Supervision & Monitoring of Dredgingalong the Navigational Routes

Assignment Name:

Consulting Services for Supervision & Monitoring of Performance Based Dredging Contracts with Maintenance Dredging and Installation & amp; Maintenance of Navigational Aids along the Navigational Routes under the Contract Bangladesh Regional Waterway Transport Project-I (BRWTP-1)

Name of Client:

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA)

Location:

Bhairab to Chottogram, Bangladesh

Year of Completion:

October 2028

Project of Description:

The development and control of Inland Water Transport (IWT) is the responsibility of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), under the Ministry of Shipping (MoS). Among its functions for passenger traffic, BIWTA is responsible to:

  • Develop, maintain and operate inland river routes to maintain the advertised Least Available Depth (LAD) and width by necessary surveys and dredging works including maintaining the necessary navigation measures to operate the vessels effectively;
  • Develop, maintain and operate inland river ports, landing ghats and terminal facilities in such ports or ghats; and,
  • Develop the most economical facilities for passenger traffic to ensure comfort, safety and speed on mechanized craft.

In order to improve key multi-modal transport corridors and networks that would address current transport bottlenecks in Bangladesh, the World Bank is financing the Bangladesh Regional Waterway Transport Project I (BRWTP-1). It is centered on the main Dhaka-Chittagong IWT route, with branches to Ashuganj, Ghorashal and Barisal.

Services Provided:

The main objective of this consultancy service is to monitor, supervise, and administer the contracts for performance-based dredging works, installation and operation of aids to navigation along the navigational routes under the BR WTP-W 1 A package.

The above-mentioned works are to be undertaken under an output and performance-based method of contracting. Output and Performance-Based Contracting for Inland Water Navigation (OPBC-IWN) is a results-oriented contracting method that focuses on the outputs, quality, or outcomes and ties at least a portion of a contractor’s payment, contract extensions, or contract renewals to the achievement of specific, measurable performance standards and requirements. Supervision of OPBC-IWN contracts is to be done with due care and diligence following the highest professional practices and International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) S-44 5th edition standards and surveys.

Major Components of BRWTP-1 includes the following:

  • Capital and maintenance dredging, installation and operation of aids to navigation and construction and maintenance of Vessel Storm Shelters (VSS) / Idle Berthing Centers (IBC);
  • Development of Cargo Terminals;
  • Development of Passenger Terminals; and,
  • Development of Landing Ghats.

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