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Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

Local Government Engineering Department

Bangladesh Agricultural Infrastructure Development Program

Agargaon, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar

Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh.

 

Memo No. LGED/PD/BAIDP/E-03/13/130                                                             Date: 17.12.2013

 

Request for Expression of Interest (EOl)

For selection of Design and Supervision

Consulting (DSC) Services of

Bangladesh Agricultural Infrastructure Development Program (BAIDP)

 

      The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (GOB has received a grant from United Sates Agency for International Development (USAID) towards the cost of the Bangladesh Agricultural Infrastructure Development Program (BAIDP) and intends to apply a part for the payments of consultancy services for survey, design and monitoring, herein called DM consultants.

 

The DM consultant team will: 1) do detail Topography survey, designing and monitoring  of all sub-projects, preparation detail drawings, Tender documents and evaluation of project work plans and 2) assist in the identification of implementation problems and solutions, coordination, review of design & modification and reporting to LGED, USAID and other concerned agencies.

 

Total project covers 20 districts namely Sariatpur, Faridpur, Gopalganj, Madaripur, Rajbari, Jessore, Jhenaidah, Magura, Narail, Meherpur, Chuadanga, Khulna, Bagerhat, Satkhira, Barishal, Jhalokathi, Pirojpur, Bhola, Patuakhali and Barguna. Duration of the project is Three and half years.

LGED now invites EOI from eligible local firms having qualified consultants to  indicate their interest in providing the services. The consultant must have i) satisfactory experiences of design, supervision and monitoring consulting services for similar nature of works. ii) Experience of foreign aided project in Bangladesh is preferable.

 

Interested consultants must provide information indicating their qualification to perform the   services. Association with other local firms is encouraged. To prepare a short list, EOIs will be reviewed on the basis of the following evaluation criteria: (a) Age and registration of firm (years in relevant business, (b) Availability of key professionals, (c.) Turnover of the firm & audit report (financial resources), (d) Experience of the firm in similar tasks/assignments (examples of past experience similar nature and/or complexity), (e.) Experience of the firm in other works (examples of other experience), (f) Support services of the firm.

 

After evaluation 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 Public Procurement Rules 2008 (PPR-2008). It is expected that the services will be commenced in March 2014 and completed by December 2016. Interested consulting firms may obtain detail information from the office of the “Project Director, Bangladesh Agricultural Infrastructure Development Program (BAIDP), LGED, Bangladesh” the address below during normal office hours. EOI shall be submitted in sealed envelope, delivered to the address below on or before 15 January 2014 up to 3.00 PM BST and be clearly marked “Request for Expression of Interest for selection of   survey, design and monitoring consultancy (DMC) services of Bangladesh Agricultural Infrastructure Development Program (BAIDP)”.

 

 

 

(Md. Jasim Uddin)

Project Director

Bangladesh Agricultural Infrastructure Development Program

LGED Bhaban, (Level-12), Agargoan, Dhaka.

Phone: 8181162

e-mail: jasim.uddin66@gmail.com

 

 

Memo No. LGED/PD/BAIDP/E-03/13/130                                                             Date: 17.12.2013

 

Copy forwarded for kind information:

 

  1. Chief Engineer, LGED, Dhaka.
  2. The Director General, CPTU, IMED, Block#12, 2nd Floor, for making kind arrangement for publishing in CPTU website.
  3. Additional Chief Engineer (Implementation/ Planning & Design), LGED, Dhaka.
  4. Superintending Engineer (Planning), LGED, Dhaka.
  5. Economic Growth Agriculture Officer, USAID, US embassy, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  6. Executive Engineer, GIS unit, for uploading in the CPTU website.
  7. Manager Advertisement, The Daily Samakal / The Daily New Age, you are requested to publish the above EOI notice for one day on or before 21/12/2013 in all edition.
  8. Office copy.