Build4S技能：采购从业者实践指南（英）

Build4Skills Practice Guide for Procurement Practitioners (September 2024)

Purpose and Overview

• Purpose: The Build4Skills approach aims to integrate traineeships into civil work contracts of ADB-supported infrastructure projects to promote skills development and job readiness among local youth.
• Key Objectives:
  • Improve youth's skills and facilitate their transition into jobs.
  • Connect contractors with skilled local labor.
  • Enhance project inclusiveness and reputation.

Background and Context

• ADB Strategy: Aligns with ADB Strategy 2030 and global strategies like the G20 Quality Infrastructure Investment Principles.
• Approach: Build4Skills integrates traineeships into project designs and procurement documents to unlock additional impact.
• Training Type: Short-term (6-12 weeks), quality-driven, focused on construction-related occupations, targeting local youth from TVET programs or recent graduates.

Key Components of the Practice Guide

1. Overall Process and Key Roles and Responsibilities

   • Suitability Assessment: Evaluate contract packages for suitability.
   • Market Engagement Survey: Conduct surveys to identify suitable traineeships.
   • Setting Traineeship Requirements: Define and incorporate traineeship requirements into bidding documents.
   • Provisional Sums: Include provisional sums for traineeships in the bill of quantities.
   • Disbursements: Manage disbursements and verify traineeship quality.

2. Detailed Steps

   • Traineeship Specifications: Provide templates for traineeship requirements and specifications.
   • Disbursement Plan: Outline monthly disbursement plans.
   • Quality Checklist: Use a checklist to ensure traineeship quality before commencement.

3. Appendices

   • Table 1: Criteria for determining build4skills suitability.
   • Table 2: Bill of quantities example.
   • Table 3: Approaches to calculating provisional sums and trainee targets.
   • Table 4: Determining percentage of traineeships based on total contract values.
   • Table 5: Disbursement plan (monthly disbursements).
   • Table 6: Build4Skills quality checklist before traineeship start.
   • Table 7: Definitions of noncompliance for key traineeship specifications.

Benefits and Advantages

• Sustainable Development: Aligns with SDGs by providing skills development and job readiness.
• Operational Flexibility: Easily integrable into any project by incorporating traineeship requirements.
• Impact Enhancement: Leverages infrastructure projects to generate broader societal benefits.

Conclusion The Build4Skills approach offers a structured method for ADB procurement practitioners to integrate traineeships into civil work contracts, enhancing project outcomes and supporting local youth. This practice guide provides detailed guidance on implementing the approach effectively.