Eco-Social Development organization (ESDO)
Expression of Interest (EOI)

Eco Social Development Organization (ESDO) is a well reputed National NGO founded in 1988 and working in 49 districts of Bangladesh. ESDO in Partnership with Plan International Bangladesh is implementing the Gender Responsive School & Community Safety Initiative (GRSCSI) Project at 3 unions (Kedar, Kochakata and Bollober Kash) of Nageswari upazila under Kurigram district. The project is started from July 2021. ESDO is implementing this School-Based Disaster Risk Reduction(S-DRR) program for building the resilience of school and the community in Kedar, Kachakata and Ballober khash unions of Nageshwari, Kurigram, Bangladesh. Holistic approaches have been followed to execute the activities so the Schools and communities can increase their resilience against vulnerabilities to flood and other hazards; improve the structure; make plans to prepare themselves to prevent future disasters. 4 schools have been selected with the coordination of the local government. The program has focused on transferring knowledge on the comprehensive school safety framework, DRM governance and roles and responsibility of schools, local stakeholders, and the communities to develop the schools more resilient based on the guidelines and directives of the Global Comprehensive School Safety Framework.

Consultancy supports need from qualified individuals or firm to conduct structural vulnerabilities assessment of 4 schools So an technical agency or individual consultant needs to be contracted on behalf of ESDO and Plan International Bangladesh to carry out the structural vulnerabilities assessment in very low cost as per these Terms of Reference (ToR). 

Terms of Reference (ToR)
Terms of Reference (ToR) can be downloaded from following link: ToR.pdf

Submission of Proposal

Interested consultant/consulting firms are requested to submit a technical and a financial proposal on or before 08.11.2021; 4:00 pm via courier/post office or directly to the address below: Convener, Central Purchase Committee Eco Social Development Organization (ESDO) College Para (Gobindanagar), Thakurgaon- 5100.