Bangladesh Health, Nutrition and Population Sector Program (HNSP)

Country: Bangladesh

Assignment Location: All over Bangladesh

Name of the assignment: Performance evaluation of civil works investment of Bangladesh Health Nutrition and Population Sector Program (HNSP)

Name of Client:  Ministry of Health and Family welfare and World Bank

Duration of assignment: 10(ten) months 

Status: Completed

Professional Experts/Staff provided by Your Organization:

No of Expert: 01

No of Staff: 09

No of person-Months: 10

Start Date (Month/Year) : January, 2011- Completion Date (Month/Year): October, 2011

Objectives of the Project:

Bangladesh Health, Nutrition and Population Program (HNPSP, 2005 to 2011) is a USD 4.2 billion Government led program that supports the implementation of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s (MOHFW) Strategic Investment Plan (SIP, 2003–2011). HNPSP seeks to deliver the Health Sector’s contribution to the Government’s Poverty Reduction Strategy. Out of the total fund of 4.2 billion, USD 684 million is pooled funds, which comprises of World Bank credit of USD 300 million and trust fund of USD 384 million of seven development partners. Health Engineering Department (HED) of MOHFW and Public Works Department (PWD) undertake civil works in the health sector across the country. In every year the Government and Donors carry out an Annual Program Review (APR) of HNPSP. A key recommendation made during the APR of 2009 was to carry out a survey of the civil works constructed and/or upgraded to better understand the process – planning, implementation, contract management, utilization, maintenance, etc. Commitment Consultants, as a partner organization of IPE (India), was assigned to provide its management expert input on the planned components of the project.

Detail Description of Actual Services Provided by CC’s Experts and Staff:

Commitment Consultants in association with IPE conducted a performance evaluation survey of the civil works in the health sector across the country, which were constructed by Health Engineering Department (HED) of MOHFW and Public Works Department (PWD). Under the annual Program Review (APR) of HNPSP, following performance was evaluated:

  • Construction quality
  • Planning, implementation, contract management, utilization, maintenance, etc.
  • Enrollment of IPD and OPD and quality of services

Commitment Consultants with its management expert contributed in the performance evaluation task for MOHFW

Urban Public and Environmental Health Sector Development Program

Country : Bangladesh

Assignment Location: All six cities of Bangladesh

Name of the assignment: Supplementary TA on Urban Public and Environmental Health Sector Development Program

Name of Client:  Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Duration of assignment : 11(eleven)  months 

Status: Completed

Professional Experts/Staff provided by Your Organization:

No of Experts: 03

No of Staff: 10

No of person-Months: 15

Start Date(Month/Year) : November,  2009- Completion Date(Month/Year): September, 2010

Name of the associated Consultants, if any: IPE Global (Pvt.) Ltd. India. and Commitment Consultants

Objectives of the Project:

Bangladesh government signed a contract with ADB to develop a program on urban public health and environment sector development with the budget of $ 130 million. Maximum portion of the budget allocation has been kept for solid and health care waste management. Commitment Consultants, as a partner organization of IPE (India), was assigned to provide its expert input on the planned components of the project

Detail Description of Actual Services Provided by CC’s Experts and Staff:

CC in association with IPE provided Technical Assistance to ADB for UPEHSD program. Following were the main activities:

  • Reviewed the relevant policies, act and rules;
  • Reviewed the current situation of solid and healthcare waste management;
  • Reviewed the institutional, financial, human resource, occupational health safety, CDM applicability and provide guideline in these sectors;
  • Guideline to implement the acts and rules;
  • Developed the working model
  • Provided the typical engineering models for Secondary transfer station and sanitary landfill;

Submitted the inception report, midterm report, three workshop reports and final report.

