Overview
The Government of Grenada (GOGR) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) towards the cost of the South St. George Water Supply Expansion and Sewerage Improvement Project and intends to apply for a portion of the proceeds of this financing to eligible payments under a contract for which this invitation is issued. Payments by CDB will be made only at the request of GOGR and upon approval by CDB, and will be subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of the Financing Agreement. The Financing Agreement prohibits withdrawal from the financing account for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for any import of goods, if such payment or import, to the knowledge of CDB, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. No party other than GOGR shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.
The National Water and Sewerage Authority (NAWASA), the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure consultancy services for the preparation of a feasibility study and detailed designs and provision of construction supervision services.
The objective of the consultancy is to undertake an engineering and economic analysis to develop options for a project (or programme of projects) to ensure a climate resilient South St. George’s water supply system and the provision of improvements to the St. George’s sewerage system. Detailed designs for a viable, stand-alone, capital works project identified in the feasibility study are then to be prepared, and construction supervision services provided, on that capital works projectThe consultancy will be supported by a separate consultancy responsible for the assessment and monitoring of environmental and social considerations. The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of 28 months, commencing November 2019.
NAWASA now invites interested eligible consulting Firms or Joint Ventures (JV) to submit Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the provision of these consultancy services.
Eligiblity
Firms or Joint Ventures shall be eligible to participate if:
- in the case of a body corporate, it is legally incorporated or otherwise organised in an eligible country, has its principal place of business in an eligible country and is more than 50 per cent beneficially owned by citizen(s) and/or bona fide resident(s) of eligible country(ies) or by a body(ies) corporate meeting these requirements;
- in the case of unincorporated firms, 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.
In the assessment of submissions, consideration will be given to technical competence, qualifications and experience, local and regional experience on similar assignments, financial capability and existing commitments. All information must be submitted in English. Further information may be obtained from the first address below between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. local time Monday to Friday.
Instructions
Two (2) hard copies of the Expressions of Interest of the Expressions of Interest must be received at the first address below no later than 14:00 hours local time on Thursday August 15, 2019. The sealed envelope containing each submission should include the name and address of the applicant and shall be clearly marked “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for the Preparation of a Feasibility Study and Detailed Designs and Provision of Construction Supervision Services.” In addition, one copy in pdf format must be submitted simultaneously by email to CDB to the second email address below, again with the email subject line stating “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for the Preparation of a Feasibility Study and Detailed Designs and Provision of Construction Supervision Services” and the email body stating the name and address of the applicant.
The selection method for the award of the consultancy shall be Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS). Therefore. Following the assessment of submissions, a short-list of not less than three and not more than six applicants will be provided with full terms of reference and invited to submit technical and financial proposals to undertake the assignment. GOCB reserves the right to accept or reject late applications or to cancel the present invitation partially or in its entirety. It will not be bound to assign any reason for not short-listing any applicant and will not defray any costs incurred by any applicant in the preparation and submission of Expressions of Interest.
Contact
1. Address
Project Manager
Carenage
St. Georges
GRENADA
2. Address
Procurement Officer
P. O. Box 408
Wildey, St. Michael,
BB11000
BARBADOS, W.I.
