Small Scale
Water Resources Development Project
In Greater
Mymensingh, Sylhet and Faridpur Areas
RDEC
Bhaban (Level-6), Agargaon, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar
Dhaka-1207
Small
Scale Water Resources Development Project
in Greater
Mymensingh, Sylhet and Faridpur Areas
Request for
Expression of Interest (EOI) for Short-Listing of Institution/Firm for
Baseline Study
for Impact Assessment of Small Scale Water Resources Development Project
1.
The Government of the People’s Republic of
Bangladesh has received an ODA Loan from the Government of Japan, and intends
to apply part of the proceeds of this loan to
payments under the Contract to carry out a Baseline Study of 20 (twenty)
small scale water resource development subprojects under the Small Scale Water
Resources Development Project in Greater Mymensingh, Sylhet and Faridpur Areas.
The Project will implement approximately 215 sustainable stakeholder driven,
small scale water resources development subprojects in 15 districts.
2.
The Baseline Study will consist of collection,
compilation, analysis, and interpretation of findings on the socio-economic
parameters that are likely to change as a result of the subproject
implementation. The main impact indicators will be agricultural production,
fisheries production, employment generation, and household incomes,
disaggregated by farm size classes, occupational groups, and where relevant, by
gender. The poverty situation in the subproject areas will need to be reflected
on the basis of standard research methods.
3.
The Baseline Study will involve, but may not be
limited to, (a) preparation of household sampling design and finalization of
questionnaire checklist, schedule, etc; (b) recruitment and training of
supervisors and enumerators; (c) collection and checking data; and (d)
tabulation, analysis, and interpretation of the data. Baseline information will
be collected in the following general areas, plus any others deemed necessary
by the Institution/Firm: (a)
assessment of water resources (surface & ground water), (b) agricultural
production, (c) fisheries production (capture and culture), (d) biodiversity
and water quality, (e) employment creation (on a gender disaggregated basis),
and (f) level of poverty.
4.
The Baseline Study will form the basis for an
Impact Assessment that will be carried out 5 years later (separate contract).
5.
The study team for the Baseline Study will
include the following key professionals with high academic qualifications and
previous experience in similar studies including: (1) Water Management
Specialist, (2) Socio-Economist, (3) Agriculture/Agronomy Specialist, (4) Environmentalist, (5) Fisheries
Specialist, (6) Gender & Development Specialist, (7) Statistician, and (8) Qualitative
Data Analyst.
6.
The Project
now invites eligible Institutions/Firms of repute to indicate their interest in
carrying out the Baseline Study described above. The interested Institutions/Firms
may submit their EOI containing:
7.
The information shall be provided in tabular
form, as much as possible. Evidence supporting the information shall be
provided as attachments.
8.
Institutions/Firms not specialized in the area
of socio-economic surveys and studies related to water resources development
need not to apply, as they will not be considered.
9.
Short-listed Institutions/Firms will later be
invited to propose a detailed methodology for the Baseline Study incorporating
modern survey methods, and utilizing econometric and statistical tools (i)
ensuring that the results are statistically credible and (ii) showing how the
benchmark study will lead to the subsequent Impact Assessment (separate
contract).
10.
A total of 4-7 Institutions/Firms will be
short-listed and subsequently requested to submit Technical and Financial
proposals. The
Institution/Firm will be selected in accordance with the Fixed Budget Selection (FBS) method as set out in the Public
Procurement Rules 2008.
11.
Joint
venture/associations (JVA) will be allowed for the EOI. It is preferable to limit the total number of Institutions/Firms
including associates to a maximum of 3 (three).
12.
Joint
Venture among the shortlisted Institutions/Firms at the time of submission of a
Proposal is not permitted, and such Proposals
will be disqualified. Joint Venture with other non-shortlisted Institutions/Firms
at the time of submission of a Proposal
is admissible, but only with the permission of the Client, which must be obtained
prior to the deadline for submission of a Proposal.
13.
Interested Institutions/Firms may obtain further information at the
address below during office hours.
14.
Expressions
of Interest shall be submitted in sealed envelope, delivered to the address of
the undersigned shown above on or before 15 May 2011 up to 3:00 p.m. local time
and clearly marked “EOI for Short-listing for Baseline Study for Impact
Assessment of Small Scale Water Resources Development Project in Greater
Mymensingh, Sylhet and Faridpur Areas”.
15.
This
request of EOI is also available at the following Web sites: www.lged.gov.bd and www.cptu.gov.bd
(Moshiur Rahman
PEngg)
Project
Director, SSWRDP
LGED Bhaban,
Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar
Dhaka-1207,
Tel. 8181324,
Fax. 8181329