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Mr. A.R.M. Anwar Hossain
Additional Chief Engineer, RHD
ADB Projects
Room No. 106, Block-C
Sarak Bhaban, Ramna
Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Phone: +880-2-955 6268, Fax: +880-2-717 1205
Email: hossaina@rhd.gov.bd
Expression of Interest (EOI)
| Memo No.: - | Date: 10-11-2005 |
1. The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has received a loan from the special fund resources of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) towards the cost of Road Network Improvement and Maintenance Project-II [ADB Loan No. - 2021-BAN(SF)] (the Project) and intends to apply a portion of this loan to eligible payments for NGO Services for Implementation of LARP under the Project.
2. The Roads and Highways Department (RHD), hereinafter referred to as the Executing Agency (EA), now invites Expression of Interest (EOI) from NGOs of Bangladesh for the purpose of shortlisting for the captioned services.
3. The NGO Services will be required for reviewing, finalization and implementation the Land Acquisition and Resettlement Action Plan for the proposed Road Network Improvement and Maintenance Project-II. The project is designed to improve around 244km of national, regional and district roads in the Mymensing, Rangpur and Chittagong regions of Bangladesh. The people who will be affected due to execution of the project shall be appropriately compensated and assisted for adequate resettlement/ rehabilitation.
4. The qualified NGOs must be non-profit human welfare organization and have experience in land related survey, resettlement/ rehabilitation related activities in road development projects. The NGO must be registered in Bangladesh.
5. For participation in the shortlisting process, evidence have to be submitted by the NGOs with the EOIs in support of their experience and capability to effectively implement resettlement/ rehabilitation action plan in road projects.
6. Interested NGOs may obtain additional information from the following address of the EA:
Mr. A.R.M. Anwar Hossain
Additional Chief Engineer, RHD
ADB Projects
Room No. 106, Block-C
Sarak Bhaban, Ramna
Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Phone: +880-2-955 6268, Fax: +880-2-717 1205
Email: hossaina@rhd.gov.bd
7. “Only individual Bangladeshi NGOs are being invited to submit their EOI for shortlisting. The capabilities of only the Lead Partner/NGO, in case EOI is submitted by a Joint Venture(JV) or associate, will be evaluated and only the Lead Partner/NGO will be shortlisted. The EA or the Government of Bangladesh will not entertain any claim whatsoever in this respect from other Partner(s) of the JV or association for not evaluating or shortlisting it/them along with the lead partner/NGO.”
8. The EOI should specifically include:
· Background of the NGO (limited to one page);
· General and overall experience of the NGO (limited to three pages);
· Summary of experience of NGO in the required area of expertise;
· Summary of similar projects undertaken in the country or region (limited to three pages);
· Summary of similar projects undertaken in the countries with similar social, geographical and economic conditions;
· Summary of similar projects undertaken in other countries (limited to three pages);
· Audited financial reports of the NGO for the last three years;
· Nature, size, employer, location, and type of input for contracts in hand (limited to three pages); and
· Summary of permanent professional employees with key qualifications (limited to one page).
9. EOI with supporting documents must be delivered at or before 4:00pm on 14 November 2005 in sealed envelopes, marked with “EOI for NGO Services for Implementation of LARP under RNIMP-II”, and be delivered to the address below. Late submissions will be rejected.
Mr. A.R.M. Anwar Hossain
Additional Chief Engineer, RHD
ADB Projects
Room No. 106, Block-C
Sarak Bhaban, Ramna
Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
10. The NGOs, who have submitted their EOI for short listing before publishing of this invitation, are requested to submit their EOI again, and in accordance with this invitation. The earlier submitted EOIs, if any, will not be considered for short listing.
11. Local competitive bidding procedure will be conducted, and selection will be made by Quality and Cost-based Selection procedure in accordance with Bangladesh Public Procurement Regulations '2003 and ADB’s Guidelines on the Use of Consultants by Asian Development Bank and Its Borrower. The request for proposal to submit detailed technical and financial proposal is expected to be issued to the shortlisted NGOs in November 2005.
12. The EA or ADB will not entertain any cost or expense incurred by the NGOs in connection with the preparation or delivery of the EOI. The EA reserves the right to shortlist or not shortlist any or all of the applicant(s) without mentioning any reason whatsoever.
Additional Chief Engineer, RHD
ADB Projects
Room No. 106, Block-C
Sarak Bhaban, Ramna
Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
