The Project Management Consultant
(PMC) has been supporting in different
aspects of the project since December
2001. The major focus of the PMC services
is to assist the MWSDB to maintain
and improve an enabling environment
for the MWSDB staff to arrive at prudent,
efficient, effective and timely decisions
based on sound international and national
practices, procurement guidelines
and engineering principles. The PMC
ensures that the project achieves
the highest standards of compliance
in environmental, social, resettlement
and other similar safeguards activities
by highly skilled, experienced and
well trained consultant staff, monitoring
and improving management systems.
Major objective of the PMC include:
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To provide strategic
project management skills thereby
ensuring the maintenance of efficient
implementation management systems; |
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To ensure timely and high quality
implementation management performance
and successful conclusion of the
sub-project by providing effective
risk, time and cost management
advice; and |
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To provide technical advisory
and capacity building services
to MWSDB and associate stakeholders
of the sub-project. Total cost
incurred by the PMC services is
US$ 2.3 million US$. |
PMC- Scope of
Work
General
– General scope of PMC includes strategic
decision making, implementation and
management of project performance,
risk management, cost control and
scheduling. In addition PMC shall
advise MWSDB and funding agencies
of any deviations in the agreed project
implementation processes, schedules
and activities with best solution
to remedy these delays. PMC assists
MWSDB to maintain an improved management
arrangement of the Board that ensures
successful project implementation.
Suggest MWSDB to maintain appropriate
fiscal management, facilitate the
coordination of implementing and funding
agencies activities; staff; consultants,
contractor and the public this includes
reporting and alerting project stakeholders
on the project progress and impacts.
Undertake the preparatory works
for procurement and consultancy recruitment,
including preparation of terms of
reference, bidding documents and assist
the Board in evaluation and selection
good and services as and when required.
Assist board to prepare and implement
human resource development plan /policies
that enhances professional competencies
of the staff and agents in order to
serve the project with an internationally
practiced efficiency and standard.
Contract
Management – PMC shall support
to manage overall procurement plan
including bidding, evaluation and
selection/award – this includes preparing,
inviting, evaluating and negotiating
all bids for various consultancy services
and constructions bids;
In addition, PMC monitor contracts,
various and extensions of time and
build the capacity of MWSB to keep
an up-to-date record of contract prices
and completion dates. It also assist
in building the capacity of the MWSDB
to ensure that funding agency construction
supervision guidelines and requirement
as stipulated in the loan/grant agreements
are followed.
Financial
Management - Assist MWSDB in
monitoring and maintenance of all
administrative and financial systems
and procedures needed to enable the
MWSDB to ensure the effective coordination
and implementation to the project
services as an internationally accepted
standard in the real time financial
management using modern technologies
and practices.
In addition, PMC provides training
and capacity building to Board’s staff
in keeping up-date-financial records
and maintain real time database of
contracts, disbursements, payments
and advances.
Information
Management - PMC shall assist
MWSDB to maintain appropriate management
information systems that provide real
time and appropriate quality information
to managers, implementers and stakeholders.
These includes design and recommend
the Board to establish systems to
collect, compile, update and analyze
the baseline data and real time management
information system (MIS), Monitoring
and Evaluation (M&E) and IT systems
and assist in its institutionalization.
It also assists the Board to prepare
different types reports for submission
to higher authorities and the funding
agencies.
Interfaces and Coordination - Assist
MWSDB in taking overall responsibility
for managing and coordinating the
interfaces between Kathmandu based
office and Melamchi based field office
and sub-project components. Facilitate
communication and coordination among
government, donor communities, executing
agency (MWSDB) and stakeholders, subprojects
and the public;
Assist MWSDB in maintaining a proactive
informative campaign and dialogues
with supporting/opposing stakeholders
both from Melamchi sites and Kathmandu.
Training
- Analyze skill gaps and plan,
initiate and delivery of training
required to assist the Board and its
staffs as and when required.
Social and Environmental - Support
MWSDB in monitoring of project performance
and inputs of social development program’s
consultants. Help the board in maintaining
and updating strategies and plans
for social and environmental safeguards
this includes - monitoring and improvement
the design for community oriented
social and environmental components
and facilitated to corresponding stakeholders
for its compliance.
PMC shall provide technical assistance
to other issues raised in project
implementation as and when required.
Lahmeyer International GmbH, Germany
in association with Total Management
Services, Nepal and Butwal Power Company,
Nepal has been working as the PMC
(III) since July 2009
Detailed information regarding
PMC can be obtained from:
Lahmeyer International GmbH,
Germany
http://www.lahmeyer.de/
Total Management Services,
Nepal
http://www.tms.com.np/
Butwal Power Company, Nepal
http://www.bpc.com.np/
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