Government of
the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Local Government
Engineering Department
Sustainable Rural Infrastructure
Improvement Project (SRIIP)
Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar
Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh
Memo. No. LGED/PD/SRIIP/ISMC/2010/25 Dated: 14/11/2010
Invitation for
Expression of Interest (EOI)
For Institutional Support and Monitoring
Consultancy (ISMC) Services
for Sustainable Rural Infrastructure
Improvement Project (SRIIP)
1.
The
Government of Bangladesh (GOB) will receive a loan, subject to final approval
scheduled in Novmber, 2010 from the Special Funds resources of Asian Development Bank (ADB)
and grant assistance from KfW towards the cost of Sustainable Rural
Infrastructure Improvement Project (SRIIP) and intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of this loan & grant
to eligible payments under the consultancy services for which this invitation for Expression of Interest (EOI) is
issued. The terms and conditions of the contract and payments by ADB & KfW will be
subject to the terms and conditions of the still to be concluded Loan Agreement
respectively Financing Agreement,
including the Guidelines on the Use of Consultants by ADB and its Borrowers. Except as ADB & KfW
may specifically otherwise agree, no party other than GOB shall derive any rights from the loan or have any claim to the
proceeds of the loan. This EOI is an advance action prior to the conclusion of the Loan and Financing Agreements,
so that the financing of the consulting services is conditional to the conclusion of these agreements.
2.
The project aims at increasing rural incomes and
reducing rural poverty through sustainable economic growth, rural development,
social and gender development and improved infrastructure in the project area.
The key objectives are to : i)
promote overall development of the transportation system by improving upazila and union roads
development of growth centers (rural markets), and building drainage structures
(culvert and bridges) on upazila and union
roads. Develop socio economic condition of the rural people by providing
assistance where higher agricultural
production and their marketing. ii) help the rural people in poverty reduction
effort by reducing the transport cost, develop marketing system,
increase of sustainable agricultural production and creating short and long term employment opportunities in agricultural
and non agricultural sectors, iii) strengthen
institutional capacity of LGED and other local government institutions to help
develop a sound criteria for
operation and maintenance of the rural roads, markets/growth centers etc. iv)
encourage women's participation in
tree plantation and caretaking activities including the development of rural
markets and growth centers and off pavement maintenance activities of
developed roads and to ensure equal payment to women for same nature of work comparing with men, v) increase local employment
opportunities throughout the project
period by developing the different components.
3.
Being selected as the Executive Agency (EA) for
the project, Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) under Local Government Division (LGD) of
the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (LGRD&C) now invites eligible
consulting firm(s) who have adequate (at least five years) experience in
institutional and capacity development activities to submit Expression of
Interest (EOI) for Institutional Support and
Monitoring Consultancy (ISMC) services for Sustainable Rural Infrastructure Improvement
Project as a part of advance action plan agreed during the loan fact finding
mission in August 2010. The Institutional
Support and Monitoring Consultancy (ISMC) package will involve anticipated 48
person months of international staff and 228 person months for national
staff. The firm will be selected through international
competitive bidding with Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) procedures in
accordance with ADB's
Guidelines on the use of consultants (April 2010 or as amended from time to
time). The consulting services
contract is expected to commence in July 2011 and will continue up to the end
of the project duration.
4.
The
consultants of this package get local support (staff, office equipment, travel
budget etc) to carry out the scope of work.
The Employer (LGED) will provide office accommodation to the consultants. The
main objective of the ISMC
consultancy services is to provide technical guidance and assistance to all
phases of training and capacity
building activities that will be carried out under the SRIIP, particularly in
the areas of local governance,
institutional support to LGED, gender equality, adaptation to climate change
and benefit monitoring and
evaluation. As a part of this project, funds are available for capacity
development measures in close relation
to the work of the ISMC consultants. The international consultants working
under this ISMC contract should
ensure that on-the-job training is provided and expertise on capacity building
and project
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management is transferred to associated counterpart
officials.
5. In general, the scope of consultancy services
will include, but not be limited to the following:
a. need assessment, design and conduct training programs
and orientation curriculum employing participatory
approaches, compilation of handbooks and manuals for various courses and
workshops in line with the project
objectives including gender and social analysis through Participatory Rural
Approach (PRA) or Knowledge Attitude & Practice (KAP)
approach, participatory governance, resettlement planning,
environmental assessments, leadership development and other social development
issues;
b.
ensure that poverty, social
development and gender as well as environmental /climate change issues are integrated in all training/orientation program and
courses where relevant;
c. evaluate the effectiveness and assess impact of
training/orientation programs both at institution and community level with gender perspectives.
6. The ISMC
consultant is expected to have expertise in participatory and contemporary
training methodologies and approaches, sound
knowledge of Government policies, administrative systems and procedures, and expertise (in capacity development, rural infrastructure
development, local governance, training, gender and environment & climate change) is required. The
consultant will be required to make own arrangements under the consultant's
contract for appropriate for appropriate English/ Bangla
translation and interpretation service that may
be required.
7. EOIs may be submitted by a firm, association, or joint
venture. An international / national firm, as a lead firm, associate or partner can only be nominated in one EOI.
The consultant appointing another short-listed consultant
as a sub-consultant at the time of submission of "Request for Proposal
(RFP)" will not require prior permission
of the client but in such cases, the proposal shall be submitted in the title
of the short listed consultant.
8. To avoid
confusion and possible elimination after short-listing, lead firms of
associations or joint ventures are strongly advised to confirm relationships
(exclusive or non-exclusive) with selected associates or partners prior to expressing interest.
9. Interested firms may submit E01 in standard
template for consulting firms (available for download from web address: http://www.adb.org/consulting/toolkit-template.asp)
along with:
a.
Cover Letter signed by
authorized signatory with name(s), address(es),
contact details of partners / associates (if any),
b.
Agreement of Joint Venture
or Association or Partnership with clear indication of share of responsibility
and business (if applicable),
c. Additional information /
documentation on the following (documentary evidence to be attached):
i) Legal Status (Trade License and proof of other
Registration such as- Value Added Tax (VAT), Taxpayer's
Identity Number etc.), ii) Nature of business or operation, iii) Years of
similar, relevant and general experience; iv)
Experiences in similar working condition, v) Annual turnover of last 5(five) years; vi) Company Profile or Brochure, and vii)
Information of core team of key professionals on permanent
pay roll (Name, Date of Birth, Educational Qualification and relevant
Professional Experience — Time &
Brief Description) .
10. Interested
firm(s) must submit EOI in sealed envelope containing original and 5 (five)
copies addressed to "Project Director,
Sustainable Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project (SRIIP), Local Government Engineering Department, LGED Bhaban
(Level-11), Agargaon, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh" not later than 3:00pm local
time on 30 December 2010.
11. EOI's will be
evaluated on the basis of —(a) background of the firm, (b) general &
similar working experience, (c) lead firm
working experience in Bangladesh, (d) professional strength & (e) financial
strength
12. Further information including scope of work
and outline Terms of Reference will be available at the office of the undersigned during regular office hours.
(Md. Shahidur Rahman Pramanik)
Project Director
Telephone: +880-2-9142982
Fax :
+880-2-8124037