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Engagement of Consultants 2015
Technical Cooperation Team
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Sustained Consultancy Portfolio, with Increasing Use of Donor Funds, in Particular
Bilateral Donors and Shareholder Special Fund
2,824 consultancy contracts awarded with a total value of €169.6 million, a slight increase
on 2014 and broadly consistent with previous years.
1,525 donor funded technical cooperation contracts awarded with a combined value of
€118 million, an increase of 12 per cent in number and 18 per cent in value from 2014
and maintaining a steady increase in value since 2012.
Bilateral donors funded 28 per cent by value of all donor funded contracts (328 contracts
totalling €32.5 million, 22 per cent more than in 2014), with Austria, Sweden and Japan
together accounting for almost 59 per cent of all bilateral donor funded contracts.
€17.9 million of contracts financed from donor funds classified as Tied, a 27 per cent
increase on the €14.1 million in 2014. The increase can be attributed to 2015 being the
final year in which EBRD procured using Tied funding.
The Shareholder Special Fund, financed from EBRD’s net income, accounted for 30 per
cent by value of donor funded contracts (€35 million, a 43 per cent increase on 2014).
Little Change in Figures for Competitive Selection, Significant Increase in Client
Contracting and SBS Contracts
67 per cent of contracts by value awarded following competitive selection (€114.3
million), a slight increase from 66 per cent in 2014 (€109.4 million).
113 Grant Agreements (for Client Contracting) issued with a combined value of €34.5
million, a 15 per cent increase in number and 46 per cent in value on 2014.
869 Small Business Support Contracts awarded, 12 per cent more than in 2014.
Expansion in Number of Contract Awards to Consultants based in EBRD Countries of
Operation and Large Increase in Number of Consultants reached through Awareness
Raising Programmes
€51.3 million of contracts awarded to consultants from EBRD’s countries of operation
(CoO), an increase of 17 per cent from 2014. This includes Office of the General Counsel
awarding 43 per cent of the total value of its 2015 contract awards to outside counsel
based in CoO.
TC Team conducted 28 outreach events and consultant workshops with over 1800
consultants in 20 member countries and CoO; raising consultants’ awareness of EBRD
opportunities, building their capacity and supporting consultant market development.
By nationality, British consultants (both individuals and firms) had the largest share of
contract awards by value (22 per cent totalling €37.1 million), followed by German
consultants (14 per cent €23.4 million) and Austrian consultants (7 per cent €12 million).
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Abbreviations
BAS Business Advisory Services
CAR Consultant Assignment Reporting
CIF Climate Investment Funds
CPU Corporate Procurement Unit
CoO Countries of Operations
DCF Donor Co-Financing team
EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EGP Enterprise Growth Programme
EoI Expression of Interest
ETC Early Transition Countries
EU European Union
FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation
FI Financial Institutions
GEF Global Environment Facility
KIDSF Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund
MDB Multilateral Development Bank
MEI Municipal and Environmental Infrastructure
OGC Office of the General Counsel
PISSA Project Implementation Support Services Agreement
PP&R Procurement Policies and Rules
PPP Public Private Partnership
RFP Request for Proposals
SBS Small Business Support
SEFF Sustainable Energy Financing Facility
SEMED Southern and Eastern Mediterranean region
SGI Strategic Gender Initiative
SP Com Strategy and Policy Committee
SSF Shareholder Special Fund
TC Technical Cooperation
TC Com Technical Cooperation Review Committee
TCRS Technical Cooperation Reporting System
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 1
2 Overall Results of Consultancy Contract Awards ............................................................. 1
3 Funding Sources................................................................................................................. 2
4 Consultants Engaged for Operational and Institutional Needs .......................................... 6
5 Consultant Selection .......................................................................................................... 9
6 Nationality of Consultants ............................................................................................... 14
7 Consultancy Contracting Type ........................................................................................ 20
8 Performance of Consultants ............................................................................................ 24
ANNEXES
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1 Introduction
The Annual Report on Engagement of Consultants in 2015 (the “Report”) provides an overview of
consultancy contract awards by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the “EBRD”
or the “Bank”) and its clients financed from the Bank’s budget,1 donor funds including Special and
Cooperation Funds, Nuclear Safety grants and public sector loan proceeds.2
The Report has been prepared by the Technical Cooperation (“TC”) Team which is responsible for the
selection and engagement of consultants financed by the Bank’s budget and donor funds, for the
administration of these contracts, and for oversight of the Office of the General Counsel’s (“OGC”)
selection and engagement of outside counsel.
On approval by the Executive Committee (“ExCom”) and the Audit Committee, and in accordance with
the Bank’s Public Information Policy, the Report will be published on the Bank’s website.3
2 Overall Results of Consultancy Contract Awards
In 2015, 2,824 consultancy contracts totalling €169.6 million were awarded by EBRD and its clients.
In comparison with 2014 there was a three per cent increase in the number of consultancy contracts from
2,734 to 2,824, and a two per cent increase in the value from €166.6 million to €169.6 million. Over the
past five years the total value of contracts issued has been relatively consistent within the range of
€166.6 million (2014) to €173.7 million (2013) (see Figures 1 and 24 and Annex 1 for more detail).
1 The Report does not cover the selection and engagement of consultants to support the operation of the Bank’s Headquarters and Resident
Offices (namely: Administration, Communications, Information Technology, Human Resources departments and the Office of the
Secretary General for the preparation of the Annual Meeting) the responsibility for which was transferred from the TC Team to the
Corporate Procurement Unit (“CPU”), Vice Presidency Human Resources and Corporate Services, as of 1 January 2014. 2 These contract awards are also reported in the Annual Procurement Review prepared by the Procurement Policy Department. 3 Annual Reports on Engagement of Consultants for previous years are available at
http://www.ebrd.com/work-with-us/procurement/consultancy-services.html. 4 The decrease in contract awards between 2013 and 2014 was due to changes in the Bank’s internal reporting (see footnote 1). Those
contract areas transferred to the Corporate Procurement Unit from 2014 accounted for approximately 10 per cent by value and seven per
cent by number of all consultancy contract awards in 2013.
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Figure 1. Consultancy Contracts Awarded by EBRD and its Clients by
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Figure 2. Consultancy Contracts Awarded by EBRD and its Clients by
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3 Funding Sources
For the analysis in this Report, the funding sources for consultancy contracts are grouped into:
(a) Donor funds including Special Funds such as the Shareholder Special Fund (“SSF”) and Nuclear
Safety Funds,1
(b) the Bank’s Budget, and
(c) Public Sector Loan Proceeds.
Although the total value of consultancy contracts awarded has remained largely stable over the past 5
years, the distribution of contracts across the three funding sources has been more variable (see Figure
3). Most notably, there has been a steady increase in the total value of donor funded contracts for
TC since 2012. Between 2014 and 2015 alone, the total value of donor funded contracts increased by
€18.3 million (18 per cent). This reflects increasing reliance on donor funds to support the Bank’s
operational work.
Although Figure 3 also reveals a significant reduction in Bank budget funded contracts, in particular
between 2013 and 2014 (from €65.6 million to €41.8 million), this is primarily the result of reallocation
in reporting of contracts to support the internal corporate activities of the Bank’s Headquarters and
Resident Offices, which are now reported by Corporate Procurement Unit. Public Sector Loan Proceeds
funded contracts also decreased by €14.3 million (57 per cent) between 2014 and 2015; a reflection of
the nature of loans under implementation (see section 3.3 for additional detail).
3.1 Donor Funded Contracts1
1 As the selection and engagement of consultancy contracts financed by Nuclear Safety grants and managed by the Nuclear Safety
Department is supported by the Procurement Policy Department, these contracts are reported in the Annual Procurement Review. Only
those consultancy contracts for the Nuclear Safety Department where the TC Team select and engage consultants are included in this
Report.
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Since 2012 the number and value of donor funded contracts for technical cooperation has consistently
risen. 2015 saw the highest ever value of donor funded consultancy contracts for the EBRD, with 1,525
contracts issued for a cumulative value of €118 million, a 12 per cent increase in number and 18
per cent increase in value on 2014 (see Figure 4). Donor funded contracts now represent 70 per cent by
value of all consultancy contract awards covered by this Report, up sharply from 60 per cent in 2014.
The relative proportions of donor funding sources have also changed over this period (Table 1 and
Annex 4(a)). EBRD’s 2015 Grant Co-Financing Report prepared by the Donor Co-Financing (“DCF”)
Team provides a comprehensive review of donors’ funding.
Table 1. Donor Funded Contract Value by Source, 2011–2015
Source 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
European Union 29,037,623 33,016,963 21,866,436 27,781,737 26,251,993
EBRD Net Income 24,183,516 19,964,821 25,165,593 24,783,659 36,912,214
Bilateral Donor Funds 28,716,738 19,453,131 30,981,859 26,659,674 32,471,097
Multi-Donor and Multi-Lateral funds2 17,100,816 16,873,690 21,672,898 20,483,118 22,357,095
TOTAL 99,038,693 89,308,605 99,686,786 99,708,188 117,992,400
1 The TC commitment amounts reported by the Donor Co-Financing (“DCF”) team were €218 million in 2015, €139 million in 2014, €143
million in 2013, €129 million in 2012 and €126 million in 2011. See the 2015 Grant Co-Financing Report for additional detail. The
differences in value are due to (i) the time lag between issuing TC commitments and contracting; (ii) commitments for framework facilities
reported by DCF when donor funding is confirmed, but actual utilisation (contracting and disbursement) being spread over several years;
(iii) commitments for training costs, subsidies and expenses by the Bank’s clients falling outside the scope of the Annual Report on
Engagement of Consultants. 2 Includes contracts financed from multiple donor sources.
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3.1.1 The European Union In 2015 the European Union (“EU”) financed 472 consultancy contracts
totalling €26.3 million, 22 per cent of the total value of donor funded contracts. This represented a six
per cent decrease on the €27.8 million of EU financed contracts in 2014, although the EU remains by far
the EBRD’s largest single external donor and additionally contributes to several multi-donor funds
including the Eastern Europe Energy Efficiency and Environment Partnership and the European Western
Balkans Joint Fund.
3.1.2 EBRD Net Income In 2015, 466 contracts with a combined value of €36.9m were funded from
EBRD Net Income. Notably, the number of Shareholder Special Fund (“SSF”)1 financed contracts (410
contracts) increased by 10 per cent over 2014 (373 contracts) and the total contract value increased by
43 per cent from €24.5 million to €35 million. Contracts financed by the SSF now constitute almost 30
per cent of the total value of donor funded contracts. The SSF is increasingly being drawn upon to
meet demand for financing, after other donor funding sources have been explored, and has been used
to fund, fully or partly, a growing number of TC assignments.
3.1.3 Bilateral Funds In 2015, 28 per cent by value of all donor funded contracts (328 contracts
totalling €32.5 million) were financed by bilateral donors, from 21 countries through 39 funding
agreements. The €32.5 million represented a 22 per cent increase on the €26.7 million of bilateral
funds utilised in 2014. Contracts financed by Austria and Sweden accounted each for just over 22 per
cent of the total value of bilateral donor funded contracts, followed by Japan accounting for nearly 16
per cent. Figure 5 shows the largest bilateral donors in 2015. For details of all bilateral donor funded
contracts please see Annex 4(a).
1 The SSF was established in 2008 with the resources of the Bank's net income. The SSF supports a range of activities including investment
grants, incentives, risk sharing and complements other donor funds provided by using the principle of matching. It also provides funding
for projects in some sectors and countries for which other donor funds cannot be found. Since its establishment, the SSF financed 2,732
consultancy contracts totalling €186 million. SSF captures contracts financed from EBRD Shareholder Special Fund (EBSF), EBRD -
EBSF SEMED Sub-Account (EBSS) and Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (SSF sub-account) (IPPF).
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3.1.4 Multi-Donor Funds and Multi-Lateral Funds Contracts funded from Multi-Donor and Multi-
Lateral funds constituted over 18 per cent by value of all donor funded contracts.
The total value of multi-donor funded contracts amounted to €20.3 million (Figure 6). The 217 contract
awards financed from various multi-donor funds supported the Bank’s strategic initiatives, including the
Early Transition Countries Fund, Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (“SEMED”) Multi-Donor
Account, European Western Balkans Joint Fund and EBRD-Ukraine Stabilisation & Sustainable Growth
Multi-Donor Account.
Twenty two consultancy contracts totalling €1.6 million were financed from multi-lateral donor funds,
namely the EBRD - Middle East and North Africa Transition Fund (World Bank), Global Environment
Facility (“GEF”) II, CIF - Clean Technology fund and GEF Investment Special Fund (Figure 7).
The remaining 20 donor funded contracts (worth a total of almost €400,000) were financed from
multiple donor sources. See Annex 4(a) for additional detail.
Early Transition Countries Fund, €5m
SEMED Multi-Donor Account, €5m
European Western Balkans Joint Fund,
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KIDSF, €2m
Others, €2m
Figure 6. Multi-Donor Funds Financing More than €1 million of Contracts
EBRD- Ukraine Stabilisation and Sustainable Growth,
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Transition Fund (World Bank),
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Figure 7. Multi-Lateral Donors (Contracts Financed in € 000s)
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3.2 Bank’s Budget
In 2015 the Bank issued 1,285 contracts using the Bank’s budget for a combined value of €40.9
million or 24 per cent of the total value of consultancy contracts awarded. The share of value of Bank
funded contracts fell slightly from €41.8 million or 25 per cent in 2014. The number of contracts fell by
five per cent compared to 2014 when 1,357 Bank funded contracts were issued.
The Bank’s consultancy budget is allocated across the Bank’s departments and is used for low value,
initial scoping assignments. For larger assignments Teams resort to donor funding for financing their
consultancy needs. In 2015, the Bank’s budget financed consultancy services for a range of purposes
including project preparation due diligence on legal, financial, technical, integrity and environmental
matters, lender’s supervisor to assist project monitoring and Nominee Directors representing the Bank
on the boards of investee companies. Consultants for research and specialised responsibilities of non-
Banking departments such as the Evaluation Department, Office of the Chief Economist and Office of
the Chief Compliance Officer were also engaged. In 2015 this included 432 contracts totalling nearly
€15 million for the Banking departments, 717 contracts totalling €20.9 million awarded by OGC for
retention of outside counsel, which are recovered from clients as part of transaction costs, and 136
contracts for nearly €5 million for non-Banking teams. See Annex 8(b) for more detail.
3.3 Public Sector Loan Proceeds
As contracts funded from loan proceeds are dependent on the pace of investment operation
implementation their overall value inevitably fluctuates from year to year. In 2015, 14 contracts for
consultancy services totalling €10.8 million funded by loan proceeds of public sector operations were
awarded by the Bank’s borrowers following the Bank’s PP&R. In 2014, 21 consultancy contracts with a
total value of €25 million were funded by loan proceeds.
