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Loan No. 2188/2189-BAN(SF)- Gas Transmission and Development Project (GTDP)

Strengthening of the Hydrocarbon Unit (Phase-II)

Request for Expressions of Interest for Short Listing of Consultancy Services (Firm)
for Feasibility Study for Setting up a Straddle Plant (Under Oil/Gas Exploration & Development Activities)

Energy & Mineral Resources Division has been allocated with Grant from the Royal Norwegian Government being administered by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) under the project titled "Gas Transmission and Development Project (GTDP) [Loan No. 2188/2189-BAN(SF)]" towards the cost of the "Strengthening of the Hydrocarbon Unit in the Energy and Mineral Resources Division (Phase -II)", and intends to apply part of the proceeds of these funds to payments under the contract for the provision of Consultancy Services by a Consulting Firm for "Feasibility Study for Setting up a Straddle Plant" under Consultancy Services available for Oil/Gas Exploration & Development head of the Project.

Energy and Mineral Resources Division the Executing Agency (EA; hereinafter referred to as the 'Employer') now invites Expression of Interests (EOI) from internationally reputed eligible consulting firms, or joint ventures of consulting firms, from ADB's member countries, and listed in ADB's Database of Consulting Firms (DACON), for short listing for the Consultancy Services. The services will be required for a period of 3 months comprising of the following:
  1. Process Engineer (International) as Project Co-ordinator cum Team Leader (2 Person-Months);
  2. Financial Analyst (International) as assistant to Project Co-ordinator (1 Person-Month);
  3. Process Engineer (Local) as assistant to Project Co-ordinator (2 Person-Months)
    Total of 5 Person-Months

The Terms of Reference (TOR) of the consultant will include the following among others:

  1. Determine both proven and recoverable sources of NGL and estimates of the most likely additional NGL, which may be available as a result of contemporaneous exploration.
  2. Determine extractable amount of NGL (including ethane) towards preparation of a techno-economic model to determine the feasibility of setting up a Straddle Plant for NGL Extraction including a fractionation plant, which could process NGL from the extraction plant.
  3. Prepare conceptual design, cost estimates, economic analyses, and opportunity cost comparisons for NGL mix feed ethylene cracker with polyethylene and polypropylene plants.
  4. Recommend other alternate use of NGL (including aromatics, methanol and derivatives), which may be economically competitive as well as attractive.
  5. Recommend the best strategic use of the NGL components based on opportunity cost comparison.
  6. Recommend prices for all products produced considering competing imported products and the potential for export and comment on the economic advantages and disadvantages of applying protective tariff.
Interested eligible firms may obtain additional information from:

Project Director
Hydrocarbon Unit
BTMC Bhaban (1st Floor)
7-9 Kawran Bazar, Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh
Tel no. : (880 2) 8128223 , (880 2) 9117794, Fax no. : (880 2) 8128224
E-mail: hcu@bttb.net.bd, hcu_bd@yahoo.com ; Web: www.hcu.org.bd
International competitive bidding will be conducted, and selection will be made in accordance with ADB's Quality- and Cost-Based Selection (QCBS) procedure, following Guidelines on The Use of Consultants by Asian Development Bank and Its Borrowers and the consultants' recruitment schedule.

Interested Consulting Firms will be required to provide the following information including their eligibility that they are qualified to perform the services:
  1. Background of the firm(s) (limited to one page);
  2. General and overall experience of the firm(s) (limited to one page);
  3. Summary of similar projects undertaken (limited to three pages);
  4. Summary of similar projects undertaken in the country or region (limited to three pages);
  5. Audited financial reports of the firm(s) for the last three years;
  6. Nature, size, employer, location, and type of input for contracts in hand (limited to three pages); and
  7. Summary of permanent professional employees with key qualifications (limited to one page).
The EOI with supporting documents must be delivered on or before 11-00hrs (BST) on 16 April 2008, in sealed envelopes, marked with -"EOI for Consultancy Services for 'Feasibility Study for Setting up a Straddle Plant' (under Oil/Gas Exploration & Development Activities)" and be delivered to below address.
Project Director
Hydrocarbon Unit
BTMC Bhaban (1st Floor)
7-9 Kawran Bazar, Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh
In case of any unavoidable circumstances such as strike, civil commotion, Govt. declared holiday, etc. EOIs will be received and opened on the following working day. Late submissions will be rejected. Partial offer will also be rejected.EOI submitted by Fax/E-mail will be rejected. Likewise photocopy of faxed or e-mailed EOI will also be rejected.

Only individual consulting firms are being invited to submit their EOI for short listing. In case the EOI is submitted by a Joint Venture (JV), the capabilities of only the Lead Partner Will be evaluated and only the Lead Partner will be short listed. The Employer will not entertain any claim whatsoever in this respect from other partners of the JV for not short listing their name along with the Lead Partner.

The Consultants who have already submitted their proposals against the previous Request for EOI (advertisement) need not submit again, except to provide additional information.

The Request For Proposal (RFP) to submit detailed technical and financial proposal is expected to be issued to the short listed firms in May 2008. The Employer or ADB will not be responsible for any costs or expenses incurred by the firms in connection with the preparation or delivery of the EOI.

This EOI document is also available at Hydrocarbon Unit website www.hcu.org.bd.