When bids were opened in Myanmar’s 1.06 gigawatt solar power tender on 9 September, a few names were repeated over and over: Sungrow Power Supply Co Ltd and China Mechanical Engineering Corporation, State Power Investment Corporation, China Gezhouba Group and Xian Longi Clean Energy Co Ltd. In the end, all but one of the winning […]
Chinese companies dominate Myanmar solar tender
September 23, 2020 by Thiha
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Administrators, announcement, Bidders, Chinese, CMEC, electricity, ESIA, flexibility, hydropower, Ministry, Solar, tender
YCDC invites Expression of Interest, National environmental safeguards consultant, C4-CS5
February 14, 2019 by Thiha
Client: Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) Country: Republic of the Union of Myanmar Project: Myanmar Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Management Project Loan No.: 60800-MM Assignment Title: National Environmental Safeguards Consultant Reference No.: C4-CS5 1. The Republic of the Union of Myanmar has received financing from the International Development Association (IDA) in the form of a […]
Filed Under: Tenders & Awards Tagged With: Asian Development Bank preferred, consultant, ESIA, IDA, National Environmental
Myanmar to trim Kyaukphyu cost but drops Annan’s strategic review suggestion
July 18, 2018 by Thiha
Nay Pyi Taw’s plan to reduce the cost of Kyaukpyu Special Economic Zone, including the proposed deep-sea port, will help cap its external debt load and avoid repeating Sri Lanka’s Hambantota’s precedent, according to London-headquartered research firm BMI Research. At the same time, a government committee has dropped any mentioning of commissioning a Strategic Environmental […]
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Asia analyst, BMI Research, central bank, Chair, China, Chinese Investment, Chinese sources, CITIC-led consortium, deep sea port, DICA, director-general, Directorate of Investment and Company Administration, domestic capital market, economic adviser, Environmental and Social Impact Assessments, ESIA, Export-Import Bank of China, former Rakhine Advisory Commission, Hambantota Port, Hong Kong, ICJ, ILO, International Commission of Jurists, International Labour Organisation, Kofi Annan, KSMC, Kyaukphyu SEZ, Kyaukphyu SEZ Management Committee, Kyaukpyu Special Economic Zone, labour market assessment, Loans, MIC, Ministry of Planning and Finance, Myanmar investment commission, NLD, permanent secretary, planning and finance minister, Rakhine State, Raphael Mok, sea, Sean Turnell, SEZ Central Executive Committee chair, Sri Lanka, State Counsellor, Strategic Environmental Assessment, U Aung Soe, U Soe Win, U Than Myint, U Thaung Tun, U Tun Tun Naing
Department of Highways (DOH): EOI for Flooding and Landslide Emergency Recovery Project (FLERP), Submission Date: 30 April 2018.
April 10, 2018 by Thiha
IDA Credit 5889-MM Assignment Reference Number: C1-MOC-CSO2 Assignment Title: Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Resettlement Action Plan(RAP) for the Kalay- Hahka Road Rehabilitation in Chin State The Republic of the Union of Myanmar has received financing from the World Bank towards the cost of the Flooding and Landslide Emergency Recovery Project (FLERP). The […]
Filed Under: Tenders & Awards Tagged With: accidents, Air, Ayeyarwaddy, Bago, Chin State, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, DOH, ecosystems, EHSGs, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment, Environmental- Health and Safety Guidelines, ESIA, FLERP, FLERP Project Director, flooding and landslide emergency recovery project, IBRD Loans, IDA Credits and Grants, Kalay- Hahka Road, Magway, MInistry of Construction, MOC, Myanmar, Nay Pyi Taw, public holidays, Rakhaine, RAP, Resettlement Action Plan, Sagaing, SOIL, Terms of Reference, TOR, U Khin Zaw, waste, Water, water usage, World Bank, Yangon
Electric power generation enterprise : EOI for Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA). Closing Date 14 Dec 2017.
