Overview
The Anguilla Electricity Company Limited (ANGLEC) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in an amount equivalent to US$5,374,000 towards the cost of Rehabilitation and Reconstruction - Hurricane Irma, Anguilla Electricity Company Limited Project and intends to apply 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 ANGLEC 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 ANGLEC shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.
Anguilla Electricity Company Limited (ANGLEC) the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure consultancy services for a Climate Vulnerability and Risk Assessment of The Anguilla Electricity Company Ltd’s Transmission and Distribution system.
The objective of the consultancy is to undertake Climate Vulnerability Risk Assessment (CVRA) of the electricity generation assets, the transmission and distribution systems and to prepare a Climate Resilience Plan of Action to strengthen key elements of the system. The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of forty (40) days.
Anguilla Electricity Company Limited now invites interested eligible consulting firms to submit Expressions of Interest for the provision of these consultancy services.
Eligiblity
Consultants 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
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. Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.
All information must be submitted in English. Further information may be obtained from the first address below between the hours of 8am and 4pm Monday to Friday.
Instructions
Only one (1) digital submission of the Expressions of Interest must be received at the first address below no later than 4pm Friday 24th of April 2020 one (1) digital submission must be sent simultaneously to CDB at the second address below. The title of the emailed submission should include the name and address of the applicant and shall be clearly marked “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for The Anguilla Electricity Company Ltd. Climate Vulnerability and Risk Assessment."
The selection method shall be Consultants’ Qualifications selection. Therefore, following the assessment of submissions, firms shall be assessed and compared, and the best qualified and experienced firm shall be selected. Only the selected firm shall be asked to submit a combined technical and financial proposal and, if such proposal is responsive and acceptable, be invited to negotiate a contract. The Anguilla Electricity Company Limited 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 engaging the services of any applicant and will not defray any costs incurred by any applicant in the preparation and submission of Expressions of Interest.
Contact
1. Address one
Attention:
Mr. Terone Hodge-Carty
Mr. Steve Hodg
Anguilla Electricity Company Limited
The Valley
Anguilla. WI
2. Address two
Procurement Officer
Procurement Policy Unit
Caribbean Development Bank
P O Box 408, Wildey
St. Michael
BARBADOS, W. I.