GOVERNMENT
OF THE PEOPLE'S
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar
Memo No. LGED/PD/NOBIDEP/BME/S-03/2013/198 Date: 30/04/2013.
Request for Expression of Interest (EOl)
For selection of Benefit Monitoring &
Evaluation (BME)
Consultants for
The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh(GOB) has received
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 for consultancy services for Benefit
Monitoring & Evaluation of the
project, herein after called BME consultants.
The main objective
of the BME will be to oversee whether the outcomes and impacts have been
attained as specified in the logical framework, draw lessons, and offer
recommendations. The activities for the BME include: 1) determining the
methodology and measures to monitor and evaluate the outcomes and impacts; 2)
conducting a baseline survey to conduct assessment of the extent to which the
outcomes and impacts have been achieved during and after the Project
implementation; and 3) conducting midterm and terminal assessments to monitor
and evaluate the outcomes and impacts.
Detail terms of reference
(TOR), scope of the work and minimum person- months have been mentioned in the
EOI document.
Total project covers
14 districts namely Rangpur, Kurigram, Gaibandha, Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat,
Dinajpur, Thakurgaon, Panchagarh, Jamalpur, Sherpur, Tangail, Mymensingh,
Netrokona and Kishoreganj including 18 targeted pourashavas in the project area.
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 for providing Benefit Monitoring and Evaluation consulting services
for similar nature of works. ii) Experience in a south Asian developing
country, & iii) Experience in working with Japanese ODA Loan projects in
Interested
consultants must provide information in the annexure- 1to annexure-5 of this
EOI document, indicating their qualification and experiences to perform the
services. International consulting firm(s) under a single contract will be
selected to provide the consulting services. Forming association with local
firms is not obligatory but is encouraged. To prepare a short list, the EOIs
will be reviewed on the basis of the evaluation criteria set in the EOI
document, and the short listed firms thereafter 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) method 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 on March 2014 and shall be
completed on June 2019 in a intermittent manner. Interested applicants are
requested to collect EOI document from the office of the undersigned. EOI
document will be available from the office of the undersigned up to 5.00pm of 04
June 2013. Expression of Interest (EOI) shall be submitted in sealed envelope,
delivered to the address below on or before 05 June 2013 up to 3.00 PM BST and be clearly marked
“Request for Expressions of interest for Selection of Benefit Monitoring &
Evaluation (BME) Consultancy Services for Northern Bangladesh Integrated
Development project”
(A.N.M Enayet Ullah)
Project Director
LGED Bhaban, (Level-11),
Agargoan, Sher-E Bangla Nagar
Dhaka-1207.
Phone-028181355, Email-pdnobideplged@gmail.com
Memo No. LGED/PD/NOBIDEP/BME/S-03/2013/198 Date: 30/04/2013.
Copy forwarded for kind
information;
1.
Chief Engineer,
LGED,
2. Senior Representative, JICA
3.
Director General,
CPTU, IMED, Block#12, 2nd Floor, for making kind
arrangement for publishing in CPTU website
4. Additional Chief Engineer, Planning & Procurement
LGED,
5.
Director, UMSU,
LGED,
6.
Executive
Engineer/ Assistant Engineer, GIS unit, for uploading in the CPTU website
7. Manager Advertisement. The daily Star (All Copy) and
The Daily Bhorer Dak (All Copy) to please publish the EOI notice only for one
day before 05 May 2013.