GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH
OFFICE OF THE ADDITIONAL CHIEF ENGINEER, RHD
SYLHET ZONE, SYLHET.

Request For Expressions of Interest (EOI) for Selecting Consulting Firm Against Construction Supervision of “Upgradation of Airport Bypass Intersection-Lalbag-Salutikor-Companyganj-Bholaganj Road to National Highway Project”

Memo No.: SZ/239/ 1827 Date: 10-06-2015

1. Ministry/Division: Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges / Road Transport & Highways Division
2. Agency: Roads & Highways Department (RHD)
3. Procuring Entity Name: Project Director, Upgradation of Airport Bypass Intersection – Lalbag – Salutikor –Companyganj - Bholaganj Road to National Highway Project & ACE, Road Zone, Sylhet.
4. Procuring Entity Code: Not applicable
5. Procuring Entity District: Sylhet
6. Expression of Interest for Selections of: Consulting Firm
7. Invitation Ref. No: 01(One)/EOI/ACE/SZ/2015-2016.
8. Date: 10-06-2015

KEY INFORMATION

9. Procurement Method: Quality & Cost Based Selection (QCBS)

FUNDING INFORMATION

10. Budget and Source of Funds: ADP, GOB
11. Development Partners (if applicable): Not applicable

PARTICULAR INFORMATION

12. Project/ Programme Code (if applicable): 5291
13. Project Name: Upgradation of Airport Bypass Intersection – Lalbag – Salutikor – Companyganj - Bholaganj Road to National Highway Project as per DPP.
14. EOI Closing Date & Time: 04-08-2015 at 12.30 PM

INFORMATION FOR APPLICANT

15. Brief Description of Assignment: The People’s Republic of Bangladesh intends to allocate public funds towards the cost of “Upgradation of Airport Bypass Intersection-Lalbag-Salutikor-Companyganj-Bholaganj Road to National Highway Project” (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Project’) having length 31.776km (2-Lane) and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this fund to payments under the contract of Consultancy Services for construction supervision against the Civil Works of the Project. All payments of these services will be made in Bangladesh Currency. As part of the services, the consultant shall i) Supervise the Construction Works. ii) Carry out Quantity Survey & Certification iii) Ensure Quality Control iv) Modify Design & Produce Working Drawings (if required)
16. Experiences, Resources & Delivery Capacity Required : Interested Consultant must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, registrations, profile, availability of appropriate skills among staff etc.), The EOIs will be evaluated on the basis of the following to prepare a shortlist (1) Registration of the firm, (2) Background of the Firm(s) (limited to 1 page), (3) General & overall experiences of the firm ( Limited to 1 page) (4) Summary of similar projects completed in last 10 years including total professional man-month (limited to 3 pages) (5) Average Annual Turn Over of the firms during the last 3 years (Audited financial reports of the firm(s) for the last 3 years), (6) Availability of appropriate skills among staff, demonstrated capacity to handle such assignment in terms of resources, , (7) VAT & IT certificate .
17. Other Details: Interested consulting firm will be required to submit the EOI (One original & Two copies) to the address below before the EOI closing date & time. EOI’s will be opened on 04-08-2015 just after closing time. In case of any unavoidable circumstances such as strike, civil commotion, Govt. declared holiday etc., EOIs will be received and opened on the following working day. Upon receipt of EOIs the interested firms those are deemed best suited to perform the assignment will be short-listed. There after Request for Proposal (RFP) document will be issued to the short listed firms, The consulting firm will be selected based on Quality & Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method in accordance with the procedures set out in the PPA 2006 and PPR 2008 of GOB.
18. Association with other firms: An applicant may associate with other consultant(s) to enhance their qualifications. Association with foreign firm is not encouraged. However, this is not mandatory. Ref. No Phasing of Services Location Indicative Start Date Indicative Completion Date 01(One)/EOI/ ACE/SZ/2015 -2016. Construction Supervision of Upgradation of Airport Bypass Intersection – Lalbag –Salutikor – Companyganj - Bholaganj Road to National Highway Project. Sylhet January/2016 June/2018

PROCURING ENTITY DETAILS

19 Name of Official Inviting EOI: Iftekhar Kabir
20. Designation of Official Inviting EOI: Project Director & Additional Chief Engineer, RHD
21. Address of Official inviting EOI: Road Zone, Raynagor, Rajbari, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
22. Contract Details of Official inviting EOI: Telephone: +88-0821-726755
Fax No. +88-0821-710729
e-mail address: acesyl@rhd.gov.bd
The Procuring Entity reserves the right to accept or reject any or all of the EOI at any time without assigning any reason whatsoever. This notice will be available on RHD website www.rhd.gov.bd.

( Iftekhar Kabir )
ID No.005114
Additional Chief Engineer (c.c), RHD
Road Zone, Sylhet.