November 14, 2017 by Thiha
Assignment Title: Preparation of an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the New Ywama Power Plant in Yangon Reference No. EPGE-G02/2017 The Government of Myanmar is processing to apply financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the New Ywama Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. The […]
Filed Under: Tenders & Awards Tagged With: consultant service, Consultants, consulting services, Electric Power Generation Enterprise, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment, EPGE, ESIA, firms selection, IBRD Loans, IDA Credits & Grants, joint venture, Ministry of Electricity and Energy, New Ywama Power Plant, request for expressions of interest, safety management systems, sub-consultancy, The Electric Power Generation Enterprise, The Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, World Bank, World Bank Borrowers, Yangon
EOI for Consulting services (firm selection), Myanmar, Closing Date 17 Nov 2017
November 6, 2017 by Thiha
South East Asia Disaster Risk Management Project Project ID. P160931 Assignment Title: Component 3 Preparation of Detailed Engineering Designs and Bidding Documents for the seismic retrofitting of 20 buildings in Yangon, and Construction Management and Supervision of the Works. Reference No. C3 CS1 The Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar has applied […]
Filed Under: Tenders & Awards Tagged With: 10 Storeyed Office Building, Construction Management and Supervision of the Works, consulting services, Corner of Sepin Street, EDB, Engineering Department (Buildings), Engineering Designs and Bidding Documents, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment, Environmental and Social Management Framework, ESIA, ESMF, Expressions of interest, firms selection, Government of the Republic of The Union of Myanmar, joint venture, JV, Kyauktada Township, private design community, QCBS, Quality and Cost Based Selection, risk assessment, South East Asia Disaster Risk Management Project, Standard Bidding Documents, World Bank, World Bank Procurement Guidelines, Yangon, Yangon City Development Committee, YCDC
IFC Approves Support for Controversial Tycoon’s Mandalay Cement Project
September 1, 2017 by Thiha
The World Bank’s private sector lending arm the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has given the go ahead to support a multi-million dollar plan to expand a cement factory in Mandalay Region, operated by the Shwe Taung Conglomerate. The firm’s chairman, Aik Htun, had been alleged by US authorities to have had ties to the drug […]
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Aik Htun, Asia Wealth Bank, AWB, Burmese bank, CBOS, chairman, coal mine, Community Based Organizations, Critical Habitat area, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Drug Trade, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment, ESIA, former political prisoners, IFC, IFC Myanmar Country Chief, Jim Kim, Kokang ethnic group, Kyaw Win, Mandalay Region, Myanmar, Myanmar civil society groups, Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army leader, Myanmar Vikram Kumar, Myanmar’s Minister of Planning and Finance, National League for Democracy, NGOs, NLD, notorious drug lord Peng Chia-Sheng, project proposal, Public Forum, Shwe Taung, Shwe Taung Conglomerate, Sino-Burmese businessman, The International Finance Corporation, Tycoon’s Mandalay Cement Project, us, US government, US government websites, US Patriot Act, US Treasury Department, WASHINGTON, World Bank head, World Bank policy, World Bank’s chief Jim Kim, World Bank’s private sector
Expression of Interest in Consulting Services for Disaster Risk Management Project. Closing Date 17 August 2017
August 3, 2017 by Thiha
Subscribe to our tender alert mailing list MYANMAR South East Asia Disaster Risk Management Project Project ID. P160931 Assignment Title: Component 2 Preparation of Detailed Engineering Designs and Bidding Documents for Drainage Infrastructure Improvements for the 6 Downtown Townships of Yangon (Lanmadaw, Latha, Pabedan, Kyauktada, Botahtaung and Pazundaung) and Construction Management and Supervision of the […]
Filed Under: Tenders & Awards Tagged With: a SCADA system, automatic tidal gates, Bidding Documents, Botahtaung, Construction Management, consulting services, Defects Liability Period, Detailed Engineering Designs, Drainage Infrastructure Improvements, Drainage Plans, Engineering Department, Engineering Designs, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment, Environmental and Social Management Framework, ESIA, ESMF, Expressions of interest, Government of the Republic of The Union of Myanmar, hydraulic studies, hydrological, IBRD Loans, IDA Credits & Grants, Kyauktada, Lanmadaw, Latha, Myanmar, Pabedan, partnership, Pazundaung, QCBS, Quality and Cost Based Selection method, Roads & Bridges, single proposal, South East Asia Disaster Risk Management Project, standby generators, storm water pumps, SuDs, Sustainable Drainage System measures, technical and financial, topographical surveys, U Nyan Thar, urban drainage systems, World Bank, Yangon, Yangon City Development Committee, Yangon City Hall, YCDC
World Bank Arm Defends Mandalay Cement Factory Project Amid Civil Society Opposition
July 3, 2017 by Thiha
Following an open letter sent to the World Bank’s President Jim Kim by a coalition of community-based organizations opposing a proposed plan to support the expansion of a cement plant in Mandalay Region and the coal mine that fuels it, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) maintains that the project is worthwhile. The open letter was […]
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Burma’s banking industry, Civil society groups, coal mine, coal projects, controversial palm oil project, Dinant Corporation’s plantation project, Earth Rights International, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment, ERI, ERM, ESIA, financial backing, IFC, IFC’s water mangement plan, Irrawaddy, Kachin State, Karen activist Ka Hsaw Wa, Karen Environment and Social Action Network, KDNG, KESAN, Mandalay Cement Factory Project Amid Civil Society Opposition, Mandalay Region, military forces, Myanmar, Myanmar civil society, Myitkiyna, NGO, Sagaing Division, Shwe Taung Cement Company, Shwe Taung Group chairman Aik Htun, Sino-Burmese tycoon, STC, The Asia Wealth Bank, The International Finance Corporation, the Kachin Development Networking Group, the Shwe Taung Cement Factory, the UK-based Environmental Resource Management, the World Bank’s President Jim Kim, US authorities, US oil, Vikram Kumar, WASHINGTON, World Bank Arm, World Bank chief Jim Kim, World Bank coal-screening criteria
UNDP RFP for Socio-Economic and Environmental Impacts Assessment of Mining in Mandalay Region. Closing Date 4 Nov 2016
October 22, 2016 by thiha
Subscribe to our tender alert mailing list REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) Date: October 19, 2016 Reference: 2016/PROC-UNDP-MMR/63 To carry out an assessment to provide an overview of the direct, indirect and cumulative environmental, social and economic impacts (both positive and negative) of current mining investment projects in 2 selected townships of Mandalay region, in a […]
Filed Under: Tenders & Awards Tagged With: 2016/PROC-UNDP-MMR/63, Daw Kay Khine, ESIA, mining in Mandalay, Procurement Associate, request for proposal, RFP, Socio-Economic and Environmental Impacts Assessment, UNDP
