Project Name
The Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Fund
Role/Service
Consultancy Services for Final Evaluation Of The Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Fund
Country
Deadline
11:59 PM
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Overview

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Fund (CIIF) wishes to procure consultancy services to conduct a final evaluation of the Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Fund.

The objective of the consultancy is to assess the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, cost‐effectiveness, processes, and sustainability of CIIF to date; to identify lessons learned and best practices; and to provide recommendations for improving performance.  The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of three (3) months.

This consultancy should be executed by a firm with a team of at least two (2) professionals who should have minimum combined qualifications and experience evidenced as follows: a Master’s degree or equivalent in Economics, Business Administration, Public Administration, Statistics, International Development, Cultural Policy and Management, Cultural and Creative Industries or any other related field. The lead consultant/team lead should possess (10) years of experience, including monitoring and evaluation of projects financed by international financing institutions or bilateral agencies and at least three (3) years of experience in leading/contributing to monitoring and evaluation activities in/for the cultural and creative industries. Please refer to the attached Terms of Reference for Final Evaluation of the Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Fund.

CDB now invites interested eligible consulting firms to submit Expressions of Interest indicating qualifications and experience required to provide these consultancy services.

Eligibility

A Consulting Firm shall be eligible to participate if they fulfil:

1.         the following eligibility requirements:

  • the persons are citizens or bona fide residents of an eligible country; and
     
  • in all cases, the consulting firm 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.
     

2.         the following integrity requirements:

  • is not subject to sanctions under the United Nations (UN) Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the UN;
     
  • has not engaged in Prohibited Practices, as detailed in Paragraph 2.02 a) of the Procedures for Dealing with Fraud and Corruption in CDB-Financed Projects (October 2014 or as updated from time to time)[1];
     
  • is not suspended or debarred by CDB for engaging in the Prohibited Practices referenced in 2) (b) above;
     
  • is not publicly debarred by a Multilateral Development Bank subject to the Agreement on Mutual Enforcement of Debarment Decisions[2] in their own right, or under abovementioned agreement;
     
  • is not subject to a conflict of interest that would undermine the Consulting Firm team’s ability to provide professional, objective, and impartial advice. 
     

CDB requires that all parties involved in the procurement process avoid and declare promptly and proactively in writing to CDB any potential, apparent or actual conflicts of interest. Without limitation on the generality of the foregoing, the Consultant shall not be hired under the following circumstances: Conflict between consulting activities and procurement of goods, works or non-consulting services, conflict among consulting assignments, and/or close relationships with CDB staff or other stakeholders involved in or expected to be involved in the procurement or subsequent contract management.

Eligible countries are Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, and British Virgin Islands.

 


[1]   https://www.caribank.org/about-us/policies-and-strategies

[2]   http://lnadbg4.adb.org/oai001p.nsf/

Instructions

In the assessment of submissions, consideration will be given to qualifications and experience on similar assignments.  All information must be submitted in English.  Further information may be obtained from the first address below between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. AST. Monday to Friday.

Electronic submissions of the Expressions of Interest must be received at the second address below no later than 11:59 p.m. AST. Tuesday May 31, 2022. The Expression of Interest will be deemed to have been received at the time that it is received by CDB. The burden of proving receipt of the e-mail will be on the applicant and will not be met solely by a read receipt or sent items report generated by the Consultant’s computer. The e-mail containing each submission should include the name and address of the applicant. The subject line shall be clearly marked “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for Final Evaluation of the Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Fund.”

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. CDB 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.

Consultants are advised to view CDB’s General Privacy Notice for information on how CDB manages and protects personal data.

 

Contact

1. For further information contact:
Ms. Lisa Harding
Coordinator, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development

Caribbean Development Bank

P.O. Box 408

Wildey, St. Michael

Barbados, W. I.

2. EMAIL EXPRESSION OF INTEREST TO: