Procurement Notice

CDB now invites interested eligible consulting firms to submit Expressions of Interest for the provision of these consultancy services. The EOI seeks to short list a series of firms that can demonstrate capacity to undertake the activities of the assignment; selected firms in the short list will be asked to submit a Technical and Financial Proposal for evaluation.

Consultants shall be eligible to participate if the firm fulfils:

the following country eligibility requirements:

1. 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.

2. in the case of unincorporated firms, the persons are citizens or bona fide residents of an eligible country; and

3. 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.

the following integrity requirements:

1. is not subject to sanctions under the United Nations (UN) Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the UN;
2. has not engaged in Prohibited Practices, as detailed in Paragraph 2.02 (a) of the Procedures for Dealing with Fraud and Corruption in CDB-Financed Projects (October 2014 or as updated from time to time)[1];
3. is not suspended or debarred by CDB for engaging in the Prohibited Practices referenced in 2. (b) above;
4. is not publicly debarred by a Multilateral Development Bank subject to the Agreement on Mutual Enforcement of Debarment Decisions[2] in their own right, or under abovementioned agreement; and
5. is not subject to a conflict of interest that would undermine the Consultant's ability to provide professional, objective, and impartial advice. 

CDB requires that all parties involved in the procurement process avoid and declare promptly and proactively in writing to CDB any potential, apparent or actual conflicts of interest.  Without limitation on the generality of the foregoing, the Consultant shall not be hired under the following circumstances:

Conflict between consulting activities and procurement of goods, works or non-consulting services, conflict among consulting assignments, and/or close relationships with CDB staff or other stakeholders involved in or expected to be involved in the procurement or subsequent contract management.

Eligible countries are member countries of CDB.