Irrigation Management Improvement Investment Program

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The TA will address due diligence requirements for the MFF Program and support investment preparation to be financed through the Project 1 of the MFF, including the (i) physical modernization of the Muhuri Irrigation Project (MIP), and (ii) the establishment of a specialized management unit (SMU) in the MIP. The TA will prepare the following outputs. Their summary and activities are shown in Table A4.1.The first component of the project preparatory TA (PPTA) will focus on due diligence of MFF processing requirements. The following outputs will be delivered: (i) a refined policy framework, (ii) a sector roadmap, (iii) a medium term investment program, (iv) a Program financing plan, (v) a Program design and monitoring framework, (vi) necessary safeguards frameworks (environment, resettlement and socials) and institutional and governance frameworks to guide future tranches of the MFF program, and (vii) the facility administration manual. Importantly, the TA will provide recommendations to establish the Program Management Unit (PMU), which will assist with the implementation of the investment program, and the activities under Project 1 (covering safeguards, institutional, technical, etc.) as well as the preparation of physical and non physical investments for inclusion under the subsequent tranches. The PPTA will also prepare the bidding documents for the PMU consultants and equipment procurement to ensure quick Program implementation start up.The second component of the PPTA will be preparation of the investment project under the Project 1 and its due diligence requirements. The outputs will include (i) Project 1 investment plan, design and monitoring framework; (ii) detailed terms of reference of SMU and facilitating entity (FE), clarifying their roles and responsibilities, and contractual obligations to each other and BWDB; (iii) staffing requirements of SMU and initiating Government of Bangladesh procedures for staffing; (iv) engagement with private sector partners who would be interested in acting as FE; (v) procurement details and development of service contract to reflect BWDB, FE, and SMU contractual relationship; (vi) financial management capacity assessment of BWDB and governance requirements of FE and SMU; (vii) updated safeguards planning documents; (viii) updated social and poverty analysis and gender action plan; (ix) updated available feasibility studies and detailed designs of MIP primary system, and terms of reference for further engineering survey, design, drawings, and bid documents of MIP modernization works; (x) updated cost estimate, irrigation service charge rate to be established, and economic and financial analyses; and (xi) draft Development Project Proforma (DPP).