Invitation for Request for Expressions of Interest    Status:Approved

GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH

Ministry/Division : Ministry of Planning
Agency : Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division
Procuring Entity Name : Director General (Additional Secretary) Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) & Project Director, DIMAPPP IMED, Ministry of Planning CPTU Bhaban, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Procuring Entity Code :
Procuring Entity District : Dhaka
Expression of Interest for Selection of : Consulting Firm (National)  (Time-Based)
Title Of Service : Consultancy Services for Microsoft Premier Support for e-GP System in Bangladesh
EOI Ref. No. : 21.00.0000.380.07.122.19-297 & Package# CPTU/S-45A
Date : 09/12/2019

KEY INFORMATION

Procurement Sub-Method : Consultants Qualifications Selection (CQS)

FUNDING INFORMATION

Budget and Source of Funds : Development Budget Grant/Credit
Development Partners : World Bank

PARTICULAR INFORMATION

Project/Programme Name : Digitizing Implementation Monitoring and Public Procurement Project (DIMAPPP)
EOI Closing Date and Time : 30/12/2019 4:00 PM
Publication Date : 10/12/2019

INFORMATION FOR APPLICANT

Brief Description of Assignment : The consulting services (“the Services”) include: 1. Microsoft Premier Support Service for Three Years 2. Microsoft Project Professional 2019 under existing enterprise agreement 3. Microsoft Share Point Server without Software Assurance The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment will be available upon request either to cptudg@cptu.gov.bd or in person at the office of Director (e-GP) [cptudir3@cptu.gov.bd].
Experience, Resources and Delivery Capacity Required : The Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU), IMED, Ministry of Planning, Dhaka, Bangladesh now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting criteria are: 1. General experience of the firm(s); 2. Experience in similar projects of compatible size, complexity and technical specialty in the required area; 3. Financial soundness of the firm; and 4. Staffing and logistics of the firm. While indicating information relating to (2) above, it shall be made clear whether responsibility of the firm was in the capacity of a principal firm (lead partner) or as an associated firm (sub-consultant/JV partner) with detail scope of the service. Consultants are requested to submit the following supporting documents against the above mentioned criteria: (a) Registration paper of the firm(s); (b) JV agreement/letter of intent (if applicable); (c) Firm’s brochure; (d) Audited financial reports for last three years; (e) Service experience record (including nature, total cost, total input in terms of staff month, employer, location of service, scope of services etc.) of not more than 10 assignments. The experience of a parent company, subsidiary company, Group Company or associates (whatever the names) of the Applicant shall not be considered in evaluation.
Other Details (if applicable) : The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016 (Revised November 2017) setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest(http://www.worldbank.org). Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Consultants Qualifications Selection (CQS) set out in the Procurement Regulations. Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours, i.e. 0900 to 1700 hours (Sunday through Thursday). Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by fax, or by e-mail) by 30 December 2019 at 04.00 pm.
Association with foreign firms is : Encouraged
Eoi Detail Information
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PROCURING ENTITY DETAILS

Name of Official Inviting EOI : Md. Ali Noor
Designation of Official Inviting EOI : Director General (Additional Secretary)
Address of Official Inviting EOI : Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) & Project Director, DIMAPPP, IMED, Ministry of Planning, CPTU Bhaban, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Contact details of Official Inviting EOI : Phone : 88-02-9144250 , Fax : 88-02-9180968, Email : cptudg@cptu.gov.bd; info@cptu.gov.bd
The procuring entity reserves the right to accept or reject all tenders