4 Consultants Engaged for Operational and Institutional Needs
Consultants are engaged to support either EBRD’s operational or institutional requirements. In 2015,
over 95 per cent of the value of all consultancy contracts were for the Bank’s operational needs, i.e. in
relation either to specific operations, including project preparation and project implementation
loan/transaction assistance to the Bank’s clients, or for assistance with the Bank’s key programmes,
facilities and initiatives.
4.1 Consultant Contracts Supporting EBRD’s Operational Needs
In 2015, 2,611 contracts totalling €161.9 million were awarded for the Bank’s operational needs. These
included 14 contracts (€10.8 million) funded by loan proceeds in public sector operations, and 609
contracts (€17.4 million) for retention of outside counsel by OGC. In 2015, TC Team also managed the
selection and engagement of 7 consultancy contracts totalling €0.3 million supporting EBRD’s Nuclear
Safety programme.1
Among the Bank’s CoO the largest value of contracts for operational needs, excluding regional projects,
was supporting TC projects in Ukraine (€14.7 million), followed by Turkey (€14.2 million) and
1 Procurement Policy Department oversees and administers grant agreements contracted by the Nuclear Safety Department. These grant
agreements are reported in the Annual Procurement Review.
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Kazakhstan (€11.7 million). Figure 8 shows the ten CoO in which the highest cumulative values of
consultancy contracts were based and sets this against the 2014 figures for the same countries.
By region, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus had the highest value of contracts (€38.2 million), followed
by Central Asia (€32.3 million) and South Eastern Europe (€26.4 million). Contracts supporting the
Bank’s activities in the SEMED region further rose to 12 per cent of the total value (a 210 per cent
increase in value since 2012).
Based on guidance from the Board of Directors, the Bank did not approve new investment projects in
Russia in 2015. However, in 2015 there were 134 consultancy contracts with a total value of €3.7
million awarded for projects in Russia, the majority of which were for lender engineering services,
nominee directors’ appointments and specialist advisory services in relation to the Bank’s existing
investment portfolio in the country.
In 2015, three sectors, Small Business, Municipal and Environmental Infrastructure and Sustainable
Resource, collectively accounted for 62 per cent of all contracts for operational needs by number and 55
per cent by value.1 The most significant sector by volume of contracts processed was Small Business -
44 per cent of all contracts (871 in total), but these represented only 12 per cent (€17.2 million) by value.
Municipal and Environmental Infrastructure was the largest sector by value of contracts processed,
accounting for just over a quarter of the total portfolio (€38.5m) (Figures 9 and 10).
1 Excluding those contracts awarded by OGC.
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4.2 Consultant Contracts Supporting the Bank’s Institutional Needs
In 2015, 213 contracts totalling €7.8 million were awarded in support of the Bank’s institutional needs.
These included business development consultants as well as specialised expertise to provide on-going
technical support to the Banking teams.
Of the 213 contracts awarded in support of institutional needs, 35 contracts totalling €2.1 million were
awarded to consultants performing services at the Bank’s offices (Table 2). These Consultants brought
specialist expertise to the Bank in economics and in sectors including small business and natural
resource management.
Table 2. Contracts with Individual Consultants by EBRD Teams, 2015
Department Value (€) Number
Policy & Partnerships (including Country & Sector
Economics, Donor Co-Financing, External Action &
Political Affairs & Nuclear Safety)
656,011 11
Office of the Chief Compliance Officer 597,000 6
Small Business 287,870 7
Office of the Chief Economist 249,864 7
Industry, Commerce & Agribusiness 111,230 1
Operational Strategy and Planning 88,760 1
Office of the General Counsel (Legal Transition) 74,300 1
Energy Efficiency and Climate Change 3,930 1
2,068,965 35
Agribusiness 3%
Financial Institutions 7%
Legal Transition 3%
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Small Business 44%
Sustainable Resources 6%
Transport 5%
Other 20%
Figure 9: 2015 Contracts by Sector and Number
Agribusiness 1%
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Legal Transition 4%
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Small Business 12%
Sustainable Resources 16%
Transport 14%
Other 18%
Figure 10: 2015 Contracts by Sector and Value
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5 Consultant Selection
5.1 Selection Methods
Consultant selection procedures for the EBRD and its Clients are defined in the PP&R.1 For low value
assignments a qualified consultant may be selected directly.2 For higher value assignments consultant
selection should follow a competitive procedure, either a selection from a shortlist3 or evaluation of
proposals.4 The Bank’s PP&R, Section 5.9 stipulates when it may be necessary or advantageous to
engage or continue to engage with a specific consultant rather than performing a competitive procedure.5
Contracts awarded under Section 5.9 are justified by the teams and approved by the TC Review
Committee (“TC Com”) for donor funded TC contracts and by TC Team for Bank funded contracts on a
case-by-case basis. For details see Annex 2.
This chapter begins by providing an overview of selection methods for all contracts covered by this
report. It then continues to explore selection method by funding source and by function. Donor funded
TC contracts are procured under the management of the TC Team. The Bank budget funded contracts
which are the subject of this Report are procured under the management of TC Team and OGC. The
loan funded contracts are procured by the EBRD’s Clients under the oversight of the Procurement
Policy Department.
5.2 Selection Overview
In 2015, competitive selection methods were used to award almost 67 per cent by value of all contracts
(€114.3 million), a slight increase from 66 per cent in 2014 (€109.4 million). Figure 11 shows the
breakdown by selection method over the past five years, demonstrating broadly consistent proportions
across selection methods over this period.
1 See the Bank’s PP&R available at http://www.ebrd.com/news/publications/policies/procurement-policies-and-rules.html. 2 See Section 5.3(a) of the Bank’s PP&R. 3 Section 5.3(c) of the Bank’s PP&R: for contracts estimated to cost €75,000 or more with individuals, selection is made on the basis of an
evaluation of short-listed, qualified candidates and the rationale for the choice is recorded. For contracts with firms that are estimated to
cost €75,000 or more and less than €300,000, a short list of qualified firms is prepared. The selection is based on an evaluation of the short-
listed firms’ proven experience and current expertise related to the assignment. The selected consultant is invited to submit a proposal and
to contract negotiations. 4 Section 5.3(d) of the Bank’s PP&R: major contracts with firms estimated to cost €300,000 or more normally follow a competitive
procedure based on invited proposals from a short list of three to six qualified firms. 5 Section 5.9 of the Bank’s PP&R permits direct selection when: (a) the consultant has unique expertise or experience; (b) the consultant
has been or is involved in the early phases of the project such as feasibility or design and it has been determined that continuity is necessary
and no advantage would be gained from following competitive procedures; or (c) additional services not included in the original contract
have, through unforeseen circumstances, become necessary for the performance of the contracted services, on condition that those
additional services cannot be technically or economically separated from the original contract without major inconvenience to the
contracting authorities or when such services, although separable from the performance of the original contract, are strictly necessary for its
completion. In such cases the consultant in question may be invited to submit a proposal and a contract negotiated directly.
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5.3 Selection Methods by Funding Source
The distribution of selection methods by funding source for contracts awarded in 2015 was very similar
to that for 2014 (see Figure 12).
5.3.1 Donor Funded Contracts The most notable year-on-year change was in the use of evaluation of
proposals for donor or special funds TC contracts, which increased in value from €50.3m (or 50 per cent
of all such funded contracts) in 2014 to €67.5m (57 per cent) in 2015. This is consistent with the
growing use of donor funds and increasing average value of donor funded contracts. Correspondingly,
the use of direct selection methods for donor funded contracts reduced to 25 percent (€29 million) in
2015, from 30 per cent (€29.9 million) the previous year. Within this, the sharpest reduction was in the
use of Direct Selection under PP&R 5.9. See Annex 2(a) and 3 for additional detail.
5.3.2 Bank Funded Contracts 2015 saw a slight decrease in the share of contracts awarded under
direct selection but a rise in the value of contracts awarded directly under PP&R 5.9. There was also a
reduction from €2.3 million to €0.6 million in the value of contracts issued following evaluation of
proposals. Although several evaluations of proposals were carried out for Bank funded projects in 2015
their value is not reflected in Figure 12 as Framework Agreements are zero valued in this report. Annex
2(d) provides additional detail.
5.3.3 Public Sector Loans These financed 14 consultancy contracts totalling almost €10.8 million in
2015. 99 per cent of these contracts by value were awarded following competitive selection.
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5.4 Selection Methods by Function
5.4.1 Engagement of Technical Cooperation Support In 2015, TC team managed the selection and
engagement of 2,093 contracts, with a total value of €138 million, up from 2,005 contracts with a value
of €124.3 million in 2014. 86 per cent of these contracts were financed with donor funds (see section
5.3.1). The remainder were financed with Bank funds, with selection following the Bank’s PP&R; 56
per cent used a direct selection method, 41 per cent used selection from shortlist and 3 per cent
evaluation of proposals. As the Bank’s budget is used for lower value assignments (an average of
€35,100 in 2015), selection from shortlist is the most common competitive approach for these contracts.
5.4.1.1 Consultants Contracted as Individuals For TC consultants contracted as individuals, there was
an increase in direct selection from 60 per cent in 2014 to 66 per cent in 2015. As per the Bank’s PP&R,
the most competitive selection method for individual consultants is selection from a shortlist. Figure 13
shows that a large share (76 per cent) of individual consultancy contracts awarded through Direct
Selection related to SBS Contracts and, in particular, to the engagement of Team Coordinators, Senior
Advisors and functional or technical Specialists in the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector.
Figure 13. Individual Consultants Contracts by Selection Method and Sector Type 2015
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Other sectors listed in Figure 13 also experienced an increase from 2014 in the number of contracts
issued through Direct Selection, specifically: a 20 per cent increase for Economic Reform; 28 per cent
for Finance and 46 per cent for Municipal Infrastructure.
5.4.1.2 Consultants Contracted as Firms EBRD contracts a large number of consulting firms to
support its TC and operational needs. The use of competitive selection methods with consulting firms is
much higher with 77 per cent by value of contracts for firms being awarded following competitive
processes (58 per cent by value of contracts were awarded as Evaluation of Proposals, which is the most
competitive method).
With respect to contracts issued by TC Team, the ten firms awarded the largest number of consultancy
contracts (Table 3) were collectively awarded 6 per cent of the total number of contracts. The average
value of contracts with the top-10 firms was €217,932 whereas the overall average value of all
consultancy contracts with firms generally was €109,976. Firms with the highest numbers of contracts
are multinationals with capacity to carry out several complex assignments simultaneously.
Table 3. Firms with Largest Number of Contract Awards (regardless of office location), 2015a
Consultancy Firm Areas of expertise Number of
Contracts Value (€)
PricewaterhouseCoopers Financial, accounting 20 2,403,136
Fichtner GMBH Engineering, environmental 19 5,946,438
Ernst & Young Financial, market research 16 2,361,027
KPMG Financial, accounting 15 1,775,859
WSP UK Limited Power & Energy, Municipal
Infrastructure
12 720,358
Mott MacDonald Limited Engineering, Industry 12 1,894,768
D’Appolonia Engineering, energy efficiency 9 2,776,835
BDO Financial, accounting 8 1,400,718
Frankfurt School of Finance Finance, SME 7 7,689,864
Citrus Partners Environmental and Social, transport 7 272,470
TOTAL 125 27,241,473 a This table excludes call-off notices under framework agreements.
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5.4.2 Engagement of Outside Legal Counsel In implementing Paragraph 5.6 of the PP&R, OGC
applies competitive procedures for assignments estimated to cost €75,000 or above. The shortlists of
firms to be invited to compete for individual assignments above that value are generated from firms
recorded in the OGC Database of Registered Law Firms. These firms have responded to the invitation
posted on the Bank’s website by providing an expression of interest (“EoI”) in EBRD assignments that
fall in their particular areas of expertise. Although for non-legal assignments invitations for EoI are
posted for each specific assignment, the general invitation of EoI for legal assignments on ebrd.com and
registration of responding firms on the OGC Database takes account of the following special
considerations:
i. A public invitation for EoI for each specific legal assignment would require the disclosure
of confidential or commercially sensitive client information and hence would not be
compatible with the Bank's obligation to preserve the confidentiality of such information.
ii. OGC's reliance on its Database of Registered Firms serves to streamline the competitive
selection of outside counsel. It also makes best use of OGC's expertise regarding the
capabilities of firms and practitioners operating in the Bank's countries of operations and
other significant jurisdictions.
The costs of engagement of outside counsel by OGC for operations funded from the Bank’s budget are
normally recovered from clients as part of transaction costs.
In 2015, OGC awarded 717 contracts totalling €20.9 million. This was a one per cent increase by
number and a 21 per cent increase by value from OGC’s 2014 contract awards (708 contracts totalling
€17.3 million). Eighty five per cent of contracts by number, totalling €17.3 million, financed legal
consultants for the Banking Department (compared with €16 million in 2014) with the balance of €3.6
million for legal advice for non-Banking departments (compared with €1.3 million in 2014).
OGC is responsible for reviewing every project undertaken by the Bank. For the majority of the Bank’s
projects OGC seeks outside counsel following the relevant selection method. Competitive selection
methods were used for 7 per cent of OGC’s contracts totalling €5.8 million (28 per cent of the total
value). The remaining 665 contracts totalling €15.1 million were awarded by direct selection from the
OGC database of registered law firms with 413 of these contracts being below €20,000. There were 186
direct selections and 28 extensions where the amount was higher than €20,000 but the overall amount
remained below €75,000. Section 5.9 of the Bank’s PP&R was applied for 49 contract extensions (19
of which were for extension amounts below €20,000) totalling €3.1 million.1
5.4.3 Small Business Support2 In 2015, a total of 869 SBS contracts for €11.1 million were awarded
including contracts for the Enterprise Growth Programme (“EGP”) Team Coordinators, and Market
Development Activities consultants. As most SBS contracts were within the direct selection threshold,
this method was used for 93 per cent of contracts (€10.3 million) with the balance of contracts selected
from a shortlist. In 2014, a total of 779 contracts for €11.8 million were awarded for SBS, with 80 per
cent of the value of contracts (€9.4 million) awarded directly and the balance of contracts selected from
shortlist.
1 Extensions of direct selections typically resulted in the following situations that could not be anticipated at the time of the initial
engagement: in banking operations, changes in proposed structure and additional due diligence requirements, post-signature amendments
and other operational changes; corporate recovery matters; and HR-related litigation. 2 Contracts awarded for the SBS programme are also included in the data presented in section 5.4.1. Because of the volume of small
business support activity, data is represented separately here. With the exception of Business Advisory Services (“BAS”) consultants, the
TC Team is responsible for the engagement of consultants for small business support.
