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 : Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA)
Procuring Entity Name : Director (operation)
Procuring Entity Code :
Procuring Entity District : Dhaka
Expression of Interest for Selection of : Consulting Firm (National)  (Time-Based)
Title Of Service : Maintenance, modification/up-gradation, development & support services of existing BRTA-IS software, website, hardware & network set-up etc. and integrate other software into BRTA-IS used in BRTA for 05 (Five) years.
EOI Ref. No. : 35.03.0000.004.99.003.23-862
Date : 13/12/2023

KEY INFORMATION

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

FUNDING INFORMATION

Budget and Source of Funds : Non_Development GOB
Development Partners :

PARTICULAR INFORMATION

Project/Programme Name :
EOI Closing Date and Time : 31/12/2023 12:30
Publication Date : 17/12/2023

INFORMATION FOR APPLICANT

Brief Description of Assignment : Currently BRTA has Head Office in Dhaka, 71 circle/field/Outlet (Service Delivery Point) offices and 8 Divisional offices throughout the country. BRTA has been maintaining a true online database of registered motor vehicles and motor driving licenses. Presently 08 (Eight) IT services are being operated in BRTA for providing IT services to customers. These are: (1) BRTA-IS; (2) Motor Vehicle Tax & fees revenue collection through online banking system; (3) Driving License System; (4) HSDL; (5) Electronic Vehicle Registration system for Retro-reflective vehicle registration plate & RFID Tags; (6) BRTA Service Portal (BSP); (7) Archiving System; (8) 12 lane VIC at Mirpur; The Software and hardware used in the above systems need to be integrated with a centralized Database, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), data warehousing among the above existing and upcoming systems, Web Portal, IT infrastructure etc. and with the operation, maintenance of Data Centre (DC) and Disaster Recovery Sites (DRS). The tasks to be performed but not limited to: 1. Maintain, modify/up-grade/develop of BRTA-IS, Database, BRTA Service Portal (BSP) and website(s) and support services; 2. Integrate other software application used in BRTA e.g. MV TAX, HSDL, Driving License System, Archiving System, Retro-Reflective Number Plate and RFID Tags, 12 lane VIC, BSP and upcoming systems with the operation, maintenance of Data Centre (DC) and Disaster Recovery Sites (DRS) etc. 3. Install, Maintain and Support Services of Wide Area Network (WAN) and LAN which will keep all Workstations, Printers etc. real time On-line including Connectivity to NBR, EC, DMP traffic divisions and other Government departments; 4. Repair, Maintain and support service of existing PC, UPS, Monitor and Printer of all BRTA Offices; 5. Provide, install and maintain Intranet connection at around 70-80 different geographic locations of BRTA offices and LAN/WAN connection to all PCs used in those offices through Fiber optics cable or broadband connectivity, [Minimum 50mbps Intranet speed with Minimum 50mbps Redundant Intranet speed for central database, connectivity with unlimited volume of transferred data (bandwidth) with dedicated/fixed IP for central database server, minimum 10mbps Intranet speed for DRS, minimum 10mbps Intranet speed for Divisional offices, minimum 10mbps Intranet speed for Metro offices and minimum 2mbps Intranet speed for other offices]; 6. Provide, install and maintain Internet connection around 70-80 different geographic locations of BRTA offices and LAN/WAN connection to all PC's used in those offices through Fiber optics cable or broadband connectivity. [internet speed Minimum 100mbps for Head office with unlimited volume of transferred data (bandwidth) & dedicated IP for central database server]; 7. Periodic back-up (incremental and full) [Daily, weekly, monthly & yearly] support in different media (i.e. Portable HDD, DVD etc.) for BRTA-IS, Online Banking data etc. for all kinds of information; 8. Integration of other IT related existing/forthcoming services; 9. Up-grade/Modify/Develop existing BRTA-IS Software to introduce on-line application submission module of different citizen services of BRTA as and when required and services described in existing ‘MV Tax Act 1932’, ‘MV Tax Rule, 1966’ and ‘Road Transport Act, 2018’ & ‘Road Transport Rule, 2022’ etc. and develop database software for vehicle emission system, vehicle inspection data from VICs and collection of fine for traffic rules violation; 10. Generate customized reports instantly from database