Bangladesh - Consultancy services for construction supervision and contract management

Description

The government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh has received financing from the World Bank for the cost of the Accelerating Transport and Trade Connectivity in Eastern South Asia (ACCESS) - Bangladesh Phase 1 Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The consulting services include consultancy services for construction supervision and contract management (CSC). The main objective is the supervision of the contracted civil works in the project, including pre-construction design review and construction and post-construction phase monitoring, inspecting, and reporting activities of the designed works at ports.

These supervision services include:

• working with the contractors to ensure an orderly start-up and timely execution of the works 
• a full array of quality assurance activities
• certification of payments
• co-ordination with stakeholders
• contract administration
• minor designs for problems encountered
• development of variation orders as needed, including scoping, independent pricing, and negotiation
• communication and facilitation of communication among all necessary parties
• issuance of Taking-Over Certificates

The duration of the assignment is during a construction period of 42 months for the 8 works packages and a defect notification period of a further 12 months.

The expected start date is 1 January 2025. The total professional staff-months for the assignment are 420 person-months. 

The detailed terms of reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found on the authority's website.

The authority now invites eligible consulting firms to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested consultants must demonstrate that they have the required qualifications and experience to perform the services. The shortlisting criteria are: 

• general experience of the firm
• experience in construction supervision of comparable size
• experience in contract management of comparable size

Working experience in development partner funded projects will be an added advantage.

The attention of interested consultants is drawn to section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank's 'Procurement Regulation for IPF Borrowers' September 2023 (Procurement Regulation), setting forth the World Bank's policy on conflict of interest.

Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a 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.

A consultant will be selected in accordance with the quality and cost based selection (QCBS) method set out in the Procurement Regulations.

Opportunity closing date

23 September 2024

Value of contract

to be confirmed

The buyer is happy to talk to

consultants