Bangladesh Regional Connectivity Project 1

Tender summary

Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Ministry of Commerce Bangladesh Regional Connectivity Project-1 Office of the Project Director Level-12 (West side), Probashi Kollayan Bhaban, Eskaton Garden, Dhaka-1000 Memo No: 26.00.0000.066.07.067.26-81 Date: June 10, 2026 REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR CONSULTING FIRM (National) 1. The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has received an SDR 150 million Credit from the International Development Association (IDA) – a member of the World Bank Group for financing the cost of the Bangladesh Regional Connectivity Project 1(BRCP-1), being jointly implemented by the Bangladesh Land Port Authority, National Board of Revenue and Ministry of Commerce (MoC). The Ministry of Commerce as a separate technical assistance project is implementing the 2nd Part of this umbrella project. The overall objective of this technical assistance project is to strengthen trade related institutional capacity in order to ensure active and sustainable cooperation among trade related stakeholders and economic empowerment of women traders. 2. The Procuring Entity intends to apply a part of the IDA Credit for procuring consulting firms for the following 2 (two) services: Package no. and Duration of contract Name of Package Required qualifications and experiences SD-58 From the date of signing of contract to November 30, 2026 Relevant trade related studies and policy studies (03 studies): Study 1: Assessment of Agri-Trade Logistics for Horticulture and Floriculture Exports (Including Cold Chain, Packaging, Treatment Facilities, and Green Channel Systems) Study 2: Assessment of Trade Logistics, cold chain and Export Readiness for Animal Products (Meat, Dairy, Fish, and Processed Animal Goods) Study 3: Study on the Processing, Market Development and Export Potential of Plant/Vegetable Waste and Fibre-Based By-products in Bangladesh. 1. The consulting firm/institute shall have the legal capacity to enter into the contract and shall have minimum 10 years of general experience in providing consulting services out of which at least 03 years of experiences in conducting business related surveys/sectoral assessment; 2. The firm/institute should have successfully completed at least one service contract similar/related to conducting major sectoral assessment in the last 05 years; 3. Prior experience in conducting assessment of export-oriented industries will be an advantage; 4. The required average annual turnover of the consulting Firm/Institute shall be at least BDT 50 (fifty) lakh in last three years; and 5. Experience(s) in working with development partner’s funded projects will be added an advantage. SD-61 From the date of signing of contract to November 30, 2026 Capacity building of women traders on trade related regulatory regime and E-Commerce solutions and procedures in 08 Divisional HQ including Reform dialogues (Policy Dialogues) to resolve the challenges facing the women traders. 1. The Consulting firm shall have the legal capacity to enter into the contract with minimum 10 (Ten) years of general experience out of which at least 05 (five) years of experience in training management for public and private sector; 2. The minimum specific experience as lead consultant in providing training of at least cumulatively 500 (Five Hundred) numbers of trainees completed training course over last 05 (five) years shall be required. 3. The firm should have experience in working with development projects funded by any development partner; 4. The firm should have successfully completed at least one service contract related to capacity development (designing training module/organize training program) in any sector for women entrepreneurship development in last 05(five) years; 5. The required average annual turnover of the consulting firm shall be at least of the amount of Tk. 01 (One) Crore for the last three years; a

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• Issued by intends to apply a part of the IDA Credit for procuring consulting firms for the following 2 (two) services: Package no. and Duration of contract.
• Located in People'S Republic Of Bangladesh.
• Source notice P154580 on worldbank.
• Notice published 11 Jun 2026; Tenqual indexed it 25 Nov 2025.
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