as per requirement of BRTA time to time; 11. Submit of Daily, Weekly & Monthly activity report (Activity/Work Diary); 12. Provide and assign full time professional personnel to BRTA Head Office/ field offices to perform the assignment; 13. Provide theoretical and practical training to nominated/selected officials of BRTA for capacity building after 04 (four) weeks from the commencement of contract. Training should be on Database, Software, Website, Networking interface, Hardware troubleshooting etc. used in BRTA so that they can cope up with it and able to operate the whole system successfully and successfully transfer the whole system with source code at scalable condition at the end of contract so that it can be operated without any trouble.
Experience, Resources and Delivery Capacity Required : Firm(s)/Service Provider(s) The firm should have to fulfill the following criteria with mandatory supporting document: 1. At least 10 years of overall experience of software and website development using following platforms and tools Linux/Windows, Java, JavaScript, ASP, PHP, CSS, Oracle, MYSQL, Microsoft Project, I-Report, Tomcat etc; 2. Minimum 3 years of experience in maintenance and up-gradation of on-line vehicle registration or similar system within last five years; 3. Experience of Internet and Intranet service in similar nature of field at least in 20 (twenty) districts within last five years in any Govt. Department/Semi Government Agency/Autonomous body; 4. Experience of maintenance and up-gradation of LAN & WAN in similar nature of field at least in 20 (twenty) districts within last five years in any Govt. Department/Semi Government Agency/Autonomous body; 5. Experience to assign skilled and experienced manpower designated as Team Leader, Network Manager, Database Manager, Web Developer, Network & Hardware Maintenance Assistant, data-entry operator etc. in similar nature of field within last five years in any Govt. Department/Semi Government Agency/Autonomous body; 6. Experience in maintenance of Datacenter, Disaster Recovery Sites (DRS), Web-Portal, Database Server, Mail Server, Web Server etc. in similar nature of field within last five years in any Govt. Department/Semi Government Agency/Autonomous body; 7. Liquid asset or working capital facility or credit facility, the minimum amount is Taka 10.00 million. 8. Client Testimonial as a proof of Real Time On-Line Vehicle Registration Software/Similar System Development/Customization/Up-Gradation, Installation, Operation, Maintenance including Networking and Hardware Maintenance or similar system in any Government Sector/Semi Government Agency/Autonomous body within last 05 (five) years; 9. Client testimonial as a proof of Real Time On-Line Vehicle Registration or similar Software running for more than a year within the last 03 (Three) years in any government, Semi-government, Autonomous organization Spread over minimum 20 (twenty) Administrative Districts consisting minimum 100 (Hundred) Work stations on Virtual Private Network (VPN) Architecture. The Testimonial consist with the addresses certified by concern organization where the Software is running; 10. Certificate as a proof of CMMi Level 2 or above Certification for Software Development Processes to ensure international standard processes and practices are followed in development of Software.
Other Details (if applicable) : Submission of EOI should be done in closed format bearing the name and address of the firm, EOI No. & Date and be addressed to the EOI issuing Authority in 2 (two) copies; 01(one) marked as “ORIGINAL” and other as “COPY” in separate envelopes in the form of book binding. Both the “ORIGINAL” AND “COPY” shall have to be covered within a single envelope. The applicant shall have to mention the page number serially in every page of submitted EOI document.
Association with foreign firms is : Not Applicable
Eoi Detail Information
Ref No Phasing Of Services Location Start Date Completion Date
35.03.0000.004.99.003.23-862 Not Phased Dhaka 05-03-2024 04-03-2029

PROCURING ENTITY DETAILS

Name of Official Inviting EOI : Md. Lokman Hossain Mollah
Designation of Official Inviting EOI : Director (Operation)
Address of Official Inviting EOI : Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, BRTA Bhaban, New Airport Road, Banani, Dhaka -1212
Contact details of Official Inviting EOI : Phone : Phone: +8855040717, Fax : Fax: +8855040712, Email : email: do@brta.gov.bd
The procuring entity reserves the right to accept or reject all tenders