| Although a team of specialists will carry out the majority of World Bank’s responsibilities during the project cycle, it is very common for individual consultants to be hired to assist them while projects are in the Pipeline. The consulting opportunities tend to be short-term – between a few weeks and a few months – and involve identifying the project’s operational needs and risks, assessing the preparation activities and institutional capacity of the borrowing country, and determining the conditions of World Bank support. Often, consultants will work as part of the Bank team and travel to the country as part of World Bank identification and appraisal missions.
The Task Team Leader (TTL) is the Bank staff who coordinates the activity of the project team and is ultimately responsible for hiring individual consultants. Consulting assignments over US$ 50,000 are advertised on the World Bank’s web site. For smaller assignments, the TTL reviews a minimum of three CVs of consultants they know, have met, or have been recommended to them and then selects the most qualified and available consultant. For hiring of consulting firms, formal selection methods detailed in the guidelines, such as Quality- and Cost-Based Selection (QCBS) or Quality-Based Selection (QBS) will be used.
Borrowing countries also require consulting services when a project is in the pipeline, particularly in the preparation stage. The opportunities vary in size but are usually above US$ 200,000 and use formal selection methods like QCBS and QBS. All contracts with an estimated value will require the publication of a request for expression of interest in the UN Development Business and dgMarket websites.
There are generally no opportunities for suppliers of goods and civil works when a project is in the Pipeline. But, during these stages, decisions about what type of goods and civil works are needed, in what quantity and at what time are being made by the Implementing Agency of the borrowing country in consultation with Bank staff.
Business Opportunities in Project Implementation 
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