Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Office of the Additional Chief Engineer, RHD
Bridge Management Wing
Sarak Bhaban, Ramna, Dhaka-1000.
Phone-9562003
Request for Expression of Interest (EOI) for Feasibility Study of 3rd Meghna Bridge at 17th km of Bhulota-Araihazar-Bancharampur Road under road division Bhrahmanbaria
Memo No.: 5-170/10-96-B.M.W
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Date: 29-03-2010
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The Government of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh (GOB) will provide fund from revenue budget towards the cost of consultancy services for “Feasibility Study of 3rd Meghna Bridge at 17th km of Bhulota-Araihazar-Bancharampur Road under road division Bhrahmanbaria” by engaging consulting firm(s).
2. The Roads and Highways Department (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Client’) now invites Expression of Interest (EOI) from reputed Consulting Firm(s) in joint ventures/association to indicate their interest in providing the services.
3. The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) under the Ministry of Communication, Government of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh will be represented by the Additional Chief Engineer, RHD, Bridge Management Wing as ‘Client’ for the project.
4. The service includes feasibility study and preliminary engineering design of 4-lane highway bridge (extradosed/ prestressed box girder). It should cover traffic study and forecast, alignment of bridge and approach roads study, geotechnical and material study, river hydrology and morphological study, river training studies, sub-soil exploration studies & investigation, social impact, resettlement and socio-economic study, economic evaluation and preliminary engineering design including preparation of feasibility reports.
5. Short listing of the consulting firms will be made following the procedure indicated in Public Procurement Rules-2008 (PPR-2008).
6. The client will conduct the short-listing of interested consulting firms for the above mentioned consultancy services. The firm must have previous experience of rendering consultancy services for feasibility study, preliminary /detail design of 1 (one) two lane highway multispan prestressed concrete box girder bridge of length not less than 800 m on rivers gap within last 10 years.
Interested consulting firms are requested to provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services. For this purpose the EOI should specially include:
(a) Brochures submitted by the Applicants summarising the firm (s) facilities and areas of expertise;
(b) Descriptions of similar assignments performed by the firm (s)
(c) Experience in similar operating environments and conditions;
(d) Availability of appropriate experience and professional qualifications among applicant’s staff and
adequate resources to carry out the assignment; and
(e) Managerial strength and financial capacity of the firm (s).
7. The interested firm may form Joint Venture, Consortium or Association (JVCA) with other firms (International or Local) to enhance their qualifications but total number of firms in this Joint Venture, Consortium or Association (JVCA) should not be more than 2 (two). The lead firm must have the above stated experience i.e feasibility study, preliminary / detail design of at least 1 (one) two lane highway multispan prestressed concrete box girder bridge of length not less than 800 m on rivers gap within last 10 years and the associate firms must have previous experience of rendering consultancy services of design and supervision of Pre-stressed concrete girder bridge within last 10 years.
8. The 3 (three) sets of EOI (1 original + 2 copy) with supporting documents must be delivered at or before 4.00 PM on 28/04/2010, in sealed envelopes, marked with “EOI FOR FEASIBILITY STUDY OF 3rd MEGHNA BRIDGE AT 17TH KM OF BHULOTA-ARAIHAZAR-BANCHARAMPUR ROAD UNDER ROAD DIVISION BHRAHMANBARIA” to the signatory addressed and any late submission will be rejected.
9. The Employer will not be responsible for any costs or expenses incurred by the firms in connection with the preparation or delivery of the EOI.
10.The procuring entity reserves the right to accept or reject all the Expression of Interest (EOI) without assigning any reason.
(Md. Abdul Khaleque)
Additional Chief Engineer, RHD
Bridge Management Wing
Sarak Bhaban, Ramna, Dhaka.
Block-A, Room no.-310