Examination Of Implementation Conditions and Development of Solutions in The Caribbean Development Bank’s Borrowing Member Countries

Project Name

Role/Service

Consultancy Services for the Examination of Implementation Conditions and Development of Solutions in CDB’s Borrowing Member Countries

Country

CDB

Deadline

Oct 14, 2022

11:59 PM

Type

Consultancy

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Overview

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has allocated financing towards the cost of the above-mentioned assignment for which this invitation is issued. Payments shall not be made 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.

The objective of the consultancy is to identify the conditions and factors that lead to and perpetuate delayed vs satisfactory project implementation from the perspectives of both the Borrowing Member Countries of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and CDB.

The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of eight (8) months. The terms of reference is attached.

CDB now invites interested eligible consulting firms to submit Expressions of Interest for the provision of these consultancy services. All countries are eligible for this assignment.

Eligibility

Consultants shall be eligible to participate if:

in the case of a body corporate, it is legally incorporated or otherwise organised 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;

in the case of unincorporated firms, 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.

Consultants shall have no conflicts of interest and shall not commit any prohibited practices[1] in this procurement process, be sanctioned or debarred by CDB, or be publicly debarred by any of the multilateral development banks subject to the cross-debarment agreement[2] in their own right or under the aforementioned agreement.

[1] As defined by CDBs Integrity and Ethics Policy: https://www.caribank.org/sites/default/files/publication-resources/Integrity-and-Ethics-Policy-BdAppr18.6.15.pdf

[2] See:
http://crossdebarment.org/oai001p.nsf/Content.xsp?documentId=EF42202683A26B524825789A00839502&action=openDocument&SessionID=CWO0W588ZO

Instructions

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. All information must be submitted in English. Further information may be obtained from the first address below between 8.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. hours Monday to Friday.

An electronic Expressions of Interest must be received at the second address below no later than October 14, 2022. The email containing each submission should include the name and address of the applicant and shall be clearly marked as “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for the Examination of Implementation Conditions and Development of Solutions in CDB’s BMCs” on the email subject line.

The Selection Method shall be Quality Based Selection. Following the assessment of submissions, a short-list of not less than three and not more than six applicants will be provided with a Request for Proposals and invited to submit technical and financial proposals to undertake the assignment. CDB 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 short-listing any applicant and will not defray any costs incurred by any applicant in the preparation and submission of Expressions of Interest.

Contact

1. Address

Dr. Darran Newman

Advisor to the Vice President of Operations

Caribbean Development Bank

(+246) 539-1894

darran.newman@caribank.org

2. Address

Procurement Officer