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 : Project Director, Technical Assistance for Road Transport Connectivity Improvement Project Preparatory Facility
Procuring Entity Code :
Procuring Entity District : Dhaka
Expression of Interest for Selection of : Consulting Firm (International)  (Lump-Sump)
Title Of Service : Consulting Services for Feasibility Study on Improvement of 22 road sections (1480 km), Connecting Roads to 3 Logistics Facilities (ICT/ICD) and Road Safety
EOI Ref. No. : Memo No.35.01.2690.071.31.007.2020- 040
Date : 09/08/2021

KEY INFORMATION

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

FUNDING INFORMATION

Budget and Source of Funds : Development Budget Loan
Development Partners : Asian Development Bank

PARTICULAR INFORMATION

Project/Programme Name :
EOI Closing Date and Time : 09/09/2021 11:59 pm Manillatime
Publication Date : 11/08/2021

INFORMATION FOR APPLICANT

Brief Description of Assignment : The broad scope of consulting services (the Services) includes carrying out the tasks mentioned below: (a) upgrading about 1480 km or more of national highways, regional highways and zilla roads (the project roads) to the standard width and quality and improving the roadway connectivity with the land ports of Bangladesh as would be recommended according to the feasibility study (4 lane, 6 lane etc. keeping a minimum provision of 4 lane with staged construction time frame for such recommendation) with provision for Slow Moving Vehicular Traffic (SMVT) lanes (b) integration of road, rail and waterway modes of transport of 3 (three) ICT/ICD facilities to the connecting roads; (c) conflict mitigation & ensuring safety at level crossing of road network as would be recommended according to feasibility study.
Experience, Resources and Delivery Capacity Required : The interested consulting firms should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The key qualifications and experiences of the Consulting firms required are as follows: i. Technical Competence: general experience, specific experience in similar assignments (feasibility study/preliminary design of road/bridge in similar road/highway projects with comparable scale and technical specifications). ii. Geographic Experience: experience in similar geographic area. iii. Experience in working with Multilateral Development Banks - MDBs (i.e. ADB, WB etc.) iv. Management Capabilities: Financial (Annual Turnover); capability to retain the required no. of Key Experts who are preferred to be under permanent engagement with the consulting firms with adequate qualifications. The Consultancy Firm will be selected in accordance with the Quality- and Cost-Based Selection (QCBS) method following the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and the Procurement Regulations for ADB Borrowers (2017, as amended from time to time).
Other Details (if applicable) : Expected date for commencement of the services is May 2022 and the tentative duration of the entire assignment is about 18 (Eighteen) months. According to the latest ADB procurement guidelines, the REoI for this Consulting Services has been published electronically in the ADB Consultant Management System (CMS) which can be accessed through the following link: https://selfservice.adb.org/OA_HTML/adb/xxcrs/jsp/ADBCsrnFwd.jsp?sel=171369 The interested consulting firms are hereby advised to access the REoI through the above link. The Consultants shall have to submit their EoIs electronically through the ADB CMS by 11:59 PM (Manila local time) on 09 September 2021. If any contradiction is found between CMS notice and notice published in other platforms, the information on CMS notice shall prevail. For technical inquiries/assistance, the interested consulting firms may seek advice by emailing to the following email address: cmshelp@adb.org. Offline submission of EoIs in NOT allowed. The Client will not be responsible for any costs or expenses incurred by the Firm(s) in connection with the preparation or submission of the EoI.
Association with foreign firms is : Encouraged
Eoi Detail Information
Ref No Phasing Of Services Location Start Date Completion Date
SVC-P1 (CS-01) Not Applicable Dhaka May 2022 May 2022

PROCURING ENTITY DETAILS

Name of Official Inviting EOI : Riaz Ahmad Jaber
Designation of Official Inviting EOI : Project Director (Additional Chief Engineer, RHD)
Address of Official Inviting EOI : Technical Assistance for Road Transport Connectivity Improvement Project Preparatory Facility, Room No. 207, Level-02 (1st Floor), Part-01 Main Building of RHD Sarak Bhaban, Tejgaon, Dhaka-1208
Contact details of Official Inviting EOI : Phone : 88-01313-092-136, Fax : , Email : pd.rtcippf.rhd@gmail.com
The procuring entity reserves the right to accept or reject all tenders