| Ministry/Division |
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Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives |
| Agency |
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Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) |
| Procuring Entity Name |
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Project Director, PROVATI |
| Procuring Entity Code |
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| Procuring Entity District |
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Dhaka |
| Expression of Interest for Selection of |
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Consulting Firm (National) (Lump-Sump) |
| Title Of Service |
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Engagement of NGO-MFI in Conducting Household Methodologies - Training & Coaching, and GALS - for LCS members’ Sustainable Livelihood in a) Rangpur Region (Selected Upazilas of Rangpur, Lalmonirhat, Gaibandha & Nilphamari Districts.)
b) Kurigram Region (9 upazilas of Kurigram District) and
c) Jamalpur Region (Selected 5 Upazilas of Jamalpur District)
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| EOI Ref. No. |
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46.02.0000.916.25.016.21/237 |
| Date |
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24/01/2021 |
KEY INFORMATION
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| Procurement Sub-Method |
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Selection under a Fixed Budget(SFB) |
FUNDING INFORMATION
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| Budget and Source of Funds |
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Development Budget Loan |
| Development Partners |
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PARTICULAR INFORMATION
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| Project/Programme Name |
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Promoting Resilience of Vulnerable Through Access to Infrastructure, Improved Skills and Information (PROVATi3) |
| EOI Closing Date and Time |
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15/02/2021 2.00pm
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| Publication Date |
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24/01/2021
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INFORMATION FOR APPLICANT
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| Brief Description of Assignment |
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The NGO-MFI as a service provider will be engaged to develop livelihoods and social benefits of LCS members and their households. The LCS members are poor women and men selected from the 25 project Upazilas (mostly from 90 priority Unions) grouped in three regions. The service providers will provide service year on year basis over the contract period subject to annual renewal upon satisfactory service delivery. The process will allow the NGO-MFI to include the trainees in their Micro Finance (MF) activities aiming at graduation of the poor from poverty.
The Service providers will provide the following services solely or in collaboration with others:
a) Design, plan and implement training included the activities such as devolving customized training modules; necessary training materials and aids; and will have to prepare all training documents in Bangla so that the participants can easily assimilate the contents.
b) The training should preferably be arranged in established training centres located in each project district/Upazila and where non-residential accommodation can be provided for minimum 25 participants per batch with sufficient space to maintain COVID-19 safety compliances. c) Provide potential IGA training for promoting sustainable livelihoods within the contract time and will link them with MF facilities if they wish to undertake self-managed IGA.
d) The service provider will maintain a systematic database of the trainees including age, education, marital status, and source of income, etc
e) Within 3 months of contract, the service provider should allow time to be trained in especially the Household Coaching (including GALS) approach, and to develop training materials in close consultation with the Project. |
| Experience, Resources and Delivery Capacity Required |
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The NGO-MFI as a service provider to apply for the assignment should have to meet the following shortlisting criteria :
(a) Each NGO-MFI must have experience in organizing and conducting livelihood and social training (including in gender equality, health, and nutrition) for extremely poor groups.
(b) Each selected NGO-MFI must have microcredit operations in assigned Upazilas where they will be providing training and LCS members will join the microcredit groups.
(c) Each NGO-MFI must be partner or associate organization of PKSF, and if they submit EoI/Proposal, they will have to submit relevant certificate or recommendation with the EoI/Proposal document.
(d) The NGO-MFI must have experience of developing HH level vision and plans and facilitating/ coaching households in behavioral change and graduate them out of poverty – as well as developing training manuals using highly visual approaches relevant for the ultra-poor.
Interested NGO-MFI must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services including as follows
(i) General and Specific Experience of the NGO-MFI. Specific experience with documentation of completing the similar type assignment within previous ten (10) Financial years indicating the name of the client, Duration of contract, Contract value, Duration of training/coaching, number of participants following with Contract completion certificate.
(ii) Brochures with the mandatory document such as registration certificate with Microcredit regulatory Authority and other relevant authority.
(iii) TIN and VAT number and updated trade license,
(iv) List of available professionals as per the Terms of Reference showing qualification and experience,
(v) Relevant document in favor of logistics, summarizing their facilities; and organizational strength.
(vi) Documents about Firm’s financial capability. The financial capability shall be shown as Financial Turn Over supported by a registered Audit Firm for the previous three (3) Financial years.
Joint venture with other NGO-MFI also be allowed according to PPR-2008, Article 54. |
| Other Details (if applicable) |
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This procurement will be administered by PPR-2008 in consistent with IFAD procurement guideline (with successive amendments). Shortlist for NGO-MFI will be done for each region separately. So Interested NGO-MFI who wants to participate for more than one package should submit EOI for every package separately. In case a NGO-MFI applies for more than one package, their aggregate qualification criteria will be considered for shortlisting in more than one packages. It is mandatory for marking the EoI Package name and EoI number on Envelope clearly. The Interested NGO-MFI may obtain ToR & further information from the office of the Procuring Entity. |
| Association with foreign firms is |
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Not Applicable |
| Eoi Detail Information |
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| Ref No |
Phasing Of Services |
Location |
Start Date |
Completion Date |
| 46.02.0000.916.25.016.21/237 |
36 month |
Rangpur region/Kurigram region/Jamalpur region |
01/06/2021 |
31/05/2024 |
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PROCURING ENTITY DETAILS
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| Name of Official Inviting EOI |
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Md. Anisul Wahab Khan |
| Designation of Official Inviting EOI |
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Project Director |
| Address of Official Inviting EOI |
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RDEC Bhaban(Level-3), Agargaon, Dhaka-1207. |
| Contact details of Official Inviting EOI |
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Phone : 9146212, Fax : , Email : pd.provati@lged.gov.bd |
| The procuring entity reserves the right to accept or reject all tenders |
