in water resource engineering/ storm water planning, hydraulic engineering/ sanitary networking, design engineering /Civil Engineering/ Infrastructure Planning or a related field Assess liquid waste and at least 10 years of experience in treatment plants including assessing, designing infrastructure their planning, design facilities, and preparing and implementing development plans related with sanitation. Undertake associated Experience in developing country’s context infrastructure quantity and and IFI-assisted projects is highly cost estimation desirable. Support TL/DTL 25 Procurement The expert is preferred to have a master’s Prepare procurement plan 8 Specialist degree in Engineering/Business and bid documents for DPR Administration/Finance or relevant field implementation and at least 10 years of experience in procurement and consultant recruitment Support TL/DTL with due diligence of the construction firms, consulting firms, and logistics and goods for urban infrastructure projects. Familiarity with GON/s procurement act, rules, and ADB’s procurement guidelines is preferred. 26 Research Expert is preferred to have a bachelor’s Establish contact and 24 Assistant degree in Architecture/Civil rapport with key informants, Engineering/Development Studies or a institutions, officials, and related field and at least 5 years of collect relevant data, experience in research and data analysis. reports Experience in IFI-assisted projects is highly desirable. Gather primaryfield data related tolandowners/households of project area using appropriate methods

Perform data analysis, and inform planning and design of sub-projects

Support international and

national consultants 27 Surveyor Expert is preferred to have a bachelor’s Undertake land survey and 12 degree in Civil Engineering/Geomatics mapping of project Engineering or a related field and at least site/area, road and other 5 years of experience in land surveying infrastructure network, and measurement and analysis of spatial physical properties using data. Experience in IFI-assisted projects is appropriate survey highly desirable. techniques

Coordinate with the district survey office, gather and analyze necessary cadastral maps related to project sites

Support international and national consultants 28 GIS specialist Expert is preferred tohave a master’s Prepare GIS database, 12 degree in GIS/Remote Sensing/Geo- undertake spatial analysis, informatics, and a minimum experience of and prepare thematic 5 years designing and preparing GIS maps. based data system, undertaking resource and spatial analysis, and thematic Support TL/DTL/ mapping. Experience in IFI-assisted International/ National projects is highly desirable. consultants 29 Unallocated Provision for national 48 experts experts—that may be required additionally besides the above experts, depending on the site condition and nature and scale of sub-projects

Note: The inputs of the experts namely Urban design experts, Solid waste management expert, Water supply expert shall be utilized depending on nature of the proposed DPR. These experts shall be readily available and the consultant shall provide this pool of experts based on the nature of the proposed DPR.

International Expertise Person month Expertise Urban Infrastructure Engineer (Team Leader) 24 Key Traffic and Transport Engineer 8 Key Logistics Engineer 8 Key Key Financial and economic development 5 Institutional development 2 Key Tourism expert 8 Key National Key 24 Urban planner (Deputy Team Leader) Architect 18 Key Civil Engineer 24 Key Environmental Engineer 24 Key Urban Design Expert 18 Key Structural engineer 12 Key

Transport Engineer 12 Key Key 12 Social development and safeguard expert Environment safeguard expert 12 Key Resilience development expert 12 Key Financial and economic development expert 12 Key Institutional development expert 12 Key Tourism expert 12 Key Solid waste management expert 12 Key Water supply expert 12 Key Sanitary engineer 12 Key Procurement specialist 8 Key Research assistant 24 Non-Key Surveyor 12 Non-Key GIS specialist 12 Key Unallocated experts 48 Non-Key

In addition, 96 person –months of Draft persons and 192 person-months of Enumerators along with support staffs should be provided.

9. EVALUATION OF CONSULTANT EoI APPLICATION

• Applicant Consultant’s expression of interest (EOI) application, which meets the eligibility criteria requirement as set by DUDBC/ADB and that mentioned in Expression of Interest Form will be ranked on the basis of the set of pre-approved Evaluation Criteria.

• The evaluators assess each proposal by its responsiveness to the TOR. Based on the evaluation criteria, evaluators start by rating the personnel (“core experts” only) of each proposal. A maximum of 6 consultants shall be short listed.

