Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

Local Government Engineering Department

Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar

Dhaka-1207

Memo. No. LGED/MIS/Consultant/A-12/2010/474 Dated: 25/06/2012

Invitation for Expression of Interest (EOI) for the Selection of Individual ICT Professional

LGED is one of the largest public sector organizations entrusted for planning and implementation of local level rural, urban and water sector infrastructure development projects throughout the country. To deal with such huge infrastructure development programs properly and efficiently, LGED uses information and communication technology as planning and management tools to discharge its responsibilities. At LGED HQs level, there is an MIS Unit with necessary infrastructures. However LGED intends to upgrade the present condition of MIS to endow more effective outputs with the ICT management tools to maximize its service delivery.

In context of above, LGED invites Expression of Interest (EOI) for selection of the following one ICT individual consultant.

I. ICT Professional (System Engineer)

The responsibilities, required educational qualifications, skills and experiences of the above consultant will include, but not limited to the followings:

I. Position Title: ICT Professional (System Engineer)

Responsibilities: The major responsibility is to plan, design and administration of Network, administration of server and data center. Configure, troubleshoot and maintain server. Ensure system security and data backup. Maintain LAN, WAN and internet connectivity and related services. Plan, design and implement disaster recovery of data.

Educational Qualifications: The applicant shall have 4 (four) years bachelor degree in Information Technology/ Computer Science/ Computer Science and Engineering or equivalent discipline from any university accredited by university grants commission or equivalent body. Professional certification from internationally reputed bodies/ institutions will be considered as additional qualification.

Skill & Experiences: The applicant shall have at least 8 (eight) years of proven experience of working as System Engineer or equivalent position in large organization(s) with 10 (ten) years of general experience working at IT field in Bangladesh.

A detailed Terms and References (ToR) can be obtained from the office of the undersigned during the office hour or can be downloaded from LGED website (www.lged.gov.bd). The consultants will be selected in accordance with the procedure of selection of individual consultants under the Public Procurement Rules 2008. The contract will be initially for one year which may be extended more upon the satisfactory performance of the LGED authority.

Interested IT Professional/ Specialist must submit EOI through “Request For Application (RFA)” form in sealed envelope clearly marked the title of position on the top of the envelop, addressed to “Unit In-Charge , GIS Unit, Level-4, LGED Bhaban, Local Government Engineering Department, Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207” not later than 3:00pm on 23 July 2012. The RFA form can be collected from the office of the undersigned during the office hour up to 22 July 2012.

LGED authority reserves the right to accept or reject any EOI and only short listed candidates will be communicated for further course of selection process. For any further information, the applicants may contact at the address below during the office hour (09 a.m. to 05 p.m.)

Sd---

(Md. Ahsan Habib)

Unit In Charge

GIS Unit, LGED HQs

Telephone: +880-2-8181503

E-mail: a_habib1963@yahoo.com

Terms of Reference of System Engineer

1.0 Background: Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) is one of the largest public sector organizations entrusted for planning and implementation of local level rural, urban and water sector infrastructure development projects throughout the country. To deal with such huge infrastructure development programs properly and efficiently, LGED uses Information and Communication Technology as tools for planning and management to discharge its responsibilities. LGED started computerization at the headquarters level in late 1980s. During early 1990s, computers were provided at district and upazila level. GIS and MIS units were established in 1992. Local Area Network (LAN) at head quarter level was established in 1996 with fiber optic backbone. At that time, district offices could connect LGED server through dial-up for e-mail access. To keep up with advancement of technology which is moving very fast, it is now time that a major upgrading had done for the network and server administration and data center management to embrace and utilize state-of-the-art innovations for better services.

2.0 Present context of Network and Servers: More than 800 computers at LGED HQ are connected to different servers through hubs and switches. LGED has deployed its own mail server and ftp server at LGED HQs. Broadband internet service is obtained by optical fiber connectivity with BTCL (former BTT&B).

Currently, there are inadequate services or sometimes disruption of LAN service and resource sharing among the PCs. Obviously, upgrade of hardware and software are needed. In addition, network and server administration should also be improved. Besides, administration and maintaining of mail and ftp server is also important issue. Proper management of invaluable data in the servers is essential in order to benefit from the vast digital resources. Documentation of the network resources is necessary to ensure regular inspection and maintenance.

3.0 Scope of Services: The scope of services of ICT Specialist (System Engineer) shall be but not limited to as follows:

3.1 The Consultant will study existing network and server resources in relation to different functions and user/ beneficiary groups and identify areas of improvement, linkage and integration with similar systems within LGED.

3.2 He/she will keep continuous interaction with different levels of LGED personnel to understand LGED’s vision and requirements for network and data services.

3.3 He/she will prepare as-found documentation of network resources; suggest and implement necessary changes and upgrade and make schedule of regular inspection and maintenance by support personnel in MIS unit.

3.4 He/she will prepare as-found documentation of server resources; suggest and implement necessary changes and upgrade and provide guidelines for administration and make schedule for regular maintenance by him/herself.

3.5 He/she will establish a robust digital data storage system within the servers to be accessed through LAN and internet by LGED personnel / authorized users.

3.6 He/she will configure, administer, and maintain LGED’s mail and ftp servers and establish a robust digital data storage system.

3.7 The Consultant must keep LGED counterpart official (designated engineer at MIS unit) informed of technical & programming details of network and server resources properly documented in both electronic and paper form and submit the same to MIS Unit In-charge.

3.8 Ensure system security and data back-up and develop and implement disaster recovery plan as required to consider the data and resources involved in the whole MIS.

3.9 He/she will work under direct supervision and direction of MIS Unit In-charge through the designated counterpart official (Engineer at MIS unit) with overall guidance of ICT Core Team at LGED HQ.