Implementing a Return Counselling Project

Country: Bangladesh

Name of the Assignment: Bangladesh Fact Sheet

Assignment Location: Bangladesh

Name of Client: Danish Refugee Council, Denmark

Professional Experts/Staff provided by Your Organization:

No of Expert: 01

No of Staff: 01

No of person-Months:   04

Start Date (Month/Year) : September 2014- Completion Date(Month/Year): December 2014

Objectives of the Project:

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is implementing a return counselling project financed by the Danish Immigration Service. DRC provides return and reintegration counselling to rejected asylum seekers in Denmark and through local partners in the country of return. The purpose of the counselling in Denmark is to focus on the needs of the returnee in preparation of the return and in the reintegration phase, and through information from local counsellors in the country of origin,it is possible for the returnee to learn about practical issues relevant for the individual return, for example how to register children born in Denmark, access to housing in a specific village, establishment of contact to relatives, learn whether there are reintegration projects in the area of return, etc.

Detail Description of Actual Services Provided by CC’s  Experts and Staff:

Commitment Consultants developed of Bangladesh country fact Sheet. The purpose of this assignment is to provide potential information to the returnees with objective information of relevance to their decision to return. If the returnee needs more detailed, specific information, this will be available through individual counseling with local partners or local DRC staff in the country of origin

Waste to Bio-Gas project at Gaibandha

ountry : Bangladesh

Name of the assignment: Waste to Bio-Gas project at Gaibandha Municipality.

Name of Client: UNICEF

Duration of assignment : 15months 

Status: Completed

Professional Experts/Staff provided by Your Organization:

No. of Expert: 01

No. of officer: 02

No of Staff:  06

No of Person-Months:15 months

Start Date (Month/Year)   : 2012- Completion Date(Month/Year): 2013

Name of the partner: Practical Action Bangladesh

  • Position of the senior professional experts  and officers of your firm performed in the project:
  • Waste Management Expert
  • Project Implementation Officer
  • Project Engineer

Objectives  of the Project:

  • Build partnership with Municipality
  • Develop community based approach  on solid waste management
  • Establish HH waste collection and management
  • Install Bio-gas plant utilizing HH waste
  •  Involve neighborhood community to use biogas as cooking fuel.

Detail Description of Actual Services Provided by CC’s  Experts/Staff:

Commitment” implemented a W2B project in partnership with Practical Action Bangladesh. Project initiated a HH waste collection in number of wards. It has also installed a one ton capacity bio gas plant, utilizing municipal organic waste. It involved Gaibandha Municipal authority in the process and made a successful PPP model. The project could make the community motivated, created demand for biogas and gave gas connection to 20 – 25 adjacent HH of the plant for cooking purpose. Commitment took the main role of involving community in the wards, launched various awareness programme. Plant has also been producing compost from biogas plant.

Research on waste pickers’ livelihoods, vulnerabilities and means to overcome existing condition.

Country : Bangladesh

Assignment Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Duration of assignment: 13 (Thirteen)  months 

Status: Completed

Name of Client:  International Training Network (ITN), BUET

Professional Experts/Staff provided by Your Organization:

No of Expert: 02

No of Staff: 06

No of person-Months:   13

Start Date(Month/Year) : November, 2008- Completion Date (Month/Year): November, 2009

Position of the senior professional experts  of your firm performed in the project:

     Principal Researcher

Associate Researcher

Objectives  of the Project:

The ITN Centre at BUET has been conducting research and training on water, sanitation, and waste management for over 10 years. It has supported a number of researches on neglected areas of the sector. As part of this effort, ITN awarded a contract to Commitment Consultants to conduct a study on the livelihoods of waste pickers in Dhaka city. CC with a number of field researchers conducted the study.

