2 5 Clima local

1. A team of consultants will be employed to assist the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) in implementing the Second Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project (the Project). The consultants will work directly with the project management office (PMO) and the regional project offices in Rangpur, Dhaka, and Mymensingh, including LGED district and subdistrict offices in the project area, to carry out project design, supervision, and monitoring. 2. The consultants must have substantial experience in designing and supervising rural infrastructure development projects, especially in South Asia. They will work under the guidance of the PMO to ensure the timely implementation of the Project according to approved project documents. The consultants’ tasks will include, but not limited to, the following:

(i) Carry out engineering surveys and investigations including subsoil investigations; prepare land acquisition plans, including resettlement plans, as required; and hold participatory workshops at markets and jetties.

(ii) Prepare engineering drawings, designs, estimates, and tender documents for all civil works under the Project, and prepare an annual procurement plan.

(iii) Prepare tender documents for all goods to be procured under the Project.

(iv) Assist LGED in preparing and implementing project activities, including planning, procurement of works goods and services, setting methodologies, execution, and training for sustainable operations of improved infrastructure, as well as operating the quality control regime.

(v) Assist and advise LGED in all aspects of tendering, evaluation of tenders for goods and works, and contract awards; contract administration; certifying payments to contractors; and completion procedures; and supervision of all types of civil works, including procedures for regular on-site checking, quality control, and monitoring of work execution and construction methods. Develop procedures for laboratory and field tests for materials quality control, LGED materials laboratories operation, and certification of quality and work progress.

(vi) Assist LGED in planning, monitoring, reporting, and managing finances, including project framework techniques for planning and training and financial monitoring of implementing and operating markets, jetties, and improvements to union council complexes (UCCs).

(vii) Assist LGED in planning and implementing land acquisition and resettlement activities; reporting and documentation; charges for construction equipment repairs, allocation, and use; identifying and reporting adverse environmental and social impacts by carrying out district initial environmental examinations and initial social assessments for subprojects; modifying designs and practices to mitigate them, such as by preparing environmental management plans and resettlement plans; generally accomplishing project preparation tasks; and preparing monthly, quarterly, and final reports including the draft project completion report.

(viii) Carry out technical, economic, social, environmental, and other surveys and analyses as necessary for including new subprojects in the Project.

(ix) Assist in facilitating participatory planning, implementing participatory governance activities, and implementing the gender action plan.

B. Institutional Support Consultants for Capacity Building of Local Government Institutions (LGIs) and LGED

3. The consultants will prepare training programs and develop training modules including curriculum design to strengthen and enhance the capability of LGIs to plan, implement, deliver services and maintain local projects; advise and support LGED in developing modules; and train LGED staff. The tasks are as follows:

(i) Advise and support local government institutions in the training of UC chairpersons, members, and secretaries, as well as members and staff of market management committees, in market planning and management, governance, transparency, financial management, and accounting; local resource mobilization; gender and development; and participatory approaches. Plan and organize participatory workshops at markets and jetties in connection with market and jetty design.

(ii) Advise and support LGED in building its capacity as a facilitator for training LGED staff in participatory development and assisting them in maintenance planning, promoting stakeholder participation, and social analyses; conducting initial environmental examinations; mainstreaming gender issues; and implementing the gender action plan. Provide support for the tree-planting program for women, routine maintenance contracting procedures, and training for UCs to maximize employment for poor and disadvantaged women.

(iii) Advise and support LGED in providing orientation and related training to local contractors on the Public Procurement Regulations (2003), bid preparation, work programming, financial management and cash flow, quality control, defect liability, and reducing the wage gap between men and women.

(iv) Prepare monitoring and evaluation criteria for the Project; data collection, data analysis, and benefit monitoring and evaluation; develop a management information system for LGED including the design of the information communication technology requirement; and identify infrastructure needed for a wide area network; and administer the Web site and server.

(v) Advise and assist in planning and implementing land acquisition and resettlement activities under the Project, including monitoring payments to affected people and reporting on activities.

4. Specialists will use facilities at LGED training centers where possible for training. Specialists will develop training materials and programs in their respective fields for courses needed by LGIs and LGED.

Table A9: Consultants' Schedule

Consultant Package/Personnel No. Person-

Months

Subtotal

A. Design, Supervision, and Monitoring:

1. International Consultants:

a. Sr. Project Engineer/Team Leader 1 52 52

b. Project Engineering Advisers 2 50 100

Subtotal (A1) 152

2. National Consultants:

a. Deputy Team Leader 1 54 54

b. Road Design Engineer 1 30 30

Consultant Package/Personnel No. Person- Months

Subtotal

d. Hydrologist 1 12 12

e. Transport Economist 1 24 24

f. Market Physical Planner 1 36 36

g. Jr. Architect 1 24 24

h. Quality Control Engineers 3 50 150

i. Field Engineers 23 50 1,150

Subtotal (A2) 1,504

Subtotal (A) 1,656

B Institutional Support Consultants for LGIs and NILG

1. National Consultants:

a. Training Specialist on Admin. &

Financial Management 1 36 36

b. Training Specialist on Monitoring

& Follow-up of Training Activities 1 36 36 c. Training Specialist on Project

Management, Environment, and

Poverty Reduction 1 22 22

d. Training Specialist on Gender

Issues 1 22 22

e. Training Specialist on Law-and-

Order and Judicial Matters 1 22 22

Subtotal (B) 138

C. GTZ-Supported Consultants:

1. International Consultant/Team Leader 1 36 36 2. National Consultants:

a. Local Governance Specialist 1 36 36

b. Sociologist/Resettlement Specialist

1 36 36

c. M&E Specialist 1 36 36

d. MIS Specialist 1 36 36

e. Financial Management Specialist 1 36 36

f. Training Specialists 2 72 144 g. Gender Specialists 2 72 144 h. Participatory Development Specialist 1 30 30 i. Environmental Specialist 1 30 30

j. Road Safety Specialist 1 24 24

Subtotal (C2) 552

GTZ = Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit, jr. = junior, LGED = Local Government Engineering Department, LGI = local government institution, M&E = monitoring and evaluation, MIS = management information system, NILG = National Institute of Local Government, no. = number, sn. = senior.

Source: Asian Development Bank estimates.

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