Overview
Extension to Deadline
The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOSVG) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in an amount equivalent to EUR128,590 towards the cost of the National Standardisation and Certification of Exportable Services Providers 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 GOSVG 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 GOSVG shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.
The Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA), the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure consultancy services for the development of a database.
The objective of the consultancy is to create an electronic database of cultural service providers, which will ensure a systematic collection of data for the creative and cultural industry by the Department of Culture. The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of ten person-days over a period of four calendar months.
SSDA now invites interested eligible individual consultants to submit Expressions of Interest indicating qualifications and experience required to provide these consultancy services.
Eligibility
Individual Consultants shall be eligible to participate if:
- the person is a citizen or bona fide resident 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.
For Consulting Services procured with funds from the CARIFORUM-European Union Economic Partnership Agreement and Caribbean Single Market and Economy Standby Facility for Capacity Building, eligibility for procurement shall be extended to countries eligible for procurement under EU-funded projects, which are not CDB Member Countries[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.
[1]/ See eligible countries listed in the European Commission Directorate-General for International Partnerships, Contract procedures for European Union external action Annex A2a1-ecprogrammes eligibility-2021_2027 https://wikis.ec.europa.eu/download/attachments/44168960/a2a1_ecprogrammes_eligibility2021_2027_en.docx
Instructions
In the assessment of submissions, consideration will be given to qualifications and experience on similar assignments.
The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be downloaded from the CDB website.
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. St. Vincent and the Grenadines time Monday to Friday.
An electronic copy of the Expressions of Interest must be sent in PDF Format to the email in the first address below no later than 4:00 pm (St. Vincent and the Grenadines time) on Wednesday 12 April, 2023 and one electronic copy must be sent simultaneously to CDB at the second email address below. The Expression of Interest will be deemed to have been received at the time that it is received at the first email address below. The email 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 the development of a database”. The burden of proving receipt of the email will be on the applicant and will not be met solely by a read receipt or sent items report generated by the applicant’s computer.
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. GOSVG 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
National Qualification Department,
Ministry of Education and National Reconciliation
Halifax Street
Kingstown
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
2. Address
Procurement Policy Unit
Caribbean Development Bank
PO Box 408,
Wildey, St. Michael
BARBADOS, W.I. BB11000