Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

Local Government Engineering Department

Haor Infrastructure and Livelihood Improvement Project

LGED-RDEC Bhaban (Level-3), Agargaon Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207

www.lged.gov.bd

Memo No.: LGED/PD/HILIP/M-02(Part-01)/2012/4369 Date: 23/11/ 2017

Request for Expression of Interest (REOI)

For

National Individual Consultant: Livelihoods and Training Specialist (LTS)

1. The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has received a credit for Haor Infrastructure and Livelihood Improvement Project (HILIP) from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Spanish Food Security Co-financing Facility Trust Fund (IFAD Loan No-I-847-BD, IFAD Grant No-I-C-847-BD & Trust Loan No-E-3-BD) and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit to cover eligible payments under the contract for the provision of consultancy services for the project by the following National Individual Consultant.

2. HILIP now invites eligible individual national consultant to submit their application for providing the services for The Livelihoods and Training Specialist (LTS).

3. The purposes and objectives of the assignment are as follows:

(a) The Livelihood and Training Specialist (LTS) will support to enhance production, diversification and marketing of crops and livestock products by developing the capacity of smallholder producers to participate in selected market-based value chains as well as by establishing and supporting market-based institutions.

(b) The activities of this component will primarily revolve around three sub-sectors: Crops and horticulture, livestock/poultry, and fisheries.

(c) For the livestock and poultry sub-sector, the incumbent will support the following activities: (i) training, demonstrations and exchange visits; and (ii) the introduction of improved animal breeds.

(d) For the fisheries sub-sector, the incumbent will conduct pilot tests for new fishery technologies and will also improve the processing and packaging techniques. In addition to the work in this specific sub-sector, this component will support different market institutions through technical assistance and training.

(e) The service of LTS is to promote livelihoods scopes and facilities by initiating the activities for the poor and small farm holders in the sub-sectors mentioned above.

4. The incumbent should have at least 4-year graduate degree in agriculture, economics, agri-economics, management, finance, marketing, business studies or development studies with 5 years experience out of 15 years of total service. The Livelihoods and Training Specialist (LTS) should have experience as consultant/specialist in agricultural development, agricultural development, livelihoods, and value chain development. However, further experience in project designing, monitoring and training in relevant areas will be preferred.

5. The Project Director now invites eligible applicants to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested applicants are invited to provide information indicating that they are qualified and competent to perform the services with a complete CV having one copy of recent passport size photograph and other details as required as per the application forms of RFA document provided by the undersigned.

6. Only one consultant will be selected in accordance with the PPR-2008. It is expected that the services may be commenced on January-2018 and continued till the end of project completion or June 2019 based on requirement.

7. Interested applicants may obtain further information and collect the request for application (RFA) documents by applying to the address mentioned above during office hours up to December 18, 2017 at 5:00 PM. Expressions of interest shall be submitted by the applicants on or before December 19, 2017 at 2.00 PM in sealed envelope delivered to the undersigned and be clearly marked “Expression of interest for Livelihoods and Training Specialist (LTS)”.

8. The Procuring Entity (PE) reserves the right to accept or reject any or all EOIs without assigning any reason whatsoever.

(Gopal Chandra Sarker)

Project Director

Phone: 02 8144578

Email: gopalpdhilip@gmail.com

CC:

1. The Chief Engineer, LGED, Dhaka.
2. The Additional Chief Engineer (-----------------------), LGED, Dhaka.
3. The Unit In- Charge, MIS Unit, LGED, Dhaka: He is requested to publish the above notice in LGED website.
4. The Editor, 1)The Daily Manob Jamin, 2) The Financial express: He is requested to publish the above notice in his widely circulated daily newspaper in inner page(Size:4X12") for 1 day only before 27/11/2017.
5. Office Copy.