Invitation for Request for Expressions of Interest    Status:Approved

GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH

Ministry/Division : Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges
Agency : Roads & Highways Department (RHD)
Procuring Entity Name : Office of the Superintending Engineer RHD, Rangamati Road Circle
Procuring Entity Code : raangcir001
Procuring Entity District : Rangamati
Expression of Interest for Selection of : Consulting Firm (National)  (Lump-Sump)
Title Of Service : Providing Consultancy Service for the development of Landslide Risk Profile, Maps, Strategy Framework and Action plans for Hill side Road Network of Rangamati, Khagrachari, Bandarban Hill District, Bangladesh under Road Circle Rangamati during the year 2020-2021.
EOI Ref. No. : EOI/RRC-01/2020-2021
Date : 04/11/2020

KEY INFORMATION

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

FUNDING INFORMATION

Budget and Source of Funds : Development Budget GOB
Development Partners :

PARTICULAR INFORMATION

Project/Programme Name :
EOI Closing Date and Time : 08/12/2020 2:00 PM
Publication Date : 08/11/2020

INFORMATION FOR APPLICANT

Brief Description of Assignment : The EOI is issued for providing consultancy service for the development of landslide risk profile, maps, strategy framework and action plans for hill side road network of Rangamati hill district 250 km (approx.), Khagrachari hill district 400 km (approx.) & Bandarban hill district 400 km (approx.) in Bangladesh. The Scope of the consultancy services comprises the following components: Task 1. Landslide Inventory: Preparing landslide inventory for risk assessment including the following: location of landslide, frequency of landslide, causes and types of landslides, etc. This may include the use of advanced tools including laser scanning for site surveying, three-dimensional analysis of landslide as well as the use of artificial intelligence for mapping of landslide location from aerial photographs. Task 2. Landslide hazard assessment: Quantifying the risk of landslides occurring from steeper slopes caused by natural or man-made events and posing serious risk to the road traffic and to the society. This may include, but not limited to, generation of comprehensive landslide inventory maps for the study area using historical landslide records, image interpretation and fieldworks; generation of hazard scenarios based on types, magnitudes of landslides and frequency of landslides; and determination of static and dynamic elements at risk. Task 3. Landslide treatment and mitigation: Preparing a comprehensive landslide management plan including sustainable, cost-effective and robust countermeasures for prevention and mitigation of landslides; preparing designs for stabilization and hazard mitigation works based on in-depth investigations and studies, and developing a comprehensive guideline/manual on landslide treatment and mitigation. This will also include preparation of detailed designs of countermeasures including drawings, specifications and bill of quantities. Task 4. Pilot scheme and capacity building: Implementing selected landslide countermeasures as pilot schemes including monitoring and evaluation plan. Arranging knowledge sharing seminars/workshops on landslides for RHD professionals and related stakeholders. This will include providing trainings on the concepts/mechanism/approaches of landslide treatment.
Experience, Resources and Delivery Capacity Required : RHD will conduct the short-listing of the consulting firms for the above-mentioned consulting services. The interested consultant must have following previous experiences of rendering consulting services within last 10 years; -Preparation of landslide Inventory -Conducting landslide hazard assessment -Providing landslide treatment and mitigation -Implementation of Pilot Scheme & Capacity building in concepts/mechanism/approaches of landslide treatment The EOI should specially include (along with certified English Translation if not in English); -The firm’s registration certificate; -Company profile: including management, personnel, firm’s speciality, performance; -List of rendered services in last 10years for: Preparation of landslide Inventory Conducting landslide hazard assessment Providing landslide treatment and mitigation Implementation of Pilot Scheme & Capacity building in concepts/mechanism/approaches of landslide treatment. In the list following information should be provided: Client’s name, nature of services, contract amount, man-months the firm extended, duration of the service with commencement and completion date; Summary of permanent professional employees with key qualifications; Number of Geological Engineers, Geo-hazard Specialist, Climate change specialist, Socio-economist, GIS specialist, Hydrologist, Civil/Environmental Engineer and Institutional expert those who belong to the firm more than a year and average working experiences (years) of those specialists. Average annual Turn Over of the firm(s) during the last 3 years (Audited financial reports of the firm(s) for the last 3 years). VAT & IT certificates. Interested applicants may obtain further information by applying to the undersigned during normal office hour.
Other Details (if applicable) : Interested firm(s) will be required to submit the EOI in closed format mentioning the name and address of the applicant, EOI no. & date and be addressed to the EOI issuing Authority in 3(three) copies. 01(One) marked as ORIGINAL and other 2(two) as COPY in separate envelope in the form of book binding, Both the ORIGINAL and COPY shall have to cover within a single envelope to the address below before the EOI closing date & time. The applicant shall mention the page no. serially in every page of submitted EOI document. EOI will be opened on 08-12-2020 just after closing time. In case of any unavoidable circumstances such as strike, civil commotion, Govt. declared holiday etc, EOIs will be received and opened on the following working day. Upon receipt of EOIs the interested firm(s) those are deemed best suited to perform the assignment will be short-listed. There after Request for Proposal (RFP) document will be issued to the short-listed firm(s). The consulting firm(s) will be selected based on (Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method in accordance with the procedures set out in the PPA 2006 and PPR 2008 of GOB.
Association with foreign firms is : Encouraged
Eoi Detail Information
Ref No Phasing Of Services Location Start Date Completion Date
EOI/RRC-01/2020-2021 1 Rangamati, Khagrachari and Bandarban 01 March 2021 30 June 2022

PROCURING ENTITY DETAILS

Name of Official Inviting EOI : Mohammad Jahangir Alam
Designation of Official Inviting EOI : Superintending Engineer, Rangamati Road Circle, College Gate, Rangamati.
Address of Official Inviting EOI : Office of the Superintending Engineer, Rangamati Road Circle, College Gate, Rangamati.
Contact details of Official Inviting EOI : Phone : 01730782690, Fax : , Email : seranga@rhd.gov.bd
The procuring entity reserves the right to accept or reject all tenders