Overview
The Government of Belize (GOB) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) towards implementing the Belize Social Investment Fund Loan III and the Basic Needs Trust Fund Tenth Programme 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 GOB 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 GOB shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.
The Belize Social Investment Fund (BSIF) the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure consultancy services for Technical Unit Coordinator.
The objective of the consultancy is the responsibility for the efficient operations of the Technical Unit. He/She will coordinate the work of the Technical to ensure that all projects presented to the BSIF Board of Director (BOD) are properly appraised, and that they conform to the policies established by the Fund. The duration of the assignment is expected to be a period of two (2) years, extendable by mutual agreement in accordance with prevailing Belize legislation as well as results of his/her performance appraisal.
Further details can be found in the Terms of Reference, which can be obtained from Address 1 below.
BSIF now invites interested eligible individual consultants to submit Expressions of Interest indicating qualifications and experience required to provide these consultancy services.
Eligibility
Instructions
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. (Belize Time) hours Monday to Friday.
The Expressions of Interest must be received electronically at the first address (BSIF) and second (CDB) below no later than Friday, June 10, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. (Belize Time). The subject line of the email containing each submission shall be clearly marked “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for Technical Unit Coordinator for BSIF”.
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. GOB 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.