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Following Internal Audit’s recommendation, with the exception of Business Advisory Services (“BAS”)
consultants, the TC Team is now responsible for the engagement of consultants for small business
support. Figure 14 shows the number of SBS contracts issued from 2012 onwards and also plots the
percentage change in comparison to 2012, the first complete year for which TC Team assumed
responsibility. Numbers of contracts issued have risen steeply in the last two years with the number of
contracts issued in 2015 increasing by 26% relative to the number issued in 2012.
6 Nationality of Consultants
6.1 Overview
The Bank’s PP&R requires open international competition in selecting consultants. In this regard, the
intention of the PP&R is to achieve a wide nationality spread among consultants, including those from
the Bank’s CoO. For consultancy contracts financed with donor funds, these policies have been followed
to the extent that they do not conflict with donor agreements on the use of such funds.
The nationality of an individual consultant is based on the nationality stated in their curriculum vitae and
confirmed in their passport. For reporting purposes, the nationality of a consulting firm is based on the
country where its office is located as stated in the selection documentation (e.g. proposals) received by
EBRD. With increased globalisation reflected in consulting firms establishing offices across EBRD’s
CoO, firms are able to bid for EBRD work from locations most advantageous to winning contracts.1
This applies not only to the larger multinational consulting firms, but increasingly to local consulting
firms in CoO who first expand to neighbouring countries and then to other countries in their immediate
region. Consequently, the nationality data in this section needs to be read with the above in mind.
1 Section 5.4 of the Bank’s PP&R states: “Short lists of consultants shall normally include no less than three and no more than six qualified
and experienced consultants (individuals or firms, as the case may be). The list shall normally comprise a wide geographic spread of
consultants, including wherever possible at least one qualified consultant from one of the Bank’s countries of operations and normally no
more than two from any one country”.
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6.2 Restrictions on Use of Funds
Donor agreements may have included Tied funding, which only allowed participation by consultants of
the donor’s nationality. Where no such restriction was applied, funding is categorised as Untied. Tied
funding normally allowed for local consultants from the CoO where the project takes place or from any
other CoO to participate in the assignments by allocating between 10 per cent and 50 per cent of the
funds, either through a consortium with a firm of the nationality of the donor or on a stand-alone basis.
The Bank committed itself to untying all procurement of consultancy services financed by donor funds
by the end of 2015. Indeed, since 2011, the Bank has only accepted new tied funds on an exceptional
basis and with a higher management fee. Although all tied procurement exercises have now been
completed, a number of competitively selected contracts under these processes remain to be awarded in
2016. This means that an element of Tied funding will continue to be reported in 2016 and beyond as
these final contracts (including call-offs under framework agreements) are awarded.
In 2015, the total value of contracts funded by donors with Untied funding provided through 70
contribution agreements was €100 million. This represented a €14.4 million increase compared to 2014
(€85.6 million) and around the same in percentage terms (85 per cent in 2015 compared to 86 per cent in
2014). Over the past five years this proportion has fluctuated annually from 79 per cent to the highest of
86 per cent in 2014 as more donors untie their funding. See Annex 4(a).
The total value of contracts awarded using Tied donor funding rose in value from €14.1 million in 2014
to €17.9 million1 in 2015, although remaining largely unchanged in percentage terms (15 per cent
compared to 14 per cent the previous year). The key factor in this increase in value was the end of tied
funding.
Open and targeted selection An open consultant selection process refers to assignments that are open
to consultants of all nationalities without any eligibility restrictions to participate. Targeted consultant
selection is a competitive selection process where eligibility to participate is restricted to consultants
from the donor country as specified under the relevant contribution agreement. This is stated under the
“Eligibility Requirements” section in consultant procurement notices. For competitively awarded
assignments funded by donor funds where the donors confirm their decision to provide funding prior to
commencement of the consultant selection process, EBRD ensures economy, efficiency, transparency
and donor visibility by stating the source of funding and applicable requirements in the procurement
notice inviting expressions of interest. In 2015 there were 30 consultancy assignments awarded
following competitive consultant selection processes targeted specifically at consultants from the TC
Donor countries. For details see Annex 5.
In addition to the targeted selections which resulted in consultancy contracts awarded in 2015, there
were 53 targeted selections ongoing at the end of 2015, with a combined value of €31.2 million (Annex
4(b)). It is anticipated that the majority of these processes will be finalised in 2016 and the resulting
contracts will be reported on in the 2016 Report. In total there were 27 Evaluation of Proposal
procedures and 26 Selection from Shortlist procedures
6.3 Consultants’ Nationality
1 The figures for Tied funding include what had been classified in previous reports as ‘Semi-untied’, meaning donor funds carrying only
broad nationality restrictions or those with restrictions applied to a portion of the funds provided. DCF have ceased to use this definition
and therefore for consistency all ‘Semi-untied’ funds have been reclassified as Tied.
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EBRD and its clients engaged individual consultants and firms representing 76 nationalities in 2015. For
details see Annex 6.
British consultants remained at the top of both the individual and firm consultant nationality tables by
value of consultancy awards. The 653 contracts totalling €37.1 million awarded to British consultants
included 192 contracts totalling €10.9 million for engagement of outside counsel by OGC, and 116
contracts totalling €1.9 million for provision of management and specialist industry advice for the SBS
programme.
Of the 653 contract awards to British consultants, the 10 highest value contracts accounted for €6.9
million or approximately 19 per cent of the British total. Large firms based in the United Kingdom and
consortia of firms led by British partners won contracts in the sustainable energy investment, municipal
infrastructure, transport and other sectors.
In 2015, the five nationalities receiving the highest cumulative value of consultancy contracts —British,
German, Austrian, Turkish and Italian—accounted for 53 per cent of the total value of consultancy
contract awards by the EBRD and its clients (Table 4).
Table 4. Five Countries Receiving the Highest Cumulative Value of Consultancy Contracts, 2015
Nationality Number Value (€) % of
total
value
Funding Sources
(per cent of value)
Consultant
Selection Methods
(per cent of value)
Main Areas of Expertise
British 653 37,104,877 22%
Donor funds – 45%
Bank budget – 55%
Loan funded – <1%
Direct – 46%
Competitive – 54%
Legal, engineering,
environmental, integrity &
compliance, HR,
procurement
German 124 23,408,433 14%
Donor funds – 74%
Bank budget – 5%
Loan funded – 21%
Direct – 12%
Competitive – 88%
Technical, engineering,
management, finance,
environmental
Austrian 62 12,014,728 7%
Donor funds – 98%
Bank budget – 2%
Loan funded – 0%
Direct – 11%
Competitive – 89%
Environment, engineering,
finance, banking
Turkish 80 9,790,632 6%
Donor funds – 90%
Bank budget – 10%
Loan funded – 0%
Direct – 15%
Competitive – 85%
Environmental, engineering,
legal, economics
Italian 105 7,582,839 4%
Donor funds – 77%
Bank budget – 7%
Loan funded – 16%
Direct – 30%
Competitive – 70%
Environmental, engineering,
small business
German consultants were engaged in a wide spectrum of projects, mainly in the sectors of municipal
infrastructure, power and energy, sustainable energy investment, small and medium enterprises and
financial institutions. The largest Austrian contracts were mainly performed in Tajikistan, Ukraine and
Western Balkans region. 93 per cent of the total number of contracts won by Austrian consultants was in
the power and energy, sustainable energy investment and municipal infrastructure sectors. Out of the
total value of contracts awarded to Turkish consultants, Framework Contracts in the sustainable energy
investment sector accounted for 42 per cent. Italian firms and consortia of firms led by Italian partners
won contracts in many different sectors including power and energy, small and medium enterprises,
sustainable energy investment and transport.
Table 5 presents the nationality breakdown for firms and individuals but excludes loan funded contracts
and contract awards by OGC to show contracts awarded by TC Team only (see also section 6.3.2).
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British consultants were awarded 19 per cent by value of consultancy contracts for individual
consultants (€4 million), the remaining 81 per cent of individual consultant contracts were spread across
60 other nationalities. With regard to contracts for firms British consultants were awarded 19 per cent by
value of consultancy contracts (€22.1 million), the remaining 81 per cent was spread across 62 other
nationalities.
Table 5. Contracts with Individual Consultants vs Firms, 2015
Nationality
Individuals Value (€) Number
Total
value %
Nationality of
Firm Value (€) Number
Total value
%
1 British 4,011,707 140 19.14% 1 British 22,138,369 320 18.92% 2 German 1,337,822 57 6.38% 2 German 16,967,356 62 14.50% 3 American 1,100,283 39 5.25% 3 Austrian 11,697,301 42 10.00% 4 Italian 1,061,310 54 5.06% 4 Turkish 8,571,275 28 7.32% 5 Dutch 838,662 55 4.00% 5 Italian 5,114,529 44 4.37% 6 Japanese 709,299 32 3.38% 6 Greek 4,053,827 21 3.46% 7 Russian 683,361 45 3.26% 7 Swiss 3,902,296 14 3.33% 8 Finnish 677,271 36 3.23% 8 Romanian 3,720,297 21 3.18% 9 Canadian 667,666 33 3.19% 9 Russian 3,137,107 19 2.68% 10 French 623,750 27 2.98% 10 Belgian 3,027,243 18 2.59% 11 Turkish 521,503 17 2.49% 11 Finnish 2,826,978 24 2.42% 12 Irish 473,326 42 2.26% 12 Czech 2,631,843 15 2.25% 13 Ukrainian 439,175 28 2.10% 13 Danish 2,568,109 13 2.19% 14 Polish 439,009 15 2.09% 14 Bulgarian 2,495,121 11 2.13% 15 Serbian 430,401 37 2.05% 15 French 2,242,588 27 1.92% 16 Lithuanian 425,122 7 2.03% 16 Dutch 1,986,221 35 1.70% 17 Egyptian 383,134 6 1.83% 17 Spanish 1,923,717 22 1.64% 18 Swedish 344,947 13 1.65% 18 Kazakh 1,539,709 20 1.32% 19 Greek 340,447 23 1.62% 19 Japanese 1,517,948 4 1.30% 20 Bosnian 336,918 44 1.61% 20 UAE
AEmmiratesUnitd
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5,117,087 279 21%
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63 Others
13,452,028.78 301 11.50%
Total 20,962,198 1,029 100% Total 117,014,244 1064 100%
Note: OGC and loan funded contracts are excluded.1 The total may not equal 100% due to rounding of figures.
6.3.1 Consultants from the Bank’s CoO In 2015, 1,221 contracts totalling €51.3 million were
awarded to local consultants (these included 482 contracts for local legal consultants engaged by OGC
with a total value of €8.9 million). This represented an increase of 17 per cent in value and eight per cent
in number over 2014 when 1,131 contracts totalling €43.9 million were awarded. Excluding consultants
engaged by OGC, 739 contracts for a combined value of €42.4m were awarded, an increase of 24 per
cent by value and 17 per cent by number compared to 2014.
Turkish (€9.8 million), Russian2 (€5.1 million), Romanian (€4.7 million), Greek (€4.5 million) and
Ukrainian (€2.9 million) consultants had the highest value of contract awards. Contract awards to these
five nationalities accounted for 53 per cent of the value of contract awards to local consultants.
Consultants bidding from the SEMED region were awarded 59 contracts totalling €2.9 million. For more
details see Annex 7.
Consultants from CoO participated in projects in both their domestic markets and in neighbouring
countries. They also participated through the Bank’s PP&R, winning contracts in the Bank’s CoO
against international competition.
1 The nationality of law firms retained by OGC (by the firm’s office location) is provided in Table 6. 2 The EBRD remains present in Russia to support existing projects and our clients. However, the Bank is currently not in a position to
undertake any new business there due to guidance given by the majority of the EBRD’s Board of Directors, who in July 2014 indicated to
the EBRD’s Management that, for the time being, they would be unable to approve new investments in the Russian Federation.
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As nationality data is based on the location of the bid/contract address of the lead firm that is being
contracted it is expected that local consultant participation is wider than reported. However, it is
difficult to access accurately information regarding local consultants that were sub-contracted by lead
firms directly engaged by the Bank and its clients, or those participating in the Bank’s assignments as
non-lead members of consortia. The Bank is currently enhancing its system functionalities to be able to
capture and report on nationality of lead firms and also of associated firms linked to the lead firm. It is
hoped that for the 2016 Report this detail will be available for both procurement and contracts awarded:
at the procurement stage for some of the competitive procurement selections run in eSelection (the
EBRD electronic procurement system for consultancy services) and for all contracts awarded by the
EBRD or its clients.
As part of its effort to encourage local and wider participation, in 2015 TC Team conducted 28 outreach
and consultant workshops to enable consultants to participate in the Bank’s consulting opportunities
(Table 12). 14 of these events were in the Bank’s CoO.
6.3.2 Nationality of Outside Legal Counsel In terms of consultant nationality, law firms based in the
UK had the highest share of the value and number of OGC contract awards, receiving 52 per cent of the
total number awarded, up from 38 per cent in 2015. The top six consultant nationalities were awarded
contracts totalling more than €15.7 million, 75 per cent of the total value (Table 6).
Table 6. OGC Contracts by Consultants’ Office Location, 2015
Ranking Consultant Nationality
(location of office) Value, € Number
per cent of
total value
1 United Kingdom 10,865,860.99 192 51.95
2 Russian Federation 1,290,587.53 51 6.17
3 Ukraine 1,177,621.03 57 5.63
4 Kazakhstan 1,000,898.80 39 4.80
5 Turkey 697,854.56 35 3.34
6 Poland 669,706.94 25 3.20
7 Romania 573,745.22 31 2.74
8 France 417,500.00 6 2.0
9 Cyprus 378,220.98 19 1.81
10 Serbia 337,255.00 26 1.61
11 Croatia 309,430.00 21 1.48
12 Georgia 283,450.00 18 1.36
13 Morocco 256,595.51 4 1.23
Others 2,655,503.13 193 12.68
Total 20,914,229.69 717 100%
OGC retained approximately 240 distinct firms/offices for 717 assignments, averaging three
assignments per firm/office. Most of the law firms awarded the largest number and value of contracts
are international firms with offices in more than one country and capacity to carry out several
assignments simultaneously (Table 7).
Table 7. Law Firms Receiving the Largest Number of OGC Contracts in 2015
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Law Firm Value, € Number
Dentons 1,247,178.81 50
Clifford Chance 1,614,890.14 31
Bird & Bird 743,427.83 29
CMS 635,236.25 27
Harrisons 336,850.00 21
Allen & Overy 722,518.15 18
Gide Loyrette Nouel 270,977.81 18
Baker Botts 591,263.12 17
DLA Piper 560,449.22 16
Begiashvili & Co Limited 264,950.00 16
For legal assignments in EBRD’s CoO, Law firms/offices were awarded 705 contracts totalling €19.7
million or 94 per cent of the total value of OGC’s 2015 contracts. Legal assignments in the top five CoO
accounted for 50.5 per cent of the total value of contracts for CoO assignments. These five countries all
had over €1 million in total contracts, with Ukraine leading with €2.7 million followed by Turkey and
Egypt with around €2.4 million and €1.8 respectively (Table 8).
