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Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

Local Government Engineering Department

Second Rural Transport Improvement Project (RTIP-II)

LGED Bhaban (Level-11), Agargaon, Dhaka-1207

www.lged.gov.bd

 

Memo No. LGED/PD/RTIP-2/W-02/2016/6192                                            Date: 23/03/2017

 

Request for Expression of Interest (REOI)

for

Individual Consultant of preparing of a Draft Rural Waterway Policy (National)

 

The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) has received financial assistance from International Development Association (IDA) for Second Rural Transport Improvement Project (RTIP-II), which is under implementation by the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) under Local Government Division (LGD) of the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives (MLGRD&C). The project development objective is to improve rural accessibility in project area and strengthen institutional capacity for sustainable rural road maintenance. The project area includes 26 (twenty six) contiguous districts: Pabna, Sirajgonj, Tangail, Dhaka, Manikgonj, Gazipur, Munshigonj, Narayangonj, Narsingdi, Mymensingh, Jamalpur, Sherpur, Netrokona, Kishoregonj, Comilla, B-Baria, Chandpur, Sylhet, Hobigonj, Sunamgonj, Moulvibazar, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Feni, Chittagong, and Cox's Bazar. The total project cost is estimated at around US $417 million, including physical and price contingencies.

 

The objective of the assignment is to prepare a Draft Rural Waterway Policy in consultation and discussion with the stakeholders and focus groups being in line with the existing plans and policies of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.

 

a)         No. of the Post : One

 

b)         Consultancy Period :

 

The Consultant will be hired on lump-sum basis. The assignment will involve a maximum of 3 (three) months’ input as an individual consultant starting approximately in April 2017. However, the consultant has to provide his/her input at various stages of the policy formulation.

 

c)         Educational Qualification :

           

            At least Masters Degree in relevant academic discipline

 

d)         Experience & adequacy for the assignment:

 

The consultant should have at least following qualifications:

q  Minimum 15 years working experience in the field of water ways

q  Responsibilities performed in respect of formulation of policies, manuals, strategies, laws, rules and regulations will be preferred

q  Sufficient knowledge of existing Government policies and procedures

q  Good skills in report writing, communication and policy dialogues

 


The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) now invites eligible Applicants (“Consultants”) to indicate their interests in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services (complete CV with other details as required). The consultant will be selected in accordance with the selection of individual consultants procedures set out in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers, January 2011.

 

Interested Candidates are requested to collect Terms of Reference (TOR) if required from the office of the undersigned. The advertisement is also available in the website of LGED & CPTU.

 

Expressions of Interest shall be submitted by 5:00 PM on 09/04/2017 in sealed envelope delivered to Project Director, Second Rural Transport Improvement Project (RTIP-II), LGED Bhaban (Level-11), LGED, Dhaka-1207 and be clearly marked “Request for Expressions of Interest for Individual Consultant for preparing of a Draft Rural Waterway Policy”.

 

The Client reserves the right to accept or reject any/all Expression of Interest (EOI).

 

 

 

                                                                                                       Sd/-         

 

                                                                                       ( Md. Mostafa Kamal )

                                                                                              Project Director

                                                              Second Rural Transport Improvement Project (RTIP-II)

                                                                    LGED Bhaban (Level-11), LGED, Dhaka-1207

                                                                    Phone: +88 02 9120218, Fax: +88 02 58157511

                                                                                E-mail: pdrtip2.lged@yahoo.com

 

Copy forwarded for necessary action:

 

1.     Chief Engineer, LGED, Dhaka.

2.     Additional Chief Engineer (Implementation), LGED, Dhaka.

3.     Director General, CPTU, IMED, Planning Commission, Agargaon, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, he is requested to publish the notice into CPTU website.

4.     Mr. Farhad Ahmed, Task Team Leader, RTIP-II, Sustainable Development for South Asia Region, World Bank Office, Dhaka.

5.     Addl. Chief Engineer, Dhaka Division (In-charge of Design Unit) & Project Coordinator, RTIP-II, LGED, Dhaka.

6.     Mr. Ashis Bhadra, Sr. Transport Specialist, World Bank Office, Dhaka.

8.     Unit-in-charge, GIS Unit, LGED, he is requested to publish the notice in LGED website

9.     The Manager (Advertisement), ............................................................., he is requested to publish the attached notice once in his daily on or before ................ and submit 05 (five) copies of the same.

10.   Mr. / Ms. .............................................................................................................................