1. The Government of Vietnam has received a grant from the Water Financing Partnership Facility (Grant 0147 - Vie (SF)) managed by the Asian Development Bank for the implementation of the institutional improvement and capacity building activities in conjunction with the Loan 2511 - Vie for the "Thanh Hoa city Comprehensive Socioeconomic Development Project" in Thanh Hoa province. A part of the grant is used to pay for the consulting service on "Institutional improvement and Capacity Building".

2. The Thanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee (PPC) through the Provincial Project Management Unit of the "Thanh Hoa city Comprehensive Socioeconomic Development Project" (the Client) now invites all the eligible and qualified consulting firms from ADB country members to submit their EOIs to the address mentioned below. The interested consulting firms are invited to contact and receive the detailed EOI templates from the CSEDP PPMU at the address mentioned below, and advised to visit the ADB website for the ADB's latest regulations on EOI submissions at address http://www.adb.org/Consulting/toolkit-template.asp

3.  The duration for releasing the EOI templates is from 9:00 am of 07 September 2010 to 10:30 am of 07 October 2010 (Hanoi time) at the below mentioned address.

4. The deadline for EOI submission to the below mentioned address is 17.00 pm of 07 October 2010 (Hanoi time). Any late submission shall be rejected or returned unopened.

5. The EOI opening will publicly take place at 8:00 am of  08 October 2010 at the Client's office.

6. Based on the information provided by the consulting firms on their eligibility, competences and experiences as required by the ADB's Guidelines on EOI evaluation, the Client shall select a short-list of the most responsive 06 firms for invitation to submit technical and financial proposals.  

7. The address for EOI template receiving and EOI submission for the above mentioned consulting service is:

Thanh Hoa city Comprehensive Socioeconomic Development Project

Water Grant 0147 - Vie (SF): Consulting service - Institutional Improvement and Capacity Building

Thanh Hoa Provincial Project Management Unit of

Thanh Hoa city Comprehensive Socioeconomic Development Project

No. 41 Le Loi Avenue, Thanh Hoa City, Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam

Fax: (+84) 373 727 601;  Email: ppmu_csedp@yahoo.com.

Attention: Dr. Trinh Van Chien, PPMU Director