Overview
The Government of Belize (GOBZ) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the United Kingdom Caribbean Infrastructure Partnership Fund (UKCIF) towards the cost of the Philip Goldson Highway and Remate Bypass Upgrading Project and the Sixth Road (Coastal Highway Upgrading) Project (the Projects) and intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of this financing to eligible payments under a contract for which this invitation is issued. Payments by CDB will be made only at the request of GOBZ and upon approval by CDB, and will be subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of the Financing Agreements. The Financing Agreements prohibit withdrawals from the Financing Accounts 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 Financing Agreements or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.
The Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing (MIDH) through its Project Execution Unit (PEU), the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure consultancy services for a Social and Gender Specialist (SGS).
The objective of the consultancy is to ensure that the social and gender considerations are effectively and sustainably integrated into the implementation of the Projects. The Consultant will be responsible for representing, facilitating and/or integrating social inclusion and gender equality considerations and safeguards across all proposed Project component’s, and actively mobilising the participation of men, women, youth, indigenous people and Persons with Disabilities. The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of 31 months.
The MIDH now invites interested eligible Individual Consultants to submit Expressions of Interest indicating qualifications and experience required to provide these consultancy services.
Eligiblity
Instructions
Expressions of interest must be submitted in English, electronically, by email, in pdf format, to both addresses below no later than 10:00am, local time on Tuesday, 2nd March 2021. The email subject line should state “Expression of Interest - Consultancy Services for Social and Gender Specialist” and the email body must state the name and address of the applicant. The Expression of Interest will be deemed to have been received at the time that it is received by the receiving office named in the first address below. The burden of proving receipt of the e-mail will be on the applicant and will not be met solely by a read receipt or sent items report generated by the applicant’s computer.
Following the assessment of submissions, the most technically capable and appropriately experienced applicant will be invited to negotiate a contract to provide the consultancy services. The GOBZ 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 engaging the services of any applicant and will not defray any costs incurred by any applicant in the preparation and submission of Expressions of Interest.
Further information may be obtained from the first address below between 8:00am and 5:00pm local time Monday to Friday.