10. COST ESTIMATE

• Cost of the assignment will be estimated according to complete roster of experts and time schedule shown above. Cost will also include remuneration of unallocated experts who may be required later depending on the nature and scale of work. Apart from the remuneration of the above professional experts, the cost estimate also includesout of pocket expenses for office establishment and documentation including office staffs, office operations including vehicle and office space rent, cost required for environmental assessments; and provisional sum for travel, and stay and per-diem of both national and international consultants, equipment (computers/printers/photocopier), and for conducting workshops and seminars. Also, contingencies are kept to procure additional services required in pursuant to preparation of DPR.

• The tentative cost estimate is attached separately (see Annex 16.5).

11. DISPOSITION OF FACILITIES At the end of the project, the Consultant shall hand over to PPPCC all equipment, apparatus or other things procured by the project funding if used by the Consultant during the assignment. All items handed over to the PPPCC shall be in good operating condition but fair wear and tear is expected. Items, which have become unserviceable due to negligence or causes either than fair usage, shall be replaced at the Consultant’s expense.

12. INSTITUTIONAL SET-UP

• MoUD through its implementing arm DUDBC will be responsible for executing overall project planning. DUDBC will execute the project through existing ADB supported project coordination office (PCO) attached to it.

• The project steering committee (PSC) will be formed under the chair of Hon. Minister, Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) to provide broad policy guidance and coordination for the project planning and DPR preparation. It will also be responsible to make overall overview of the merit of sub-projects for feasibility, DPR and recommend the completed DPR to MoUD and GoN for further perusal. The composition of PSC will include NPC, sectoral federal ministries, agencies, provincial government, municipalities from EUC and WUC, and private sector and civil societies.

• The PCO will be responsible to execute overall task of procurement of the consultant/consulting firm, project planning, and DPR preparation. It will also be responsible for providing technical support to Provincial Project Planning Coordination Committee (PPPCC) that will be formed in parallel with PSC. The PCO will also oversee the work progress of the consultant/consulting firm and liaise with ADB. DUDBC and PCO will closely work with the PPPCC and municipalities throughout the project planning and DPR preparation process.

The PPPCC will be formed under chairmanship of the minister of provincial ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Development. The PPPCC will be responsible to provide operation level policy guidance to the consultant/consulting firm, monitor its work progress, resolve any problem that may arise in the field, and facilitate the completion of work in time. The PPPCC will recommend the prioritization of sub-projects for feasibility and DPR for further endorsement by the PSC. A separate project Implementing unit (PIU) ,established in provincial level , shall be headed by the the Project Manager during implementation of DPRs. The project manager shall be of the gazette second class level of the provincial government. He/she shall liaises with the municipality management and DUDBC/PCO.

• All nine project municipalities will be represented in the committee. The relevant private sector institution, civil society, and federal agencies are also represented in the committee. The PPPCC will meet at least once in a month or more frequently as deemed necessary.

• The consultant/consulting firm entrusted for project planning and DPR preparation will be attached to the designated office of provincial government. The provincial government will be responsible for providing a fully functioning office space for the consultant/consulting firm. The

provincial government as well as local government will also be responsible to depute the counterpart technical official to support and work with the consultant/consulting firm in the field.

• From this office, the consulting firm will undertake necessary fieldwork, site investigations, survey, and project design works. This will also include consultation with the provincial government officials, municipal officials either jointly or individually.

Figure 1: Proposed institutional setup for project planning

• The provincial government and project municipalities will be responsible for identification of proposed project sites, ascertaining land parcels, and undertaking necessary consultation and agreement with landowners pursuant to proposed sub-projects. They will also be responsible to facilitate and support the consultants in the field to undertake all necessary activities prescribed in this TOR.

• An informal Regional Dialogue Platform (RDP) is conceived separately to be established and attached with Provincial Planning Commission to reflect on as well as to contribute to the implementation of WUC-IDS. The latter’s internalization among the provincial and local plans and policies is critical for successful outcome of DPR implementation as well as guide the future

investments. Therefore, a dialogue platform is aimed also to enhance policy coordination at regional level—which allows non-project municipalities and village bodies of the corridor to learn and benefit from the corridor initiative.

