| Ministry/Division |
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Ministry of Fisheries & Livestock |
| Agency |
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Department of Fisheries |
| Procuring Entity Name |
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Project Director, Sustainable Coastal and Marine Fisheries Project |
| Procuring Entity Code |
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| Procuring Entity District |
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Dhaka |
| Expression of Interest for Selection of |
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Consulting Firm (National) (Lump-Sump) |
| Title Of Service |
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Third-Party Assessor for Endline Assessment and Project Completion Report |
| EOI Ref. No. |
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33.02.0000.949.02.044.24-3104 |
| Date |
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21/11/2024 |
KEY INFORMATION
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| Procurement Sub-Method |
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Consultants Qualifications Selection (CQS) |
FUNDING INFORMATION
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| Budget and Source of Funds |
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Development Budget Grant/Credit |
| Development Partners |
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IDA |
PARTICULAR INFORMATION
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| Project/Programme Name |
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| EOI Closing Date and Time |
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08/12/2024 03.00 PM
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| Publication Date |
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22/11/2024
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INFORMATION FOR APPLICANT
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| Brief Description of Assignment |
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The consulting services (“the Services”) include but not limited to the following segments i.e. (i) Evaluation Framework (ii) Sampling frame and (iii) Data collection and tools. The consultant will undertake an endline assessment, project completion report, implementation completion report and deliver these reports for the project. There will be five key professionals in the team. The total estimated input of key experts is 17 person-month. This is an infrastructure investment project in coastal and inland fisheries and aquaculture sectors. The detailed scope of services and deliverables are available in the Terms of Reference (TOR). Interested Consultants are advised to refer to the Terms of Reference (TOR) available in the Notice of the websites of Department of Fisheries (www.fisheries.gov.bd) and scmfp.fisheries.gov.bd and also in the office of the undersigned. |
| Experience, Resources and Delivery Capacity Required |
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Department of Fisheries (DoF) represented by the Project Director, SCMFP now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”), either single entities or joint ventures, to indicate their interest in providing above mentioned services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The short-listing criteria are:
a) 10 years of general experience of the firm(s) in providing consulting services. For “joint venture” association, this qualification criterion shall be met by each partners;
b) Similar consulting services: Experience of performing mid-term review/final evaluation of development projects’ outputs/results and preparation of implementation completion report in GoB and World Bank/other donor funded projects. Experience in similar consulting services in the agriculture sector will be an added advantage;
c) Average Annual Financial Turnover from consulting services provided in last five years;
d) Staffing of the firm;
e) Availability of key experts.
Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage. Experience of sub-consultant will not be taken into account during shortlisting and technical proposal evaluation.
Consultants are requested to submit the following documents in support of the above-mentioned criteria:(a) Registration papers (e.g. valid trade license, certificate of incorporation, Articles of Association, Memorandum of Association, and any other relevant documentary evidence) of the firm(s); (b) Joint venture (JV) agreement/letter of intent to form a JV (as applicable) along with the proposed JV agreement; (c) experience of providing similar consulting services in the last 5 years - indicating details of consultancy contracts completed i.e. name of services/contract, description of services, name of the Client, value of each contract, role of Consultant (sole firm, lead firm, JV member, sub-consultant etc.), duration of the service; (d) Firm’s brochure including staffing; (e) Audited financial reports for last five years (including turnover from consulting services and other activities, profit & loss, current asset & liability and fixed asset & liability); (f) detailed list of relevant key experts; (g) soft copy of the expression of interest.
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| Other Details (if applicable) |
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The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, July 2016, revised November 2017, (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualification, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a “joint-venture” and or “sub-consultancy”. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected. Further, each Partner should have experience in the field related to the assignment, clearly indicating the expected inputs of each partner to the assignment. It is preferable to limit the total number of partners in the association to a maximum of three.
A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Consultant’s Qualification Based Selection (CQS national) method set out in the World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, July 2016 revised November 2017.
It is expected that the services will commence in February 2025 and be completed within May 2025. Interested consultants may obtain further information from the office of the undersigned from BST 09:00 to 17:00 hours (GMT+06 hours) (except holidays) until a day preceding the EOI submission deadline.
Expression of Interest (EOI) must be delivered to the address below (in person or by mail or by email) by BST 15:00 hours (GMT+06 hours) on or before 8 December 2024.
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| Association with foreign firms is |
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Encouraged |
| Eoi Detail Information |
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| Ref No |
Phasing Of Services |
Location |
Start Date |
Completion Date |
| 33.02.0000.949.02.044.24-3104; Date: 21/11/2024 |
Not Applicable |
Dhaka |
February 2025 |
May 2025 |
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PROCURING ENTITY DETAILS
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| Name of Official Inviting EOI |
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Md. Zia Haider Chowdhury |
| Designation of Official Inviting EOI |
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Project Director (Additional Charge) Sustainable Coastal and Marine Fisheries Project |
| Address of Official Inviting EOI |
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Sustainable Coastal and Marine Fisheries Project
Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock
10th Floor, Matshya Bhaban, Ramna, Dhaka.
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| Contact details of Official Inviting EOI |
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Phone : Phone No: +8802-47120718 , Fax : , Email : E-mail: pdscmfpdof@fisheries.gov.bd |
| The procuring entity reserves the right to accept or reject all tenders |
