Government of the
Peoples' Republic of Bangladesh
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Third
Urban Governance and Infrastructure
Improvement
(Sector) Project (UGIIP-III)
LGED
Bhaban, Level-12, Agargaon,
Sher-E-Banglanagar
Dhaka-1207
Memo
No. LGED/PD/UGIIP-III/M-56/2016/1430 Date:
.02/08/2016
Subject: Project No. 39295-038: Proposed Additional
Financing for the Third Urban Governance and Infrastructure Improvement
(Sector) Project (UGIIP-III) —Request for Expression of Interest (EOI) from Consulting
Firms for Management, Design and Supervision (MDS) Consultancy Services (Selection Number: 129751 and Package No.
UGIIP-III-AF/MDS/02)
The Government of the People's Republic of
Bangladesh has received a loan towards the cost of the Third Urban Governance
and Infrastructure Improvement (Sector) Project (UGIIP-III) from Asian
Development Bank (ADB) and the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID).It
is expected that additional financing will be received from ADB for the
following newly included 5 Pourashavas
(PSs), namely: Gopalganj, Faridpur,
Mymensingh, Kushtia and
Cox’s Bazar), and for enhancing the scope of existing Pourashavas.
The Local Government Engineering Department
(LGED) and Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) under the Local
Government Division (LGD) of the Ministry of Local Government, Rural
Development and Cooperatives (MLGRD&C) have initiated advance recruitment
action under the Additional Financing loan for UGIIP-III. The LGED intends to
apply part of the loan proceeds for the Management, Design and Supervision (MDS) Consultancy Services
to be provided by the consulting firm(s). MDS Consultancy
Services package will involve 534 person-months of key experts and 810 person
months of non-key experts. Major objectives of MDS Consultancy Services will include
supporting the Project Management Office (PMO) & Project Implementation
Units (PIUs) in detail engineering design, bid management, supervision and
certification of physical works. The consultants will also be responsible for
environmental and social safeguard issues of all sub-projects. The consulting
team will be headed by a team leader supported by other key and non-key experts.
1. The scope of the MDS Consultancy
Services will include all tasks related to management support and tasks related
to design and supervision providing supports to the PMO and PIUs in (i)
conducting physical survey (ii) identifying prioritization of subprojects,
(iii) conducting technical, economic and social assessment of subprojects, (iv)
preparing detail drawings, designs and bid documents, assisting Procurement of
works, (v) supervising and managing contracts to ensure quality control, (vi)
ensuring environmental and social safeguard compliance according to guidelines
of Government and ADB, (vii) preparing and introducing O&M plans, providing
training for implementation of O&M of subprojects. Detail scope of
consultancy services are in TOR.
2. LGED now invites eligible consulting firm(s)
to submit their Expression of Interest (EOI) for providing the required
services.
3. The consulting firm(s) should be
internationally/nationally reputed and may associate with other firms to
enhance their qualifications. No firm should form more than one association or
joint venture (JV). If a firm submits more than one EOI forming more than one
JV/association, all EOIs submitted by forming JV/association with that firm and
also EOI submitted by that firm will be rejected.
4. In addition to eligibility requirements, the
short listing shall be carried out using the following criteria corresponding
to the three major criteria in the ADB's EOI template:
a. Management Competence
b. Technical Competence
c. Geographical Competence
5. Only EOIs submitted electronically through ADB
website using ADB template will be evaluated. EOI submitted using other than
ADB templates will not be evaluated.
6. Interested consulting firms are requested to
submit Expression of Interest (EOI) electronically, using standard EOI template
available through ADB website (Consultant Management System) by 11:59pm (Manila
Local Time) and by 09:59pm (Dhaka Local Time) on or before 07 September, 2016
through the link of www.cms.adb.org (Loan 39295-038 BAN: Third Urban Governance &
Infrastructure Improvement Project-Additional Financing- Selection Number:
129751, Package Number: UGIIP-III-AF/MDS/02) of Consultant Management System of ADB. Please note that only on-line submission
of EOIs in ADB’s CMS is allowed. All
offline or manual EOI submission is not permissible and will not be
considered.
7. The consulting firm shall be
selected and engaged in accordance with the Guidelines on the Use of
Consultants by ADB and its Borrower (March
2013, as updated from time to time). The Employer shall be using the Quality
and Cost-Based Selection (QCBS) method.
8. Only the short listed firms will be invited
to submit Technical and Financial Proposals for MDS consulting
services assignment.
However, a shortlisted consulting firm will not be allowed to submit more than
one proposal. If it is found that a shortlisted consulting firm submits more
than one proposal as single firm or by forming JV/association with other
shortlisted firms, all proposals involving that firm and also proposal
submitted individually by that firm, will be rejected. Moreover, shortlisted
firms will not be allowed to form JV/association with firms not shortlisted by Proposal
Evaluation Committee (PEC) of UGIIP-III.
9. Under no circumstances will ADB or LGED, be
responsible for any cost incurred in submission of the EOI.
10. Interested consulting firm(s) may obtain
further information and Terms of Reference (TOR) from the project website at www.lged-ugiip3.gov.bd or from the ADB (Consultant Management
System) website at www.cms.adb.org or from the office
of the undersigned during office hours (09:00 am-05:00pm) on all working days
before deadline of submission. EOI notice will also be available at the
following websites www.lged-ugiip3.gov.bd,
www.lged.gov.bd and www.cptu.gov.bd
11. The authority reserves the right to accept or
reject any or all EOIs received without assigning any reason thereof.
(Md.
Shafiqul Islam Akand)
Project
Director
Phone:
02-8181208
E-mail:
pd.ugiip3@gmail.com
Memo
No. LGED/PD/UGIIP-III/M-56/2016/1430 Date:
02/08/2016.
Copy forwarded for
kind information:
1.
Chief
Engineer, Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), HQ, Dhaka.
2.
Chief
Engineer, Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE), HQ, Dhaka.
3.
Additional
Chief Engineer (Implementation/Urban Management), LGED.
4.
DG,
CPTU, IMED. Please circulate the EOI Notice in CPTU website.
5.
Superintending
Engineering (Urban Management), LGED.
6.
Director,
Urban Management Support Unit, LGED.
7.
Country
Director, Asian Development Bank (ADB), BRM, Dhaka.
8.
Ms.
Alexandra Vogl, Urban Development Specialist,
ADB.
9.
Executive
Engineer, MIS/PU Unit, LGED HQ. Please upload the EOI notice in the LGED website.
10.
ICT
Specialist,UGIIP-III, LGED.
Please upload in the UGIIP-III website.
11.
Notice
Board, UGIIP-III, LGED, Agargaon, Dhaka.
(Md.
Shafiqul Islam Akand)
Project
Director