Invitation for Request for Expressions of Interest    Status:Approved

GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH

Ministry/Division : Ministry of Post, Telecommunications & Information Technology
Agency : Information and Communication Technology Division
Procuring Entity Name : Aspire to Innovate Programme (a2i)
Procuring Entity Code :
Procuring Entity District : Dhaka
Expression of Interest for Selection of : Consulting Firm (National)  (Lump-Sump)
Title Of Service : IT Service Management for E-Nothi
EOI Ref. No. : 56.42.0000.006.07.003.20. 205
Date : 14/06/2020

KEY INFORMATION

Procurement Sub-Method : Quality and Cost Based Selection(QCBS)

FUNDING INFORMATION

Budget and Source of Funds : Development Budget GOB
Development Partners : UNDP

PARTICULAR INFORMATION

Project/Programme Name : Aspire to Innovate Programme
EOI Closing Date and Time : 29/06/2020 11:45 AM
Publication Date : 21/06/2020

INFORMATION FOR APPLICANT

Brief Description of Assignment : The main objective of this assignment is to provide smooth operation of e-Nothi platform. One existing Service provide is responsible to develop, maintenance and change management of this platform. The other most integral part is the hosting infrastructure configuration, administration, management and day to day infrastructure support to meet the continuous expansion of this service. As long as expansion requirements will be coming new hosting environment configuration, new office configuration and more bandwidth will be required. To meet up all these requirements a2i is going to purchase a package service as ITSM including infrastructure and bandwidth for eNothi. For detail Terms of Reference (TOR) please
Experience, Resources and Delivery Capacity Required : The Firm must prove that they have solid technical background and operational strength to undertake the type of assignments mentioned in the ToR and take this work forward without any hindrances. Firm must also have adequate technical ability, resources and processes. As such, following are defined as minimum eligibility criteria: 1. Must have valid and up-to-date Trade license/Register of joint stock & companies (RJSC) registration, VAT, TIN certificate. 2. Minimum 7 years of experience in ICT business as a registered company/entity in Bangladesh 3. Approved BTRC licensed Nationwide Internet Service Provider. 4. Agreement with multiple IIG. 5. Agreement of BDIX and BTCL NIX bandwidth. 6. Should have Data Center facility for service level and support redundancy. 7. Firm needs to submit last 02 (two) years financial audit report. 8. Minimum average annual Turnover BDT 2.5 core for last 2 years. 9. Must have minimum amount of liquid asset in form of credit line or working capital shall be BDT 80 lac. 10. Must have experience of: a. Minimum 5 years’ solid practical experience in developing, deploying and maintaining web-based e Government solution and mobile app. b. Minimum 3 (three) successful e-government project completion in following Software type related to public service delivery, office management, Data Management or Workflow Management in last five years. 11. Multiple Companies having technical and legal competency for providing such services can apply jointly but they must have legal agreement among them where one company needs to be master. The joint venture company jointly needs to fulfill all conditions mentioned in this ToR. Joint-venture agreement needs to have clear identification about each responsibility matrix along with IPR. Aspire to Innovate Programme now invites eligible Applicants/firms to indicate the interest in providing the services. Interested Consultants/firms are invited to provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services. A shortlist of consultants will be prepared upon evaluation of EoIs of the eligible applicants and Request for Proposal document will be issued in their favor. Total duration of the contract is 12(twelve) months. Interested Applicants may obtain further information on the requirements including the criteria of short listing by applying to the address below/e-mailing contacting Phone: 88 02 8159896, 9144848 Ext. 146, Mobile no. 88 01817641113, during normal office hours up to 28/06/2020.
Other Details (if applicable) : visit: www.a2i.gov.bd or contact: Nahid Nazim (Mobile No.01817641113).
Association with foreign firms is : Not Encouraged
Eoi Detail Information
Ref No Phasing Of Services Location Start Date Completion Date
56.42.0000.006.07.003.20. 205 Single Phase Bangladesh Sep 2020 August 2021

PROCURING ENTITY DETAILS

Name of Official Inviting EOI : Md. Abdul Mannan, PAA
Designation of Official Inviting EOI : Project Director, Aspire to Innovate Programme
Address of Official Inviting EOI : Information & Communication Technology (ICT) Division ICT Tower, E-14/X, Agargaon, Dhaka-1207
Contact details of Official Inviting EOI : Phone : 88 02 55006931, Fax : , Email :
The procuring entity reserves the right to accept or reject all tenders