Overview
The Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has embarked a bold Strategic Development Plan – “Strategy 2021: Building resilience against Climate Change and Economic Volatility”. A strategic priority of the plan is building resilience to the effects of climate change, and to ensure that consideration of climate change risks is reflected throughout DFC’s lending operations. Within this context, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) approved a technical assistance grant to integrate appropriate climate risk assessment provisions into DFC’s investment policies and procedures, and to strengthen staff skills in order to improve the Corporation’s overall due diligence process in its credit function to ensure the sustainability of its operations.
DFC now wishes to procure consultancy services to strengthen its capacity in due diligence for climate risk assessment of financed sub projects (credit lines). The overall objective of the technical assistance is to improve the institutional capacity of DFC to assess and manage climate risks in its credit delivery and administration processes. The detailed Terms of Reference for this consultancy can be viewed on the DFC’s Website at www.dfcbelize.org/TOR_Climate_Risk_Assessment
DFC now invites interested eligible individual consultants (or groups) to submit Expressions of Interest for the provision of these consultancy services. The duration of the assignment is stated in the detailed TOR which can be found on DFC’s website.
Eligiblity
Consultants shall be eligible to participate if:
- the persons are citizens or bona fide residents of an eligible country; and
- in all cases, the consultant has no arrangement and undertakes not to make any arrangements, whereby any substantial part of the net profits or other tangible benefits of the contract will accrue or be paid to a person not a citizen or bona fide resident of an eligible country.
Eligible countries are member countries of CDB
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of CDB’s Guidelines for the Selection and Engagement of Consultants (2011), setting forth CDB’s policy on conflict of interest. Consultants will be selected in accordance with CDB’s procurement guidelines.
Principal qualifications and experience required to conduct the assignment include:
- The following requisite qualifications and experience are required:
- master’s degree qualifications in Climate Risk Assessment, Environmental/ Disaster Risk Assessment or a related field;
- a minimum of 5 years working experience in the areas of climate vulnerability and risk assessments; and
- experience with training adults for professional development;
- Experience in the implementation of similar projects would be an asset. Specific experience in the Caribbean context is desirable; and
- excellent written and verbal communication skills
Instructions
All information must be submitted in English. Further information may be obtained from the first address below between 10:00 and 16:00 hours Monday to Friday.
2 hard copies of Expressions of interest must be delivered in a sealed envelope to the DFC Headquarters at the address listed below no later than 16:00 hours on March 1, 2019, and one electronic copy must be sent simultaneously to CDB at the second address below. Sealed envelopes containing the submission should include the name and address of the applicant or applicants and should be clearly marked “EXPRESSION OF INTEREST– CONSULTANCY TO STRENGTHEN DFC CAPACITY IN DUE DILIGENCE FOR CLIMATE RISK ASSESSMENT OF SUB PROJECTS.
Following the assessment of submissions, the most technically capable and appropriately experienced applicant will be invited to negotiate a contract to provide the consultancy services. DFC reserves the right to accept or reject late applications or to cancel the present invitation partially or in its entirety. The DFC will not defray any costs incurred by any applicant in the preparation and submission of Expressions of Interest.
Contact
The Chief Strategist/ Climate Champion
Bliss Parade
P. O Box 40
City of Belmopan
Cayo District
Belize, C. A.
Procurement Officer
Caribbean Development Bank
P.O. Box 40, Wildey
St. Michael
BARBADOS