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Ministry : Ministry of Shipping Division :
Organization : Bangladesh Inland Water transport Authority (BIWTA) Procuring Entity Name : Office of the System Analyst, ICT Department, BIWTA.
Procuring Entity Code : Procuring Entity District : Dhaka
Procurement Nature : Services Procurement Type : NCT
Event Type :
Request for expression of interest for selection of
Contract Type : Lump - Sum REOI No. : 18.11.0000.000.335.31.0003.25
    Tender/Proposal Status :
App ID : 231756 Tender/Proposal ID : 1336100
Key Information and Funding Information :
Procurement Method : Selection under a Fixed Budget (SFB) Budget Type : Revenue
Source of Funds : Government
Particular Information :
Project Code : Not applicable Project Name : Not applicable
Package No. and Description : PS-01/2026-2027
Selection of Consulting Firm for Design, Development and Implementation of Digital Archive & Document Management System of BIWTA.
Category : Software programming and consultancy services; Computer and related services; Programming services of packaged software products; Systems and technical consultancy services; Custom software development services; Systems analysis and programming services; System maintenance and support services; Software-related services; Data services; Data-processing services; Database services; Computer-related services; Computer and related services; Computer-related management services; Computer support and consultancy services; Computer network services; Computer upgrade services; Computer audit services; Computer testing services; Computer back-up services; Computer catalogue conversion services; Computer-related professional services;
REOI Publication
Date and Time :
20-Sep-2026 20:00
EOI Closing
Date and Time :
05-Oct-2026 09:00 EOI Opening
Date and Time :
05-Oct-2026 09:00
Information for Tenderer/Consultant :
Eligibility of Consultant :

1.Must have 8 years experiences in working experience in software development as a registered company/entity in Bangladesh;
2.Must have Valid RJSC Incorporation Certificate and submit RJSC Incorporation Certificate.
3.The Bidder must provide valid Trade License, updated valid TIN Certificate, Income Tax Clearance Certificate, and valid VAT/BIN Registration Certificate, BASIS membership.
4.Must have a minimum turnover of 1.5 crore in each of last three years financial audit report.
5.Must have project completion certificate of a minimum of 3 (three) projects in last 5 (five) years in the field of web application development.
6.The bidder must have successful implementation of at least two (2) enterprise Archive Management System/ Electronic Document Management System, or comparable institutional document/repository systems for Government, Semi-Government, autonomous, statutory or other public-sector organizations which at least one (1) contract shall have a value at least BDT 35 Lac.
7.Preference will be given to bidder with experience in large-scale document scanning, digitization, and multilingual OCR.
8.Management and operational capacity (Brochures, Company Profile and other documents describing company expertise, strength and experience, core functions, products and services, similar assignments or project experience, availability of relevant professional staff and experience among applicant's staff/resources to carry out this assignment.
9.List (Name, designation, years of experience, number of projects, expertise) of IT personnel who will be engaged to perform the assignment.
10.The minimum amount of Liquid asset/Line of Credit of the firm shall be Tk. 10 lacs.
11.ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27001:2022 Certified firms will be given preference. 

Brief Description of assignment :

The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) maintains a large volume of historical and operational records in physical form, including office files, letters, notes, maps, images, charts, audio recordings, video recordings and other archival materials.A significant portion of these records is currently maintained in physical files and requires systematic preservation, indexing, digitization and controlled electronic access. To improve document preservation, information retrieval, institutional knowledge management and service efficiency, BIWTA intends to establish a centralized Digital Archive / e-Archive System.The proposed system will digitize and preserve approximately 300,000 pages of documents, together with relevant maps, images, charts, audio and video materials. Scanning of physical documents shall be conducted on-site at BIWTA offices under the supervision and control of BIWTA.The system shall provide secure, role-based access to digitized records originating from 17 BIWTA departments, with departmental segregation and access control. The system shall support both Bangla and English interfaces and shall provide Bangla OCR with a minimum required accuracy of 90% for suitable machine-readable documents.

Experience, Resources and
delivery capacity required :

As mentioned in eligibility section above.

Other details (if applicable) :

The interested firms may obtain further information at the address mentioned above.

Association with foreign firm : Not Encouraged
Evaluation Type : Package wise
Ref. No.
Phasing of service
Location Indicative Start Date
Indicative Completion Date
18.11.0000.000.335.31.0003.25 Selection of Consulting Firm for Design Development and Implementation of Digital Archive & Document Management System of BIWTA . 141-143 BIWTA Bhaban Motijheel Dhaka. 27-Dec-2026 26-Nov-2028
Procuring Entity Details:
Name of Official Inviting REOI : ANWAR PARVEZ Designation of Official Inviting REOI : System Analyst
Address of Official Inviting REOI :
Address: 141-143, BIWTA Bhaban, Motijheel, Dhaka.
City: Dhaka
Thana: Dhaka South City Corporation
District: Dhaka - 1000
Country: Bangladesh
Contact details of Official Inviting REOI :
Phone No: 02-41053271
Fax No:
The procuring entity reserves the right to accept or reject all Tenders/Proposals / Pre-Qualifications / EOIs
Note: Bank will update the payment transactions only at the end of the day, so the tenderers should make sure the securities and other payments are made at least one day before the submission date.
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