Overview
The Dominica Agricultural Industrial and Development Bank (AID Bank) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), towards the cost of a Line of Credit 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 the AID Bank 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 the AID Bank shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.
AID Bank now wishes to procure consultancy services for the development of an Environmental and Social Policy and the integration of environmental and social considerations into AID Bank’s Investment Policies and Procedures.
The objective of the consultancy is to improve the institutional capacity of AID Bank to assess and manage environmental and social risks in its investment portfolio. The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of five (5) months.
The AID Bank now invites interested eligible individual consultants to submit Expressions of Interest indicating qualifications and experience required to provide these consultancy services. Further details of the assignment are provided in the attached Terms of Reference.
Eligibility
Consultants shall be eligible to participate if:
- 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. 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.
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 0800 and 1600 hours (Eastern Caribbean Time) Monday to Friday.
An electronic copy of the Expression of Interest must be received at the first address below no later than 1600 hours (Eastern Caribbean Time) on Thursday April 06, 2023 and one electronic copy must be sent simultaneously to CDB at the second address below. The E-mail containing each submission should include the name and address of the applicant and shall be clearly marked “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for the Development of an Environmental and Social Policy and Integration of Environmental and Social Considerations in AID Bank’s Investment Policies and Procedures.”
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. AID Bank 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
Marie-Therese Johnson
Dominica Agricultural Industrial & Development Bank
Charles Avenue and Rawles Lane, Goodwill
Roseau
COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA
Tel: (1-767)-255-9464
Email 1: marie-therese.johnson@aidbank.com
copied to:
Mathilda John-Rose
Executive Manager Operations
Dominica Agricultural Industrial & Development Bank
Email 2: mathilda.john.rose@aidbank.com
Tel: (1767)-255-9450
2. Address
Caribbean Development Bank
PO Box 408,
Wildey, St. Michael
BARBADOS, W.I.