Overview
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has applied for financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in an amount equivalent to US$6,000,000.00 towards the cost of The University of the West Indies Digital Transformation 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 The UWI 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 UWI shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.
The Office of the Vice-Chancellor of The UWI, the Executing Agency of this project, now wishes to procure consultancy services for change management and communications in the Project Management Unit.
The objective of the consultancy is to coordinate the development of, and manage, the communications and behavioural change management support programme of the UWI Digital Transformation Project. Further details can be found in the attached Terms of Reference.
The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of 24 months.
The UWI invites interested eligible individual consultants to submit Expressions of Interest indicating qualifications and experience required to provide these consultancy services.
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 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 hours and 1700 hours EST Monday to Friday.
Expressions of Interest must be received by electronic mail at the first address below no later than 1159 hours EST on Thursday September 15, 2023 and one electronic copy must be sent simultaneously to CDB at the second address below. The subject line of the e-mail for each submission should state “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for change management and communications in the Project Management Unit.”
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. The UWI 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.
Contacts
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Office of the Vice-Chancellor The University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters Kingston 7, Jamaica, W.I. Tel: (876) 927-1660-9 Fax: (876) 927 0253 Email: uwidxproject@uwi.edu
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Caribbean Development Bank Tel: +1 (246) 539-1600 Email: procurement@caribank.org |