Financial Risks Risks Related to Quality

Monthly Progress Report November 2013 Western I ndonesia National Roads I mprovement Project 55 contract. The quality of supervision however is influenced by the following factors: • Ensuring that supervision staff levels are fully manned with competent, honest, qualified and experienced personnel. • The provision of properly equipped laboratories with properly trained operators for each package. Package supervision comes under the responsibilities of the immediate supervision teams and the relevant DSC but the Quality Assurance Engineer from CTC. Until now, the performance have not been reported by the Quality Assurance Engineer from CTC, because the works activity has not started. Monthly Progress Report November 2013 Western I ndonesia National Roads I mprovement Project 56 7 ISSUES and RECOMMENDATIONS

7.1 Current Situation

The main issues during November 2013 are approval from Ministry for contract award for all packages of AWP-1, starting the PQ process for one packages and contract sign for Package 01 and Package 04. The Bank also had sent NOL to start PQ for Package 05, Package 11 and Package 13. The Bank in the letter was agree to follow pre- qualification for 4 packages which were prepared for procured with pre-qualification, but the Bank advised that remaining contract packages ICB and NCB shall follow post qualification. The existing road conditions of the four packages under AWP-1, which are predicted being deteriorated rapidly by the traffic during almost a year, shall be anticipated. Another issue is establishment and mobilization of the Design and Supervision Consultant DSC especially the Design Team. The DEDs for AWP-2 and AWP-3 packages, including the 7 packages under CTC review at the current time, shall be completed soonest and the procurement can be started immediately.

7.2 Action Required

Based on the past experience when the Pokja need long time to prepared the AER, for this bidding stage hopefully the POKJA could be finalized the Bidding Evaluation Report BER in sufficient time as scheduled with full support from CTC WINRIP. It is required to immediately mobilize the Design Team of DSC contract signing process following up the contract signing on June 11, 2013. Western I ndonesia National Roads I mprovement Project Appendix A Overall Loan Progress