Local Government COVID-19 Response & Recovery Project (Бангладеш - Тендер #38577031)

• Project ID

P174937

• Project Title

Local Government COVID-19 Response & Recovery Project

• Country

Bangladesh

• Notice No

OP00214121

• Notice Type

Request for Expression of Interest

• Notice Status

Published

• Borrower Bid Reference

SIC-14

• Procurement Method

Individual Consultant Selection

• Language of Notice

English

• Submission Deadline Date/Time

Mar 12, 2023 16:00

• Published Date

Feb 13, 2023

• CONTACT INFORMATION
• Organization/Department

Local Government Engineering Department

• Name

Nazmus Sadat Md. Zillur Rahman

• Address

LGCRRP, Level-7, RDEC Bhaban, Agargaon, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh

• City

• Province/State

Bangladesh

• Postal Code

• Country

Bangladesh

• Phone

01627440300

• Email

pd.lgcrrp@gmail.com

• Website

https://oldweb.lged.gov.bd/ProjectHome.aspx?projectID=1008

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

CONSULTING SERVICES – Individual Consultant Selection (Open; National)

COUNTRY: Bangladesh

NAME OF PROJECT: Local Government COVID-19 Response and Recovery Project (P174937)

Credit No: IDA-7033 BD

Assignment Title: Selection of Grant Management and Compliance Associate /Consultant (1 Nos.)

Reference No.: 46.02.0000.660.05.001.22/

The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Local Government COVID-19 Response and Recovery Project (LGCRRP) (P174937), and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The Responsibilities/ Accountabilities of Grant Management and Compliance Associate Consultant includes, but not limited to, the following:

• Assisting to ensure the timely allocation and disbursement of all project grants to ULGIs in a transparent manner, subject to the distribution formulae, compliance with minimum conditions and eligibility requirements;
• Assisting to oversee and supervise regular six-monthly assessments and reviews of ULGI compliance with Minimum Conditions;
• Assisting to prepare reports and updates on a regular basis of ULGI compliance with Minimum Conditions;
• Assisting to reporting on the disbursement of CRG funds on a regular basis, reconciling reporting data submitted by the commercial banks with those submitted by the ULGIs;
• Assisting to monitoring of CRG disbursement utilization status of ULGIs, and provide information required for quarterly Financial Management Reports for submission by LGCRRP to the World Bank;
• Review and verify statements of expenditure (SoE) and fund utilization reports submitted by ULGIs;
• Ensure timely collection, collation and analysis of annual assurance reports submitted by the contracted audit firms and ensure timely transmission of consolidated reports to project authorities;
• Assisting as required to strengthen the capacity of key sections of LGED, PMU, RMSU, ULGIs and other agencies through preparing and managing a series of workshops on the Covid Response Grant;
• Provide support to the Senior Capacity Building Specialist to develop training manuals, modules and protocols as per requirements, and act as a resource person in a team for providing capacity building training to ULGI functionaries;
• Assisting to review the formula for the calculation of CRGs for ULGIs under the project and advise on any change in the formula during the project’s Mid-Term Review;
• Assisting to contribute towards designing FM systems and tools for ULGIs to ensure coordination and continuous supervision and monitoring of compliance;
• Any other task as and when assigned by the project authority.

Place of work: Project office/Head office located at LGED Office located at Dhaka; however, the consultant needs to do field visits in 329 Pourashavas and 10 City Corporations. During the Covid-19 pandemic period until such time that the Government offices are fully open/operational and unrestricted travel to and within Bangladesh is permitted by the Government, LGED and the consultant will discuss and agree on a mutually acceptable working arrangement for the consultant to work remotely from his/her home location.

Duration of employment: Three years, for period- March, 2023 to December 2025.

Commencement of the Service: March 2023 (Indicative)

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found in the website: www.lged.gov.bd

The Local Government COVID-19 Response and Recovery Project (P174937) now invites eligible “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. The short listing criteria are: Educational qualification, experience (general & specific) and knowledge in implementing all aspects of grant & compliance management.

A Consultant will be selected through the ‘Open Competitive Selection of Individual Consultants’ method in accordance with World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016, Revised November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”).

The Procurement Regulations can be viewed at the World Bank’s external website:

https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/178331533065871195-0290022020/original/ProcurementRegulations.pdf

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn in particular to:

• Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the Procurement Regulations setting forth the World Bank’s policy on Conflict of Interest, and
• Section III, paragraphs, 3.21-3.24 of the Procurement Regulations setting forth the World Bank’s policy on Eligibility, including the specific pre-requisite conditions to be met for the eligibility, on exceptional basis, of Government officials and civil servants of the Borrower’s country under consulting contracts in the Borrower’s country.

Individuals who are currently working as Grant Management and Compliance Associate consultants on another World Bank-financed project may also compete in this selection process, but if they are selected they will be required before signing the proposed contract to provide documentary evidence of having satisfactorily complied with their existing contract’s requirements with respect to early termination of the contract by the consultant, including advance notice period, to avoid disruption in implementation of that project.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours [i.e. 0900 to 1600 hours].

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form (hard copy)/E-mail to the address below by 16:00 hours Bangladesh Standard Time on 12 March 2023.

Nazmus Sadat Md. Zillur Rahman

Project Director

Local Government COVID-19 Response and Recovery Project (P174937)

Local Government Engineering Department (LGED)

Level-7, RDEC Bhaban, Agargaon, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh

Tel: +880 2 44826494

E-mail: pd.lgcrrp@lged.gov.bd

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