Packages 5 Simpang Rampa Poriaha AWP-2

Western I ndonesia National Roads I mprovement Project 6 in the amount of Rp. 32,929,110,000 or 7.91 lower than the Owners s Estimate. Bid Evaluation Report is under preparation and finalization by POKJA and expected to be finalized on January 19, 2015. Procurement of Other Civil Work Contract Package The present status of other Contract Package which is about to be put on tender is as follow :

1. Package No. 15 Sibolga Batas Tapsel AWP-3

This sub-project is included in the implementation schedule AWP-3. The project road is 36 kilometer long and located in the Province of Sumatera Utara. The Bank agreed on DGH to pilot the use of MPW s full e-procurement system, using the World Bank ICB Standard Bidding Documents SBD for procurement of works after incorporating in the ICB bidding documents for this package the changes required for use e-procurement system. The bidding documents are on-going finalization. It is expected that DGH can invite bids within this coming month of January 2015. 1.5 Procurement of Three 3 Consultancy Packages Under Category 3 of the Loan Agreement, Part 3 : Road Sector Institutional Development

1. Technical Assistance for Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Reduction

Terms of Reference had been finalized with the incorporation of Bank s comments and formally submitted to World Bank for final review and issuance of No Objection Letter NOL. Standard Bidding Documents for ICB full e-procurement method is under final preparation. A practical demonstration to present how the e-procurement system for selection of consultants actually works in practice for the selection process is tentatively scheduled on the first working week of January 2015.

2. Technical Assistance for Capacity Building for Environmental Management

Consultant still to be procured.

3. Technical Assistance for Capacity Building for Road Safety

Consultant still to be procured.

1.6 Consolidated Update of the Progress of the Project

Other brief updates of the pre-construction activities of this reporting month are shown in Table 1.1.