Invitation for Request for Expressions of Interest    Status:Approved

GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH

Ministry/Division : Chief Adviser's Office
Agency : Public Private Partnarship (PPP) Office
Procuring Entity Name : Chief Executive Officeer, PPP Authority
Procuring Entity Code : N/A
Procuring Entity District : Dhaka
Expression of Interest for Selection of : Consulting Firm (National)  (Time-Based)
Title Of Service : For Consultancy Services Provision of PPP Transacting Advisory Services
EOI Ref. No. : 03.11.0000.858.04.002.21(part-1)-1163
Date : 02/06/2025

KEY INFORMATION

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

FUNDING INFORMATION

Budget and Source of Funds : Non_Development GOB
Development Partners : NA

PARTICULAR INFORMATION

Project/Programme Name : NA
EOI Closing Date and Time : 14/07/2025 3.00 pm
Publication Date : 15/06/2025

INFORMATION FOR APPLICANT

Brief Description of Assignment : The PPP Authority supports line Ministries to facilitate identification, development. formulation and tendering and selection of investors of PPP projects to international standards. For interested investors the PPP Authority provides a professional, transparent, centralized portal to high quality PPP Projects. The PPP Authority helps to augment government sector line Ministry project development efforts with world-class external PPP resources, with the goal of increasing the quality, attractiveness, and sustainability of PPP projects while realizing them in an efficient and cost-effective manner. This Request for Expressions of Interest (REOI) has been issued in order to deliver PPP Authority's remit to maintain a pre-selected panel of experts/consultants for PPP projects. The objectives of the consultancy services are to support the delivery of PPP Authority's remit by assisting Line Ministries/Implementing Agencies to develop and execute "In-Principle" approved PPP projects. The scope of the services includes but is not limited to the: Development and Execution of PPP Projects Conducting of a detailed feasibility study Project development and structuring support Preparation of the procurement documentation Project management and governance arrangement Procurement support Project monitoring and evaluation support Commercial and financial advice and support Early project operations support It is expected that the PPP projects will fall mainly in, but is not limited to, the following sectors: 1. Transport sector (e.g. bridge, road, rail, waterways, civil aviation facilities, ports, etc); II. Energy sector (e.g. power plant, storage and distribution); III. Tourism sector (e.g. resorts, integrated tourism facilities and accommodation); IV. Social infrastructure sector (e.g. health facilities, education facilities); V. Civil accommodation infrastructure sector (e.g. economic zones, city/housing development, public buildings, ICT related accommodation); VI. Water and Waste sector (water supply, waste management); and VII. Industry Sector (e.g. manufacturing, State Owned Enterprises or SoEs, production). .Selection of Consulting Firms will be undertaken following the PPA 2006, PPR 2008 and subsequent revision thereon till date. In the first stage interested consulting firms will be shortlisted on the basis of their experience and expertise to deliver their services in two or more of the sectors listed above. The evaluation will be done on a sector by sector basis as mentioned above. 3. The shortlisted consulting firms will remain empanelled on a sector basis and their role can be extended on the basis of the outcome of a subsequent procurement process (RFP) being carried out for projects in that sector. Consulting firms who will be shortlisted in the relevant sector will be invited to submit responses to one or more Request for Proposals (RFP) being issued for the delivery of any or some or all the services referred to in the scope of services in relation to the development
Experience, Resources and Delivery Capacity Required : PPP Authority now invites eligible and qualified consulting firms to submit their Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the above services. Interested consulting firms are invited to provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar operating conditions, availability of staff with appropriate professional qualification and experience, and accounts etc.). Consulting firms must specify at least 2 or more of the sectors (listed in paragraph 6) for which they wish to be considered. EOls will be reviewed on the basis of the following: a) Experience of the consulting firm in completed (financial closure achieved) PPP projects for the public sector and/or private sector; b) Specific experience in delivering the services mentioned in scope of services (paragraph 5 of this REOI) in two or more of the sectors listed above (paragraph 6 of this REOI) that the consulting firm expresses interest to be pre-selected, c) Experience of the consulting firm in other works/assignments; d) Experience of advising on projects in developing countries; e) Experience of post contract PPP project monitoring and evaluation; f) Experience of working in similar operating condition; g) Global experience of international organizations having registered/ representative office/ member firm in Bangladesh is desired. h) Availability of key professional staff and consultants (list of management, key personnel such as staff with experience of financial analysis and modeling. procurement, project management, contractual/commercial matters, feasibility studies, environment and social matters etc); and 1) Financial and Managerial capacity of the consulting firm. 11. Consulting firms may associate to enhance their qualifications now or at the RFP stage as per provision of RFP, but should mention whether the association is in the form of a "Joint-Venture" or of "Sub-Consultancy". In all cases the lead consulting firm must be clearly identified and they will be responsible for delivering the major portion of the scope of services. In the case of a Joint Venture, all members of such "association" should have real and well-defined inputs to the assignment and only the credentials of the single entity applicants or the members of a joint venture will be taken into consideration for evaluation purpose. 14. Interested consulting firms may obtain further information at the address below during office hour until Monday, 7 July, 2025; (except holidays).12. Special Instructions: Interested firm(s) must provide information demonstrating that they are qualified to perform the services in 2 or more of the sectors identified above. Interested firm(s) must provide the submissions with proper indexation, Interested firm(s) must provide evidence of all academic qualifications and project experience as applicable. The procuring entity reserves the right to accept or reject any or all of the EOls, or annul the EOI process at any stage without assigning any reason(s) whatsoever and without incurring any liability to the affected applicant(s). The procuring entity reserves the right to request additional and separate expression of interest for the procurement of transaction advisory services for PPP projects. This Short-listing will be valid for maximum 3 years from the date of empanelment. 13. Interested consulting firms are required to submit their EOI along with relevant supporting documents: a) In a sealed envelope, one original submission, two copies of the original submission and one copy of all documents on a pendrive, clearly marked with "Confidential Expression of Interest for Consultancy Services for Provision of PPP Transaction Advisory Services" to the address indicated below by 3.00 PM, Monday, 14 July, 2025, submission through e-mail will not be considered as valid.
Other Details (if applicable) :
Association with foreign firms is : Not Applicable
Eoi Detail Information
Ref No Phasing Of Services Location Start Date Completion Date
1 NA Dhaka NA NA

PROCURING ENTITY DETAILS

Name of Official Inviting EOI : A.K M Abul Kalam Azad
Designation of Official Inviting EOI : Director General
Address of Official Inviting EOI : Public Private Partnership Authority, Chief Adviser's Office
Contact details of Official Inviting EOI : Phone : +880255007416, Fax : , Email : ta-panel@pppo.gov.bd
The procuring entity reserves the right to accept or reject all tenders