Table 8. OGC Contracts by Assignment Location (by Country of Operations), 2015
Country of
Operation Value, € Number
% of
Total
Value
Country of
Operation Value, € Number
% of
Total
Value
Ukraine 2,667,346.88 94 13.55 Cyprus 285,800.00 6 1.45
Turkey 2,359,415.35 60 11.99 Georgia 278,450.00 15 1.42
Egypt 1,845,340.52 27 9.38 Hungary 267,759.21 5 1.36
Regional* 1,541,002.06 44 7.83 Bulgaria 252,225.00 18 1.28
Kazakhstan 1,527,425.49 59 7.76 Slovenia 235,475.00 4 1.20
Russian Federation 1,519,517.02 65 7.72 Armenia 176,428.03 14 0.90
Poland 671,636.00 22 3.41 Moldova 174,243.29 12 0.89
Romania 650,763.81 37 3.31 FYR Macedonia 173,750.00 8 0.88
Jordan 614,354.45 9 3.12 Bosnia & Herzegovina 162,550.00 10 0.83
Mongolia 565,813.33 18 2.88 Albania 140,717.43 16 0.72
Morocco 475,612.16 9 2.42 Kyrgyz Republic 139,575.18 11 0.71
Montenegro 470,400.00 8 2.39 Tajikistan 109,310.16 13 0.56
Serbia 454,750.00 23 2.30 Latvia 60,900.00 6 0.30
Azerbaijan 366,167.85 22 1.86 Kosovo 45,000.00 6 0.23
Belarus 357,191.45 19 1.82 Lithuania 34,152.30 3 0.17
Croatia 356,977.90 25 1.81 Turkmenistan 24,888.43 2 0.13
Estonia 331,700.00 7 1.69 Tunisia 23,000.00 2 0.12
Greece 310,000.00 4 1.58 Uzbekistan 5,212.96 2 0.03
Total 19,674,851.26 705 100% * Regional=assignments across more than one country
6.3.3 Nationality of consultants supporting SBS activities By nationality, British, Dutch and German
consultants supporting SBS activities in 2015 topped the list (Table 9).
Table 9. SBS Contracts by Consultant Nationality, 2015
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Nationality Value, € Number Nationality Value, € Number
British 1,862,653 116 Bosnian 310,678 46
Dutch 891,921 67 Japanese 293,782 29
German 801,834 47 French 266,731 17
American 549,554 29 Danish 263,580 17
Finnish 532,657 45 Egyptian 204,100 6
Italian 524,240 43 Spanish 203,338 20
Canadian 447,601 28 Austrian 196,943 16
Greek 415,362 27 Turkish 193,966 8
Irish 412,564 40 Others 2,092,020 199
Serbian 364,050 38
Russian 314,067 31 Total 11,141,641 869
The SBS team are constantly looking to expand their network of advisers with expertise from every
sector, industry, and specialisation and there is a permanent invitation on their webpage for consultants
to register in the database of advisers.1 The Team are also making use of a Small Business Page on
LinkedIn which now has 1680 members (an increase of 1300 on 2014). Through publishing details of
many of their projects, the page acts as an advert for the Team’s work both in terms of what has been
done and what is planned. This in itself is bringing new potential advisers into the database.
Business Advisory Service (“BAS”) project consultants are contracted by BAS clients who are the
beneficiaries of the services. Grant agreements for the part payment of donor funds are prepared by the
local BAS teams in their offices in CoO. In 2015, 1,782 Grant Agreements were signed by the Bank for
BAS projects totalling €9.29 million. Client cost sharing is essential to the BAS business model. The
total net value of the underlying consultancy assignments amounted to €17.1 million with BAS clients
paying the balance of €7.81 million. These figures represent a two per cent increase in both number and
value of Grant Agreements signed by the Bank for BAS projects compared to 2014 (1,747 agreements
totalling €8.78 million with the total net value of the underlying consultancy assignments amounting to
€16.71 million). The clients’ cost sharing contribution decreased slightly from 47 per cent in 2014 to 46
per cent in 2015.
7 Consultancy Contracting Type
7.1 Contracting by the Bank’s Clients
Consultants engaged to provide services in support of operations may be selected and managed by the
Bank or its clients. This decision is justified in a TC request and approved by TC Com. Contracting by
the Bank’s clients, which normally occurs in transactional TCs, is an important instrument in the
provision of technical assistance and is formalised, including respective roles and responsibilities,
through a type of contract known as a Grant Agreement between the Bank and its client.
Where client contracting is approved, clients select, engage and manage consultants in accordance with
the Bank’s PP&R and donor requirements. The TC Team advises and assists the clients on all aspects of
management of TC assignments and ensures compliance with the Bank’s PP&R, including providing
necessary documents and templates, assistance in formulating consultants’ terms of reference, drafting
and publishing procurement notices, issuing requests for proposals, preparing consultancy contracts and
funding agreements and coordinating the administration of consultancy contracts. In certain
circumstances, with the approval of TC Com, the Bank may conduct the selection process on behalf of
the client, with the client signing the consultancy contract.
1 http://www.ebrd.com/work-with-us/advice-for-small-businesses/international-advisers.html%20
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Figure 15. Typical Client-Bank-Consultant Roles
The Bank also makes payments directly to
consultants upon receipt of a statement of
approval signed by the clients. This structure
ensures the Bank avoids a conflict of interest as
the Bank is simultaneously the lender and the
party managing consultants during project
implementation (Figure 15). It also enables
capacity building as most often donor funded
TC assignments are implemented prior to
procurement of contracts under loan proceeds.
This enables EBRD to actively support new
clients in learning international procurement
and managing consultants, deepening client ownership of the assignment and contributing to transition
impact.
2015 saw a 15 percent increase in the number of Grant Agreements awarded (from 98 to 113). The
combined value of these contracts also rose by 46 per cent compared to 2014 (from €23.7 million to
€34.5 million), (Table 10).1 2015 saw both the highest number of Grant Agreements and the highest
cumulative value in the past five years. Eight Grant Agreements with particularly high values (from €1
million up to €2 million) were awarded in the Power and Energy, Transport and Municipal and
Environmental Infrastructure sectors, accounting for approximately 31 per cent of the total value of
Grant Agreement in 2015.
Table 10. Grant Agreements with Clients, 2011–2015
Year No. of Grant
Agreements
Change relative to
previous year (%)
Value, €
millions
Change relative to
previous year (%)
Average value of
Grant Agreement (€)
2011 104 n/a 29.9 n/a 288,076
2012 82 -21% 25.4 -15% 309,878
2013 99 +21% 32.1 +26% 323,838
2014 98 -1% 23.7 -26% 242,100
2015 113 +15% 34.5 +46% 305,322
In 2015 Clients from 19 of the Bank’s CoO managed contracts. The five largest by cumulative value
were Kazakhstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Egypt and Kosovo. Together they accounted for 51 per cent of
the total value and 39 per cent of the total number of contracts, meaning that the average contract value
for these countries was significantly higher than that for all countries (Figure 162 and Annex 2(e)).
1 These figures exclude the 1,782 grant agreements totalling €9.3 million entered into with BAS clients, as their average agreement value
would distort downwards the overall average (please see Section 6.3.3 for details). 2 Figure 16 includes data for regional projects which are being implemented across more than one CoO.
Client
Original invoice
Payment of InvoicesConsultantBank
Grant Agreement
Copy invoice
Contract for
Consultancy ServicesStatement of
Approval
Client
Original invoice
Payment of InvoicesConsultantBank
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7.2 Framework Contracts and Framework Agreements
Framework Contracts and Framework Agreements are used by the Bank as instruments for retention of
consultants for repetitive, similar assignments requiring the same expertise. Following competitive
selection, consultants are awarded framework contracts or agreements with broad terms of reference
defining the nature and scope of the services required. The use of frameworks enables procurement to be
carried out earlier, facilitating rapid consultant mobilisation once specific service requirements are
finalised, and provides an efficient contracting instrument.
The key distinction between a framework agreement and a framework contract is that the framework
agreement does not have a committed budget (ceiling on value) when the framework agreement is
entered into. For further details see Annex 9 and Annex 10. The most notable framework agreements are
those under the Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (see section 7.2.1 for more detail).
In general the combined number of framework agreements and contracts issued over the past five
years has been very consistent. The number of framework agreements issued in 2015 rose by four (or
12 percent) in comparison with 2014 and the number of framework contracts issued in 2015 rose by two
(or 17 percent) (Figure 17).
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€ 3,000,000
€ 4,000,000
€ 5,000,000
Figure 16 Client Selected and Managed Contracts by Country, 2015 (Value €)
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Framework consultants are only mobilised as and when the Bank identifies the requirement for a
specific assignment and awards a call-off notice (either directly or following evaluation of proposals
submitted by consultants with framework agreements) which contains the specific terms of reference
and budget for the assignment.
In 2015, 243 contracts totalling €11.4 million were awarded as call-offs under existing Framework
Agreements; this marked a reduction in comparison with 2014 of 15 per cent of call off numbers (285 in
2014) and seven per cent of value (€12.2 million in 2014). With regard to Framework Contracts, 73
contracts totalling €14.3 million were awarded as call-offs.1 This marked an increase in comparison with
2014 of 22 per cent of call-off numbers (60 in 2014) and of five per cent of value (€13.6 million in
2014).
For call-offs under existing framework agreements, 86 (for €7.2 million) were awarded following
competition among holders of framework agreements and 157 call-off notices (for €4.2 million) were
awarded by direct selection. Only 15 of 243 call-off notices under framework agreements exceeded
€75,000 (for €5.6 million) none of which were recorded as being awarded through direct selection under
Section 5.9 of the Bank’s PP&R, for details see Annex 11(a). The remaining 228 contracts had a
combined value of €5.8 million, with an average value of €25,398. 67 of these contracts, with a total
value of €1,450,658, were awarded to consultants under the six Bank funded Integrity Due Diligence
Agreements (average value of €21,652).
7.2.1 The Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (IPPF) has been designed by the Bank in the
context of an international push to accelerate infrastructure investment. Its main objective is to support
delivery mechanisms for project preparation in all infrastructure sub-sectors in all EBRD’s countries of
operations through improving efficiency, quality and replicability of infrastructure projects combined
with policy dialogue and institutional strengthening. A total of €40 million has been allocated to IPPF
from Bank net income under the Shareholder Special Fund.2
IPPF’s objectives will be delivered with the support of consultancy services provided under eight
competitively selected Framework Agreements:
1 Call-off notices under framework contracts are not included in the overall statistics to avoid double counting. 2 There was a third element to IPPF which covered (i) sponsored training; (ii) supporting CoOs more systematically in their efforts to
commercialise infrastructure and to introduce greater Private Sector Participation (“PSP”) where appropriate, and customer service
orientation within project’s operational approaches. This was not contracted on a framework basis.
46 42 43 34 38
7 9
15
12 14
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Figure 17 Number of Framework Agreements and Contracts, 2011-2015
Framework Contract
Framework Agreement
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i) Four Framework Agreements were awarded for the Sustainable Public Sector Infrastructure
Window (SIW) with reform-based objectives built into project structures, based on
commercialisation and institutional strengthening and with a geographical focus on all CoO, but
especially where traditional TC donor funds are constrained (i.e., Kazakhstan, Turkey,
Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia). The four successful lead firms were WS Atkins (UK),
Fichtner GmbH (Germany), Grontmij (Denmark – taken over by Sweco) and WSP (UK).
ii) A further four Framework Agreements were awarded for the Public–Private Partnership
Window (PPP Window) to structure robust PPPs, with standardised contractual structures to
foster private sector investment and broaden the pipeline and with a geographical focus on all
CoO, but especially where PPP markets are developing (e.g., Kazakhstan, Turkey, Central and
South-Eastern Europe). The four successful lead firms were Mazars LLP (UK), Castalia LLP
(US), KPMG AG (Germany) and PWC (UK).
Following the engagement of the framework consultants, the Bank launched a number of call-offs
(competitive selection through eSelection, all consultants under the relevant window were invited to
participate), two of which were contracted in 2015.1
8 Performance of Consultants
The performance of consultants financed by both donor funds and the Bank’s budget is recorded in the
Consultant Assignment Reporting (“CAR”) system by the Operation Leader for the consultancy contract
in question. The consultants’ performance is rated with respect to: technical competence, effectiveness,
efficient use of resources, relevance and quality of the deliverables, with the CAR system calculating an
overall satisfaction rating.
The TC Team is responsible for the evaluation of consultants’ performance.2 The CAR reports are used
internally and are intended to provide feedback on consultant performance to users of consultancy
services in the Bank and in order to detect and review cases of under-performance. The information is
essential for future selections and shortlisting of consultants.
CARs prepared by Operation Leaders in 2015 show that 99 per cent of all consultants met or exceeded
the expectations outlined in their terms of reference (Table 11).
