Request for Expression of Interest [Firm (International)]

for

Selection of Consultants for Design Review, Supervision and Monitoring Consultancy Services (Owner’s Engineer or OE)

Employer: Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh (EGCB) Limited

Project: Sonagazi 220 MW Solar Power Plant Construction Project (Sonagazi 220 MW Solar Power and Livelihoods Improvement Project)

Contract Title: Firm for providing services as Consultant for Design Review, Supervision and Monitoring of EPC Contractor (Owner’s Engineer or OE) (SD1 Package) at Sonagazi under Feni District.

Country: Bangladesh

Mode of Financing: Forward Lease, Loan and Grant

EOI No: 27.27.2666.000.102.05.0016.24.135  Date:  11/01/2026

Issued on: 11/01/2026

 

1. The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has applied for financing from the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) toward the cost of the Sonagazi 220 MW Solar Power Plant Construction Project (Sonagazi 220 MW Solar Power and Livelihoods Improvement Project), a project of Power Division, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources & implemented by Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh (EGCB) Ltd., and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.
2. The consulting services (“the Services”) are to assist the client in:
   1. 1. implementing a turnkey contract of at least 220 MWac Solar Power Plant through an EPC Contractor from design, procurement, supply, installation & erection, testing and commissioning;
      2. compliance with IsDB health, safety, environmental and social safeguard standards and reporting;
      3. implementing livelihood improvement component of the Project; and
      4. operating the plant to achieve its predicted/guaranteed output and design life up to Defect Liability Period (DLP) of 1 year.

The project period will be 3 years from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2028 and duration of the service is 30 months. The proposed service requires 85 (eighty-five) Person-months of professional inputs including 28 (twenty-eight) Person-months of international professional inputs. The service is expected to commence from May 2026.

The detailed Terms of Reference (ToR) for the assignment can be found at the following website:

 

         https://egcb.gov.bd/.

3. The EGCB now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested Consultants must provide specific information which demonstrates that they are fully qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.). The short-listing criteria are:

(a)   General experience of the Firm(s); [Firm shall have general experience of at least 5 years]

(b)   Experience in similar Solar PV Projects of compatible size, complexity and technical specialty in the required area; [Firm shall have experience of providing consultancy services (i.e., services for design review, supervision and monitoring) in at least 1 project of at least 50 MWac capacity]

(c)   Experience in MDB Financing Project; and

(d)   Technical and managerial capability based on the number of permanent staff of the firm.

Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.

Consultants are requested to submit the following supporting documents in support of the above-mentioned criteria:

(a) Registration paper/Incorporation documents of the firm (s); (b) JV agreement/letter of intent (if applicable); (c) Firm’s brochure; (d) Firm’s staffing and management structure; (e) service experience record (including nature, total cost, total input in terms of man month, employer, location of service etc.); (f) similar Solar PV Projects experience record (including nature, total cost, total input in terms of man month, employer, location of service etc.);  

4. The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Part 01, Chapter 01 paragraphs 1.12.1 and 1.12.2 of the Procurement Policy  of the Guidelines for the Procurement of Consultancy Services under Islamic Development Bank Project Financing April 2019 (Revised February 2023) (the “Procurement Guidelines”), setting forth IsDB’s policy on conflict of interest.
5. Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.
6. A consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the Procurement Guidelines.
7. Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours (10.00 a.m to 5.00 p.m.) (local time).
8. Expression of Interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by fax, or by e- mail) by February 03, 2026, 15:00 hr (Bangladesh Standard Time).

 

 

Mir Md. Zinnat Ali

Executive Director (Planning & Development)

Sonagazi 220 MW Solar Power Plant Construction Project  

Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh (EGCB) Ltd.

Unique Heights (Level-14, 15 & 16), 117 Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue,

Eskaton Garden, Dhaka-1217

E-mail:  zinnat@egcb.com.bd

Website: egcb.gov.bd