Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

Local Government Engineering Department

Haor Infrastructure and Livelihood Improvement Project

LGED-RDEC Bhaban (Level-3), Agargaon Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207

www.lged.gov.bd

Memo No.: LGED/PD/HILIP/M-02(Part-01)/2012/4373 Date: 23/11/2017

Request for Expression of Interest (REOI)

For

National Individual Consultant: Community Resource Management Specialist (CRMS)

1. The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has received a credit for Haor Infrastructure and Livelihood Improvement Project (HILIP) from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Spanish Food Security Co-financing Facility Trust Fund (IFAD Loan No-I-847-BD, IFAD Grant No-I-C-847-BD & Trust Loan No-E-3-BD) and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit to cover eligible payments under the contract for the provision of consultancy services for the project by the following National Individual Consultant.

2. HILIP now invites eligible individual national consultant to submit their application for providing the services for The Community Resource Management Specialist (CRMS).

3. The purposes and objectives of the assignment are as follows:

(a) CRMS will improve the livelihood of poor rural households engaged in fishing by improving their access to beel resources and increased fish production in beels.

(b) The CRMS will strengthen the institutional arrangements of the Beel User Groups (BUGs) formed under the project.

(c) The CRMS will bring additional 200 beels under community management on the terms and conditions similar in substance to those adopted in the Community Based Resource Management Project (CBRMP) of 300 beels. The incumbent will also make appropriate arrangements for the continuation of the leases for the beels.

4. The incumbent should have at least Masters in Fisheries/Aquaculture/Marine Science with 7 year experience in community based resource management, preferably open water fisheries in government/private organizations out of 15 years of total service. The Community Resource Management Specialist (CRMS) should have experience in donor financing project management and preparation of design and operational manual related to fisheries issues.

5. The Project Director now invites eligible applicants to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested applicants are invited to provide information indicating that they are qualified and competent to perform the services with a complete CV having one copy of recent passport size photograph and other details as required as per the application forms of RFA document provided by the undersigned.

6. Only one consultant will be selected in accordance with the PPR-2008. It is expected that the services may be commenced on January-2018 and continued till the end of project completion or June 2019 based on requirement.

7. Interested applicants may obtain further information and collect the request for application (RFA) documents by applying to the address mentioned above during office hours up to December 18, 2017 at 5:00 PM. Expressions of interest shall be submitted by the applicants on or before December 19, 2017 at 2.00 PM in sealed envelope delivered to the undersigned and be clearly marked “Expression of interest for Community Resource Management Specialist (CRMS)”.

8. The Procuring Entity (PE) reserves the right to accept or reject any or all EOIs without assigning any reason whatsoever.

(Gopal Chandra Sarker)

Project Director

Phone: 02 8144578

Email: gopalpdhilip@gmail.com

CC:

1. The Chief Engineer, LGED, Dhaka.
2. The Additional Chief Engineer (-----------------------), LGED, Dhaka.
3. The Unit In- Charge, MIS Unit, LGED, Dhaka: He is requested to publish the above notice in LGED website.
4. The Editor, 1)The Daily New Nation, 2) Jai Jai din: He is requested to publish the above notice in his widely circulated daily newspaper in inner page (Size:4X12") for 1 day only before 27/11/2017.
5. Office Copy.