Invitation for Request for Expressions of Interest    Status:Approved

GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH

Ministry/Division : Ministry of Education
Agency : Directorate of Technical Education
Procuring Entity Name : Project Director, Accelerating and Strengthening Skills for Economic Transformation (ASSET) Project
Procuring Entity Code :
Procuring Entity District : Dhaka
Expression of Interest for Selection of : Individual Consultant (National)  (Time-Based)
Title Of Service : Selection of Environmental & Social (E&S) safeguard Specialist
EOI Ref. No. : 57.03.0000.000.07.008.21- 283
Date : 22/08/2022

KEY INFORMATION

Procurement Sub-Method : Selection of Individual Consultants (SIC)

FUNDING INFORMATION

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

PARTICULAR INFORMATION

Project/Programme Name : Accelerating and Strengthening Skills for Economic Transformation (ASSET) Project
EOI Closing Date and Time : 21/09/2022 5.00 P.M.
Publication Date : 22/08/2022

INFORMATION FOR APPLICANT

Brief Description of Assignment : Environment and Social safeguard specialist will be responsible for: • Ensure the project’s full compliance with the Environmental & Social Framework (ESF) requirement and Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP) actions, including Gender-Based Violence (GBV) actions; • Based on the project Environmental and Social (ES) Assessment, the E&S safeguard specialist will be responsible for developing, reviewing, coordinating and updating (as appropriate) of various environmental and social instruments, including but not limited to Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP), Occupational Health and Safety Plan (OHP), Community Health and Safety Plan (CHSP), Resettlement Action Plan (RAP), Labor Management Procedure (LMP), Security Personnel Management Plan, etc, as and when required. The E&S safeguard specialist will make necessary arrangement for the approval of these instruments from competent authority of the Project and the World Bank; • Any other task assigned by the PD/PMU. • N.B. Please see the ToR for detail description of assignment.
Experience, Resources and Delivery Capacity Required : Academic: • At least Master degree with honors in Environmental Science, Sociology, Human Resources, Anthropology, Women and Gender Studies, Social Welfare, Business Administration or related subject. Experience • Minimum 10 years working experience with a Development Organization or Development Projects in the field of Environment or Social Development; • At least 4 years’ experience in Development Project funded by Multilateral Organizations such as ADB/JICA/World Bank; • Knowledge and Certification of GoB Laws, Acts and Regulations regarding Environment, Labor, Gender, Resettlement, Ethnic Minority, Social issues, Epidemic, Pandemic issues, on Economic Zone labor Laws and welfare policy; • Knowledge and Certification with COVID-19 protocols of GoB and World Health Organization (WHO); • Familiarity with World Bank Environmental and Social Framework (EFS) and Environmental and Social Standards (ESS) as well as Environment, Health and Safety Guidelines (EHSG); • Training on Social Safeguard or Environmental issues from reputed organizations • Proficient in MS Office, Web browsing, and Bangla and English typing. N.B: Related certificates should be provided.
Other Details (if applicable) : Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form (hard copy) with softcopy (both in .pdf and .docx format in pen drive) to the address below by 17:00 hours Bangladesh Standard Time by 21 September 2022. Interested applicants shall obtain further information from the Project office during office time in any working day before the closing date. The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment, evaluation criteria and application formats can be found and downloaded from the website www.asset-dte.gov.bd.
Association with foreign firms is : Encouraged
Eoi Detail Information
Ref No Phasing Of Services Location Start Date Completion Date
57.03.0000.000.07.008.21-283 24 Person Month DTE, Dhaka 01 November, 2022 31 October, 2024

PROCURING ENTITY DETAILS

Name of Official Inviting EOI : Md. Mohsin
Designation of Official Inviting EOI : Project Director
Address of Official Inviting EOI : Project Director, Accelerating and Strengthening Skills for Economic Transformation (ASSET) Project, Directorate of Technical Education, Room No - 501, F/4-B, Agargaon A/A, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207.
Contact details of Official Inviting EOI : Phone : 02-41024953, Fax : , Email : pd@asset-dte.gov.bd
The procuring entity reserves the right to accept or reject all tenders