Need Assessment for setting up Equipment/real time Monitoring System for forecasting Air and Sound Pollutions in City Corporations and Paurashavas.

**Project:** Urban Health, Nutrition and Population Project

GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH

Improvement of Urban Public Health Preventive Services Project (IUPHPSP)

DPHE Bhaban (level 8), 14 Shaheed Captain Mansur Ali Sarani,

Kakrail, Dhaka- 1000.

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI)

For

A Study to identify Need Assessment for Setting UP Equipment and Real-Time Monitoring & Forecasting System for Air and Sound Pollution in City Corporations and Pourashavas under package No.: IUPHPSP-SD-13

 

(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRM SELECTION)

 

 

           Memo. No. 46.00.0000.303.010.07.005.26-246                                                            Date: 29 .06.2026

 

 

1. The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh has received financing from the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank, toward the cost of the Improvement of Urban Public Health Preventive Services Project (IUPHPSP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

 

1. The Local Government Division (LGD) is implementing the IUPHPSP to strengthen urban public health preventive services through improved vector management, medical waste management, mitigation of environmental health risks, behavior change communication, and interventions to address non-communicable diseases in selected urban areas of Bangladesh.

 

The consulting services (“the Services”) will support the Project through conducting a comprehensive need assessment for establishing an integrated real-time air quality and sound (noise) monitoring and forecasting system in Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), Chattogram City Corporation (CCC), Savar Pourashava, and Tarabo Pourashava.The assignment will cover Dhaka North City Corporation, Dhaka South City Corporation, Chattogram City Corporation, Savar Pourashava, and Tarabo Pourashava.

 

The assignment is expected to be implemented over approximately Twelve (12) months from the date of contract signing.

 

1. The detailed Terms of Reference (ToR) for the assignment may be obtained from the office of the undersigned during normal office hours and website (address: https://www.worlgbank.org, https:lgd.gov.bd,             https://iuphpsp.lgd.gov.bd,          https://www.bppa.gov.bd

 

1. The Local Government Division (LGD) now invites eligible consulting firms, research institutions, universities, or associations thereof (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they possess the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the assignment.

 

The shortlisting criteria are:

a) Minimum ten (10) years of demonstrated experience in environmental research, environmental monitoring, urban environmental management, air quality assessment, noise pollution assessment, environmental health, climate studies, GIS-based analysis, environmental planning, or related fields;

b) Minimum seven (7) years of specific experience in planning, assessment, design, installation, operation, evaluation, or technical studies related to air quality monitoring systems, noise monitoring systems, environmental sensor networks, real-time monitoring systems, forecasting systems, environmental data management platforms, or similar assignments;

c) Proven experience in conducting environmental monitoring studies, pollution assessments, monitoring network design, GIS-based analysis, forecasting systems, equipment specification development, institutional assessments, investment planning, implementation roadmaps, or similar assignments;

d) Experience in conducting field investigations, technical surveys, stakeholder consultations, focus group discussions, workshops, environmental data analysis, and spatial mapping exercises;

e) Demonstrated experience in preparation of technical specifications, procurement recommendations, equipment requirement assessments, operational frameworks, calibration and quality assurance systems, and environmental monitoring protocols;

f) Experience in assignments financed by the Government of Bangladesh, World Bank, ADB, JICA, UN Agencies, IFAD, or other international development partners will be considered an advantage;

g) Demonstrated organizational, managerial, technical, financial, and logistical capacity to successfully undertake multidisciplinary assignments of similar nature, scope, and complexity;

h) Availability of qualified professionals in environmental monitoring, air quality management, noise pollution assessment, ICT and real-time data systems, environmental modelling and forecasting, GIS and spatial analysis, institutional assessment, urban governance, and project management.

 

Interested Consultants are requested to submit the following supporting documents:

• Certificate of Incorporation/Registration or equivalent legal document;

• Valid Trade License (where applicable);

• Valid Tax Identification Number (TIN);

• Valid VAT/BIN Registration Certificate (where applicable);

• Company/Institution profile including organizational structure and available professional resources;

• Details of general assignments as mentioned above fields completed in the last ten (10) years and similar assignments completed during the last seven (7) years including assignment title, client, contract value, duration, funding agency, and scope of services;

• Details of ongoing assignments of similar nature;

• Audited financial statements or audit reports for the last three (3) financial years;

• Evidence of technical, managerial, financial, and logistical resources relevant to the assignment;

• Joint Venture Agreement or Letter of Intent for Joint Venture (if applicable);

• Any other information demonstrating the Consultant's capability to perform the assignment.

 

Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.

 

1. The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, Paragraphs 3.14, 3.16, 3.17 and 3.18 of the World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, November 2020, setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

 

1. Consultants may associate with other firms, research institutions, or universities to enhance their qualifications. Such association may be in the form of a Joint Venture (JV) and/or Sub-consultancy. In the case of a Joint Venture, all partners shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.

 

1. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost-Based Selection (QCBS) Method using Open National Market Approach as set out in the World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, November 2020.

 

1. Further information may be obtained at the address below during office hours from 09:00 AM to 04:00 PM (Bangladesh Standard Time).

 

1. Expressions of Interest (EOI) must be delivered in written form (one original and one copy) to the address below on or before 21 July 2026 at 2:00 PM (BST).

 

1. The Procuring Entity reserves the right to accept or reject any or all Expressions of Interest without assigning any reason whatsoever.

 

 

 

Sd/

     (Abul Khair Mohammad Hafizullah Khan)

Joint Secretary, Local Government Division and

                   Project Director, IUPHPSP