Government of the People’s
Republic of Bangladesh
Local Government Engineering Department
(LGED)
LGED Headquarters, RDEC (Level-6)
Agargaon,
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar
Dhaka-1207
Ref:
LGED/PD/SSWRDP-2/C-01/2017/15 Date:
28/05/2017
Request for Expression
of Interest (REOI)
for
Consulting
Services for Small Scale Water Resources Development Project (Phase-2)
1.
The Government of the People’s Republic
of Bangladesh has applied for Official Development Assistance (ODA)Loan from
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) towards the cost of “Small Scale
Water Resources Development Project (Phase-2)”(“the Project”) with the
objective of expanding surface water resources development and contributing
rural economic growth and poverty alleviation in the four Divisions: Dhaka, Sylhet, Mymensingh and Rangpur.This project consists of the following three
components:
1)
Component 1: Small Scale Water Resources Development (SSWRD) and other related
agricultural facilities and equipment, and rural road;
2)
Component 2: Institutional Development of Water Management Cooperative
Associations (WMCAs); and
3)
Component 3: Procurement of Goods (equipment and material).
A
part of the proceeds from the loan will be utilized for consulting services for
assistance of implementing the Project.
The Local Government
Engineering Department (LGED) will be the employer of this consulting services and
the duration is estimated for seventy four (74) months.
2.
The scope of consulting services will include
the following:
1) Assistance
in overall management of the Project;
2) Technical
assistance in the implementation of the Project components/activities in an
efficient and effective manner with technology transfer;
3) Assistance
in Institutional Development of WMCAs;
4) Assistance
in environmental and social consideration; and
5) Reporting of the Project in line with JICA’s
requirement.
3.
The firm is required to provide experts in
the following fields:
1) Planning,
designing, implementation and management of water resources development projects for
agricultural development;
2) Institutional
development regarding water resources development projector agricultural
development;
3) Procurement
for water resources development projects in the field of agricultural
development;
4) Construction
Management and Quality Control for water resources development for agricultural
or irrigation management projects;
5) Planning,
implementation and management of agricultural and fisheries program;
6) O
& M planning and training for Water Management Cooperative Associations
(WMCAs);
7) Gender
& Development or Social consideration on development projects;
8) Project
Benefit, Monitoring and Evaluation (PBME); and Initial Environmental Evaluation
(IEE) and/or Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and/or Social Impact
Assessment (SIA).
4.
Selection of the shortlisted consultants
will be made in accordance with the “Guidelines for the Employment of the
Consultant under Japanese ODA Loan, April 2012” following Quality Based
Selection (QBS);
http://www.jica.go.jp/english/our_work/types_of_assistance/oda_loans/oda_op_info/guide/
5.
EOI is invited from eligible international
consulting firms/organizations/institutes in single or in the form of Joint
Venture, or association/consortium, which has required expertise and experience
in the abovementioned areas. The firm would have:
1)
Relevant overseas experience of similar
development projects for agricultural development in developing countries,
preferably in Asia Pacific and South Asia;
2)
Experience with water resources development
on irrigation management, including the institutional development and training
for water management associations and government officials;
3)
Experience with Japanese ODA loan project.
6.
EOI should include the following
information:
1) Company profile (Form-1);
2) Related experiences
of the firm, similar assignments in projects of comparable size, condition and
technical specification (Form-2);
3) Availability of appropriate Experts with one
CV for each position attached (Form-3);
4) Financial information (Form-4); and
5) Agreement of Joint Venture, or
association/consortium, if applicable (Form-1b)
7.
EOI as well as forms/supporting
documents attached shall be written in English. Documents originally written in other than English should be translated by the applicant
into English and attached to the copy of original duly attested by competent
authority.
8.
Outline of the project and Forms of Expression of
Interest are posted on the websites of www.lged.gov.bd, www.cptu.gov.bdand
hard copy of the same is available from the
office in the address given hereunder.
9.
Five (5) signed copies of EOI shall be submitted in a sealed envelope through post, Registered
post, or delivered by hand, subscribing “Consultancy Services for Small Scale
Water Resources Development Project (Phase-2)” on top of the envelope to the following address by4:00 pm, Date:
04/07/2017.
Project Director
Small Scale Water Resources
Development Project (Phase-2)
Local Government
Engineering Department (LGED),
LGED
Headquarters, RDEC (Level-6), Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar,
Dhaka-1207
10. LGED reserves the right to accept/reject one or
all EOIs or stop the process of approval at any stage, at its sole discretion
without assigning any reasons and shall bear no liability whatsoever consequent upon such a
decision.
11. EOIs submitted by firms will be screened, and firms
will be shortlisted. Only short-listed firms will be invited to submit proposals. The
result of EOIs and names of the shortlisted firms will be informed by the undersigned
in writing by Fax and/or email within 60 days from the date of submission of
EOIs.
Project Director
Small Scale Water Resources Development Project
(Phase-2)
Local Government
Engineering Department (LGED),
LGED
Headquarters, RDEC (Level-6), Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar,
Dhaka-1207
Phone:
+880-8181324
Fax:
+880-8181329
Email:pd.sswrdp-jica@lged.gov.bd