Overview
The Government of the Virgin Islands (GOVI) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in an amount equivalent to US$65,291,000 towards the cost of CDB No. 12/SRF-OR-BVI: Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Loan – Hurricane Irma Project 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 the GOVI and upon approval by CDB and will be subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of the Financing Agreement. The Financing Agreement prohibits withdrawal from the financing 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 the GOVI shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.
The Virgin Islands Recovery and Development Agency, the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure consultancy services for the Design and Construction Management of the West End Ferry Terminal.
The main objective of this consulting assignment is to provide architectural, engineering and contract management services for the West End Ferry Terminal Project from its planning phase to the handover for operation by the end-users. The consultant will be responsible for engaging stakeholders through all phases of the Project, leading the planning and development phases, and producing preliminary and final designs required for construction of the Project. The consulting assignment also includes assistance during the tendering and award of the construction works, and the construction supervision and contract management during implementation of the works. The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of 24 months.
The Virgin Islands Recovery and Development Agency now invites interested eligible consulting firms to submit Expressions of Interest for the provision of these consultancy services.
Eligiblity
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.
Eligible countries are member countries of CDB.
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of CDB’s Guidelines for the Selection and Engagement of Consultants (2011), setting forth CDB’s policy on conflict of interest.
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 shortlisting stage. Only the first fifteen (15) pages of submissions received in response to this REOI will be taken into consideration for assessment purposes. Therefore, applicants shall ensure that their relevant qualifications and experience are clearly outlined there. The submission page limitation will not encompass any individual expert bio data included in the submission.
All information must be submitted in English. Further information may be obtained from the first address below between 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. Monday to Friday.
Instructions
Electronic copies of the Expressions of Interest must be received at the first address below no later than 4:00 P.M. (Local time) on the 20 July 2020 and one electronic copy must be sent simultaneously to CDB at the second address below. The email containing each submission should not exceed ten megabytes (10 MB) and must include the name and address of the applicant and shall be clearly marked “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for Design and Construction Management of the West End Ferry Terminal, British Virgin Islands”
Following the assessment of submissions, a short-list of not less than three (3) and not more than six (6) applicants will be provided with full terms of reference and invited to submit technical and financial proposals to undertake the assignment. The Virgin Islands Recovery and Development Agency 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
Address 1.
Recovery & Development Agency
1st Floor, Ritter House
Wickham’s Cay II
Road Town, Tortola VG 1110
British Virgin Islands
Address 2.
Procurement Policy Unit
Caribbean Development Bank
P O Box 408, Wildey
St. Michael
BARBADOS, W. I.