Procurement Notice

Consultants shall be eligible to participate if:

1. 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;
    
2. in the case of unincorporated firms, the persons are citizens or bona fide residents of an eligible country; and
    
3. 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.[1] Consultants are advised to review the detailed eligibility criteria detailed in Section 4 and conflict of interest provisions in Section 5 of the  Procurement Procedures for Projects Financed by CDB (January, 2021), as published on CDB’s website: https://www.caribank.org/sites/default/files/publication-resources/201223%20Revised%20CDB%20Procurement%20Procedures%20Final.pdf

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.

Consulting firm with the following expertise:

1. Key Expert 1 - Market Access Consultant (Goods); and

2. Key Expert 2 - Market Access Consultant (Services).

Further details outlined in Terms of Reference.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 5.15 and 5.17 of Procurement Procedures for Projects Financed by CDB (2021), setting forth CDB’s policy on conflict of interest for the selection of consultants.