Government of the People’s
Republic of Bangladesh
Local Government
Engineering Department
Participatory Small
Scale Water Resources Sector Project(PSSWRSP)
LGED
HQ,RDEC Bhaban (Level-5), Agargaon,
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar,Dhaka-1207
Memo No. LGED/PSSW/PD/B-08/2012/07 Date: 01-01-2013
Notice
inviting Expression of Interest (EOI)
Notice
inviting Expression of Interest (EOI) for Short-Listing of Institution/Firm for
Impact
Evaluation Study for Benefit Monitoring and Evaluation (BME) under
Participatory Small Scale Water Resources
Sector Project(PSSWRSP): Loan No-2542-BAN(SF)
1.
The Government of the People’s Republic of
Bangladesh has received for a sector loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
and loan financing from the International Fund for Agricultural Development
(IFAD) and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this loan to payments under the Contract to carry out an Impact
Evaluation Study under the Participatory small scale water resource Sector Project (PSSWRSP).
2.
The Impact
Evaluation Study (IES) shall undertake the impact assessment study related
to 30 subprojects of Second Small Scale Water Resources Development Sector
Project (SSWRDSP-2), for which a baseline study was carried out in 2006. The
Study shall assess, among others farm income for different farm categories,
daily wages, additional employment creation (on a gender disaggregated basis),
in/out migration, distributive impacts of changes in fish production
(distinguishing between capture and culture fishery), changes in biological
species diversity and water quality, and perceptions of subproject benefits.
3.
The IES will involve, but may not be limited to,
(a) preparation of household sampling design and finalization of questionnaire checklist,
schedule, etc; (b) recruitment and training of supervisors and enumerators; (c)
collection and checking data; and (d) tabulation, analysis, and interpretation
of the data. Impact information will be collected in the following general
areas, plus any others deemed necessary by the Institution/Firm: (a) assessment of water resources (surface
& ground water), (b) agricultural production, (c) fisheries production
(capture and culture), (d) biodiversity and water quality, (e) employment
creation (on a gender disaggregated basis), and (f) level of poverty.
4.
The team for IES will include the following key
professionals with high academic qualifications and previous experience in
similar studies including: (1) Senior Sociologist/Team Leader (12p-m),(2) Economist(8p-m),(3)Agronomist(8p-m),(4)Environmentalist,(4p-m),(5)Fisheries
Specialist (4p-m), (6) Gender & Development Specialist(4p-m), (7)
Statistician(4p-m) ,(8)Sociologist(4p-m) and (9) Water Management Specialist (8 p-m).
5.
The LGED
now invites eligible Institutions/Firms of repute to indicate their interest in
carrying out the IES described
above. The interested Institutions/Firms may download the EOI template from http://www.adb.org/site/business-oppurtunities/Consulting-services/tools-templates/loans
and submit their EOI filling in the
template including the following as additional information.
- General information of the Institution/Firm that will include (i) Name and
Address, (ii) Trade License / Registration Number with Year and Agency
and (iii) TIN and VAT Registration Number, (iv) Annual Turnover of Last 3
Years, (v) Number of Years in Active Business, (vi) Total Number of
Permanent Staff in Pay-Roll and
List of Key Professional Personnel with number of years in Pay-Roll, (vii) Organization's Brochure
(if any); Items (ii), (iii) and (iv) are compulsory, and will be used
for preliminary screening of EOIs.
- List of Projects completed and ongoing during the
last 10 years along with (i) nature of the projects and nature of
services provided by the Institution/Firm and (ii) if the services
were provided singly or jointly
with other institution/firm (give name); and (iii) the value of the
services provided directly by the Institution/Firm, and
- Core Team of Professionals: Names, Date of Birth, Educational
Qualifications and Professional Experience of key professional staff on
permanent pay-roll.
6.
The information shall be provided in tabular
form, as much as possible. Evidence supporting the information shall be
provided as attachments.
7.
Institutions/Firms not specialized in the area
of socio-economic surveys and studies related to water resources development
need not to apply, as they will not be considered.
8.
Short-listed Institutions/Firms will later be
invited to propose a detailed methodology for the Impact Study incorporating
modern survey methods, and utilizing econometric and statistical tools ensuring
that the results are statistically credible.
9.
A total of 6 Institutions/Firms will be
short-listed and subsequently requested to submit Technical and Financial
proposals. The
Institution/Firm will be selected in accordance with the Fixed Budget Selection (FBS) method of the ADB’s guidelines on the use
of Consultants by Asian Development bank and its Borrowers (April 2010 or as
amended from time to time). Consulting firms/institutions submitting EOI should
be acquainted with the ADB’s guidelines.
10.
Joint
venture/associations (JVA) will be allowed for the EOI. It is preferable to limit the total number of Institutions/Firms
including associates to a maximum of 3 (three).
11.
Joint
Venture among the shortlisted Institutions/Firms at the time of submission of a
Proposal is not permitted, and such Proposals
will be disqualified. Joint Venture with other non-shortlisted Institutions/Firms
at the time of submission of a Proposal
is admissible, but only with the permission of the Client, which must be
obtained prior to the deadline for submission of a Proposal.
12.
EOI
shall be submitted in sealed envelope containing original and 5 (five) copies delivered
to “Project Director, Participatory
Small Scale Water Resources Sector Project (PSSWRSP), Local Government
Engineering Department (LGED), RDEC Bhaban (Level 5), LGED HQ, Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207” on or
before 03 February 2013 up to 3:00 p.m. local time and clearly marked “EOI for Short-listing for Impact
Evaluation Study under Participatory Small Scale Water Resources Sector Project.”
13.
Interested Institutions/Firms may obtain further information at the
address below during office hours.
Sd/-
(Md. Shahidul Haque)
Project
Director, PSSWRSP
shaque_58@yahoo.com
Tel. 8880-2-9127411,
Fax.880-2-9123169
CC:
1.
Chief Engineer, LGED, Agargaon, Dhaka.
2.
Additional Chief Engineer, (IWRMU), LGED, Agargaon, Dhaka
3.
Country Director, Asian Development Bank, Bangladesh Resident Mission, Plot
No. E-31,Sher-e-Bangla
Nagar,Dhaka-1207.
4.
Central Procurement and Technical Unit (CPTU), IMED, Dhaka.