| Ministry/Division |
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Ministry of Post, Telecommunications & Information Technology |
| Agency |
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Bangladesh computer Council (BCC) |
| Procuring Entity Name |
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Executive Director, Bangladesh Computer Council |
| Procuring Entity Code |
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3039 |
| Procuring Entity District |
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Dhaka |
| Expression of Interest for Selection of |
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Consulting Firm (National) (Lump-Sump) |
| Title Of Service |
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Further improvement of Bangla OCR Developed by ICTD &Integrating Hand Writing Recognition System (SD 08) |
| EOI Ref. No. |
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56.01.0000.029.32.030.17-56 |
| Date |
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30/01/2019 |
KEY INFORMATION
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| Procurement Sub-Method |
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Quality and Cost Based Selection(QCBS) |
FUNDING INFORMATION
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| Budget and Source of Funds |
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Development Budget GOB |
| Development Partners |
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None |
PARTICULAR INFORMATION
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| Project/Programme Name |
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Enhancement of Bangla Language in ICT through Research & Development Project |
| EOI Closing Date and Time |
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14/02/2019 11:00 AM
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| Publication Date |
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30/01/2019
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INFORMATION FOR APPLICANT
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| Brief Description of Assignment |
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The following points describe the scope of the Further improvement of Bangla OCR Developed by ICTD & Integrating Hand Writing Recognition System in brief:
1.The OCR and handwriting recognition engine must be able to recognize Bangla character, sign, punctuation marks and handwriting correctly.
2.The engine must have there major modules but not limited to : Online and offline Typewriter, Letterpress and Computer Composed Character Recognition ; Offline Handwriting Recognition and Real-time Handwriting Recognition; Native Image Corpus Processing Tool.The engine must be a server/browser based core version with some native version/distribution like Windows, macOS, linux, Android, iOS version. The vendor will provide and release API for external use, dashboard for management, add-ons for MS office and system file for mobile onscreen keyboard, statistical analyzer etc.
3.The engine must have screen draw mode, screen pop-up keyboard for correction, scan to pdf/JPEG/PNG/doc option, capture by camera to JPEG/pdf options, Editable text to E-book making etc. Must be compatible with stylus and touch screen mode.
4.The engine must be able to recognize isolated, complex and curve handwriting correctly.
5.The OCR engine must be able to read most popular letterpress and digitized font (at least 20 fonts).
6.The OCR engine must be able to recognize old and new printed/ written documents (from British colonial period to present). Aslo the engine must be able to detect paragraph, font size, photo caption and necessary typographical features.The engine must be able to detect Bangla simple to complex orthographic character, consonant cluster, conjuncts and form of various characters.
7. The vendor will provide labeled image corpus.
8.The product in different phases of the software development will be tested by the team of nominated consultants.
9.All the documents including the source code and test script will have to be provided to the Project Authority for further maintenance and extensibility of the Component/ Software.
10.All the firms should solve the all intellectual property issues.
11.The vendor should follow all Bangladesh Standards
12.The firm must have to maintain the specified Standard which will be determined by the Procuring Entity and details will be given at RFP.
13. All deliverables of the component/s will be government properpty as per PPR and PPA. No second or third party branding and ownership is allowed. The developed products convey logos and links of ICT division, BCC and Project only.
EBLICT Project now invites eligible firms to indicate the interest for providing the services. Interested firms are invited to provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services as mentioned in the serial number 17: Experience, Resources and Delivery Capacity Required. This will require substantiation through submission of brochures and other documents describing similar assignments, experiences, availability of appropriate professional qualifications and experiences among applicant’s staffs, resources to carry out the assignment, financial capability, etc. A firm may associate with other firm to fulfill their qualifications.
A shortlist of firms will be prepared upon evaluation of EOIs of the eligible firms and “Request for Proposal” documents will be issued in their favor. A firm will be selected using the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method. It is expected that the services will commence on May 2019.
