Invitation for Request for Expressions of Interest    Status:Approved

GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH

Ministry/Division : Ministry of Shipping
Agency : Chittagong Port Authority
Procuring Entity Name : Chittagong Port Authority
Procuring Entity Code :
Procuring Entity District : Chattogram
Expression of Interest for Selection of : Consulting Firm (International)  (Time-Based)
Title Of Service : Consulting services in order to establish a consistent, scientific mechanism of tariff formation and implementation procedure considering future development & transformation of operation model of CPA.
EOI Ref. No. : 18.13.0000.551.39.047.25
Date : 03/11/2025

KEY INFORMATION

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

FUNDING INFORMATION

Budget and Source of Funds : Own Funds Own Funds
Development Partners :

PARTICULAR INFORMATION

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EOI Closing Date and Time : 03/12/2025 12:00 PM
Publication Date : 04/11/2025

INFORMATION FOR APPLICANT

Brief Description of Assignment : 1. To develop a policy for tariff formulation and implementation. This policy will include existing and proposed terminals owned by CPA and operated by CPA or international/local Terminal Operators appointed by CPA under PPPA/PPA/other government approved guidelines. 2. To review existing tariff structures and recommend a simplified, composite structure as per international best practices. 3. To recommend and assess the feasibility of implementing market-based tariff structure for all terminals and prepare a SOP for execution of the same. 4. To Propose a scientific mechanism for periodic tariff review and adjustments aligned with market conditions, inflation, and in case of changes in operations. 5. To recommend a governance and monitoring framework for CPA tariff regulation. 6. To furnish a comparative study of tariff policy & rates between CPA, Regional renowned Ports & Global renowned Ports.
Experience, Resources and Delivery Capacity Required : i. The applicant must be an International consultancy firm having minimum 5 years of overall experience on preparation and assessment of Sea Port Tariff. ii. The eligible applicant under serial no. i above must have minimum 3 years of specific experience of conducting consultancy services relating to fixation of Tariff Structure or Tariff analysis or Tariff study or Pricing of services in any Sea Port facilitated with container, container cargo, general / bulk cargo etc. and related shipping services (such as Tug, Salvage, Pollution control, Water supply etc.). iii. The eligible applicant under serial no. i & ii above must have experience of at least 2 (two) works on Sea Port tariff having handling capacity of minimum 1.00 (one) million TEU’s containers and 5 (five) million tons cargo per annum. Regarding the said experience documentary evidence must have to be submitted with the EOI application. iv. The firm must have adequate professionals specially experienced in Sea Port operation & fixation of Tariff. v.The foreign firm should have an associated local consultancy firm for co-ordination of the assignment.
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Eoi Detail Information
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PROCURING ENTITY DETAILS

Name of Official Inviting EOI : Mohammad Abdus Shakur
Designation of Official Inviting EOI : Chief Finance & Accounts Officer, CPA.
Address of Official Inviting EOI : Room No-104 (Ground Floor), Bandar Bhaban, CPA. Chittagong-4100.
Contact details of Official Inviting EOI : Phone : 2510880, Fax : , Email :
The procuring entity reserves the right to accept or reject all tenders