The Government of the Peoples' Republic of Bangladesh has received a credit and grant from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) in the amount of US$ 9.570 million equivalent towards the cost of the proposed Bangladesh Marine Fisheries Capacity Building Project (BMFCBP) and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, equipments, related services and consulting services to be procured under this project. Procurement of contracts financed by the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will be conducted through the procedures as specified in: (i) the Islamic Development Bank's GUIDELINES FOR PROCUREMENT UNDER ISLAMIC DEVI'LOPMENT BANK FINANCING for contracts under National (local) Competitive Bidding (NCB); International Competitive Bidding (ICB) and (ii) the Public Procurement Regulations, 2008 of the Government of Bangladesh (www.cptu.gov.bd) for contracts under National /International Open Tendering Methods, and open to all eligible bidders as defined in the guidelines and regulations.. Specific procurement notices for contracts to be bid under the Islamic Development Bank's national competitive bidding (NCB) and International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures for contracts for office equipments, survey equipments and survey (research) vessel will be announced, as they become available, in widely circulated national daily newspapers of Bangladesh. Interested eligible bidders who wish to be included on the mailing list to receive an invitation to bid under the NCB/ICB procedures and those requiring additional information should contact the address below: The following information is being published as a part of GPN for the procurement of survey equipments and survey (research) vessel for information of all the local/ international bidders/farms operating in Bangladesh:  Beneficiary: Government of Bangladesh (GOB)  Implementing Agency: Department of Fisheries (DoF)  Total Project Cost: Tk. 1194.60 million  Purpose of the project: The main objective of the proposed project is • To assess the standing stock and Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) of estuarine and coastal fisheries resources for management of the artisanal fisheries. • To develop a catch assessment program for routine maintaining of the coastal and marine fisheries as to changes due to the dynamics of fishing. • Develop mechanism to implement Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) system to oversee and manage the resources.  Subject and scope of the survey (research) vessel and survey equipments: Survey (research) vessel and survey equipments would be used to survey operation in the coastal and deep sea area to assess the standing stock and Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) and to develop an integrated database (MCS) and VTMS.  Name and Address of the Official of the Implementing Agency responsible for Procurement of survey equipments and the survey (research) vessel: ABM Anwarul Islam, National Project Director, Bangladesh Marine Fisheries Capacity Building Project, Department of Fisheries, Matshya Bhaban, Room No. 1011, Ramna, Dhaka-1000. Telephone: 008802-9554577, Fax: 008802-9556809, e-mail: npd.mfcb@yahoo.com.