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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/DSM-1/2013/147                                   Date:06/03/2013.

 

Request for Expression of Interest (EOl)

For selection of Design, Supervision and Monitoring (DSM)

Consulting Services of

Northern Bangladesh Integrated Development Project (NOBIDEP)

 

The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (GOB) has applied for 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 design, supervision and monitoring, herein called DSM consultants.

 

The DSM consultant team will: 1) facilitate in designing, Supervision and monitoring  of all sub-projects , preparation and evaluation of project work plans; 2) support capacity development in LGED, the target Pourashavas and among other stakeholders; and 3) assist in the identification of implementation problems and solutions, coordination, review of Project progress, and reporting to LGED, JICA and other concerned agencies.

 

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 international firms having qualified consultants to  indicate their interest in providing the services. The consultant must have i) satisfactory overseas experiences of design, supervision and monitoring consulting services for similar nature of works. ii) Experience in a South Asian developing country & iii) Experience of Japanese ODA fund project in Bangladesh is preferable.

 

Interested consultants must provide information in the annexure -1 to 5 of EOI document, indicating their qualification to perform the services. International consulting firm (s) under a single contract will be selected to provide the consulting services. Association with local 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. Interested consulting firms may obtain the EOI document from the address below, upon payment of US$ 200 or BDT 16000.00 in the form of Bank Draft or Pay Order in favour of “Project Director, Northern Bangladesh Integrated Development Project, LGED, Bangladesh” & 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 10 April 2013.  EOI shall be submitted in sealed envelope, delivered to the address below on or before 11April 2013 up to 3.00 PM BST and be clearly marked “Request for Expression of Interest for selection of   Design, Supervision and Monitoring (DSM) 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/DSM-1/2013/147                                   Date:06/03/2013.

 

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 (Urban), LGED, Dhaka

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

5.      Director, UMSU, LGED, Dhaka

6.      Senior representative, Representative Office of JICA, 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 10 March , 2013