Invitation for Request for Expressions of Interest    Status:Approved

GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH

Ministry/Division : Ministry of Finance
Agency : Finance Division
Procuring Entity Name : National Program Director, Strengthening Public Financial Management Program to Enable Service Delivery (SPFMS)
Procuring Entity Code :
Procuring Entity District : Dhaka
Expression of Interest for Selection of : Individual Consultant (National)  (Time-Based)
Title Of Service : Senior Consultant: Research Analyst– Fiscal risk assessment
EOI Ref. No. : 07.00.0000.000.11.064.20-542
Date : 10/07/2023

KEY INFORMATION

Procurement Sub-Method : Selection of Individual Consultants (SIC)

FUNDING INFORMATION

Budget and Source of Funds : Development Budget GOB
Development Partners : World Bank Group

PARTICULAR INFORMATION

Project/Programme Name :
EOI Closing Date and Time : 30/07/2023 1:00 pm
Publication Date : 17/07/2023

INFORMATION FOR APPLICANT

Brief Description of Assignment : Main Tasks: Responsible for the analysis of in-depth assessment of fiscal risks related to SOEs beginning with a clear statement of enterprise objectives and the importance of the public policy objectives served by the enterprise. Scope of Work: ? Organize sensitization workshops on the fiscal risk assessments statements to be attended by officials from SOEs senior management and boards of directors, Finance Division and Line Ministries. ? Maintain the financial risk assessment tool; ? Coordinate with the data entry analysts for the collection of SOE’s financial data and the financial relationship with the government budget; ? Carry out a comprehensive fiscal risks assessment of all SOEs and identify ten SOEs with the largest fiscal risks; ? Conduct a scenario analysis to predict how the fiscal baseline of SOEs would be affected by changes in macroeconomic conditions; ? Carry out on-site inspections to clarify any issues identified in the data provided by the SOEs; ? Prepare the Statement of SOEs’ Fiscal risk assessment, two sets of statements are to be prepared; one aggregate containing the information for all SOES and the other is SOE specific; ? Prepare a presentation of the key elements of the fiscal risk assessment statements for presentation to senior government officials in the Finance Division and other government institutions as required; ? Prepare by-weekly progress reports to be presented to the independent performance evaluation Committee; ? Any other tasks assigned by the Program Implementation Team (PIT); ? Submit monthly work plan before beginning of each month and work progress after completion of every month.
Experience, Resources and Delivery Capacity Required : ? Professional Accountant (Chartered Accountant/ Cost & Management Accountant)/ Masters in Accounting/ Finance/ Economics/ Public Administration/ Public Policy/ Management/ Financial Management/ Business Administration/any other relevant discipline 10Senior Consultant: Research Analyst ? Minimum 15 years of professional experience in general, non-profit, or government organization. Experience of working in SOEs will be preferred.
Other Details (if applicable) : Applicants are requested to submit hard copies of application with necessary documents at Program Office during 9:00 am to 4:00 pm within deadline. A copy of the terms of reference (ToR) and necessary forms of the assignment may be obtained from the website: www.spfms.gov.bd or www.mof.gov.bd
Association with foreign firms is : Not Applicable
Eoi Detail Information
Ref No Phasing Of Services Location Start Date Completion Date
1 Single: Time Based Dhaka September 2023 August 2024 (renewable)

PROCURING ENTITY DETAILS

Name of Official Inviting EOI : Shirajun Noor Chowdhury
Designation of Official Inviting EOI : National Program Director (Additional Secretary)
Address of Official Inviting EOI : Shoheed Prokousholi Bhaban (4th Floor), IEB, Ramna, Dhaka-1000
Contact details of Official Inviting EOI : Phone : 0255110523-27, 0255110530-32, 0255110546-5, Fax : , Email :
The procuring entity reserves the right to accept or reject all tenders