Invitation for Request for Expressions of Interest    Status:Corrigendum

GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH

Ministry/Division : Ministry of Railways
Agency : Bangladesh Railway
Procuring Entity Name : Project Director, Conversion of existing Chattogram-Dohazari Meter Gauge track into Dual Gauge Track Project,
Procuring Entity Code :
Procuring Entity District : Dhaka
Expression of Interest for Selection of : Consulting Firm (International)  (Time-Based)
Title Of Service : Consultancy Services for Construction Supervision of Conversion of the existing Chattogram-Dohazari Meter Gauge track into Dual Gauge track
EOI Ref. No. : 35.01.0000.083.17.015.21-82
Date : 04/03/2025

KEY INFORMATION

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

FUNDING INFORMATION

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

PARTICULAR INFORMATION

Project/Programme Name : Conversion of existing Chattogram-Dohazari Meter Gauge track into Dual Gauge Track Project
EOI Closing Date and Time : 21/04/2025 11:59 PM Manila Time
Publication Date : 05/03/2025

INFORMATION FOR APPLICANT

Brief Description of Assignment : The assignment will enable Bangladesh Railway to ensure that the project is carried out in an economical and efficient manner consistent with internationally accepted standards and practices. Under the project, two contracts will be undertaken for the conversion and construction of the route. The Consultant's major responsibility will be to supervise the construction of civil and signaling works. The assignment will cover, inter alia, the following services: Overall contract management, administration and planning and providing technical support; Construction Supervision, Testing and Inspection; Environmental Aspects; Gender and Other Social Aspects; Resettlement Aspects; Defect Liability Period
Experience, Resources and Delivery Capacity Required : Bangladesh Railway will conduct ‘short-listing’ of the interested Consulting Firms who will have submitted REOI Applications for the above-mentioned Consulting Service. For this purpose, key qualifications and experience of the Consulting Firms required are as follows: Management Competence: Firm's management and organizational strength, financial strength, number and capabilities of permanent employees and key staff, etc. (a) Technical Competence: i. General Experience, ii. Specific Experience: Design/Design Review, Construction Supervision Consultancy particularly in railway/mass transit field with comparable scale and technical complexity. (b) Geographic Competence: Experience in similar geographic area (SAARC/ASEAN/International) (c) Contractual Management Experience: Substantial experience in managing FIDIC contracts as a Firm and by the key members of the team
Other Details (if applicable) : According to the latest ADB procurement guidelines, an REOI for this Consulting Service has been published electronically in the ADB Consultant Management System (CMS) which can be accessed through the following link:https://selfservice.adb.org/OA_HTML/OA.jsp?OAFunc=XXCRS_CSRN_HOME_PAGE. The interested Consulting Firms are hereby advised to access the REOI through the above link. The firms shall have to submit their Request for Expression of Interest (REOI) electronically (submission of documents through cloud storage/similar link will not be allowed) through ADB website (CMS) by 11:59 PM (Manila Local Time) and by 09:59 PM (Dhaka Local Time) on or before 03 April 2025 through the link of http://csrn.adb.org of Consultant Management System of ADB. If any contradiction is found between CMS notice and Newspaper notice, the information on CMS notice shall prevail. For technical inquiries/assistance, the Consultants may seek advice by emailing to the following email address: cmshelp@adb.org. Only EOIs submitted electronically through ADB website using ADB template will be allowed and evaluated. EOI submitted using other than ADB templates will not be evaluated. Any offline or manual EOI submission is not permissible and will not be considered.
Association with foreign firms is : Encouraged
Eoi Detail Information
Ref No Phasing Of Services Location Start Date Completion Date
35.01.0000.083.17.015.21-82 1 Chattogram 3 August 2025 2 August 2029

PROCURING ENTITY DETAILS

Name of Official Inviting EOI : Md. Shuboktagin
Designation of Official Inviting EOI : Project Director
Address of Official Inviting EOI : Office of the Project Director, Conversion of existing Chattogram-Dohazari Meter Gauge track into Dual Gauge Track Project, Bangladesh Railway, Rail Bhaban, Dhaka
Contact details of Official Inviting EOI : Phone : +8801711691664, Fax : , Email : pdctg_dhz@railway.gov.bd

Advertisement Corrigendum(s)

Date Of Corrigendum

:

17/03/2025

Other Information : According to the latest ADB procurement guidelines, an REOI for this Consulting Service has been published electronically in the ADB Consultant Management System (CMS) which can be accessed through the following link:https://selfservice.adb.org/OA_HTML/OA.jsp?OAFunc=XXCRS_CSRN_HOME_PAGE. The interested Consulting Firms are hereby advised to access the REOI through the above link. The firms shall have to submit their Request for Expression of Interest (REOI) electronically (submission of documents through cloud storage/similar link will not be allowed) through ADB website (CMS) by 11:59 PM (Manila Local Time) and by 09:59 PM (Dhaka Local Time) on or before 21 April 2025 through the link of http://csrn.adb.org of Consultant Management System of ADB. If any contradiction is found between CMS notice and Newspaper notice, the information on CMS notice shall prevail. For technical inquiries/assistance, the Consultants may seek advice by emailing to the following email address: cmshelp@adb.org. Only EOIs submitted electronically through ADB website using ADB template will be allowed and evaluated. EOI submitted using other than ADB templates will not be evaluated. Any offline or manual EOI submission is not permissible and will not be considered.
Last Date Of Submission : 21/04/2025
Last Time Of Submission : 11:59 PM Manila Time
Status : Active

Date Of Corrigendum

:

17/04/2025

Last Date Of Submission : 02/05/2025
Last Time Of Submission : 11:59 PM Manila Time
Status : Active
The procuring entity reserves the right to accept or reject all tenders