Table 11. Satisfaction Rating in Consultant Assignment Completion Reports, 2015
Satisfaction rating range Donor Funds
(Number)
Donor Funds
(Percent)
Bank budget
(Number)
Bank budget
(Percent)
Unsatisfactory (0%–20%) 0 0 2 <1
Below Expectations (21%–40%) 3 2 4 <1
Met Expectations (41%–60%) 49 31 170 29
Exceeded Some Expectations (61–80%) 75 47 234 41
Exceeding all Expectations (81%–100%) 33 20 170 29
Total 160 100 580 100
1 IPPF: Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility: Egypt - Dry Port Project (PPP) (€1,480,120) and IPPF SIW: Infrastructure Project
Preparation Facility: Armenia - Yerevan Trolleybus Project - Technical Due Diligence (€285,335). 2 Although DCF retains responsibility for following up on Donor Funded CAR reports for assignments resulting from TC Com pre-July
2013. Those after July 2013 are monitored by TC Team.
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ANNEXES
Annex 1 Total Value and Number of Consultancy Contract Awards by Funding Source (Donor Funds, Bank Budget and
Loan Funded)
Annex 2 a. 2015 Consultancy Contract Awards by Consultant Selection Method (Value and Number)
b. Consultancy Contract Awards by Contract Type (Value and Number)
c. Donor Funded TC Contracts by Consultant Selection Method, 2013 - 2015
d. Bank’s Budget Funded Contracts by Consultant Selection Method, 2013 - 2015
e. Client Selected and Managed Contracts by Country, 2015
Annex 3 Top-10 Donor Funded TC Contracts under Section 5.9 of the Bank’s PP&R, 2015
Annex 4 a. Contracts Financed from Donor Funds, 2015
b. Ongoing Targeted Procurement as at 31 December 2015
Annex 5 Competitively Awarded Assignments Restricted to Consultants from Donor Country, 2015
Annex 6 a. 2015 Consultancy Contract Awards by Consultant Nationality (Value and Number)
b. 2015 Consultancy Contract Awards by Consultant Nationality and Selection Method (Value and Number)
c. Consultants’ Participation in Competitive Selection by Bidders’ Nationality for Consultancy Contract
Awards by TC Team in 2015
d. Contract Awards for Top 35 Firms (Value and Number)
Annex 7 Consultants from EBRD Countries of Operations in 2015 and 2014
Annex 8 a. 2015 Consultancy Contract Awards by Country of Operations (Value and Number)
b. 2015 Consultancy Contract Awards by EBRD Department (Value and Number)
Annex 9 Framework Agreements Awarded in 2015
Annex 10 Framework Contracts Awarded in 2015
Annex 11 a. Call-Off Notices greater than €75,000 Awarded under Framework Agreements, 2015
b. Top-10 Firms by Number of Call-off Notices under Framework Agreements, 2015
Annex 12 PISSA’s Issued in 2015
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Annex 1 Total Value and Number of Consultancy Contract Awards by Funding Source (Donor Funds, Bank Budget and Loan Funded)
Donor Funded
Bank Budget Loan Funded TOTAL
Value
(€m)
(A)
Number
(B)
Value
(€m)
(C)
Number
(D)
Value
(€m)
(E)
Number
(F)
Value (€m)
(A)+(C)+(E)
% Yr/Yr
Value
Increase
/Decrease
Number
(B)+(D)+(F)
% Yr/Yr
Number
Increase
/Decrease
2011 99.04 1,323 55.36 1,454 15.09 20 169.49 -3.15% 2,797 -0.82%
2012 89.31 1,172 55.37 1,575 23.39 17 168.07 -0.84% 2,764 -1.18%
2013 99.69 1,222 65.63 1,643 8.41 14 173.72 3.36% 2,879 4.16%
2014 99.71 1,356 41.81 1,357 25.04 21 166.56 -4.12% 2,734 -5.04%
2015 118.00 1,525 40.89 1,285 10.75 14 169.64 1.84% 2,824 3.32%
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Annex 2a. 2015 Consultancy Contract Awards by Consultant Selection Method (Value and Number)
Selection
Method
Original
Contracts /
Extensions to
Previous
Contract
Donor Funded Bank Budget Loan Funded TOTAL
(Donor, Bank Budget and Loan Funded Contracts)
Value (€)
(A)
Number
(B)
Value (€)
(C)
Number
(D)
Value (€)
(E)
Number
(F)
Value (€)
(A)+(C)+(E)
% of
Total
Value
Number
(B)+(D)+(F)
% of
Total
Number
Direct Selection
(< € 75K)
Original 19,123,542 784 16,748,675 738 84,055 2 35,956,272 22% 1,524 54%
Extensions 1 3,036,548 379 1,990,169 205 0 0 5,026,717 3% 584 21%
Direct Selection
(> € 75K as per
Section 5.9 (a),
(b) & (c) of the
Bank’s PP&R)
Original 1,756,566 13 1,653,355 13 0 0 3,409,921 2% 26 0.9%
Extensions2 5,068,915 46 5,906,943 99 0 0 10,975,858 6% 145 5%
Selection from
Shortlist
Original 20,451,727 134 7,039,751 121 332,008 4 27,823,485 16% 259 9%
Extensions3 1,012,967 36 6,955,079 97 0 0 7,968,046 5% 133 5%
Evaluation of
Proposals
Original 54,002,153 109 604,301 12 10,337,115 8 64,943,569 38% 129 5%
Extensions3 13,539,982 24 0 0 0 0 13,539,982 8% 24 0.9%
TOTAL 117,992,400 1,525 40,898,272 1,285 10,753,177 14 169,643,849 100% 2,824 100%
1 Aggregate value of a previous contract and a contract extension did not exceed €75K. 2 Aggregate value of a previous contract and an unforeseen contract extension exceeded €75K and was justified on the basis of Section 5.9 (a), (b) or (c) of the Bank’s PP&R. 3 Foreseen contract extensions to previous contracts awarded by Selection from Shortlist or Evaluation of Proposals.
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Annex 2b. 2015 Consultancy Contract Awards by Contracting Type (Value in € and Number)
1 The values and numbers of Call-Off Notices under Framework Contracts are not included in the total value of contracts to avoid double counting
(the values are recorded under Framework Contracts). 2 Framework Agreements are recorded as zero value.
Contract Type
Value (€m) Number % of Total Value
2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014
Standard Stand-alone Contracts
(including SBS contracts) 80.46 77.35 1,678 1,566 43.75 42.71
Contracts signed directly by the
Bank’s borrowers with use of public
sector loan proceeds
10.75 25.04 14 21 5.85 14.32
Retention of Outside Counsel by
OGC 20.91 17.27 717 708 11.37 9.54
Grant Agreements with the Bank’s
Client (Consultancy Contracts are
signed by the Bank’s Clients)
34.50 23.73 113 98 18.76 13.10
Call-Off Notices under Framework
Agreements 11.44 12.18 243 285 6.22 6.73
Call-Off Notices under Framework
Contracts1
14.27 13.63 73 60 7.76 7.53
Nuclear Safety Department 0.27 0.55 7 10 0.15 0.30
Framework Contracts 11.31 10.46 14 12 6.15 5.78
Framework Agreements2 0.00 0.00 38 34 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 183.91 180.21 2,897 2,794 100.00% 100%
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Annex 2c. Donor Funded TC Contracts by Consultant Selection Method, 2013 - 2015
2015 2014 2013
Value (€)
Total
Value
%
No
Value (€) Total
Value % No
Value (€)
Total
Value
%
No
Direct Selection
< €75K 22,160,089 19% 1,164 18,526,392 19% 996 16,987,473 17% 884
Direct Selection
under Section 5.9 6,825,482 6% 59 11,440,209 11% 61 5,519,391 6% 64
Selection from
Shortlist 21,464,693 18% 169 19,452,289 20% 187 14,536,246 15% 157
Evaluation of
Proposals 67,542,135 57% 133 50,289,298 50% 112 62,643,676 62% 117
117,992,400 100% 1,525 99,708,188 100% 1356 99,686,786 100% 1,222
Annex 2d. Bank’s Budget Funded Contracts by Consultant Selection Method, 2013 - 2015
2015 2014 2013
1
Value (€)
Total
Value
%
No
Value (€)
Total
Value
%
No
Value (€)
Total
Value
%
No
Direct Selection
< €75K 18,738,844 46% 943 19,891,329 48% 988 20,703,146 42% 995
Direct Selection
under Section 5.9 7,560,297 18% 112 5,202,896 12% 76 5,477,512 11% 96
Selection from
Shortlist 13,994,830 34% 218 14,455,133 35% 284 17,787,401 36% 328
Evaluation of
Proposals 604,301 2% 12 2,261,999 5% 9 5,720,456 11% 15
40,898,272 100% 1,285 41,811,357 100% 1,357 49,688,515 100% 1,434
1 Excluding contracts for five departments transferred to CPU.
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Annex 2e. Client Selected and Managed Contracts by Country, 2015
Country of Operation Value (€) Number
Kazakhstan 5,407,595 13
Moldova 3,355,418 10
Tajikistan 3,137,988 8
Egypt 3,082,084 8
Kosovo 2,511,477 5
Kyrgyz Republic 2,291,398 10
Regional 2,060,875 3
FYR Macedonia 1,876,792 6
Bosnia & Herzegovina 1,697,764 7
Armenia 1,649,769 7
Albania 1,208,000 2
Ukraine 1,199,095 6
Romania 1,089,735 6
Turkey 920,955 4
Serbia 852,066 4
Croatia 834,855 4
Russian Federation 540,500 1
Bulgaria 380,070 5
Montenegro 331,000 2
Georgia 73,925 2
TOTAL 34,501,361 113
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Annex 3 Top-10 Donor Funded TC Contracts under Section 5.9 of the Bank’s PP&R, 2015
Assignment
Contract
Amount
(€)
Consultant Name /
Nationality Funding Source Notes
REGIONAL: European Western
Balkans Joint Fund: Energy
Efficiency Framework - Policy
Dialogue - Extension
500,000 Economic Consulting
Associates Ltd, British
SIDA– EBRD
Municipal
Environment and
Climate Programme
Account II
Extension
5.9(b)
BULGARIA: Technical
Cooperation for setting up of a
Bulgarian Fund of funds for
managing financial instruments
(FI’s) under EU operational
programmes 2014-2020
445,310 PricewaterhouseCoopers
Bulgaria EOOD,
Bulgarian
Special Funds Original 5(a)
and (b) –
PISSA
Contract
TAJIKISTAN: Central Tajik
Water Rehabilitation Project -
PIU Support
444,410 Aquamundo Gmbh,
German
Shareholder Special
Fund
Extension
5.9(b)
REGIONAL: Developing policy
frameworks for local capital
market development: Developing
central bank inflation targeting
300,000 Ogresearch, S.R.O,Czech Shareholder Special
Fund
Extension
5.9(b)
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC: Jalalabad
Water Rehabilitation Project -
PIU support including
engineering, design and contract
supervision
271,508 Ernst Basler + Partner
Ltd., Swiss
Switzerland – Osh
and Jalalabad Water
Rehabilitation
Projects
Original 5.9(b)
KOSOVO: EU/EBRD Kosovo
Sustainable Energy Projects
(KOSEP) - Project Consultant
270,000 MWH SA/NV, Belgian Shareholder Special
Fund
Extension
5.9(c)
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC: Osh
Water Rehabilitation Projects -
PIU Support Including
Engineering, Design and
Contracts Supervision
267,410 Ernst Basler + Partner
Ltd., Swiss
Switzerland – Osh
and Jalalabad Water
Rehabilitation
Projects
Extension
5.9(b)
UKRAINE: Creating an Enabling
Legal Framework for ESCO
Projects in Ukraine
265,800 Bird & Bird, British SIDA-EBRD Ukraine
Energy Efficiency
and Environment
Consultant
Cooperation Fund
Extension
5.9(c)
Yerevan Metro Rehabilitation
Project Phase II - Project
Implementation Support -
Extension for Bridging Phases II
and III - TCRS 1598
250,000 Hydro Ingenieure
Umwelttechnik GmBH,
Austrian
Austrian Fund for
Municipal
Infrastructure
Extension
5.9(b)
EGYPT: Abu Rewash Wastewater
Treatment Plant PPP -
Development and Implementation
of a Public-Private Partnership for
Upgrade and Expansion –
EXTENSION
212,514 Ernst & Young Abu
Dhabi, (Of The) United
Arab Emirates
EC SEMED Project
Preparation
Framework – NIF
Funded
Extension
5.9(b)
TOTAL 3,226,952
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Annex 4a. Contracts Financed from Donor Funds, 2015
Donor Tied Untied Total
Number Value (€) Number Value (€) Number
Value (€)
Bilateral (Austria) 13 4,809,476 9 2,155,210 22 6,964,686
Bilateral (Czech Republic) 7 1,460,746 0 0 7 1,460,746
Bilateral (Finland) 26 975,228 0 0 26 975,228
Bilateral (France) 2 80,000 0 0 2 80,000
Bilateral (Germany) 4 283,179 0 0 4 283,179
Bilateral (Italy) 25 1,930,067 0 0 25 1,930,067
Bilateral (Japan) 23 5,076,164 0 0 23 5,076,164
Bilateral (Kazakhstan) 0 0 15 1,219,445 15 1,219,445
Bilateral (Korea) 0 0 6 174,050 6 174,050
Bilateral (Luxembourg) 0 0 27 686,077 27 686,077
Bilateral (Netherlands) 1 251,575 0 0 1 251,575
Bilateral (Norway) 0 0 3 196,215 3 196,215
Bilateral (Portugal) 1 298,616 0 0 1 298,616
Bilateral (Russian Federation) 0 0 14 708,831 14 708,831
Bilateral (Slovak Republic) 5 406,200 0 0 5 406,200
Bilateral (Spain) 3 144,570 0 0 3 144,570
Bilateral (Sweden) 1 99,873 38 6,863,943 39 6,963,816
Bilateral (Switzerland) 2 538,918 2 981,660 4 1,520,578
Bilateral (Taipei China) 31 1,588,417 0 0 31 1,588,417
Bilateral (United Kingdom) 0 0 1 732,936 1 732,936
Bilateral (United States) 0 0 69 809,701 69 809,701
Total Bilateral: 144 17,943,029 184 14,528,068 328 32,471,097
EBRD Net Income 0 0 466 36,912,214 466 36,912,214
EU 0 0 472 26,251,993 472 26,251,993
Multi-Donor 0 0 217 20,311,597 217 20,311,597
Multi-Lateral 0 0 22 1,645,769 22 1,645,769
Multiple Donor Sources 0 0 20 399,729 20 399,729
TOTAL 144 17,943,029 1381 100,049,370 1525 117,992,400
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Annex 4b. Ongoing Targeted Procurement as at 31 December 2015
Donor Country No of
Selections
Commitment Amount (€)
Austria 19 15,773,538
Czech Republic 10 5,172,410
Slovak Republic 4 2,830,000
Spain 3 2,500,000
Japan 3 1,730,850
Finland 2 925,000
Italy 7 843,500
Switzerland 1 646,860
Germany 3 379,500
Taipei China 1 350,000
TOTAL 53 31,151,658
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Annex 5 Competitively Awarded Assignments1 Restricted to Consultants from Donor Country, 2015
Donor
Country
Country of
Operation Assignments
No of
EOIs Contract Award
Assignment
Value (€)
Austria Tajikistan Qairokkum Hydropower Rehabilitation Project:
Assistance to the Project Implementation Unit 3
ILF CONSULTING
ENGINEERS AUSTRIA GMBH
(PREV ILF BERATENDE IN
1,971,714
Austria Tajikistan
Nurek Solid Waste Sub-Project - Project
Implementation Support, Engineering Design
Services, and Contract Supervision
4 CEMI GMBH 549,427
Austria Turkey Izmir Metro Project - Procurement and
Implementation Support 5
MC MOBILITY
CONSULTANTS GMBH 295,000
Austria Turkey Izmir Ferries Project - Project Implementation
Support and Implementation Supervision 5
BERNARD INGENIEURE ZT
GMBH 280,000
Austria Tajikistan Nurek Water and Wastewater Project -
Feasibility Study 4
GWCC - INTERIVAL ZT
GMBH 279,910
Austria Georgia Tbilisi Waste Management Project: Feasibility
Study 4
GWCC - INTERIVAL ZT
GMBH 249,925
Austria Montenegro Montenegro Forest - Timber Industry and
Bioenergy Sector Study 1
OESTERREICHISCHE
BUNDESFORSTE AG,
CONSULTING
209,500
Austria Romania Pitesti Urban Transport - Twinning Partnership 2
BVO BERATUNG
VERKEHRSPLANUNG UND
ORGANISATION GMBH & CO
KG
150,000
Czech
Republic Tajikistan
Kulob Solid Waste Sub-project - Feasibility
Study 5 MOTT MACDONALD 280,000
Czech
Republic Tajikistan
Yavan Solid Waste Sub-project - Feasibility
Study 4 ING. PAVEL NOVAK S.R.O. 280,000
Czech
Republic Belarus Vitebsk Solid Waste Project - Feasibility Study 4 SWECO HYDROPROJEKT A.S. 279,840
Czech
Republic
Kyrgyz
Republic Toktogul Water sub-project - Feasibility Study 5 IRCON 279,212
Czech
Republic Belarus
Puchovichi Solid Waste Project -
Supplementary Technical Study 6 IRCON, S.R.O. 199,750
Finland Kazakhstan Kyzylorda District Heating - Corporate
Development Support 1
FCG DESIGN AND
ENGINEERING LTD 489,999
Finland Kazakhstan Kyzylorda Waste Management Project -
Feasibility Study 3
FCG DESIGN AND
ENGINEERING LTD 295,000
Italy FYR
Macedonia
National Roads Programme - Project
Implementation Unit Support 6 IRD ENGINEERING SRL 392,000
Italy Montenegro
Tivat Airport - Preparation of Concept Designs,
(covering terminal building, runway,
manoeuvring areas, taxiways, apron and
lighting equipment), and `Employer's
Requirements' for the terminal component
9 SPEA ENGINEERING SPA 281,000
Italy Moldova
Moldova Railways: Assistance in preparation
and implementation of tender for rolling stock
rehabilitation
2 IRD ENGINEERING SRL 250,000
Italy Montenegro Water Sector Reform - Plan for the Reform of
the Montenegrin Coastal Region 6
STUDIO MAJONE INGEGNERI
ASSOCIATI 70,000
Japan FYR
Macedonia
Design and Implementation of Energy
Management Information System in the Rail
Sector
1 PADECO CO., LTD. 885,000
Japan Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Wastewater Expansion Programme
- Feasibility Study 2
OPERATION TEAM-II, TEC
INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 279,958
Japan Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Solid Waste Modernisation Project
