Agargaon, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar

Dhaka-1207.

Memo No. LGED/PD/RTIP-II/G-240/2010/2880 Date : 07/12/2010

RURAL TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (RTIP)

IDA Credit No. 3791-BD

Request for Expressions of Interest (EoI) for Design and Supervision Consultancy (D&SC) Services (Contract Package No. R1 & R2) under

Rural Transport Improvement Project (RTIP)-II

The People’s Republic of Bangladesh has applied for a credit from the International Development Association (IDA), and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit for payments under the contracts for Design and Supervision Consultancy (D&SC) Services (Contract Package No. R1 & R2) under Rural Transport Improvement Project (RTIP)-II. The project will cover 26 (twenty six) contagious districts comprising Pabna, Sirajgonj, Tangail, Dhaka, Manikgonj, Gazipur, Munshigonj, Narayangonj, Narsingdi, Mymensingh, Jamalpur, Sherpur, Netrokona, Kishoregonj, Comilla, B-Baria, Chandpur, Sylhet, Hobigonj, Sunamgonj, Moulvibazar, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Feni, Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Districts. The indicative cost of the proposed project would be 450 million USD over a period of 5 (five) years from July 2011-June 2016.

The project will upgrade about 2500 km of Upazila Roads (UZRs) and Union Roads (URs) including critical bridges, cross drainage facilities and road safety issues; it will construct Flood Proof Upazila Road and flood refuse centers. The project will also include construction of 15,000 m of Structure on Rural Roads, Rehabilitation / Maintenance of 2,000 km of UZR including bridges/ culverts and improvement of about 150 numbers of growth center markets/rural markets. It also includes improvement of rural water routes of approximately 200 km length in order to connect places of importance like growth centers markets or other all weather roads or to feed larger waterways identified in Inland Water Transport (IWT) Master Plan and administered by Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA).

LGED is in now the process of procuring two Design and Supervision Consultancy (D&SCs) Services under contract packages R1 and R2. The contract package R1 comprises the districts of Pabna, Sirajgonj, Tangail, Dhaka, Gazipur, Manikgonj, Munshigonj, Narsingdi, Mymensingh, Jamalpur, Sherpur, Netrokona, Kishoregonj while R2 covers Narayangonj, Comilla, B-Baria, Chandpur, Sylhet, Hobigonj, Sunamgonj, Moulvibazar, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Feni, Chittagong, Cox's Bazar districts.

The objective of Design and Supervision Consultancy (D&SC) Services is to assist Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) to design, supervise and monitor ensuring compliance with the policies/ guidelines of the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) and the International Development Association (IDA) in connection with the implementation of the Rural Transport Improvement Project (RTIP)-II. A Management Support Consultant (MSC), on the other hand, will oversee, co-ordinate, harmonize, monitor, report the activities of Design and Supervision Consultancy (D&SCs) Services (R1 & R2).

The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) now invites eligible consultants to express 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 in hand, experiences in similar and other projects, experience in IDA assisted similar project, availability of appropriate skills among payroll staff etc.). Consultants may associate with other firms (local or foreign) to enhance their qualifications, but should mention whether the association is in the form of a “joint-venture” or “sub-consultancy”. In the case of an association, all members of such "association" should have real and well defined inputs to the assignment and it is preferable to limit the total number of firms including the leading firm to a maximum of four. Consultants/consortium only from eligible source countries as defined in the Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers, may submit their Expressions of Interest. The indicative commencement of consultancy services is July 2011 and will be ended in June 2016.

Consultants who will submit their Expression of Interest for Management Support Consultancy (MSC) (Contract Package No. MS-1) shall not be allowed to participate in Design and Supervision Consultancy (D&SC) Services and vice versa. The participating consultants of D&SC are, however, allowed to participate in both packages of Design and Supervision Consultancy (D&SC). In that case they will have to submit separate proposals demonstrating that they have the capacity for both packages i.e. Contract Packager No. R1 and R2.

The consultant will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers, May 2004 (revised October 2006 and May 2010).

