| Ministry/Division |
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Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges |
| Agency |
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Roads & Highways Department (RHD) |
| Procuring Entity Name |
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Project Director (ACE), RHD, Sylhet-Charkhai-Sheola Highway Improvement Project |
| 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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Consulting Services for Internal Audit of the Project by a CA Firm |
| EOI Ref. No. |
: |
35.01.2607.077.07.021.26-824 |
| Date |
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26/01/2026 |
KEY INFORMATION
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| Procurement Sub-Method |
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Quality and Cost Based Selection(QCBS) |
FUNDING INFORMATION
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| Budget and Source of Funds |
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Development Budget Grant/Credit |
| Development Partners |
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World Bank |
PARTICULAR INFORMATION
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| Project/Programme Name |
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Sylhet-Charkhai-Sheola Highway Improvement Project |
| EOI Closing Date and Time |
: |
17/02/2026 01:00 PM (BST)
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| Publication Date |
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26/01/2026
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INFORMATION FOR APPLICANT
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| Brief Description of Assignment |
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The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (GoB) has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Sylhet-Charkhai-Sheola Highway Improvement Project under Accelerating Transport and Trade Connectivity in Eastern South Asia – Bangladesh Phase 1 Project (ACCESS) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.
The consulting services (“the Services”) include examining and evaluating the policies, procedures and systems which are in place to ensure reliability and integrity of information, compliance with policies, plans procedures, laws and regulations; safeguarding assets; economical and efficient use of resources; and accomplishment of established objectives and goals for operations or programs such as PAD, Financing Agreement, IDA and GOB Guidelines.
The total duration of this contract will be 3 (Three) years. The assignment will be divided into two Phases, 2.5 (Two point five) months for 1st Phase & 4 (Four) months for 2nd Phase according to the mentioned Time Frame in the ToR (i.e. Article 8.3) following signing of a Lump-Sum based Contract between RHD and the selected Consultant.
The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment and Form-A can be found at the following website: Name of the Website: https://rhd.portal.gov.bd/ and
URL Address: https://rhd.portal.gov.bd/site/page/130c8250-6828-4bce-81c6-059614565823/Notice or https://url-shortener.me/3TNH |
| Experience, Resources and Delivery Capacity Required |
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The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) under Road Transport and Highways Division, Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges, Government of Bangladesh now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. To ensure the completeness of EOI, they are requested to provide the asked information on Prescribed Format (Form-A) issued with this REOI, but the required qualification information is not limited to the Prescribed Format. The shortlisting criteria are:
1. General Experience of the firm of Internal Audit/Chartered Accountants/Cost & Management Accountants (core business and years of business).
2. Experience in similar assignments (preferably Infrastructure Projects) in the required area performing internal audit.
3. Experience in similar assignments in the required area performing internal audit for projects funded by Development Partners, preferably World Bank.
The Firm must be registered with the relevant Institute of Chartered Accountants/Internal Audit Authority of its business registered country. General Experience of the firm should be at least 10 (Ten) years. Experience in similar assignments are detailed in ToR.
Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage. |
| Other Details (if applicable) |
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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, and updated in September 2025 (“Procurement Regulations”), 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.
Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours (09:00 AM to 05:00 PM Bangladesh Standard Time).
Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by 1:00 PM (Bangladesh Standard Time), February 17, 2026. |
| 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 |
| 35.01.2607.077.07.021.26-824 |
2 Phases |
Dhaka & Sylhet |
May 2026 |
May 2029 |
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PROCURING ENTITY DETAILS
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| Name of Official Inviting EOI |
: |
Khan Md. Kamrul Ahsan |
| Designation of Official Inviting EOI |
: |
Project Director (ACE), RHD |
| Address of Official Inviting EOI |
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RHD-Foreign Aided Projects Office Building, Road No. 27, Block-A, Banani, Dhaka-1213. |
| Contact details of Official Inviting EOI |
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Phone : +8802-41080504, Fax : , Email : pd.sship@gmail.com |
| The procuring entity reserves the right to accept or reject all tenders |
