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Advance Action on Recruitment of Consultants

Country/Borrower: People's Republic of Bangladesh

Title of Proposed Project: Dhaka Water Supply Sector Development Program

Consultants for Design and Management Consultancy (DMC)
[Note: The notice is issued on a preemptive and non-committal basis]

1. Applications for short-listing of reputed consulting firms/ consortium of firms are hereby invited for providing consultancy services involving Design and Management of the implementation of Dhaka Water Supply Development Project (DWSDP) under Dhaka water Supply Sector Development Program, funded by GOB-ADB and located within metropolitan Dhaka. Project components for which the stated consultancy services are sought mainly include rehabilitation/ replacement/ optimization of the transmission and distribution system of DWASA's water supply, overhead reservoirs, improvement and expansion of water connections and metering, disinfection and other related components and conducting a feasibility study for a surface water treatment plant.

2. The participating consulting firms shall be of international repute and are encouraged to have joint venture/association with established local consulting engineering firm(s). No individual from (international or local ) should form association with more than one group.

3. The application to be submitted for prequalification [5 copies] ought to include the following particulars:
  1. Name of the lead firm and associated firms, forming the joint venture or association, if any, with address and details.
  2. Corporate profile of the lead firm.
  3. Actual audited turn-over of the participating firms for the last 3 (three) years
  4. List of similar works at hand and the works carried in Bangladesh and regional countries stating cost of the projects and fees received.
4. The selection will be made in accordance with the Quality & Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method in accordance with the Guidelines on the Use of Consultants by Asian Development Bank and its Borrowers (February 2007).

5. The application will have to be directly responsive to the requirements mentioned in item 3 above. Information as sought in 3 (iii) and (iv) should be sufficiently detailed and verifiable.

6. Only the lead firm of the consortium (in case of association for the particular assignment) shall be evaluated for short-listing. In case of Joint venture, all firms forming the JV shall be evaluated.

7. DWASA reserves the right to accept or reject any or all the applications seeking to be considered for short-listing.

8. Applications for prequalification/short-listing will be received by the office of the undersigned on or before 6 January 2008 (Sunday) during office hours (09:00 to 17:00 hrs).

Engr. Md. Raihanul Abedin
Managing Director
Dhaka Water Supply & Sewerage Authority
DWASA Bhaban ( level 3)
98, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Dhaka 1215
E-mail: mddwasa@bangla.net