Overview
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST- FIRMS
SVG-COVID-19-CS-CQS-2
The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOSVG) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) towards the cost of the Improving Response and Resilience of the Health Sector to COVID-19 Project and intends to apply a portion of the proceeds to eligible payments under these contracts. Payment by CDB will be made only at the request of the (GOSVG and upon approval by CDB, and will be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreements. The Loan Agreement prohibits a withdrawal from the Loan 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 GOSVG shall derive any rights from the Loan Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Loan.
The Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Information Technology is the Executing Agency of this Project and now wishes to procure the services of a consultancy firm for the Design and Supervision of the Installation of Wash Stations and Upgrading of Four Port Health Facilities.
The objective of the consultancy is to provide design and supervision services of works that will make the facilities operational in accordance with International Health Regulations. Specifically, the design and supervision services will facilitate the improvement of (a) containerised port health facilities for the seaports of Canouan and Union Island, inclusive of mechanical, electrical and plumbing works, roofing improvements, inclusion of a shaded waiting area, (b) the flow and segregation of passengers at the Canouan and Union Island airports. Further details can be found in the attached Terms of References (TORs); and (c) the installation of wash stations at 15 health facilities across the country.
The duration of the assignment is six (6) months. The Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Information Technology 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 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;
(b) in the case of unincorporated firms, the persons are citizens or bona fide residents of an eligible country; and
(c) 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.
Eligibility for procurement includes all CDB member countries and shall be extended to all countries that are not CDB Member Countries. Consultants are advised to review the detailed 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 applicable and as published on CDB’s website.
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 EOI submission stage.
Instructions
Interested consultant teams are required to submit their Expression of Interest using the “EOI Consulting Firms template” attached to this REOI or can be made available upon request by contacting Address 1 below. All information must be submitted in English. Further information may be obtained from the first address below between 9:00 am and 3:30 pm Monday to Friday, except on Public Holidays.
The Expression of Interest must be received electronically at the first (PIU) and second (CDB) addresses below no later than 4:00 PM. (EST) on Wednesday, July 3, 2024. The submission should include the name and address of the applicant and shall be clearly marked “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for the Design and Supervision of the Installation of Wash Stations and Upgrading of Four Port Health Facilities”.
The selection method shall be Consultants’ Qualifications Selection. Therefore, following the assessment of submissions, firms shall be assessed and compared, and the best qualified and experienced firm shall be selected. Only the selected firm shall be asked to submit a combined technical and financial proposal and, if such proposal is responsive and acceptable, be invited to negotiate a contract. The GOSVG 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) Address
Attention: Recardo Frederick
Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Information Technology
Bay Street, Kingstown
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Email: cenplan@svgcpd.com
copied to: dtelesford@svgcpd.com
(2) Address
Caribbean Development Bank
P.O. Box 408
Wildey, St Michael
BARBADOS