Transitioning PWD to a More Effective Road Network Manager

     

    Released: July 2017

     

    Introduction
    This Concept Note suggests a staged strategy for transitioning Vanuatu’s Public Works Department (PWD) from a public agency that delivers road maintenance projects – using a mix of its own labour and equipment (“force account”, or FA), community agreements and maintenance contracts – to a more performance-focused organisation (a network manager) that relies mainly on outsourcing to meet targets for the serviceability of the whole network.

     

     

    Transitioning PWD to a More Effective Road Network Manager

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    Transitioning PWD to a More Effective Road Network Manager | Implementation Plan

     

    Released: July 2017

     

    Introduction
    In June 2017, a Concept Note 2 outlined the Public Works Department’s (PWD’s) intended transition to a more performance-focused organisation – a network manager – that relies largely on outsourcing to meet targets for the serviceability of the whole network. The Note found that maintenance by force account (FA) was significantly more expensive than by contractor, reinforcing the justification for PWD’s continuing shift towards an outsourced model. The transition to a network manager will require a further shift from delivering individual projects to delivering a network that meets broader priorities like those in the Rural Roads Access Policy (RRAP), with performance risk transferred to those best able to manage it. The Note recommended a redeployment of FA resources to concentrate only on areas where private-sector capability does not yet exist or competition is limited; the trial introduction of a new agreement making contractors, rather than PWD, responsible for involving and managing community labour (community participation is a strong feature of the RRAP) and incorporating performance incentives; the preparation and procurement of a pilot, multi-year, performance-based maintenance contract (PBMC) to test and demonstrate the model’s suitability for PWD as network manager; and the development and operation of a road network asset management system (RAMS), including associated survey procedures, with committed, long-term donor support guaranteeing the quality and functionality of the system until PWD is able to manage this itself.

     

     

    Transitioning PWD to a More Effective Road Network Manager | Implementation Plan

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    Rural Roads Workplan for Year 2019

     

    Released: 15 November 2018

     

    Introduction
    The purpose of this document is to serve as the basis for the implementation of the next years’ works in the area of Rural Roads. It has been produced as the result of the defined design and evaluation processes and approved by the relevant personnel. The document is structured in the way that it provides an overview of the design and evaluation processes that have preceded the formal approval; defines a process for its’ revision, and; provides a summary of the divisional Workplans and funding arrangements. For each division, the document provides a budget summary and elaborates on what was the general approach to the works prioritization.

     

     

    Rural Roads Workplan for Year 2019

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    Urban Roads Workplan for Year 2018

     

    Released: 15 November 2018

     

    Introduction
    The purpose of this document is to serve as the basis for the implementation of the next years’ works in the area of Urban Roads.Roads It has been produced as the result of the defined design and evaluation processes and approved by the relevant personnel.

     

    The document is structured in the way that it provides an overview of the design and evaluation processes that have preceded the formal approval; defines a process for its’ revision, and; provides a summary of the divisional Workplans and funding arrangements..

     

     

    Urban Roads Workplan for Year 2018

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    Urban Roads Workplan For Year 2019

     

    Released: 15th November 2018

     

    Introduction
    The purpose of this document is to serve as the basis for the implementation of the next years’ works in the area of Urban Roads. It has been produced as the result of the defined design and evaluation processes and approved by the relevant personnel.

     

    The document is structured in the way that it provides an overview of the design and evaluation processes that have preceded the formal approval; defines a process for its’ revision, and; provides a summary of the divisional Workplans and funding arrangements..

     

     

    Urban Roads Workplan For Year 2019

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