Recently, Nippon Koei Co., Ltd. (NK), with the support of Philkoei International, Inc. (PKII), has ranked first in their proposals for two JICA funded solid waste management (SWM) projects: (1) the Regional Solid Waste Management for Mamminasata Project (RSWMMP) in South Sulawesi, Indonesia; and (2) the Hai Phong City Environmental Improvement Project – SWM Component in Vietnam. As JICA has adopted quality- and cost-based selection (QCBS) for the selection process of short-listed firms, PKII has helped strengthen the proposals of NK through their globally competitive rates of highly qualified and well experienced experts. In particular, PKII has provided NK two experts, one as Team Leader and the other as Financial Management Expert, for RSWMMP. Both experts have already started their assignments in Indonesia, and more importantly, PKII has received positive feedback from NK for the Team Leader’s exceptional work thus far. Then for the SWM component of the Hai Phong City Project, two more PKII experts have been selected as Sewage Treatment Expert and Resettlement Expert, and both will start their assignments later this year in Vietnam.

In relation to the above, NK has engaged another PKII consultant as Financial and Economic Analysis Expert for JICA’s Feasibility Study on Nairobi SWM Facilities in Kenya. This expert, which has been previously engaged by NK, will start her assignment in Kenya later this year.

With the engagements and deployments of the five experts mentioned above, PKII has proved valuable to NK, particularly to endeavors in official development assistance projects.