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| Experience, Resources and Delivery Capacity Required |
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This is a national project with utmost importance towards achieving the Vision 2021: Digital Bangladesh. The firms must prove that they have solid technical background and operational strength to undertake and move this work forward without any hindrances. The firms must also have adequate technical ability, resources, and processes. As such, following are defined as minimum eligibility criteria:
1. The firm must have minimum 5years experience in Bangladesh about software and services;
2. The firm must have practical experience of developing NLP (Text, image, Signal) based Software, Big Data analytics, AI based language related software development.
3. The firm having experience in development OCR and Hand writing recognition system will be added an advantage.
4. The firm must have sufficient system architect, software developers and Bangla Language Specialist (in high, medium and low levels) having experiences in developing high quality applications.
5. The firm having experience and specialist in Artificial Intelligence, Neural network, machine learning, Big data management will be an added advantage;
6. The firm must have full-time professionals capable of runninglarge scale system in all major platforms (e.g., Windows, Mac, Linux, android, Web Server Based).
7. The firm should have sufficient experience and knowledge with the functionalities and architectures of both commercial and open source.
8. The firm having experience in developing software solutions for Government of Bangladesh will be an added advantage;
9. The firm should demonstrate its management capacity (brochures and other documents describing similar assignments, experiences, availability of appropriate professional staffs and experiences among applicant’s staffs, resources to carry out the assignment) in managing large scale projects;
10. The firm has to demonstrate its logistical capability, i.e., well-equipped office space in Dhaka with necessary facilities;
11. The firm must have the sufficient amount of liquid assets, i.e., working capital or credit line(s) supported by competent documents;
12. The firm must have update-audit-report of previous 5 years. The firm must have submitted yearly turnover report/documents;
13. The firm should have valid up to date trade license, income tax and VAT certificates;
14. The firm should provide a detail specification module of the components/software as per understanding of the firm;
15. JVCA is allowed as per PPA-2006& PPR-2008; But all the firms must be Bangladeshi firm.
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| Other Details (if applicable) |
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The REOI would be reviewed on the basis of the following:
1. Experience of the firm(s) in AI based language related software development.
2. CV of Key professionals
3. Turnover of the Consulting firm
4. Other submitted document of the firm
5. Details Specification Module
6. History of litigation (if any) in courts or any arbitrations proceedings.
Interested firms shall obtain further information from the Project Office from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM in any working day before the closing date. Firms shall have to submit 2(Two) copies of EOIs and forwarding letter in a sealed envelope labeled with “EOI for Further improvement of Bangla OCR Developed by ICTD & Integrating Hand Writing Recognition System” to the following address.
More information on this project can be obtainedfrom http://www.bcc.gov.bd/
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| Association with foreign firms is |
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Not Applicable |
| Eoi Detail Information |
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| Ref No |
Phasing Of Services |
Location |
Start Date |
Completion Date |
| 56.01.0000.029.32.030.17-56 |
NA |
Dhaka |
May 2019 |
October 2020 |
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PROCURING ENTITY DETAILS
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| Name of Official Inviting EOI |
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Dr. Md. Ziauddin |
| Designation of Official Inviting EOI |
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Project Director, Enhancement of Bangla Language in ICT through Research & Development Project |
| Address of Official Inviting EOI |
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8th Floor, ICT Tower, E-14/X, Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207 |
| Contact details of Official Inviting EOI |
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Phone : 55006841, Fax : 912462, Email : pdeblict@bcc.gov.bd |
Advertisement Corrigendum(s) |
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Date Of Corrigendum |
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11/02/2019 |
| Brief Description |
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Amendment for EoI Ref. No. 56.01.0000.029.32.030.17-56 dated 30.01.2019 for Further improvement of Bangla OCR Developed by ICTD &Integrating Hand Writing Recognition System (SD 08) |
| Last Date Of Submission |
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24/02/2019 |
| Last Time Of Submission |
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11:00 AM |
| Status |
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Active |
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| The procuring entity reserves the right to accept or reject all tenders |