Detail Description of Actual Services Provided by CC’s Experts and  Staff:

It was good opportunity to develop a comprehensive research to investigate the livelihoods and vulnerabilities of waste pickers in Dhaka city. Commitment Consultants successfully engaged with the waste pickers and elicited information on their livelihood patterns, socio-economic condition, water-sanitation-hygiene situation, and risks and vulnerabilities. Different methods were used for data collection. The sample size was 500 respondents. The findings were disseminated in a national workshop organized

Day Care Centers

Country : Bangladesh

Name of the Assignment: “Study Visit and Documentation prepared on Day Care Center”

Name of Client:  Caritas Dhaka Region

Assignment Location: Dhaka

Duration of assignment: 03(Three) months 

Status: Completed

Start Date(Month/Year) : January,2012-0-Completion Date(Month/Year): March 2012

Name of Client:  Caritas Dhaka Region

Professional Experts/Staff provided by Your Organization:

No of Expert: 01

No of Staff: 03

No of person-Months: 3

Position of the senior professional experts of your firm performed in the project:

Project Coordinator

Objectives of the Project:

The project served two purposes in the broad head a) Learn about the approach and methodologies for implementation for Day Care Centers (DCC) and; b) Find out/identify the best approach of operating DCCs from the sustainability point of view. A detail survey was conducted to the existing DCC in Dhaka City. The expert team visited a number of DCCs of different categories (Government and Private).

Detail Description of Actual Services Provided by CC’s Experts and Staff: Commitment Consultants provided the technical and supervisory support in this assignment and engaged Reputed consultants to carry out the task

South Asia Tourism Infrastructure Development Project- SATIDP (Bangladesh Portion) under ADB loan no: 2580-BAN

Country : Bangladesh

Assignment Location:

Archaeological Site:

  • PaharpurVihara:  District Naogaon
  • Mahasthangarh:  District  Bogra
  • Kantajew Temple:  District  Dinajpur
  • 60 Dom Mosque, Bagerhat: District Bagerhat

Duration of assignment :  42 (forty two)  months 

Status: Completed

Professional Experts/Staff provided by Your Organization:

No. of Expert: 06

No of Staff:  04

No of person-Months: 94

Start Date (Month/Year) :  February  2013- Completion Date(Month/Year): July 2016

Name of the associated Consultants, if any: IPE Global (Pvt.) Ltd. India; Commitment Consultants, Bangladesh; Consultancy for Conservation and Development Ltd. UK; and ANZDEC Ltd., New Zealand.

Objectives of the Project:

This project focuses on providing consulting services to assist the Project Management, Design and Supervision Consultancy (PMDSC) to implement the Investment Program in the district of Naogaon, Bogra, Dinajpur and Bagerhat to be covered under the Infrastructure Development Investment Program for Tourism.

Detail Description of Actual Services Provided by CC’s Experts/Staff:

  • Assist the Project Management and Implementation Unit (PMIU), based within the Department of Archaeology, Ministry of Cultural Affairs, GOB
  • Developed detailed design, supervision, monitoring of the project including the capacity development activities
  • Ensured that community tourism specialist and the marketing & promotion specialist work in close collaboration with Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC) and DOA under the guidance of the project management specialist
  • PMDSC team worked in close liaison with the PMU and executed the following tasks: 1. Preparation of Master Plan and Management Plan: All specialists contributed to the preparation of the Master Plan and Management Plan for each heritage site of the project. Established operating procedures for the 04 sites management. 2. Detailed Design: The consultants finalized all additional subproject elements (which were not included by the preparatory consultants but critically important for the site/project). 3. Contract Packages: Based on the detailed engineering design, the consultants prepared all necessary tender drawings, specification, bill of quantities, detailed cost estimates, implementation schedule, quality control programs and contract packages considering ADB requirements and ease of implementation. The specifications has been used  detailed in Bangladesh /international standards. 4. Bidding Documents: The consultants prepared necessary documentation using ADB’s updated format required for competitive bidding, shopping, etc which included instruction to bidders, employer’s requirements, general and special conditions of contract, technical specifications, BOQ, tender drawings, forms of contract etc. Consultants assisted  PMU in bid evaluation, award of contract and contract signing etc. 5.Construction Supervision and Contract Monitoring: The consultants, as the engineer’s representative under the contract, supervised  construction of all the project components; monitored construction methods and quality control; certified that the quality of works conforms to the specifications and drawings; assessed  the adequacy of the contractor’s input materials, labour, equipment, and construction methods; resolution of contractual issues, furnished all revisions and detailed drawings as necessary during the continuance of the contract; attended third party inspections as necessary; examine the contractor’s claims for variations/extension, additional compensation, etc., and prepared recommendation for approval by PMIU; assisted in preparing planned maintenance procedures; assisted and checked installation and commissioning. Record the work measurement, certify the contractor’s claim and assisted PMIU in contract monitoring and in preparation of the “as built” drawings. 6. Supervision during Implementation: The supervision services included engineer’s supervision and management of civil works

