3. Once on the loan page, navigate to “Disbursements” tab and click the “Submit Withdrawal Application”

4. Select the “Advance to Designated Account” from the dropdown list.

5. Select DA-A from the dropdown list. Application fields will open.

Under Section A - Withdrawal Application Reference/ Borrower reference – enter the info which will distinguish this application from any other. Usually it is: 1 , or DA-1. The application numbering is at your discretion…..

Under Section B – enter amount 24,480,000

                        - enter Beneficiary details – I presume Ministry of Finance

                        - enter Beneficiary payment instructions, i.e. Designated Account payment instructions. When you opened DA with NBG, you received the IBAN number and I                  presume NBG provided you with Intermediary Bank details. This is payment in EUR and IBK (correspondent) bank from Euro zone is required.

6. Under Section C – attach the IFR file or the Projections file/table which was used to present the projection of expenditures to the Bank.
7. Under Section D –once you’re done, click on the “Validate ann Review”. After validation is succesfuly done, there will be a button “Submit for Signature”. Click on it and application will go to Niko for signature. Niko will also receive system e-mail message notifytinh him of application ready for signature.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you very much for your understanding,

With best regards,

Dear Volkan and All,

With this I am resending the advance request form for the Georgia Project to include all relevant recipients as advised. I refer to the Loan Agreement (“Agreement”) between GEORGIA (“Borrower”) and INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (“Bank”) for the Georgia Emergency COVID-19 Response project, dated May 1, 2020. We would like to kindly request your No Objection to the withdrawal of the advance of Loan 9113-GE (“Loan”) in the amount of US$ 61,135,000. The forecast of the fund utilization is enclosed to this email.

We kindly would like to draw your attention to the fact the proceeds of the above fund will be used to cover the costs of Healthcare component as well as the expenditures of Project Implementing Unit. I would like to inform you that as an emergency response, the procurement of the critical items under the project will be conducted within few months, disbursement of funds will be set as per delivery schedule.

As you are aware, the Ministry has already finalized the following contracts:

1.            Procurement of Rapid COVID-19 Test Kits – US$ 504,000;

2.            Procurement of Critical Care Ventilators – US$ 405,000;

3.            Procurement of Mobile Emergency Ventilators – US$ 313,476;

4.            Procurement of In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Device – US$ 493,518;

5.            Procurement of COVID-19 Standard AG Test – US$ 612,200;

The following contracts are to be negotiated:

1.            Procurement of PCR tests – US$ 6,851,809.68;

2.            Procurement of GeneXpert test kits-COVID 19 – US$ 478,240.40

Procurement of the capital equipment for the COVID-19 designated hospitals will be conducted soon.

In the light above, please review the enclosed 6 Months Forecast Table and issue No Objection in order to proceed with the withdrawal application through ClientConnection.

Should you have additional questions please kindly let me know. My apologies for double posting.

პატივისცემით,

თამარ გაბუნია

მინისტრის პირველი მოადგილე

Sincerely,

Tamar Gabunia, MD, MPH

First Deputy Minister