13. Precaution PCO/DUDBC has to facilitate the consultant/consulting firm by providing all outstanding government norms and regulations on social distancing to be maintained either for an indoor or an outdoor environment to prevent the threat of corona virus. The consultants are required to take all necessary precaution and adhere to recommended social distance norms and other precautions as stipulated.

14. Site Specific Health and Safety Management Plan (SSHSMP)

The Consultant is responsible for their own health and safety in relation to the consulting services assignment and shall comply with the country specific requirements and regulations in relation to COVID-19.

15. Counterpart Support RUDP confirmed to provide support in co-ordination with Provincial Project Planning Coordination Committee (PPPCC) and municipalities throughout the project planning and DPR preparation process.

16. ANNEX

16.1 Regional settlement structure – WUC

a) Pre-feasibility 16.2 Template of pre-feasibility, feasibility and DPR

Initial screening

• Become aware of the list of 85 sub-projects extracted from WUC-GDP (included in the Annex 16.4). The sub-projects may include already examined and designed sub-projects revealed in IUDP or other plans of the municipalities which are in conformity with the above list

• Screen out from the above list the followings: (a) small ready to implement sub-projects (b) sub-projects in which municipal readiness is not there

Prioritization

• Prioritize at least 45 sub-projects for pre-feasibility • Recommend already examined and designed sub-projects—found in the initial screening which are technically and financially sound—straightwayfor feasibility study

Rapid appraisal

• Undertake pre-feasibility of remaining sub-projects including (a) site appraisal: examining location, suitability of sites, potential risk and vulnerabilities, adequacy of land, accessibility, and available urban amenities (b) preparing initial sub-project concept and its elements (c) preparing relevant maps highlighting sites, tentative project boundaries (d) preliminary technical and financial viability analysis

Recommendation

• Recommend at least 22 sub-projects for feasibility

Deliverables/Reports

• A single consolidated report of notes on initially screened 85 sub-projects • A single consolidated pre-feasibility report of 45 sub-projects

25 b) Feasibility Detail investigation

• Detail locational, project site, and land investigation—including investigation on catchment area for natural resource input, influence and relational area of subprojects with the surrounding settlements and natural environment, participation of landowners

Detailing out the subproject concept

• Clarifying the details of various elements of the sub-project concept

Viability analysis

• Detailed viability analysis of the sub-projects including technical, environment, social, financial, and economic viabilities

Risk analysis

• Risk analysis, sensitivity analysis in each thematic component and mitigation measures

Recommendation

(a) recommendation of at least 12 sub-projects for DPR (b) determination and recommendation for IEE, EIA, and HIA (c) initiation of early approval and preparation of DPR—if feasibility is established beforehand

Deliverables/Reports

• Feasibility Study Report(s) of 22 sub-projects

c) DPR

Detail design • Detail architectural design, detail engineering design, and structural design of at least 12 viable sub-projects and their components including blue-prints

Cost estimate

• Bill of quantities (BoQ) and cost estimate clarifying the details of various elements of the sub-project

Implementation plan

• Institutional arrangement, financing arrangements and detail activity schedule

Bid documents

• Bid documents to procure construction contractors

IEE/EIA/HIA/Resettlement plan

• Associated IEE, EIA, and HIA reports and resettlement plan

Deliverables/Reports

• Draft Detailed Project Report (DPR) of 12 sub-projects • Final DPR of 12-sub-projects

16.3 Detailed schedule of work

Note: The darker shade of colour shows greater emphasis on the activity. The number in bracket indicates the probable number of sub-projects. Time schedule (in months)

Phases and Activities Activity details 0-1 1-2 2-4 4-6 6-8 8-10 10-12 12-14 14-16 16-18 18-20 20-22 22-24

Prefeasibility (85)

Meeting/Consultation Readiness/commit with PG/LG/ agencies ment

Screening of an initial list of sub-projects—for pre-feasibility (excluding already sufficiently assessed and ready to implement sub- projects or those for which municipal readiness is not there) (45)

