Establishment of the Pacific Regional Infrastructure Facility Coordination Office

Clearly explained what happened during TA implementation but failed short of drawing a lesson statement. A lesson would be: The efficiency of consultant recruitment is critical to ensuring smooth and successful TA implementation. For this TA, the QCBS method for recruiting consulting firms was added through a minor change in November 2014, about 20 months after TA inception. At the TA formulation stage, it is important that the consultant type, i.e., consulting firm or individual consultant, is adequately evaluated and purposively chosen to ensure that it is commensurate with the requirements of the planned activities.