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GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
ROADS AND RAILWAYS DIVISION
ROADS AND HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT
ROAD NETWORK IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE PROJECT-I
ADB Loan No.: 1789(SF)/1790-BAN and ADB Loan no.: 1920-BAN(SF)
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
| Memo No.: RNIMP-I/ | Date: 03-03-2003 |
2.0 The Project has the following components:
(i) Roads Improvement Component will include improvement of 174 kilometre (km) of Regional and Type-A Feeder Roads in Mymensingh Region and Rangpur region;
(ii) Periodic Road Maintenance Component will support priority road maintenance activities of 400 km of roads under the Annual Road Maintenance Plan;
(iii) Routine Road Maintenance Component will support routine road maintenance through performance-based contracts for about 50km of regional or Type-A feeder roads;
(iv) Road Safety and Axle-Load Control Component will undertake civil works at selected accident-prone areas or black spots and axle-load measurements along the project roads and other selected roads.
3.0 The Roads & Highways Department (RHD) under Ministry of Communications, Government of Bangladesh, will be the Executing Agency (EA) for the Project.
4.0 The Roads and Highways Department now invites Expression of Interest (EOI) from internationally reputed consulting firms, an association of international and national firms with the international firm to lead in the association, from member countries of ADB for shortlisting for the following consulting services:
"Consulting Services for Preparation of Detailed Design and Construction Supervision of Civil Works under Road Network Improvement and Maintenance Project-I."
The Consultancy Services will be required in two stages. In Stage-1, the Consultant will be responsible for preparation of the Detail Engineering Designs, Procurement Documents, EIA and SEIA, RAP and PIS for the project and assist in selection of Contractors for the civil works. In Stage-2, the Consultant will be responsible for the construction supervision and implementation of the project. It is estimated that a total of 1068 person-months of consulting services will required, including 183 person-months of international and 885 person-months of domestic (national) consulting inputs. The consultancy contract will be for a period of four (4) years.
5.0 Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) procedure will be followed for selection of the Consultants and they will be engaged in accordance with the "Guidelines on the Use of Consultants by Asian Development Bank and Its Borrowers".
6.0 The Expression of Interest must include the following information:
(a) Background of the firm(s) with brochures etc.
(b) General and overall experience of the firm(s)
(c) Experience under similar social, geographical and economic conditions
(d) Annual turnover of the firm(s) for the last three years along with audit reports.
(e) Nature, cost, per month inputs, employer, location and field of input for the Works in hand.
(f) Experience of firms(s) in the required area of expertise
(g) summary of permanent professional employees with key qualifications.
7.0 The expression of interest with supporting documents shall be addressed to
A.K.M.Faizur Rahman
Additional Chief Engineer, RHD
ADB Projects
Block-C, Room-106
Sarak Bhaban, Ramna, Dhaka
Tele Fax: 0088 02 955 6268
and must be delivered at the above address not later than the working hours of May 18, 2003.
8.0 The Letter of Invitation to submit detailed technical and financial proposals is expected to be issued to the short listed consultants in May 2003. The RHD, MOC, reserves the right to shortlist or not shortlist any or all of the applicant(s) without assigning any reason whatsoever.
Additional Chief Engineer, RHD
ADB Projects
Sarak Bhaban, Ramna, Dhaka
