Introducing any new procurement modality, such as the complex performance-based management contract (PBMC), creates implementation capacity issues. Initially, a water loss management contract under this project adopted the design-build–operate modality and was tendered out. Due to poor market response, the contract package was rebid. The executing agency (EA) modified the contract provisions to align with market needs and a PBMC package was successfully awarded in October 2016. Although it drew heavily from ADB's standard bidding document for supply and installation works, with additional modifications based on the World Bank's bidding documents on nonrevenue water management, the PBMC package was pioneering in nature and proved challenging to implement.
Kolkata Environmental Improvement Investment Program - Tranche 1