Invitation for Request for Expressions of Interest    Status:Corrigendum

GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH

Ministry/Division : Ministry of Fisheries & Livestock
Agency : Department of Fisheries
Procuring Entity Name : Project Director, Sustainable Coastal and Marine Fisheries Project
Procuring Entity Code :
Procuring Entity District : Dhaka
Expression of Interest for Selection of : Consulting Firm (National)  (Lump-Sump)
Title Of Service : Master Plan Preparation Support for Government Shrimp Estate at Chokoria, Cox’s Bazar.
EOI Ref. No. : 33.02.0000.949.32.035.23-861; Date: 22 May 2023
Date : 22/05/2023

KEY INFORMATION

Procurement Sub-Method : Selection under a Fixed Budget(SFB)

FUNDING INFORMATION

Budget and Source of Funds : Development Budget Grant/Credit
Development Partners : IDA

PARTICULAR INFORMATION

Project/Programme Name :
EOI Closing Date and Time : 21/06/2023 03.00 PM
Publication Date : 23/05/2023

INFORMATION FOR APPLICANT

Brief Description of Assignment : The consulting services (“the Services”) include preparation of a Master Plan for Chokoria Government owned shrimp estate to propose all facilities in and around the estate to develop and demonstrate a smart shrimp aquaculture development hub which may be entitled “Smart Shrimp Economic Zone” to explore the emerging potential of the blue economy for the World Bank-financed Sustainable Coastal and Marine Fisheries Project (SCMFP). 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 website of Department of Fisheries (www.fisheries.gov.bd) and also in the office of the undersigned. Consultants are requested to submit the following documents in support of the above-mentioned criteria: :(a) Registration papers (e.g. trade license, certificate of incorporation, Articles of Association, Memorandum of Association, and any other corporate document) 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.
Experience, Resources and Delivery Capacity Required : 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) 7 years of general experience in providing consulting services; b) Experience in providing similar consultancy services (preparation of master plan/sector plan/business plan in any sub-sector of agriculture/water resources/natural resource). 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.
Other Details (if applicable) : 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 Fixed Budget Selection (FBS) 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 August 2023 and will be completed within 12 months. Interested consultants may obtain further information from the office of the undersigned from BST 09:00 to 16:00 hours (GMT+06 hours) (except holidays) until a day preceding the EOI submission deadline
Association with foreign firms is : Encouraged
Eoi Detail Information
Ref No Phasing Of Services Location Start Date Completion Date
33.02.0000.949.32.035.23-861; Date; 22 May 2023 NA Dhaka and Cox's Bazar 1 August 2023 30 August 2024

PROCURING ENTITY DETAILS

Name of Official Inviting EOI : Dr. Md. Abdul Alim
Designation of Official Inviting EOI : Project Director, Sustainable Coastal and Marine Fisheries Project
Address of Official Inviting EOI : Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock 10th Floor, Matshya Bhaban, Ramna, Dhaka.
Contact details of Official Inviting EOI : Phone : Phone No: +8802-47120718, Fax : , Email : E-mail: pdscmfpdof@fisheries.gov.bd

Advertisement Corrigendum(s)

Date Of Corrigendum

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28/05/2023

Brief Description : Change of EOI Closing Date
Experience, Resources and Delivery Capacity Required : N/A
Duration : N/A
Other Information : N/A
Last Date Of Submission : 12/06/2023
Last Time Of Submission : 3.00 PM
Status : Active
The procuring entity reserves the right to accept or reject all tenders