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REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST - FIRMS
THIS IS A READVERTISEMENT OF THE PROCUREMENT NOTICE
The Government of Belize (GOBZ) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) towards the cost of the “Development of A Risk-Based Sanitary and Phytosanitary Import and Export Control System for Belize” 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 GOBZ and upon approval by CDB, and will be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions of the Grant Agreement. The Grant Agreement prohibits a withdrawal from the Grant 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 (GOBZ) shall derive any rights from the Grant Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Grant.
The Belize Agricultural Health Authority (BAHA) is the Executing Agency of this Project and now wishes to procure consultancy services for Information and communications technology (ICT) Specialists for the Design of a Web-Based Sanitary and Phytosanitary Inspection Management System for Belize.
The objective of the consultancy is to conduct a comprehensive overview of BAHA’s ICT infrastructure and capacity, and based on the Authority’s import, export and transit processes, design a web-based system that will allow the agency to move from a manual to a paperless system. The system should be able to interface with other agencies and ASYCUDA World of the Customs and Excise Department. Further details can be found in the attached Terms of Reference (TOR).
The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of one hundred (100) person days over a timeframe of six (6) calendar months. BAHA now invites interested eligible consulting firms to submit Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the provision of these consultancy services.