| Brief Description of Assignment |
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The consulting services (“Services”) include mainly to provide:
A local Organization/Firm to be engaged shall perform consultancy services under the guidance and supervision of PIU, BIWTA and provide services as detailed below vis-à-vis the aforementioned 2 Cargo Terminals, 4 Passenger Terminals, 13 Landing Ghats/Stations and IWN dredging. In specific terms, the scope of tasks & services for the assignment shall include the following but not limited to:
a) Collect and review of all related project documents along with other relevant secondary literature/data/information from BIWTA, World Bank and other sources, related to the assignment;
b) In consultation with PIU of BIWTA, determine the main user/beneficiary groups of the project and criteria/indicator of their satisfaction and develop a methodology to assess their satisfaction. For guidance, the interest group/criteria/indicators may be included inter-alia, following:
i. Big exporters with interest in modal options based on reliability, efficiency, cost of transport, cost of storage space, customs facilities, banking facilities, QC facilities, any preferential treatment availed, facilitation for intermodal transfer, safety of cargo, facilitation for the overseas importers;
ii. Big importers with interest in modal options based on reliability, efficiency, cost of transport, cost of storage space appropriate to the goods, customs facilities, quarantine facilities, QC facilities, facilitation for intermodal transfer, safety of cargo;
iii. Cargo ship owners with interest in the reliability of the warranted draft, numbers of years to which such warranties will be availed, berthing space, safety against adverse weather/sabotage, fueling/maintenance/office/crew lodging facilities, any financial support provided for encouragement, policies for/ against monopoly;
iv. Passenger boat owners with interest in measures to encourage shift from other modes, freedom to set ticket price, routes required to be catered, berthing space, duration availed for passenger pickup/drop, safety against adverse weather/sabotage, fueling/maintenance/office/eatery/facilities, any financial support provided for encouragement, policies for/against monopoly);
v. Passengers with interest in measures to encourage shift from other modes: economy of travel, warranted hours up to which trips could be made, adherence to trip timings, routes available, safety against adverse weather/criminal elements, eatery/shopping/light/toilet/lady’s toilet/prayer facilities, facilitation for intermodal transfer); and
vi. Workers/Crew (degree of mechanization planned, chances of job opportunity loss/gain, improved facilities for eating/resting/vessel maintenance/fueling/ light/prayer, storage space, safety against adverse weather/criminal elements/sabotage).
c) Develop a one single set of questionnaire incorporating questions for specific group of beneficiaries/users;
d) Prepare the appropriate methodology with different options for the survey including a statistically significant sample size, data collection tools and roll-out plan for the survey. Consultants should explore all modern methods of survey collection including mobile apps;
e) Deploy data enumerators and other relevant personnel of the survey team after providing necessary training to carry out pre-testing of the data collection tools;
f) Select the appropriate survey methodology in the field and with other relevant stakeholders to ascertain the appropriateness of the tools and survey methodology;
g) Carry out endline surveys including focus group discussions, interviews with the users/beneficiaries and other relevant stakeholders to collect additional complementary information/data for the survey;
h) Review and analyze the collected data and based on this analysis, prepare a Draft Final Report with recommendations that could be subsequently used by the Client (the Employer) to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the project’s interventions to the benefit of the users/beneficiaries. This includes making a series of slide presentations through Workshop at the Client’s (Employer’s) office as well as at the relevant ministry; and
i) Prepare comparative statement upon upgradation/development of cargo/passenger terminals and improvement of selected IW navigational routs.
The anticipated duration of the Consultancy Services of the assignment is four (04) months.
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