Invitation for Request for Expressions of Interest    Status:Approved

GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH

Ministry/Division : Ministry of Public Administration
Agency : Department of Printing and Publications
Procuring Entity Name : Deputy Director (Deputy Secretary) Bangladesh Forms & Publications Office, Tejgaon, Dhaka-1208
Procuring Entity Code :
Procuring Entity District : Dhaka
Expression of Interest for Selection of : Consulting Firm (National)  (Time-Based)
Title Of Service : Hiring a Firm for Development & Maintenance of Digital Service Delivery Platform for Bangladesh Forms and Publications Office (BFPO)
EOI Ref. No. : 05.04.0000.086.01.010.16-187,
Date : 16/03/2022

KEY INFORMATION

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

FUNDING INFORMATION

Budget and Source of Funds : Development Budget GOB
Development Partners : N/A

PARTICULAR INFORMATION

Project/Programme Name : Digital Archives and Searching System (1947-2017), e-Requisition Systems, Store Management System, Online Sales & Management Systems (from 2013 to present date) and 2 years Maintenance.
EOI Closing Date and Time : 07/04/2022 1.00 pm
Publication Date : 29/03/2022

INFORMATION FOR APPLICANT

Brief Description of Assignment : Hiring a Firm for Development & Maintenance of Digital Service Delivery Platform for Bangladesh Forms and Publications Office (BFPO). Digital Archives and Searching System (1947-2017), e-Requisition Systems, Store Management System, Online Sales & Management Systems (from 2013 to present date) and 2 years Maintenance. For detail Terms of Reference (TOR) Please log in: https://www.dpp.gov.bd/bfpo/
Experience, Resources and Delivery Capacity Required : This is a national task with utmost importance towards the digital Bangladesh goal. So the bidder must prove that they have solid technical background and operational strength to undertake and take this work forward without any hindrances. Bidder must also have adequate technical ability, resources, human resources and processes. As such, following are defined as minimum eligibility criteria: 1. The vendor needs to have experience of working with projects as well as understanding the government systems and integrating individual projects as a central system. 2. The vendor must have experience of similar works at least 5(Five) Crore taka in one or more (all together) contract within last 5 years. 3. The vendor must have experience of working with large digital data and contents containing significant amounts of data. 4. Minimum 5 years of experience in ICT business as a registered company/entity in Bangladesh 5. Minimum amount of liquid assets i.e. working capital or credit line(s) of the firm shall be TK. 8 (Eight) Crore. 6. Registered entity with Register of Joint Stock & Companies (RJSC) in Bangladesh. 7. Vendor’s must have an office located at Dhaka. 8. Multiple Companies having technical and legal competency for developing such Product can bid jointly but they must have legal agreement among them where one company needs to lead. Leading company needs to fulfill all conditions mentioned in this TOR. Joint-venture agreement needs to have clear identification about each responsibility matrix along with IPR. The Deputy Director of Bangladesh Forms and Publications Office, Department of Printing and Publications, Ministry of Public Administration now invites eligible firms to indicate the interest in providing the services. Interested firms/vendors are invited to provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services. This shall require substantiation through submission of brochures and other documents describing similar assignments, experience availability of appropriate professional qualification and experience among applicant's staff, resources to carry out the assignment, logistical capability, etc. Short list of firms/vendors will be prepared upon evaluation of EOIs of the eligible applicants and 'Request for Proposal (RFP)’ document will be issued in their favor. Firm/vendor will be selected using the Quality and Cost Based (QCBS) method in accordance with the PPA 2006 and PPR 2008.
Other Details (if applicable) : Submission of EOI: a) Application for Expression of Interest (EOI); b) Up-to-date Trade license; c) Constitutional documents of the firm(s)/JVs; d) Up-to-date Audited financial reports of the firm(s)JVs; e) Up-to-date VAT registration certificate; f) Up-to-date Income Tax clearance certificate; g) One set original copy and one set photocopy should be submitted.
Association with foreign firms is : Not Applicable
Eoi Detail Information
Ref No Phasing Of Services Location Start Date Completion Date
1 N/A Dhaka N/A N/A

PROCURING ENTITY DETAILS

Name of Official Inviting EOI : Maksuda Begum Siddika
Designation of Official Inviting EOI : (Deputy Secretary)
Address of Official Inviting EOI : Deputy Director and Procuring Entity Bangladesh Forms & Publications Office Department of Printing and Publications Tejgaon, Dhaka-1208
Contact details of Official Inviting EOI : Phone : 02-55030022, Fax : , Email : mbsiddika22@gmail.com
The procuring entity reserves the right to accept or reject all tenders