Overview
The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOSVG) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in an amount equivalent to USD13.6 million towards the cost of School Improvement Project, which includes the reconstruction and rehabilitation of nine primary and secondary schools, 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 Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines 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 Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.
Division of Economic Planning, the Executing Agency (EA), now wishes to procure consultancy services for the design and supervision of Sandy Bay Secondary School.
The objective of the consultancy is to provide technical support to EA for the implementation of the Construction of the Sandy Bay Secondary School. The Consulting firm will be required to prepare an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment; engineering designs and estimates and a tender document. The design and supervision services must consider thematic areas such as gender and environmental considerations and seek to integrate disaster mitigation measures into the sub-project. The duration of the assignment is expected to be 36 months.
The EA now invites interested eligible consulting firms to submit Expressions of Interest for the provision of these consultancy services.
Eligiblity
Consulting firms 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.
Eligible countries are member countries of CDB. 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 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 shortlisting stage.
Instructions
All information must be submitted in English. Further information may be obtained from the first address below between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., Monday to Friday.
One electronic copy of the Expressions of Interest must be received at the second address below not later than 12:00 noon (local time) on March 18, 2022 and one electronic (portable document format) copy must be sent simultaneously to CDB at the third address below. The email containing each submission should include the name and address of the applicant and the subject shall be “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for Design and Supervision of Sandy Bay Secondary School”.
Following the assessment of submissions, a short list of not less than three and not more than six applicants will be provided with full terms of reference and invited to submit technical and financial proposals to undertake the assignment. The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines 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.
Address 1
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Mr. Dimitri Samuel Project Manager Economic Planning Divison Ministry Finance, Economic Planning and Information 1st Floor Administrative Building Financial Complex, Kingstown Kingstown St. Vincent and the Grenadines Tel: (784) 457-1746 Email: dsamuel@svgcpd.com |
Address 2 - For Electronic Submission
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E-mail: procurement@gov.vc |