Following are the broad activities were taken up: (1) Contract administration and management; (2) Scrutinize the contractor’s detailed work program; (3) Scrutinize construction methods proposed by contractor including environmental, safety, personnel and public issues. Quality assurance system including verification of material quality and certification; (4) Monitor resource mobilization and progress of work and contractors’ adherence to the work plan. Take necessary action to expedite progress for meeting the timeline; (5) Measurement of quantities and certification &Certify at completion, ‘built as per drawings’; (6) Carryout supervision of all the works including periodical inspection of Contractor’s machinery and equipment; (7) Inspect the works at appropriate intervals during defect liability period and Take necessary action as per the clauses of certification; (8) Prepare construction supervision manual, maintenance manual, monthly and quarterly progress reports; (9) Assist PMIU in computer aided monitoring of progress / implementation, project management and M.I.S. of project.

Consultancy Service for Study on the Viability and Sustainability of the Plastic Waste Recycling Plant in Cox’s Bazar, 2021

Country : Bangladesh

Funded by: BRAC – Humanitarian Crisis Management Programme (HCMP)

Location: Cox’s Bazar ,Bangladesh

Duration of assignment: Status: Completed

Name of Client: BRAC – Humanitarian Crisis Management Programme (HCMP)

Organization: No. of Expert: 6, No of person-Months:2

Start Date (Month/Year) : March, 2021 – Date(Month/Year): May, 2021

Objectives of the Project:

·  Submission of Analysis report Testing soil and water for assessing environmental effect/impact along with desk review of previous research.

·  Identifying the emissions with hazardous components of the existing plants

·  Explore markets in cox’s Bazar or outside Cox’s Bazar to collect information to

·  establish linkage with production and market

·  Review of any report/documents related to Waste Plastic recycling issue from home and abroad.

·  Technical assessment report along with the recommendations.

·  Recommendation on up gradation of the recycling plant.

·  Environmental assessment report·  Business development plan with recommendations of existing plastic waste recycling plant and new ideas.

Detail Description of Actual Services will be provided by CC’s Experts and Staff:

The main activities in the project included;

  • Analyze the cost-effectiveness of the existing plants (Both Capital, Operation and Maintenance cost) in the camp (Camp 15, Camp 7, Camp 8W) and assessing the capacity of the plant including unit operation cost and recycled item cost.
  • Testing soil and water for assessing environmental effect/impact along with desk review of previous research.
  • Identifying the emissions with hazardous components of the existing plants
  • KII, IDI, FGD and observation as qualitative data collection tools.
  • Explore markets in cox’s Bazar or outside Cox’s Bazar to collect information to
  • establish linkage with production and market
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  • Review of any report/documents related to Waste Plastic recycling issue from home and abroad.
  • Technical assessment report along with the recommendations.
  • Recommendation on up gradation of the recycling plant.

