GOVERNMENT OF THE
PEOPLE’S
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar
Dhaka-1207
Memo No. LGED/PD/NOBIDEP/GICD/S-02/2013/174 Date:10/04/2013.
Request for
Expression of Interest (EOl)
For selection
of Governance Improvement and Capacity Development (GICD)
Consulting Services of
The Government of the People’s Republic of
The GICD consultant team will: 1) Support LGED& Pourashavas as in Pourashava Development plan (PDP) including
land use plan, poverty reduction strategy, gender strategy Poverty reduction
action plan (PRAP), Gender action plan
(GAP) of each target pourashava 2) support capacity development of target
Pourashavas and among other stakeholders; 3) preparation of community based
organization (CBO), operational guidelines and implementation methodology of
Urban Governance Improvement Action Programme (UGIAP); 4) Introducing
computerized modern accounting system, tax record system, also tax collection, financial
management, slum improvement etc. and 5) conducting citizen report card,
communication campaign e-governance, web based
information etc improvement and capacity development herein called the GICD Consultants.
Total project covers 14 districts, namely, Rangpur,
Kurigram, Gaibandha, Nilphamari, Dinajpur, Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, Lalmonirhat,
Jamalpur, Sherpur, Tangail, Mymensingh, Netrokona and Kishoreganj. Duration of
the project is 6 (six) years.
LGED now invites EOI from eligible national firms
having qualified consultants to indicate their interest in providing
the services. The consultant must have i) satisfactory experiences in consulting
Service for Governance
Improvement and Capacity
Development (GICD) for similar nature of
works; ii) Experience in Japanese ODA loan project in
Bangladesh is preferable.
Interested consultants must
provide information in the annexure-1 to annexure-5 of EOI document, indicating
their qualification to perform the services. Consulting firm(s) under a single
contract will be selected to provide the consulting services. Association with other
firms is encouraged. To prepare a short list, EOIs will be reviewed on the
basis of the evaluation criteria set in the EOI document and the short-listed
firms will be invited to submit proposals. Consultants may associate to enhance
their qualification but should mention if the association is in the form of
“joint venture (JV)” or “sub-consultancy”. All members of an association should
have real and well defined inputs to the assignment. The consulting firm(s) may
form joint venture association with each other subject to the understanding
that they will be “solely” or “Jointly” and “severally” liable for entire
performance under the contract. The consulting firm(s) shall not be allowed to
participate in more than one proposal in any capacity including sub-contracting
or association.
The consultant (firm) will be selected using the
Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) procedure in accordance with the “Guidelines for the Employment of
Consultants under Japanese ODA loans” dated April 2012. It is expected
that the services will be commenced in January 2014 and completed by December
2018. Further information, may be obtained through applying to the address
below during normal office hours. EOI document will be available at the
undersigned office up to 5.00 pm of 12 May 2013. EOI shall be submitted in sealed envelope,
delivered to the address below on or before 13 May 2013 up to 3.00 PM BST and be clearly marked
“Request for Expression of Interest for selection of governance improvement and capacity
development (GICD) consultancy
services of Northern Bangladesh Integrated Development Project”
(A.N.M Enayet Ullah)
Project Director
Development Project
LGED Bhaban, (Level-11),
Agargoan,
E-mail: pdnobideplged@gmail.com
Memo No. LGED/PD/NOBIDEP/GICD/S-02/2013/174 Date:10/04/2013.
Copy forwarded for kind information;
1.
Chief Engineer, LGED,
2.
Senior Representative, JICA Bangladesh office,
3. The Director General, CPTU, IMED, Block#12, 2nd Floor, for making kind arrangement for publishing in CPTU website
4.
Additional Chief Engineer (Urban), LGED,
5.
Additional Chief Engineer ,
Planning & procurement LGED,
6.
Director, UMSU, LGED,
7. Executive Engineer/ Assistant Engineer, GIS unit, for uploading in the CPTU website
8. Manager Advertisement. The daily Star and The Doinik Samokal to please publish the EOI notice only for one day before 18 April 2013.