Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

Local Government Engineering Department

Emergency 2007 Cyclone Recovery and Restoration Project (ECRRP)

Workshop Bhaban (Level-3), Agargaon,

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar,Dhaka-1207.

Memo No. LGED/PD/MDSP/A-13/2012/3892 Date: 14/08/2012

Request for Expressions of Interest (EOI)

Consulting Services

BANGLADESH: Multipurpose Disaster Shelter Project (MDSP)

(LGED Part)

Design and Supervision for Construction of Multipurpose Disaster Shelter Project.

The People’s Republic of Bangladesh has applied for financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Multipurpose Disaster Shelter Project (MDSP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for the consulting services for design and supervision of construction and rehabilitation of disaster shelters to be implemented by Local Government Engineering Department (LGED).

The services include assisting LGED to design and construction supervision of 500 cyclone shelters, improvement of 400 existing shelters, construction/ re-construction of 650 km of rural roads with bridges/culverts to connect cyclone shelters and construction of 40 kilas (earth mounds). Total project cost is about US$ 300 million covering 20 districts namely, Barguna, Bagerhat, Pirojpur, Patuakhali, Bhola, Barisal, Jhalikhati, Khulna, Sathkhira, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Feni, Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Faridpur, Rajbari, Gopalgonj, Sariatpur & Madaripur. The duration of the project is about 05 (five) years.

The LGED now invites Expression of Interest (EOI) from eligible consultants (firms) to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar condition, availability of the appropriate skills among staff, etc). To prepare the short-list the submitted EOIs would be reviewed on the basis of the following criteria and the short-listed firms will be invited to submit proposals.

· Registration of the firm.

· Availability of appropriate skills among staff.

· Demonstrated capacity to handle such assignment.

· Experience in similar tasks.

· Availability of resources.

· Experience of the firm in other works.

· Support services of the firm.

Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualification, but should mention whether the association is in the form of a “joint-venture” or of “sub-consultancy”. All members of such an association should have real and well-defined inputs to the assignment, and it is preferable to limit the total number of firms in the association to three.

The consultancy Services will be selected following the QBS (quality based selection) in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers” published by the Bank in 2010 (Revised).

Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time (except holidays).

Expressions of Interest must be sent to the address below by September 17, 2012.

(A F M Munibur Rahman)

Project Director

Emergency 2007 Cyclone Recovery and Restoration Project (ECRRP)

Workshop Bhaban (Level-3), LGED HQ,

Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar,

Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh

Tel: +88-02-8143334 (Off)

Fax : +88-02-8117257 & +88-02-8181129

E-Mail: munibur.lged@yahoo.com