Master Plan Preparation Support for Government Shrimp Estate at Chokoria, Cox’s Bazar

The DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES in Bangladesh from Asian region had released this tender for Expression of Interest are invited for Master Plan Preparation Support for Government Shrimp Estate at Chokoria, Cox’s Bazar Consulting Firm (National)  (Lump-Sump) Title Of Service: Master Plan Preparation Support for Government Shrimp Estate at Chokoria, Cox’s Bazar. Brief Description of Assignment: The consulting services (“the Services”) include preparation of a Master Plan for Chokoria Government owned shrimp estate to propose all facilities in and around the estate to develop and demonstrate a smart shrimp aquaculture development hub which may be entitled “Smart Shrimp Economic Zone” to explore the emerging potential of the blue economy for the World Bank-financed Sustainable Coastal and Marine Fisheries Project (SCMFP). This is an infrastructure investment project in coastal and inland fisheries and aquaculture sectors. The detailed scope of services and deliverables are available in the Terms of Reference (TOR). Interested Consultants are advised to refer to the Terms of Reference (TOR) available in the website of Department of Fisheries (www.fisheries.gov.bd) and also in the office of the undersigned. Consultants are requested to submit the following documents in support of the above-mentioned criteria: :(a) Registration papers (e.g. trade license, certificate of incorporation, Articles of Association, Memorandum of Association, and any other corporate document) of the firm(s); (b) Joint venture (JV) agreement/letter of intent to form a JV (as applicable) along with the proposed JV agreement; (c) experience of providing similar consulting services in the last 5 years - indicating details of consultancy contracts completed i.e. name of services/contract, description of services, name of the Client, value of each contract, role of Consultant (sole firm, lead firm, JV member, sub-consultant etc.), duration of the service; (d) Firm’s brochure including staffing; (e) Audited financial reports for last five years (including turnover from consulting services and other activities, profit & loss, current asset & liability and fixed asset & liability); (f) detailed list of relevant key experts. Experience, Resources and Delivery Capacity Required: Department of Fisheries (DoF) represented by the Project Director, SCMFP now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”), either single entities or joint ventures, to indicate their interest in providing above mentioned services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The short-listing criteria are: a) 7 years of general experience in providing consulting services; b) Experience in providing similar consultancy services (preparation of master plan/sector plan/business plan in any sub-sector of agriculture/water resources/natural resource). c) Average Annual Financial Turnover from consulting services provided in last five years d) Staffing of the firm; e) Availability of key experts. Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage. Other Details (if applicable): The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, July 2016, revised November 2017, (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualification, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a “joint-venture” and or “sub-consultancy”. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected. Further, each Partner should have experience in the field related to the assignment, clearly indicating the expected inputs of each partner to the assignment. It is preferable to limit the total number of partners in the association to a maximum of three. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Fixed Budget Selection (FBS) method set out in the World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, July 2016 revised November 2017. It is expected that the services will commence in August 2023 and will be completed within 12 months. Interested consultants may obtain further information from the office of the undersigned from BST 09:00 to 16:00 hours (GMT+06 hours) (except holidays) until a day preceding the EOI submission deadline Association with foreign firms is: Encouraged EOI Closing Date and Time: 21/06/2023 03.00 PM with tender notice no. 33.02.0000.949.32.035.23-861; Date: 22 May 2023 published on 25 May 2023. The tender expired on 21 Jun 2023. This tender is sourced from Official Website and is eligible for suppliers interested in IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support. Interested bidders can obtain further information including complete bid documents or ways to participate by registering on Tender Impulse and referencing via Tender Impulse ID 3158051.