Government of the
People’s Republic of Bangladesh Local
Government Engineering Department Haor Flood Management
and Livelihood Improvement Project (LGED Part) LEGD Bhaban,
Level-11, Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Dhaka-1207. Memo No. LGED/PD/HFMLIP/C-1/2014/09 Date: 15/04/2014 Request
for Expression of Interest (REOI) For
Consulting
Services for Design, Supervision and other related Services of Haor Flood Management
and Livelihood Improvement Project (LGED Part). 1.
The Government of People’s Republic of Bangladesh
(GOB) has currently applied for Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan
from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) towards the cost of “Haor Flood Management and Livelihood Improvement
Project” (“the Project”) to manage recurrent flood and enhance living
standard through livelihood improvement in five (5) Haor
districts: Sunamganj, Habiganj,
Netrokona, Kishoreganj
and Brahmanbaria. A part of proceeds of the loan
will be utilized for consulting services for design, supervision and other
related services for rehabilitation of rural infrastructure and fishery
promotion. The Project is of approximately eight (8) years duration and
expected to be concluded by June 2022. 2.
The consulting services will be required for a)
Design, Construction and rehabilitation of rural development infrastructure
such as village/ union/ upazilla roads,
submergible roads, Rural Markets, Ghat (Boat
landing station) etc. and b) livelihood improvement: fishery promotion
support and small-scale income generation. 3.
The consulting firm(s) will have to provide experts
and engineers in the field of: a) Designing , Construction and
rehabilitation of rural infrastructure; b) Tender assistance and procurement
management; c) Construction supervision; d) Environmental management and resettlement;
e) Natural resource management, livelihood improvement through fishery
promotion, and small scale income generation; f) Technology transfer g) Knowledge
Management (KM);
h) Preparation of project progress reports; and (i)
PR activities. These services will require both national and international
consultant inputs. 4.
The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED)
now invites Expression of Interest (EOI) from eligible international consulting
firms for the above mentioned services. A
firm may make partnership with other
firm(s) to enhance their qualifications. In such case, the firm shall mention whether the partnership is in the form of
“Joint Venture” or “Sub-Consultancy”. In
case of JV, the documents/information regarding each member’s working experiences
mentioned in Clause 3 should be required for evaluation. 5.
A consulting firm
shall be solely and in case of JV all the member firms shall be jointly and
severally, liable for the entire performance of the Contract. Assigning
sub-consultant will required prior approval of LGED. The consulting firm/JV
shall remain responsible for the performance of the sub-consultants. 6.
The firm/JV should have specific satisfactory
overseas experience and as well as working experience in developing
countries
with the similar scope of works stipulated in Clause 2. Experience with
Japanese ODA
projects and working experience in Haor areas are also
preferable. 7.
The EOI should
specially include the following information in specific forms 1. Form
of Letter of “Expression of Interest” 2.
Form -1 GENERAL INFORMATION 3. Form 1.b
Consortium Agreement (If Applicable) 4. Form - 2 General Experience Record
Particular Experience Record 5. Form
– 3 Consulting service in
Developing countries in Rural Development and
Livelihood
Improvement 6. Form
- 4 Experiences in Japanese
ODA Project 7. Form
– 5 Consulting Service on
Design, Supervision and Monitoring of Rural
Infrastructures 8. Form –
6 Consulting service on Livelihood
improvement through Open water Fisheries promotion &
Fisheries related Income Generation Activities 9. Form–7
Similar Experience on Design,
Construction Supervision and Monitoring of Village/Union/Upazilla
roads, Submergible roads, Rural
markets, Boat landing station etc.
10. Form
– 8 Experience
in the Haor areas/ Wetlands/ Marshlands/ Wide
water body (Both
Study and Implementation) 11. Form
– 9 Financial Capacities 12. Form
– 10 Available Experts 8. The
EOI document and forms will be available in the website of LGED (http://www.lged.gov.bd/ProjectLibrary.aspx?
project ID=290) from 17/04/2014.
Hard copy of the same will be available from
the undersigned office during office hours. 9. The EOI as well as
forms/supporting documents attached shall be written in English. Documents originally written in other
than English should be translated by the Applicant into English and attached
to the original. 10. The shortlisted firms/JVs will be selected through Quality and Cost Based
Selection (QCBS). The latest edition of "Guidelines
for the Employment of Consultants under Japanese ODA Loans, April 2012" and "Standard
Request for Proposals under Japanese ODA Loans, October 2012" shall
be followed in the procurement process. 11. Consulting firms shall submit one (1) original and
four (4) copies of the EOI in sealed envelopes marked with "EOI
for Consulting Service for Design, Supervision, and other related
Services of Haor Flood Management and Livelihood
Improvement Project (LGED Part)", with an electronic copy. EOI
along with documentary evidences to support the required criteria shall be submitted to the undersigned office by 15/05/2014
on or before 11.00 AM (BST). Any application submitted later than the specified
date and time or submitted through e-mail / Fax will not be entertained. 12 The Client reserves the right to
accept/reject one or all EOIs or stop the process of approval at any stage,
at its sole discretion without assigning any reasons and shall bear no
liability whatsoever consequent upon such a decision. 13. Interested Applicant may
obtain/communicate for further information from the office of The Project
Director, Haor Flood Management and Livelihood
Improvement Project (HFMLIP) on office days during 10.00 to 12.00 hours BST
or through email up to 15 days prior to the submission date of EOI. Sd/- (Sk.
Md. Mohsin) Project
Director Haor Flood
Management and Livelihood Improvement Project Local
Government Engineering Department (LGED) LEGD
Bhaban, Level-11, Agargaon,
Sher-e-bangla Nagar,
Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh Phone :
+88-02-8151387, Fax : +88-02-8155581 E-
mail : pd.hfmlip@lged.gov.bd,
mohsin300964@yahoo.com