Overview
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST - FIRMS
The Government of Saint Lucia (GOSL) has applied for financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) towards the cost of the Capacity Building /Technical Assistance for Review of Triennial Tariff Review Application Project and intends to apply a portion of the proceeds to eligible payments under this contract. Payment by CDB will be made only at the request of the (GOSL) 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 a 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 GOSLshall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.
The National Utilities Regulatory Commission (NURC) is the Executing Agency of this Project and now wishes to procure consultancy services for conduct of Review of Triennial Tariff Review Application submitted by the Water and Sewerage Company (WASCO).
The consultancy's objective is to support the NURC in its review of the triennial tariff application submitted by the water utility and to build capacity among key staff for future tariff review exercises. Further details can be found in the attached Terms of Reference. The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of one (1) year May 2024 to April 2025. The NURC now invites interested eligible consulting firms to submit Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the provision of these consultancy services.
Eligibility
Consultants shall be eligible to participate if:
(a) in the case of a body corporate, it is legally incorporated or otherwise organized.
(b) 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.
(c) in the case of unincorporated firms, the persons are citizens or bona fide residents of an eligible country; and
(d) 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 Procedures for Projects Financed by CDB (January 2021).
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. Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.
Interested consultant teams are required to submit their Expression of Interest using the “EOI Consulting Firms template” attached to this REOI or can be downloaded from the Procurement Procedures for Projects Financed by CDB (January 2021) on CDB’s website.
All information must be submitted in English. Further information may be obtained from the first address below between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday.
Instructions
Three (3) hard copies of the Expressions of Interest must be received at the first address below no later than May 31, 2024, by 4:30 p.m. AST and one electronic copy must be sent simultaneously to CDB at the second email address below. The sealed envelope containing each submission should include the name and address of the applicant and shall be clearly marked “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for conduct of review of Triennial Tariff Review Application submitted by the Water and Sewerage Company (WASCO).
Following the assessment of submissions, a short-list of not less than three and not more than six applicants will be provided with full terms of reference and invited to submit technical and financial proposals to undertake the assignment. NURC 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 selecting any applicant and will not defray any costs incurred by any applicant in the preparation and submission of Expressions of Interest.
Contacts
(1) Chief Executive Officer
P. O. Box CP6307
Desir Avenue
Sans Souci
Castries
Saint Lucia