- Feasibility Study 4 ERM JAPAN LTD. 279,090
Netherlands Regional Innovation for Agribusiness - Pilot Project 2
STICHTING DIENST
LANDBOUWKUNDIG
ONDERZOEK, LEI
WAGENINGEN UR
251,575
1 Excludes contract extensions, call-off notices and contracts awarded through direct selection.
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Annex 5 Continued
Donor
Country
Country of
Operation Assignments
No of
EOIs Contract Award
Assignment
Value (€)
Portugal Serbia
Belgrade Bus Renewal Programme -
Preparation of the Restructuring of Gradsko
Saobracajno Preduzece Beograd (GSP)
11
CONSULGAL -
CONSULTORES DE
ENGENHARIA E GESTAO, SA
298,616
Slovak
Republic Regional
EBRD GPA TC FACILITY: Trainings and
Conference Coordinator 4 ASPIRO, A.S. 148,700
Sweden Kazakhstan Development of Energy Performance
Contracting Structure 1 BIRD & BIRD 99,873
Switzerland Kyrgyz
Republic
Bishkek Water Supply and Wastewater
Rehabilitation Project - Phase II - Project
Implementation
3 HOLINGER INTERNATIONAL
CONSULTANTS 589,190
Taipei
China Kazakhstan*
Almaty LED - Procurement Support and
Tender Support 3
TYNRICH TECHNOLOGY CO.,
LTD. 399,940
Taipei
China Romania*
Pitesti Urban Transport- Automated Fare
Collection 2
INSTITUTE FOR
INFORMATION INDUSTRY 150,000
Taipei
China Kazakhstan*
Kyzylorda Street Lighting Project Scoping and
Technical and Environmental and Social Due
Diligence
2 P&C CONSULTING CO. 125,000
* Reported as a single assignment is this table. However, it is reflected as two contracts in Annex 4a. & 4b. due to split funding.
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Annex 6a. 2015 Consultancy Contract Awards by Consultant Nationality (Value & Number)
Ranking
Consultant
Nationality
Donor Funds
(€)
% of Total
Donor
Funds
Bank Budget
(€)
% of Total
Bank Funds
Loan Funds
(€)
Total Value
(€)
% of
Total
Value
Total
Number
1. British 16,677,863 14.13% 20,338,074 49.73% 88,940
37,104,877 21.87% 653 2. German 17,286,713 14.65% 1,062,966 2.60% 5,058,754
23,408,433 13.80% 124
3. Austrian 11,806,229 10.01% 208,500 0.51% 0 12,014,728 7.08% 62 4. Turkish 8,787,762 7.45% 1,002,870 2.45% 0 9,790,632 5.77% 80 5. Italian 5,873,197 4.98% 510,642 1.25% 1,199,000
7,582,838 4.47% 105 6. French 2,257,250 1.91% 1,026,588 2.51% 3,539,755
6,823,593 4.02% 64 7. Russian 3,450,744 2.92% 1,660,311 4.06% 0 5,111,055 3.01% 115 8. Romanian 3,589,724 3.04% 925,815 2.26% 184,007
4,699,547 2.77% 64
9. Greek 4,306,792 3.65% 193,482 0.47% 0 4,500,273 2.65% 47 10. Swiss 3,875,988 3.28% 283,735 0.69% 148,000
4,307,722 2.54% 26 11. Finnish 2,989,795 2.53% 514,454 1.26% 0 3,504,248 2.07% 60 12. Belgian 2,945,490 2.50% 310,115 0.76% 0 3,255,604 1.92% 32 13. Danish 2,781,910 2.36% 166,451 0.41% 0 2,948,361 1.74% 28 14. Ukrainian 1,407,542
1.19% 1,523,929 3.73% 0 2,931,471 1.73% 125
15. Dutch 2,580,201 2.19% 244,682 0.60% 0 2,824,883 1.67% 95 16. Czech 2,688,719 2.28% 36,000 0.09% 0 2,724,719 1.61% 20 17. Kazakh 1,251,838 1.06% 1,454,953 3.56% 0 2,706,790 1.60% 72 18. Bulgarian 2,455,286 2.08% 249,847 0.61% 0 2,705,132 1.59% 32 19. Japanese 1,871,730 1.59% 355,517 0.87% 0 2,227,246 1.31% 36 20. Croatian 1,433,587 1.21% 543,993 1.33% 239,720
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21. American 1,129,892 0.96% 1,060,697 2.59% 0 2,190,589 1.29% 73 22. Spanish 1,983,094 1.68% 141,480 0.35% 0 2,124,574 1.25% 36 23. Serbian 1,195,650
1.01% 528,908 1.29% 295,000
2,019,558 1.19% 87 24. Emirati 1,500,381 1.27% 0.00 0.00% 0 1,500,381 0.88% 3 25. Polish 199,616 0.17% 1,258,235 3.08% 0 1,457,850 0.86% 57 26. Egyptian 1,308,833 1.11% 104,133 0.25% 0 1,412,966 0.83% 29 27. Taiwanese 1,258,407 1.07% 0 0.00% 0 1,258,406 0.74% 24 28. Moroccan 374,058 0.32% 601,658 1.47% 0 975,716 0.58% 12 29. Swedish 685,944 0.58% 241,534 0.59% 0 927,478 0.55% 21 30. Canadian 590,935 0.50% 265,706 0.65% 0 856,641 0.50% 41 31. International1 824,316 0.70% 0 0.00% 0 824,316 0.49% 7 32. Bosnian 603,983 0.51% 174,860 0.43% 0 778,843 0.46% 60 33. Georgian 397,125 0.34% 347,742 0.85% 0 744,866 0.44% 39 34. Irish 616,664 0.52% 118,688 0.29% 0 735,352 0.43% 48 35. Lithuanian 549,422 0.47% 174,310 0.43% 0 723,731 0.43% 13 36. Slovak 573,202 0.49% 40,000 0.10% 0 613,202 0.36% 11 37. Cypriot 156,596 0.13% 387,920 0.95% 0 544,516 0.32% 23 38. Kyrgyz 425,054 0.36% 118,106 0.29% 0 543,160 0.32% 34 39. Tajik 356,802 0.30% 163,468
0.40%
0 520,270 0.31% 34
40. Portuguese 420,846 0.36% 33,015 0.08% 0 453,861 0.27% 6 41. Hungarian 7,284 0.01% 400,442 0.98% 0 407,726 0.24% 11 42. Australian 183,909 0.16% 196,800 0.48% 0 380,710 0.22% 13 43. Mongolian 205,657 0.17% 150,913 0.37% 0 356,570 0.21% 23 44. Jordanian 147,477 0.12% 182,410 0.45% 0 329,887 0.19% 8 45. Armenian 176,925 0.15% 134,681 0.33% 0 311,606 0.18% 31 46. Belorussian 46,200 0.04% 243,805 0.60% 0 290,005 0.17% 19 47. Estonian 100,000 0.08% 177,868 0.43% 0 277,868 0.16% 8 48. Azeri 178,683 0.15% 91,336 0.22% 0 270,019 0.16% 22 49. Latvian 168,348 0.14% 67,400 0.16% 0 235,748 0.14% 11 50. Columbian 120,000 0.10% 99,500 0.24% 0 219,500 0.13% 3 51. Moldovan 105,065 0.09% 92,844 0.23% 0 197,909 0.12% 19 52. Luxembourgeois 126,116 0.11% 62,500 0.15% 0 188,616 0.11% 13 53. Slovenian 125,291 0.11% 52,671 0.13% 0 177,962 0.10% 10 54. Chinese 91,860 0.08% 82,455 0.20% 0 174,315 0.10% 6 55. Tunisian 159,277 0.13% 10,000 0.02% 0 169,277 0.10% 10 56. Uzbek 147,421
0.12% 5,212 0.01% 0 152,633 0.09% 19
57. Albanian 99,756 0.08% 46,650 0.11% 0 146,406 0.09% 14 58. Macedonian 3,500 0.00% 117,475 0.29% 0 120,975 0.07% 5 59. Bangladeshi 0 0.00% 99,500 0.24% 0 99,500 0.06% 1 60. Korean 93,750 0.08% 0 0.00% 0 93,750 0.06% 2 61. Indian 82,140 0.07% 0 0.00% 0 82,140 0.05% 2 62. Kosovan 30,620 0.03% 45,000 0.11% 0 75,620 0.04% 8 63. Montenegrin 0 0.00% 61,500 0.15% 0 61,500 0.04% 3 64. Norwegian 34,390 0.03% 18,323 0.04% 0 52,713 0.03% 3 65. South African 21,428 0.02% 9,814 0.02% 0 31,242 0.02% 3 66. Turkman 1,800 0.00% 24,888 0.06% 0 26,688 0.02% 3 67. Singaporean 0 0.00% 25,817 0.06% 0 25,817 0.02% 1 68. Maltese 23,950 0.02% 0 0.00% 0 23,950 0.01% 2 69. Pakistani 23,041 0.02% 0 0.00% 0 23,041 0.01% 2 70. New Zealander 12,942 0.01% 3,668 0.01% 0 16,610 0.01% 2 71. Lebanese 0 0.00% 9,161 0.02% 0 9,161 0.01% 1 72. Qataris 0 0.00% 7,376 0.02% 0 7,376. 0.00% 1 73. British Virgin Islands 0 0.00% 4,868 0.01% 0 4,868 0.00% 1 74. Fijian 4,174 0.00% 0.00 0.00% 0 4,174 0.00% 1 75. Israeli 2,214 0.00% 0.00 0.00% 0 2,214 0.00% 1 76. Icelandic 0 0.00% 0.00 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 1
TOTAL 117,992,400 100.00% 40,898,272 100.00% 10,753,176 169,643,849 100% 2,824 1 International refers to IDLO an international organisation based in Italy.
