Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh

Local Government Engineering Department

Greater Chittagong district Rural Infrastructure Development Project

(Chittagong & Cox’sbazar district),10-Level

Agargaon, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar

Dhaka-1207.

www.lged.gov.bd

Request for Expressions of Interest (EOI)

for Individual Consultant

Memo No: LGED/PD/GCHDP/A-02/2016/37 Date : 19-01-2016

1	Ministry/Division	Local Government Division
2	Agency	Local Government Engineering Department
3	Procuring Entity Name	Mohsin Uddin Ahmed Bhuiyan
4	EOI Ref No.	EOI No-02
5	Package No.	GCDRIDP-LGED-IC-01
6	Procurement Method	Selection of individual Consultant (Time Based)
7	Budget and Source of Fund	GOB
8	Name of the Project	Greater Chittagong district Rural Infrastructure Development Project(Chittagong & Cox’sbazar district).
9	EOI Closing Date & Time	17.02.2016 at 2.0pm

INFORMATION FOR APPLICANT :

Sl. no.	Name of Position	No. of Post	Qualification & Experience	Scope of Services
	Senior Structural (Bridge) Design Engineer	01	·A qualified civil engineer, at least a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering; a post-graduate qualification in structural engineering is preferred. · Fellowship or Membership of the Institution of Engineers in Bangladesh is preferred. · Membership of another professional engineering or transportation body is an advantage. ·Minimum 13 years of experience in planning, design, construction and maintenance of rural infrastructure (roads, bridges and culverts, buildings and markets) with a minimum of 10 years of specific experience in all aspects of the design and construction supervision of bridges in Bangladesh, including bridges larger than 100m span. · Proven work skills in multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural work environments. · Proven communication skills (excellent command of spoken and written English). · Computer literacy and ability to work with standard office and engineering software.	The Structural Design Engineer will be responsible for the detailed engineering design and preparation of bills of quantities and cost estimates for all bridges on rural road upgrading subprojects. Specifically the Structural Engineer will: 1. Define the locations of all new bridges on Project roads. 2. Define the requirements for and oversee the conduct of site engineering surveys – topography, hydrology, bore holes) and collection of other data needed for the design of the bridges, and carry out site inspections of proposed subprojects. Recommend remedial actions to the competent authority where problems arise. 3. Supervise and check the accuracy of all contracted-out engineering site survey work for bridges. 4. Analyze the survey data to determine the required waterway capacity and freeboard above high water level of each bridge. 5. In respect of bridges greater than 100 m span coordinate the conduct of contracted-out detailed hydrological and morphological surveys and check the accuracy of the outputs. 6. Prepare the detailed and cost-effective design and approve the drawings for each bridge greater than 30 m span including the piling and abutments, the superstructure, the carriageway and protection works. Accomplish the design of the bridge approaches. 7. Where necessary, coordinate with contracted-out specialized services for the design of bridges greater than 100 m span. 8. Be responsible for preparing the bill of quantities with detail estimate and the cost estimate for each road/bridge subproject.
	Quality Control Engineer	01	(1) A qualified civil engineer, at least a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering; a relevant post-graduate qualification is preferred. (2) Membership of the Institution of Engineers in Bangladesh is preferred. (3) Membership of another professional engineering or transportation body is an advantage. (4) Minimum 10 years of experience in planning, design, construction and maintenance of rural infrastructure (roads, bridges and culverts, buildings and markets) with a minimum of 3 years of experience, including at site level, in dealing with soils and construction materials, design standards and specifications, quality control and testing procedures for rural infrastructure works. (5) Proven work skills in multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural work environments. (6) Proven communication skills (excellent command of spoken and written English). (7) Computer literacy and ability to work with standard office and engineering software.	The Quality Control Engineer will work under the direction of the Project Director and Superintending Engineer concerned Region and in close collaboration with the Executive Engineer Districts, the Senior Assistant Engineers, Districts and Upazila Engineers concerned upazila. The Quality Control Engineer will support those aspects of the Executive Engineers works that relate to materials quality and safety control and specifically will: 1) Advise and support the upazila engineers in assisting the Executive Engineers to carry out site investigations for subproject design, particularly in relation to investigations of soils and the identification of remedial measures to address any problems. 2) Review the existing LGED laboratory and on-site facilities, staffing and procedures for quality control testing and where necessary recommend improvements. 3) Provide continuing support and on-job training to the LGED laboratories to develop and maintain their capacities for effective quality control testing. 4) Support and oversee the Executive Engineers and upazila Engineers in the quality control of the rural infrastructure construction works, through frequent site inspection of compliance with standards and specifications and of testing. Advise on resolving promptly at the site level any problems arising. 5) Check laboratory test reports and carry out sample spot checks of the conduct of testing. Advise the Superintending Engineer Region and Executive Engineers on remedial actions where problems are identified. 6) Provide prompt advice, based on inspections when problems are identified with soils or other materials during ongoing construction works. 7) Report to the Executive Engineers on findings and recommendations from all site inspections and checks. 8) Contribute to the conduct of technical training on quality and safety control and testing as appropriate.
Other Details: It is expected that the services will be commanded on 01^st May 2016 for a considerable Man-months. Interested consultants are required to submit their expressions of interest in accordance with the standard Application Forms (standard Request for Application) which will be obtained from the office of the undersigned during normal office hours five days before deadline of submission. A complete set of “Request for Application” including Term of Reference also be obtained from the office of the undersigned.

(Mohsin Uddin Ahmed Bhuiyan)

Project Director

Greater Chittagong district Rural Infrastructure Development Project(Chittagong & Cox’sbazar district).

Tele Phone No-02-9140704

E-Mail No. pd.gchdp@lged.gov.bd

Memo No: LGED/PD/GCHDP/A-02/2016/37/1(09) Date : 19-01-2016

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