Baseline Assessment for Plastic Debris flowing into Rivers and Seas of South Asia, 2020-21

Country : Bangladesh

Name of the Assignment: Baseline Assessment for Plastic Debris flowing into Rivers and Seas of South Asia, 2020-21

Funded by: World Bank Location: Various points of Bangladesh

Name of Client: World Bank

Name of the lead Firm: IMC Worldwide, UK

Start Date (Month/Year) : Oct, 2020 -Completion Date(Month/Year): March, 2021

Objectives of the Project:

  •  Inception: Literature review, remote participate in regional workshop, inception report, etc.
  • Material flow analysis for waste plastics: Define main plastic supply chains and waste pathways,
  • collect data (secondary sources) for a material flow analysis of plastic waste, etc.  Regulatory and policy and programs stocktaking and gap analysis to plastics production and
  • recycling: Assess viability of solutions to reduce plastic waste problem, progress on EPR   Stakeholder and socio-economic analysis
  •  Hotspots assessment for marine plastic debris
  • Consolidation: Second remote workshop, contribute to Final (Regional) report

Detail Description of Actual Services will be provided by CC’s Experts and Staff:

The main activities in the project included;

  • Engage with international team to finalize details of methodology and work plan
  • Material flow analysis for waste plastics
  • Define main plastic supply chains and waste pathways and understand the methodology
  • Regulatory and policy and programs stocktaking and gap analysis
  • Assess viability of solutions to reduce plastic waste problem
  • Stakeholder and socio-economic analysis
  • Stakeholder mapping and socio-economic analysis for each country
  • Hotspots assessment for marine plastic debris
  • Consolidation and Second remote workshop (Remote participation) Contribute to Final (Regional) report.

Pre-Feasibility Study: Support for Establishing of Circular Economy through Integrated Solid Waste Management in the Coastal Region of Bangladesh

Country : Bangladesh

Name of the Assignment: Pre-Feasibility Study: Support for Establishing of Circular Economy through Integrated Solid Waste Management in the Coastal Region of Bangladesh

Funded by:  Korea Ministry of Environment (KMOE)

Name of Client: Chattrogram City Corporation &KEITI, KECC and HamSolz

Location: Chattrogram, Bangladesh

Start Date (Month/Year) :2022-Completion Date(Month/Year): 2023

Objectives of the Project:

  • Documents review and Data Collection from the field.
  • Site Visit (CCC area and surroundings) for observing the activities, facilities and all other details about SWM.
  • Conduct the necessary FGDs, KII and IDIs.
  •   Industrial site visit to observe the SWM situation
  • 02 Landfill visit and assessment(Waste disposal pattern, waste generation quantity, transport, facilities,
  • manpower, environmental impact, etc)
  • Waste composition/characterization survey and analysis (Separate waste analysis for 02    blocks of CCC based on 02 landfill sites. It will be conducted in 03 income level areas)
  • Chemical test of wastewater/leachate (will be tested in the lab)
  • Assessment of City's waste management system
  • Site Visit/gather information of 09 surroundings municipalities of CCC about SWM activities,    facilities, interlink of transportation/distance, etc.

Detail Description of Actual Services will be provided by CC’s Experts and Staff:

The main activities in the project included;

City Visit, observation and reconnaissance

  • Primary waste collection by CCC
  • Primary collection at HH level by PCSP (private collection service providers)
  • Operation and activities at STS (secondary transfer station) and capacity of STS to store and carry out the waste transfer operation
  • City markets (grocery and vegetable)
  • Any informal/poorly managed secondary waste management facility
  • Recycling initiatives, waste pickers activities, waste traders, circular economy, etc.
  • Finial disposal/Landfill sites

Waste generation, collection and disposal survey

  • waste generation at the HH level
  • Waste storage practice
  • Waste collection system and disposal
  • Amount of waste per non-motorize tri-cycle van
  • Waste composition survey, laboratory test and analysis
  • City waste was taken at the landfill sites from the tri-cycle vans, filled with collected waste. Then it was segregated and analyze. It has also collected waste water/leachate from landfill site, preserve it properly and gave it to the lab for chemical test and