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Annex 6b. 2015 Consultancy Contract Awards by Consultant Nationality and Selection Method1 (Value & Number)
Direct Selection2 Competitive Selection TOTAL
Donor Funds Bank Budget Donor Funds Bank Budget
Value (€) No Value (€) No Value (€) No Value (€) No Value (€) No
British 5,460,198 176 11,436,850 297 11,217,665 44 8,901,224 135 37,015,937 652 German 2,435,341 68 393,613 17 14,851,372 25 669,353 12 18,349,678 122 Austrian 1,099,923 25 208,500 10 10,706,306 27 0 0 12,014,728 62 Turkish 590,577 17 920,836 47 8,197,185 14 82,034 2 9,790,632 80 Italian 1,852,165 74 425,484 13 4,021,032 15 85,158 2 6,383,839 104 Russian 641,454 41 1,273,286 56 2,809,290 7 387,025 11 5,111,055 115 Romanian 112,310 7 850,381 43 3,477,414 7 75,434 4 4,515,539 61
Greek 708,582 35 193,482 6 3,598,210 6 0 0 4,500,274 47 Swiss 831,590 9 159,735 8 3,044,398 5 124,000 3 4,159,723 25 Finnish 652,577 47 194,454 4 2,337,218 7 320,000 2 3,504,249 60 French 721,397 26 628,915 22 1,535,853 8 397,673 4 3,283,838 60 Belgian 732,400 20 78,474 3 2,213,090 5 231,641 4 3,255,605 32 Ukrainian 999,496 44 1,399,318 74 408,047 3 124,611 4 2,931,472 125 Dutch 1,184,446 74 236,300 11 1,395,755 8 99,501 2 2,916,002 95 Danish 372,580 18 75,332 1 2,409,330 9 0 0 2,857,242 28 Czech 561,295 10 36,000 1 2,127,424 9 0 0 2,724,719 20 Kazakh 128,633 10 1,113,263 50 1,123,205 6 341,690 6 2,706,791 72 Bulgarian 555,336 8 249,847 21 1,899,950 3 0 0 2,705,133 32 Japanese 427,682 31 355,517 2 1,444,048 3 0 0 2,227,247 36 American 963,193 38 480,806 22 166,699 5 579,890 8 2,190,589 73 Spanish 428,848 25 141,480 6 1,554,246 5 0 0 2,124,574 36 Croatian 360,632 10 507,408 26 1,072,955 5 36,585 1 1,977,580 42 Serbian 666,700 48 528,907 34 528,950 3 1 1 1,724,558 86 Emirati 212,514 1 0 0 1,287,867 2 0 0 1,500,381 3 Polish 134,616 9 569,249 36 65,000 3 688,986 9 1,457,851 57 Egyptian 533,156 12 104,133 13 775,678 4 0 0 1,412,966 29 Taiwanese 537,377 16 0 0 721,030 8 0 0 1,258,407 24 Moroccan 93,818 3 305,046 6 280,240 1 296,612 2 975,716 12 Swedish 206,143 13 2,000 1 479,801 4 239,534 3 927,478 21 Canadian 590,935 33 57,495 3 0 0 208,211 5 856,641 41 International3 328,667 4 0 0 495,649 3 0 0 824,316 7 Bosnian 404,463 46 174,860 10 199,520 4 0 0 778,843 60 Georgian 359,625 17 347,742 21 37,500 1 0 0 744,867 39 Irish 616,664 43 88,320 3 0 1 30,368 1 735,352 48 Lithuanian 79,888 3 95,560 6 469,534 3 78,750 1 723,732 13 Slovak 274,502 8 40,000 1 298,700 2 0 0 613,202 11 Cypriot 13,596 1 247,921 20 143,000 1 140,000 1 544,517 23 Kyrgyz 211,114 15 118,107 9 213,940 10 0 0 543,161 34 Tajik 61,970 9 163,469 16 294,832 9 0 0 520,271 34 Portuguese 26,030 2 33,015 1 394,816 3 0 0 453,861 6 Hungarian 7,284 2 200,561 6 0 0 199,882 3 407,727 11 Australian 183,909 6 196,801 7 0 0 0 0 380,710 13 Mongolian 185,657 8 150,914 14 20,000 1 0 0 356,571 23 Jordanian 147,477 3 182,410 5 0 0 0 0 329,887 8 Armenian 114,925 16 108,681 13 62,000 1 26,000 1 311,606 31 Belorussian 46,200 4 243,806 15 0 0 0 0 290,006 19 Estonian 0 0 141,900 6 100,000 1 35,968 1 277,868 8 Azeri 178,683 9 91,336 13 0 0 0 0 270,019 22 Latvian 58,348 4 67,400 6 110,000 1 0 0 235,748 11 Columbian 0 0 0 0 120,000 2 99,500 1 219,500 3 Moldovan 51,265 9 92,845 7 53,800 3 0 0 197,910 19 Luxembourgeois 126,116 10 62,500 3 0 0 0 0 188,616 13 Slovenian 125,291 6 52,671 4 0 0 0 0 177,962 10 Chinese 91,860 4 82,455 2 0 0 0 0 174,315 6 Tunisian 53,397 8 10,000 1 105,880 1 0 0 169,277 10 Uzbek 147,421 17 5,213 2 0 0 0 0 152,634 19 Albanian 31,356 2 46,650 9 68,400 3 0 0 146,406 14 Macedonian 3,500 1 117,475 4 0 0 0 0 120,975 5 Bangladeshi 0 0 0 0 0 0 99,500 1 99,500 1 Korean 23,750 1 0 0 70,000 1 0 0 93,750 2 Indian 82,140 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 82,140 2 Kosovan 30,620 2 45,000 6 0 0 0 0 75,620 8 Montenegrin 0 0 61,500 3 0 0 0 0 61,500 3 Norwegian 34,390 2 18,323 1 0 0 0 0 52,713 3 South African 21,428 2 9,814 1 0 0 0 0 31,242 3 Turkman 1,800 1 24,888 2 0 0 0 0 26,688 3 Singaporean 0 0 25,818 1 0 0 0 0 25,818 1 Maltese 23,950 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 23,950 2 Pakistani 23,041 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 23,041 2 New Zealander 12,942 1 3,668 1 0 0 0 0 16,610 2 Lebanese 0 0 9,162 1 0 0 0 0 9,162 1 Qataris 0 0 7,377 1 0 0 0 0 7,377 1
British Virgin Islands 0 0 4,869 1 0 0 0 0 4,869 1 Fijian 4,174 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,174 1 Israeli 2,214 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,214 1 Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 TOTAL 28,985,571 1222 26,299,142 1055 89,006,829 303 14,599,131 230 158,890,672 2810
1 Excludes contracts funded from the Bank’s loan proceeds in public sector operations. 2 Includes contracts awarded under Section 5.9 (a), (b) & (c) of the Bank’s PP&R. 3 International refers to IDLO an international organisation based in Italy.
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Annex 6c. Consultants’ Participation in Competitive Selection by Bidders’ Nationality for Consultancy
Contract Awards by TC Team in 20151
Open Competition Targeted2 Competition
Expressed
Interest
Contracts
Awarded
Expressed
Interest
Contracts
Awarded
Albania 46 3
Argentina 2
Armenia 10 1
Australia 5
Austria 102 13 28 8
Azerbaijan 3
Bangladesh 3 1
Barbados 3
Belarus 6
Belgium 39 4
Bosnia and Herzegovina 16 2
Bulgaria 32 2
Canada 25 1
China 6
Colombia 2 2
Costa Rica 1
Croatia 28 6
Cyprus 6 1
Czech Republic 75 4 24 5
Denmark 46 7
Egypt 27 4
Estonia 14 1
Finland 58 6 4 2
France 155 7
FYR Macedonia 3
Georgia 10 1
Germany 244 23
Greece 55 5
Hungary 26 1
Iceland 2 1
India 16
International3 2 2
Iran 1
Ireland 20 1
Israel 8
Italy 97 7 23 4
Japan 1 7 3
Jordan 20
Kazakhstan 41 3
Korea 5 1
Kosovo 7
Kyrgyz Republic 3 1
Latvia 19 1
Lebanon 6
Lithuania 29 1
Luxembourg 2
Mauritius 1
Moldova 17 2
Mongolia 8
Montenegro 1
Morocco 6 3
Netherlands 59 6 2 1
Nigeria 1
Norway 4
Pakistan 2
Philippines 5
1 Includes contracts awarded by TC Team following competitive selection process. Contracts awarded pursuant to Direct Selection <75K and
Section 5.9 (a), (b) & (c) of the Bank’s PP&R, extensions and competitively awarded call-off notices under existing framework agreements are
excluded. 2 Assignments targeted specifically at consultants from Donor Country.
3 International refers to IDLO an international organisation based in Italy.
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Annex 6c. Continued
Open Competition Targeted Competition
Expressed
Interest
Contracts
Awarded
Expressed
Interest
Contracts
Awarded
Poland 32 5
Portugal 18 11 1
Qatar 1
Romania 81 7
Russian Federation 56 9
Serbia 32 4
Singapore 3
Slovak Republic 13 4 1
Slovenia 4
South Africa 3
Spain 106 4
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 5
Sweden 30 2 1 1
Switzerland 53 4 3 1
Taipei China 6 1 7 6
Tajikistan 12 3
Thailand 1
Tunisia 5 1
Turkey 104 11
Ukraine 88 3
United Arab Emirates 19 2
United Kingdom 410 55
United States 125 9
TOTAL 2638 244 114 33
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Annex 6d. Contract Awards for Top 35 Firms1 (Value in € and Number)
Consultant Name Contract Value
(€)
No. of
Contracts
Awarded
FRANKFURT SCHOOL OF FINANCE &
MANAGEMENT GGMBH 7,630,602 6
FICHTNER GMBH & CO. KG 6,863,629 20
MONTGOMERY WATSON HARZA
MUHENDISLIK VE MUSAVIRLIK LTD 6,201,058 8
KOCKS CONSULT GmbH 4,141,564 1
LOUIS BERGER 3,455,700 2
D'APPOLONIA SPA 3,152,290 18
COWI ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL
AND ECONOMIC CONSULTING LLC 2,910,696 6
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP 2,837,248 33
IC CONSULENTEN ZIVILTECHNIKER
GESMBH 2,299,940 2
TNS OPINION 2,284,811 5
MOTT MACDONALD 2,134,398 17
ILF CONSULTING ENGINEERS AUSTRIA
GMBH (PREV ILF BERATENDE
INGENIEURE ZT GMBH)
1,971,714 1
RAMBOLL DANMARK A/S 1,852,540 7
ERNST & YOUNG 1,822,110 14
OBERMEYER HELLAS LTD 1,762,860 1
CLIFFORD CHANCE 1,614,890 31
IVEL CONSULT BULGARIA 1,600,000 1
SC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES AND POWER
ENGINEERING SA 1,538,684 2
MAZARS LLP 1,490,120 3
FCG DESIGN AND ENGINEERING LTD 1,477,361 5
KOMMUNALKREDIT PUBLIC
CONSULTING GMBH 1,430,870 4
SIMMONS & SIMMONS LLP 1,400,718 5
BDO AUDIT SRL 1,360,902 8
DAI EUROPE 1,252,197 2
DENTONS 1,247,179 50
MICROFINANCE STRATEGY SARL 1,220,000 1
CONSORTIUM SPEAK INGEGNERIA
EUROPEA SpA & SAFEGE 1,199,000 1
NABARRO LLP 1,173,198 7
ATAKAAN ENERGY ENGINEERING LTD. 1,117,200 1
TA CONSULT PARTNERS LTD 1,113,032 1
RAIL CONSULTING JOINT VENTURE "JV
RAILCON" 1,103,000 1
WSP UK LIMITED 1,055,693 13
IDOM 1,011,480 3
HOLINGER INTERNATIONAL
CONSULTANTS 987,180 2
PADECO CO., LTD. 958,900 2
TOTAL 76,672,764 284
1 Includes contract awards by TCT, OGC and loan funded contract awards by the Bank’s borrowers.
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Annex 7 Consultants from EBRD Countries of Operations1 in 2015 and 2014
Nationality
Value of Contracts Awarded (€) in 2015 No. Contracts Awarded in 2015 Total Value of
Contracts (€)
2015
(A)+(B)+(C)
Total No.
Contracts 2015
(D)+(E)
Value of Contracts (€)
Awarded
in 2014
No. Contracts
Awarded
2014 Donor Funds
(A)
Bank
Budget (B)
Loan
Funds (C)
Direct
Selection (D)
Competitive
Procedure (E)
Turkish 8,787,762 1,002,870 0 64 16 9,790,632 80 4,838,985 67 Russian 3,450,744 1,660,311 0 97 18 5,111,055 115 8,101,560 136 Romanian 3,589,724 925,815 184,008 50 14 4,699,547 64 1,479,151 52 Greek2 4,306,792 193,482 0 41 6 4,500,274 47 0 0 Ukrainian 1,407,543 1,523,929 0 118 7 2,931,472 125 2,271,445 100 Czech 2,688,719 36,000 0 11 9 2,724,719 20 4,307,140 27 Kazakh 1,251,838 1,454,953 0 60 12 2,706,791 72 4,821,038 59 Bulgarian 2,455,286 249,847 0 29 3 2,705,133 32 2,455,211 36 Croatian 1,433,587 543,993 239,720 36 7 2,217,300 43 2,775,771 47 Serbian 1,195,650 528,908 295,000 82 5 2,019,558 87 1,254,910 58 Polish 199,616 1,258,235 0 45 12 1,457,851 57 1,953,123 48 Egyptian 1,308,833 104,133 0 25 4 1,412,966 29 705,228 27 Moroccan 374,058 601,658 0 9 3 975,716 12 716,875 21 Bosnian 603,983 174,860 0 56 4 778,843 60 596,240 30 Georgian 397,125 347,742 0 38 1 744,867 39 754,963 31 Lithuanian 549,422 174,310 0 9 4 723,732 13 185,258 7 Slovak 573,202 40,000 0 9 2 613,202 11 653,971 10 Cypriot3 156,596 387,921 0 21 2 544,517 23 356,282 32 Kyrgyz 425,054 118,107 0 24 10 543,161 34 394,626 35 Tajik 356,802 163,469 0 25 9 520,271 34 374,908 32 Hungarian 7,284 400,443 0 8 3 407,727 11 677,226 13 Mongolian 205,657 150,914 0 22 1 356,571 23 419,436 34 Jordanian 147,477 182,410 0 8 0 329,887 8 410,697 10 Armenian 176,925 134,681 0 29 2 311,606 31 818,215 51
Belorussian 46,200 243,806 0 19 0 290,006 19 196,590 19 Estonian 100,000 177,868 0 6 2 277,868 8 137,887 6 Azeri 178,683 91,336 0 22 0 270,019 22 143,707 17
Latvian 168,348 67,400 0 10 1 235,748 11 301,000 9 Moldovan 105,065 92,845 0 16 3 197,910 19 257,150 20 Slovenian 125,291 52,671 0 10 0 177,962 10 397,869 10 Tunisian 159,277 10,000 0 9 1 169,277 10 172,832 13 Uzbek 147,421 5,213 0 19 0 152,634 19 268,718 15 Albanian 99,756 46,650 0 11 3 146,406 14 138,790 14 Macedonian 3,500 117,475 0 5 0 120,975 5 229,174 14 Kosovan 30,620 45,000 0 8 0 75,620 8 60,715 10 Montenegrin 0 61,500 0 3 0 61,500 3 205,460 12 Turkman 1,800 24,888 0 3 0 26,688 3 78,182 9 TOTAL 37,215,641 13,395,642 718,728 1057 164 51,330,011 1221 43,910,333 1131
1 Location of the contracted consultant. 2 Greece became a recipient country in 2015. 3Cyprus became a recipient country in 2014.
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Annex 8a. 2015 Consultancy Contract Awards by Country of Operations (Value and Number)
Country of Operation Contract Value (€) Number of
Contracts % of Total Value
Regional1 23,188,009 333 13.67%
Ukraine 15,594,237 277 9.19%
Turkey 14,359,124 181 8.46%
Kazakhstan 11,956,963 206 7.05%
Egypt 10,075,387 129 5.94%
Tajikistan 8,836,841 84 5.21%
Jordan 7,520,801 60 4.43%
Moldova 6,666,979 68 3.93%
Azerbaijan 6,326,941 62 3.73%
Kyrgyz Republic 5,340,907 75 3.15%
Armenia 5,218,113 84 3.08%
Bosnia & Herzegovina 5,096,537 94 3.00%
Mongolia 4,806,623 96 2.83%
Romania 4,437,551 85 2.62%
Russian Federation 4,158,155 139 2.45%
Kosovo 3,424,125 42 2.02%
Georgia 3,034,384 74 1.79%
Bulgaria 3,017,877 34 1.78%
Serbia 2,884,646 115 1.70%
FYR Macedonia 2,765,784 53 1.63%
Croatia 2,663,898 64 1.57%
Belarus 2,364,066 74 1.39%
Turkmenistan 2,172,414 44 1.28%
Morocco 1,820,832 52 1.07%
Montenegro 1,728,245 38 1.02%
Albania 1,650,975 37 0.97%
Poland 1,367,942 39 0.81%
Tunisia 866,004 48 0.51%
Cyprus 857,390 15 0.51%
Slovak Republic 668,064 11 0.39%
Greece 471,807 13 0.28%
Hungary 440,363 9 0.26%
Estonia 402,900 9 0.24%
Lithuania 344,141 6 0.20%
Slovenia 262,761 8 0.15%
Czech Republic2 245,693 5 0.14%
Latvia 144,260 10 0.09%
Uzbekistan 5,213 2 0.00%
EBRD HQ Related Assignments
Contract Value (€) Number of
Contracts
% of Total Value of
all Contracts
United Kingdom 2,456,896 49 1.45%
TOTAL 169,643,849 2,824 100.00%
1 Where services were performed for the benefit of more than one country of operation. 2 Effective 31st December 2007 the Bank’s operations in the Czech Republic are considered to have graduated. However, the Bank continues to manage its portfolio of projects in the Czech Republic.