Notes on screened out and selected projects

Site suitability: accessibility, access to amenities, risk and vulnerability Site visits and Availability of preliminary field adequate land appraisal

Consultation with communities/ landowners

Mapping and analysis Topographic, cadastral, GIS

analysis and verification

Initial conceptualization of various sub-projects, design, components

Recommend already examined and designed sub-projects straightway for feasibility study

Assessing preliminary Projectcompatibility technical viability and with local plans and financial viability bye-laws, site developability, revenue capacity of PG/LGs, provincial, municipal, and communities willingness and acceptance to participate in the project

Prioritize 22 sub- projects for feasibility

Outline of approach and methods to undertake feasibility as well as training and technical capacity building work

Pre-Feasibility Report

PPPCC recommendation and PSC approval

Feasibility (22)

Detail site investigation Site verification, and gathering added project area information on sub- verification (on projects topographic map, base map, cadastral maps) Measurement, survey, Meeting with landowners, ownership verification, opinion, expectation, demand, land prices, issues

Clarifying sub-project concept, design, components

Analyzing technical Detail examination viability of project scope, scale, technology, , potential hazard and climate change induced risks on the project, mitigation measures

Analyzing Examining project environmental viability impact on natural environment, bio- diversity—including determining need of IEE/EIA

Analyzing social Impact on women, viability indigenous people, youth, special groups; cultural heritages; social relations; livelihood; poverty; household displacement/involu ntary resettlement;

community participation

Analyzing financial assets, liabilities, viability revenue, own source, expenditure, trend, and debt carrying capacity of participating entities; demand of project and services; source of finance; modality and sustainability of financing and collaboration; cash flows; IRR; uncertainties and risks, sensitivity analysis

Analyzing economic Economic returns viability and benefit— generation of income through user fees; increased property and other tax income; increased household income, uncertainties and risks

Other risk assessment Assessing institutional and procurement capacity; non- compliance of fiduciary obligations and responsibilities; exclusion of stakeholders; coordination among

governments

Overall risk categorization and mitigation measures

Prioritization and recommendation

Report on capacity building

Feasibility Report— including recommendation of IEE/EIA/HIA as required

PPPCC recommendation and PSC approval

DPR (12)

Detailing out the sub- project concept

Detail architectural/ engineering/structural design, preparing blue- prints

BoQ

Cost estimate

Implementation plan

Bidding document

Report on capacity building

Report on IEE/EIA/HIA

Draft DPR submission

Review, PPPCC recommendation and PSC approval

Final DPR

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16.4 Initial list of sub-projects

Butwal Tilottam Sidharthanaga LumbiniSanskritik Kapilbastu Krishnanaga Sainamaina Deveda Ramgram a r r ha 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Theme 1: Economic infrastructure BRT (Note: deemed a single Y* Y* Y* Y* regional project) Integrated Transport logistic (regional bus terminals, Y* bus truck parking facility, warehouse) By-pass road Y* Regional bus terminals (serving intra- and inter- Y* Y* Y* Y* Y* Y* city bus services) Agro-product logistics (cold storage, sorting, Y* Y* Y* packaging, distribution (plus food facility) quality inspection cenetr) Cold storage Y Y Theme 2: Tourism site/area development Tourism facility and Y Y Y Y Y Y amenity development Theme 3: Land development Land pooling Y Y

Theme 4: Essential urban infrastructure/ amenity Water supply Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Sanitation Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Waste water management Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Storm water management Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Solid waste management Y(R) Y(R) Y(R) Y (D) Y (D) Y (D) Y(R) Y(R) Y (D) Secondary roads Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Theme 5: Resilient Measures Counter-measures for Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y flood Total subprojects confined 11 7 9 11 10 9 9 8 10 to one administrative boundary Total subprojects confined 1 1 1 1 to multiple administrative boundary Theme 6: Technical capacity Project management Land pooling execution Financial management improvement/Revenue capacity enhancement Environmental performance standards and bye-laws

Note: Y* are potentially projects of regional nature

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