The EOIs would be reviewed on the basis of the following:

a) Age of business of consultant (firm)

b) Availability of key professional staff members of the firm (list of management and key personnel), indication whether the staff is a member of the firm or an independent consultant, and the number of years spent working for the firm.

c) Turnover of the consultant

d) Experience of the consultant in similar field.

e) Experience of the consultant in other works/assignments

f) Support service of the consultant

Consultants (firms) may associate to enhance their qualifications, but should mention whether the association is in the form of a ''Joint-Venture'' or of ''Sub-Consultancy''. In the case of a joint venture, all members of such ''association'' should have real and well-defined inputs to the assignment and it is preferable to limit the total number of firms including the associates to a maximum of four.

Information on all the firms should be provided in case of joint venture/consortium. The name of the assignment “Design and Supervision Consultancy (D&SC) Services (Contract Package No. R1 & R2) under Rural Transport Improvement Project (RTIP)-II” should be mentioned clearly on the cover page of EOI along with the name of the contract package (Contract Package No. R1 and/or R2) for which the EoI is submitted. Interested consultants may also submit EOI through email and mention “Design and Supervision Consultancy (D&SC) Services (Contract Package No. R1 & R2) under Rural Transport Improvement Project (RTIP)-II” in the subject line.

Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time. EOI must be sent to the address below by 30 December, 2010 up to 05:00 p.m. local time.

(Md. Abdul Quader)

Project Director

Rural Transport Improvement Project (RTIP)

Local Government Engineering Department (LGED)
Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh.
Tel : +880-2-8152579, +880-2-9122435, Fax : +880-2-9126165, E-mail : pdrtip_lged@yahoo.com & mdabdulquader@yahoo.com

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01. First Secretary (Admin), Australian High Commission, 184, Gulshan Avenue, Dhaka. Phone : 8823049, 8813101-5

02. Commercial Officer, Overseas Trade Services, British High Commission, United Nations Road, Baridhara, Dhaka. Phone : 8822705-9

03. Second Secretary, Canadian High Commission, House # 16A, Road # 48, Gulshan-2, Dhaka.

Phone : 8823639

04. Embassy of the People's Republic of China, Plot # 2 & 4, Road # 3, Block-1, Baridhara, Dhaka.

05. First Secretary, Royal Danish Embassy, House # 1, Road # 51, Gulshan, Dhaka. Phone : 8821799 & 8822499

06. Embassy of the Republic of France, House # 18, Road # 108, Gulshan, Dhaka.

07. Economic Counselor, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Roseland, 178, Gulshan Avenue, Dhaka. Phone : 8824735

08. Counselor (C), High Commission of India, House # 120, Road # 2, Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka. Phone : 8613204

09. Embassy of Italy, Plot # 2 & 3, Road # 74/79, Gulshan Model Town, Dhaka. Phone : 8822781-3

10. Second Secretary (Economic), Embassy of Japan, Plot # 5 & 7 Dutabash Road, Baridhara, Dhaka. Phone : 8810087

11. Embassy of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, House # 5/A, Road #. 54, Gulshan-2, Dhaka.

12. First Secretary, Royal Netherlands Embassy, House # 49, Road # 90, Gulshan, Dhaka. Phone : 8822715-17

13. High Commission for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, House # NE(C)-2, Road # 71, Gulshan, Dhaka.

14. Democratic Socialist Republic of Srilanka, House # 15, Road # 50, Gulshan, Dhaka.

15. Embassy of Sweden, House # 1, Road # 51, Gulshan-2, Dhaka. Phone : 8824761-64

16. Embassy of Switzerland, House # 31/B, Road # 18, Banani, Dhaka.

17. Embassy of the United States of America, Madani Avenue, Baridhara, Dhaka. Phone : 8824700-22

18. Ms. Reefat Sultana, Project Analyst, World Bank Office, Dhaka.19. Director General, CPTU, IMED, Planning Commission, Agargaon, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, he is requested to publish the notice into CPTU website.

20. Chief Engineer, Roads and Highway Department, Sharak Bhaban, Ramna, Dhaka.

21. Chief Engineer, LGED, Dhaka.

22. Additional Chief Engineer (Planning/Implementation/Maintenance/Urban Management), LGED, Dhaka.

23. Senior Assistant Secretary (Dev), Local Government Division, Dhaka.

24. Mr. Munir Siddiquee, Unit-in-charge (GIS Unit, LGED), he is requested to publish the notice in LGED website.

25. The Manager (Advertisement), Daily .............................................., he is requested to publish the attached notice once in his daily on or before 09 December 2010 and submit 05 (five) copies of the same.

26. Mr. / M/S. .....................................................................................................................................