Invitation for Request for Expressions of Interest    Status:Approved

GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH

Ministry/Division : Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives
Agency : Local Government Engineering Department (LGED)
Procuring Entity Name : Project Director Municipal Governance and Services Project (MGSP) Local Government Engineering Department LGED-RDEC Bhaban (level -5), Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar
Procuring Entity Code :
Procuring Entity District : Dhaka
Expression of Interest for Selection of : Consulting Firm (International)  (Time-Based)
Title Of Service : Consultancy Services for Feasibility Study for follow up future urban operation in Bangladesh [(following on Municipal Governance and Services Project (MGSP)]
EOI Ref. No. : MGSP/PMU/S-17 & 46.02.0000.794.14.001.20
Date : 17/05/2020

KEY INFORMATION

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

FUNDING INFORMATION

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

PARTICULAR INFORMATION

Project/Programme Name : Municipal Governance and Services Project
EOI Closing Date and Time : 07/07/2020 05:00 PM
Publication Date : 19/05/2020

INFORMATION FOR APPLICANT

Brief Description of Assignment : The objectives of the services to be provided under this consultancy include: (a) Establishing an improved framework for selecting, designing, and implementing priority interventions for municipal development; (b) Preparing overall infrastructure and institutional development programs for different types of urban development situations from a sample of about 80-90 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) (Pourashavas/City Corporations); and (c) Assistance for preparing detailed plans (feasibility studies and designs) for infrastructure and institutional development subprojects in about 80-90 ULBs ((Pourashavas/City Corporations) for initial implementation. The main outputs of the assignment will consist of establish an innovative framework – a set of principles, options, criteria, methodology, and procedures – to evaluate, plan, finance and implement municipal infrastructure and institutional development programs in Bangladesh so as to improve the institutional, financial and fiscal feasibility and sustainability of such programs. Feasibility study of each ULB (Pourashava/City Corporation). Economic and cost benefit analysis. The services will require both national and international inputs.
Experience, Resources and Delivery Capacity Required : The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services The short-listing criteria are: (a) General experience of the Firm(s); (b) Experience in similar assignments of compatible size, complexity and technical specialty in the required area; (c) Financial soundness of the firm; and (d) Staffing and logistics of the firm. Consultants are requested to submit the following supporting documents in support of 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 man month, employer, location of service etc.)
Other Details (if applicable) : 4. Consultants may associate to enhance their qualification but should mention whether the association is in the form of a “joint-venture” or of “sub-consultancy”. In the case of an association, all members of such “association” should have real and well-defined inputs to the assignment and in such "association" it is preferable to limit the total number of firms including the associates to a maximum of four. 5. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method as set forth in the World Bank's Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants Under IBRD Loans And Credits & Grants by World Bank Borrowers, January 2011, revised July 2014. Terms of Reference (ToR) will be available in the office of the undersigned and also in the LGED’s website (www.lged.gov.bd).
Association with foreign firms is : Encouraged
Eoi Detail Information
Ref No Phasing Of Services Location Start Date Completion Date
MGSP/PMU/S-17 Single Phase Dhaka October, 2020 June 2021

PROCURING ENTITY DETAILS

Name of Official Inviting EOI : Shaikh Muzzaka Zaher
Designation of Official Inviting EOI : Project Director (PD)
Address of Official Inviting EOI : Municipal Governance and Services Project (MGSP), Local Government Engineering Department LGED-RDEC Bhaban (level -5), Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh.
Contact details of Official Inviting EOI : Phone : 88 02 9113446, Fax : 88 02 9122434, Email :
The procuring entity reserves the right to accept or reject all tenders