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Annex 8b. 2015 Consultancy Contract Awards by EBRD Department1 (Value in € and Number)
Department / Team
Donor Funded Contracts Bank Funded
Contracts
TOTAL
(Donor and Bank Funded Contracts)
Value (€) Number Value (€) Number Value (€) % of the
Total
Value of
Contracts
Number
(A) (B) (C) (D) (A)+(C) (B)+(D)
B
a
n
k
i
n
g
Countries of Operations
Group 244,255 30 0 0 244,255 0.15% 30
SME, Finance &
Development (including
SBS Team)
12,080,274 911 2,500 1 12,082,774 7.60% 912
Turkey and Central
Asia (TCA) 194,281 5 150,525 4 344,807 0.22% 9
Central and South
Eastern Europe (CSEE) 716,011 18 7,861 1 723,872 0.46% 19
Southern and Eastern
Mediterranean Region
(SEMED)
123,541 3 105,190 3 228,730 0.14% 6
Industry, Commerce
and Agribusiness 1,254,176 17 5,469,980 148 6,724,156 4.23% 165
Financial Institutions 26,861,199 75 2,234,405 56 29,095,604 18.31% 131
Infrastructure 44,493,303 189 4,015,145 132 48,508,448 30.53% 321
Energy and Natural
Resources 6,828,612 21 2,368,553 62 9,197,166 5.79% 83
Operational Strategy
and Planning (including
E2C2 Team)
10,039,105 94 157,135 6 10,196,240 6.42% 100
Banking
VP/Contingency 0 0 474,207 19 474,207 0.30% 19
Evaluation Department 0 0 451,763 23 451,763 0.28% 23
Office of the General
Counsel (including retention
of Outside Counsel)
0 0 20,914,230 717 20,914,230 13.16% 717
Office of the General
Counsel (including Legal
Transition Team)
6,013,238 67 735,148 16 6,748,386 4.25% 83
VP, Finance 1,568,641 11 583,005 2 2,151,646 1.35% 13
VP, Risk 2,106,810 27 1,287,791 32 3,394,601 2.14% 59
VP, Policy 1,883,952 28 583,099 17 2,467,051 1.55% 45
Office of the Chief
Economist 3,585,001 26 430,282 22 4,015,283 2.53% 48
Office of the Chief
Compliance Officer (OCCO) 0 3 781,685 15 781,685 0.49% 18
Staff Council 0 0 15,411 4 15,411 0.01% 4
Corporate Strategy 0 0 130,357 5 130,357 0.08% 5
TOTAL 117,992,400 1,525 40,898,272 1,285 158,890,672 100.00% 2,810
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Annex 9 Framework Agreements Awarded in 2015
Framework Facility Name Funding Source Overall Facility
Value
Name /Nationality of Consultants awarded Framework
Agreements Duration
Regional: Design and Delivery of Export
Strategy Development Training
Multiple Donor Sources EUR 250,000 The Institute of Export, British 3 years
Egypt: Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff
Scheme - Lenders' Technical and
Environmental Adviser
Bank Budget USD 325,000 OST Italia s.r.l., Italian 2 years
Regional: Environmental Monitoring
Consultant Bank Budget GBP 200,000 Ove Arup & Partners International Ltd, British 2 years
Regional: Integrity Due Diligence and
Business Intelligence Services Bank Budget As required
Berlin Risk Limited, German
West Sands Advisory Ltd, British
Alaco Ltd, British
Stroz Friedberg Ltd, British
PwC, British
Ernst & Young LLP, British
1 year
Regional: Environmental and Social Due
Diligence Training of EBRD's Financial
Intermediaries
Bank Budget GBP 800,000 Environmental Resources Management Ltd, British
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, British 2 years
Regional: Infrastructure Project Preparation
Facility: Framework Consultants for the
Public Private Partnership Window
Infrastructure Project
Preparation Facility (SSF
sub-account)
EUR 20,000,000
Mazars LLP, British
Castalia LLC, American
KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, German
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, British
2 years and
10 months
Regional: Corporate Governance
Improvement Project - Targeted Training of
Financial Institutions
Luxembourg - ODA
Technical Co-operation
Fund
EUR 300,000
Ernst & Young Business Advisory, Polish
AARC Ltd, Irish
Lessons Learned Ltd, British
2 years and
4 months
Turkey: Catalysing Near Zero Waste
Investments in Turkey
Enhancement of the
Turkish Energy Sector in
line with EU Energy
Strategies
EUR 2,100,000
Fichtner GmbH & Co. KG, German
Exergia Energy and Environment Consultants S.A.,
Greek
D'Appolonia Muhendislik Ticaret Ltd. STI, Turkish
Montgomery Watson Harza Muhendislik Ve
Musavirlik Ltd, Turkish
HaskoningDHV Nederland B.V, Dutch
4 years and
8 months
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Annex 9 Continued
Framework Facility Name Funding Source Overall Facility
Value
Name /Nationality of Consultants awarded Framework
Agreements Duration
Turkey: Early Stage Geothermal Support
Framework: Pipeline Preparation, Risk
Mitigation, Environmental Support and
Project Development Programme
Enhancement of the
Turkish Energy Sector in
line with EU Energy
Strategies
EUR 2,000,000
Verkis hf, Icelandic
ELC Electroconsult SpA, Italian
Greenmax Capital Advisors sp. z o.o., Polish
Fichtner GmbH & Co. KG, German
GeothermEx, Inc, American
4 years and
9 months
Regional: Infrastructure Project Preparation
Facility: Framework Consultants for the
Sustainable Infrastructure Window
Infrastructure Project
Preparation Facility (SSF
sub-account)
EUR 20,000,000
Sweco Danmark A/S, Danish
WS Atkins International Ltd, British
WSP UK Limited, British
Fichtner GmbH & Co. KG, German
2 years 10
months
Regional: EBRD Enterprise Growth
Programme Team Coordinators Multiple Donor Sources As required
RohrBock BV, Dutch
Sensa Corporate Advisors, Swedish
Gemar Capital Investment srl, Romanian
Steven Winham, British
P&C Consulting Co., Taiwanese
Emir Somun, Bosnian
3 years
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Annex 10 Framework Contracts Awarded in 2015
Facility Consultant Funding Source Consultant
Nationality Duration Value (€)
Jordan MSME Framework -
MSME lending Capacity
building for Partner Banks
Frankfurt School of
Finance &
Management
gGmbH
EBRD Shareholder
Special Fund
German
3 years 2,748,511
Turkey: Project Consultant -
Sustainable Energy Finance
Facility TurSEFF II
Montgomery
Watson Harza
Muhendislik Ve
Musavirlik Ltd
Enhancement of the
Turkish Energy
Sector in line with EU
Energy Strategies
Turkish 1 year and 7
months
(extension)
2,119,740
Jordan: MSME Framework -
MSME Lending Capacity
Building for Partner Banks
Frankfurt School of
Finance &
Management
gGmbH
Southern and Eastern
Mediterranean Multi-
Donor Account
German 3 years
1,832,341
Turkey: Programme
Coordination - EU/Turkish
Energy Sector - Project
Coordination Team
Atakaan Energy
Engineering Ltd.
Enhancement of the
Turkish Energy
Sector in line with EU
Energy Strategies
Turkish 4 years 1,117,200
Regional: Consultancy Services
in Support of SEMED SEFF -
Phase I - Morocco and Jordan
DAI Europe EC SEMED Project
Preparation
Framework – NIF
funded
British 1 year 1
month
(extension)
1,000,000
Turkey: Mid-size Sustainable
Energy Financing Facility
(MidSEFF)
Montgomery
Watson Harza
Muhendislik Ve
Musavirlik Ltd
Private Sector
Support Facility for
Turkey
Turkish 1 year
(extension)
536,255
Regional: European Western
Balkans Joint Fund: Energy
Efficiency Framework - Policy
Dialogue - Extension
Economic
Consulting
Associates Ltd
SIDA - EBRD
Municipal
Environment and
Climate Programme
Account II
British 1 year
(extension)
500,000
Turkey: Mid-size Sustainable
Energy Financing Facility
(MidSEFF)
Montgomery
Watson Harza
Muhendislik Ve
Musavirlik Ltd
Enhancement of the
Turkish Energy
Sector in line with EU
Energy Strategies
Turkish 1 year
(extension)
380,000
Regional: Occupational Health
and Safety Capacity Building
Framework
Management Force EBRD Shareholder
Special Fund
Greek 1 year 299,250
Egypt: Cairo Urban Transport
Integrated Approach - Inclusion
Element
Avistum Ltd
EBRD - EBSF
SEMED SUB
ACCOUNT
British
3 years 280,000
Ukraine: Technical Assistance
to Support Investment in
Energy Efficiency in
Residential Buildings
E7 Energie Markt
Analyse GmbH
Austrian Technical
Assistance Co-
operation Fund
Austrian
1 year and
10 months
(extension)
250,000
Regional: Women in Business
Programmes: Entrepreneurial
Skills Development Training
Applicatio Training
& Management
GmbH
Multiple Donor
Sources
German
3 years 100,000
Regional: Services for Event
Management and Outreach
Activities in Selected Eastern
Partnership Countries with
Focus on Ukraine
Nobletmedia CIS Bank Budget
Ukrainian
2 years 74,685
Regional: EHSS Capacity
Building for Local Consultants
in Albania, Bosnia &
Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR
Macedonia, Mongolia, Serbia,
Turkey and Ukraine
Monkey Forest
Consulting Ltd.
EBRD Shareholder
Special Fund
Chinese 6 months
(extension)
72,200
TOTAL
11,310,182
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Annex 11a. Call-Off Notices greater than €75,000 Awarded under Framework Agreements, 2015
Consultant Framework Agreement / Call-Off Assignment
Title
Consultant
Selection
Method
Funding
Code
Value (€)
Montgomery Watson Harza
Muhendislik Ve Musavirlik
Ltd
Turkey: Residential Energy Efficiency Financing
Facility (Tureeff) Consultancy Support
Evaluation Of
Proposals
ECTY 2,209,099
Mazars Llp EGYPT: IPPF Mazars: 6th October Dry Port - PPP
Preparation Support - TCRS 499
Evaluation Of
Proposals
IPPF 1,480,120
Willis Limited Regional:Insurance Consultancy Services Evaluation Of
Proposals
Bank 342,309
WSP UK Limited Armenia: Ippf - Sustainable Infrastructure Window:
Yerevan Trolleybus Project - Technical Due
Diligence
Evaluation Of
Proposals
IPPF
285,335
Af Mercados Energy
Markets International
S.A.
Regional: Semed: Energy Efficiency Policy
Dialogue Framework - Nif - Af Mercados - Semed
Private Renewable Energy Framework: Regulatory
Gap Analysis
Evaluation Of
Proposals
ESEM
267,350
Ramboll Danmark A/S Ukraine: Chernivtsi District Heating Project -
Feasibility Study
Evaluation Of
Proposals
SWUK 179,980
Nordic Consultant Group
- NCG Sweden AB
Kyrgyz Republic: Osh Public Transport Company -
Advisory Services On Equal Opportunities And
Safe And Equal Access To Transport
Evaluation Of
Proposals
EBSF
179,928
Kommunalkredit Public
Consulting Gmbh
KAZAKHSTAN: Market Scoping Study -
Qualification Of The Yereymentau Wind Farm
Project
Evaluation Of
Proposals
EBSF
99,950
Climate Focus Kazakhstan : Carbon Project And Asset
Development Facility - SSF ODA - Climate Focus
- Low-Carbon Kazakhstan Cement Industry
Evaluation Of
Proposals
EBSF
99,500
Emir Somun Tunisia: EGP - Team Coordinator Projects In
Tunisia - Emir Somun
Selection
From Shortlist
EUBT 90,000
IMC Worldwide Limited REGIONAL: Benchmarking Study And Road
Safety Framework - Audit Awareness Workshop
Selection
From Shortlist
EBSF 86,916
Mott Macdonald Ltd Georgia: Paravani Hydro Power Plant - Lender's
Engineer Call Off # 4
Selection
From Shortlist
Bank 86,576
Tractebel Engineering MOROCCO: Sustainable Development Of The
Power Sector Programme; Technical Audits /
Projects Review / Projects Preparation - EU NIF -
Tractebel - SIE Renewable Energy Capacity
Building
Evaluation Of
Proposals
ESEM
85,000
Pedro Almeida Regional: (Morocco&Tunisia) Enterprise Growth
Programme Team Co-Ordinator - Pedro Almeida
Selection
From Shortlist
SMTF 80,000
West Sands Advisory
Limited
Regional: Corporate Mapping Of Gulf Companies -
Integrity Due Diligence
Selection
From Shortlist
Bank 77,625
TOTAL 5,649,688
ECTY= Enhancement of the Turkish Energy Sector in line with EU Energy Strategies, IPPF = Infrastructure Project Preparation
Facility (SSF sub-account), Bank = EBRD’s Bank budget, ESEM = EC SEMED Project Preparation Framework – NIF Funded,
SWUK = Sweden SIDA-EBRD Ukraine Energy Efficiency and Environment Consultant Cooperation Fund, EBSF = Shareholder
Special Fund, EUBT = Small Business Support Programme in the Services Sector of Tunisia, SMTF = SEMED Cooperation Funds.
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Annex 11b. Top-10 Firms by Number of Call-off Notices under Framework Agreements, 2015
Consultancy Firm Framework Agreement(s)
Number
of Call-
Offs
Value (€) Average
Value (€)
Alaco Ltd Integrity Due Diligence 31 655,572 21,148
West Sands Advisory Limited Integrity Due Diligence 24 574,947 23,956
KeyPath Ltd Small Medium Enterprise 15 130,887 8,725
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Environmental and Social Due
Diligence 13 451,822 34,756
D’Appolonia SPA
Sustainable Energy
Investment 9 375,455 41,717
Performance Effects Limited Small Medium Enterprise 7 136,409 19,487
LDK Consultants Engineers and
Planners SA
Sustainable Energy
Investment 6 224,760 37,460
Ingpro Limited Small Medium Enterprise 5 146,474 29,294
Mott MacDonald
Sustainable Energy
Investment 4 153,053 38,263
Berlin Risk Limited Integrity Due Diligence 4 79,050 11,829
TOTAL 118 2,928,429 24,817
Annex 12 PISSA’s Issued in 2015
Title of Assignment Contract
Amount (€) Consultant
Romania: Benchmarking Extension for ROCs and support to the
IDAs 1,299,549 BDO Audit SRL
BULGARIA: Technical Cooperation for setting up of a
Bulgarian Fund of funds for managing financial instruments
(FIs) under EU operational programmes 2014-2020
445,310 PricewaterhouseCoopers Bulgaria
EOOD
TOTAL 1,744,859