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GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Northern Bangladesh Integrated Development Project

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

Northern Bangladesh Integrated Development Project (NOBIDEP)

 

The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (GOB) has received an ODA loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) towards the cost of the Northern Bangladesh Integrated Development Project (NOBIDEP) and intends to apply a part of the proceeds of this loan for the payments of consultancy services for Governance Improvement and Capacity Development, herein called GICD consultants.

 

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

Northern Bangladesh Integrated

Development Project

LGED Bhaban, (Level-11),

Agargoan, Dhaka. Phone:8181355

                      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, Dhaka.

2.      Senior Representative, JICA Bangladesh office, Dhaka.

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, Dhaka.

5.      Additional Chief Engineer , Planning & procurement LGED, Dhaka.

6.      Director, UMSU, LGED, Dhaka.

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.