Invitation for Request for Expressions of Interest    Status:Approved

GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH

Ministry/Division : Ministry of Environment and Forests
Agency : Forest Department
Procuring Entity Name : Md. Rakibul Hasan Mukul
Procuring Entity Code :
Procuring Entity District : Dhaka
Expression of Interest for Selection of : Consulting Firm (International)  (Lump-Sump)
Title Of Service : Selection of NGO for Collaborative Forest Management Group formation, data entry, training etc. (Hill Chattrogram North & South)
EOI Ref. No. : Memo no. FD/SUFAL/Procurement/SD-56A-03/2020/184
Date : 02/02/2020

KEY INFORMATION

Procurement Sub-Method : Quality and Cost Based Selection(QCBS)

FUNDING INFORMATION

Budget and Source of Funds : Development Budget Grant/Credit
Development Partners : The International Development Association (IDA)

PARTICULAR INFORMATION

Project/Programme Name : Sustainable Forests & Livelihoods (SUFAL) Project
EOI Closing Date and Time : 05/03/2020 17:00 hours
Publication Date : 06/02/2020

INFORMATION FOR APPLICANT

Brief Description of Assignment : The consulting services (“the Services”) include identify forest dependent communities following Community Identification of Poor’s (CIP) from forest conservation village, generate baseline information for preparing community profiling by feeding into the database, mobilize and organize participants in collaborative forest management. The Consulting Firm will support to scale up through formation of new Co-management Committees (CMCs) in selected Protected Areas (PAs) and support in the formation of Collaborative Forest Management Committee (CFMC), arrange capacity building training for sub-committee members of CFMC and make key members capable for running institutional functions and identify appropriate Alternative Income Generation Activities (AIGAs) following terms and conditions of Community Operation Manual (COM) in jurisdiction of Chattogram North Forest Division and Chattogram South Forest Division.
Experience, Resources and Delivery Capacity Required : The shortlisting criteria are: • A registered NGO (not for profit) with at least 15 years’ general experience out of which 10 years’ experience in the working location mentioned in the TOR; • Proven working experience and ability to work with natural resources dependent communities, including poor and marginalized forest dependent communities in Bangladesh; • Experience in community mobilization and the promotion of resource-independent alternative income generating activities; • Experience of working under donor funded projects will be added advantage; • Experience on social norms, collaborative forest management, social forestry, Protected Area Management; and • NGO will have sufficient and relevant managerial, financial and organizational capabilities and logistics for the assignment.
Other Details (if applicable) :
Association with foreign firms is : Encouraged
Eoi Detail Information
Ref No Phasing Of Services Location Start Date Completion Date
Memo no. FD/SUFAL/Procurement/SD-56A-03/2020/184 not phase Hill Chattrogram North & South 10 September 2020 30 June 2023

PROCURING ENTITY DETAILS

Name of Official Inviting EOI : Md. Rakibul Hsan Mukul
Designation of Official Inviting EOI : Project Director
Address of Official Inviting EOI : Sustainable Forests and Livelihoods (SUFAL) Project Bangladesh Forest Department (BFD) Ban Bhaban, Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh
Contact details of Official Inviting EOI : Phone : +880-2-8181147, Fax : , Email : rakib.mukul@outlook.com
The procuring entity reserves the right to accept or reject all tenders