The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has been entrusted with a generous donation of US$ 130 million by a benevolent philanthropist (Fael Khair in Arabic) for relief of cyclone victims in Bangladesh. The bulk of the grant (US$ 110 million) is to be utilised for the construction of School-cum-Cyclone Shelters and the balance (US$ 20 million) was earmarked for the restoration of livelihoods of the victims in the coastal belt of Bangladesh. The Government of Bangladesh (GoB) and IDB have signed a Memorandum of Understanding whereby the IDB will implement the program with assistance from the GoB. The IDB has engaged IMC Worldwide (International Management Consultants) to manage construction of the Shelters component. The Shelters will be located on individual sites of existing educational institutions. There are two types of structures, namely ‘Killa and ‘Stilt’, each with total floor area of up to 1350 sq.m. Fifty nine (59 Nos.) School-cum-Cyclone Shelters in two packages have already been tendered and awarded for construction in Zone-1 located in the coastal belt districts of Khulna ,Satkhira, , Bagerhat, Barisal and Patuakhali. The total project requires the construction of a further number of Packages each consisting of approximately 20 number shelters. The construction period is approximately18 months, however alternative periods may be considered. The IDB is now seeking to pre-qualify National (Bangladeshi) as well as International Contractors for construction of shelters in the remaining Zones 2, 3 & 4 with sites located in the following coastal belt districts of Pirojpur , Barguna, Bhola, Lakshmipur, Noakhali, Feni, Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar. Those who are successful will be included in a list of eligible bidders and may be invited to submit bids for future Works under this Program. The IDB through the Program Management Consultants, IMC Worldwide, now invites sealed Applications for Pre-qualification from eligible National and international Bidders to be considered to be invited to Bid for a Contract (s) under the Program. Prequalification will generally be conducted through the procedures as specified in the IDB’s Guidelines for Procurement of Goods and Works under Islamic Development Bank Financing, (Current Edition), and is open to all eligible National and international contractors. Contractors with an annual turnover of less than Tk 1.0 Billion approximately USD 14 million (Fourteen million United States Dollars) are unlikely to pre-qualify. A complete set of pre-qualification documents in English may be purchased by interested Contractors on the submission of a written application to IMC Worldwide, from the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of BDT 10,000 (Ten thousand Bangladesh Taka) or approximately USD 140 (One hundred forty United States Dollars) . The method of payment will be in the form of Pay Order/Bank Draft from any scheduled Bank, drawn in favour of Fael Khair Program. Applications for pre-qualification should be submitted in clearly marked envelopes and delivered to the address below by 16.00hrs on 4th December 2011. Late applications will not be considered. Purchase of documents Project Director IMC Worldwide Fael Khair Program Management Consultant House #9, Road #11, Baridhara, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh Tel: +880 – 2 8825761, +880 – 2 – 8811075 Fax: +880 – 2 8823713 e-mail: pmc@imcw-bangladesh.com