Overview
The Government of Belize (GOB) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) towards the cost of a Second Road Safety 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 GOB 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 GOB shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.
The Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and Investment (MFEDI), the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure consultancy services for Traffic Law Enforcement for the Second Road Safety Project.
The objective of the consultancy is to assist the Department of Transport in strengthening capacity, focusing on road safety training and training of trainers of Enforcement Officers with appropriate pedagogical resources to support effective delivery to other officers, including topics like gender/masculinity and anger management, and in the revision of driver’s licensing tests (written and practical). The consultancy will also include the assessment of the status of the Safe Driving Manual, online questionnaire and use of these; identification of 2 or 3 communities where the new manual and on-line test can be implemented; and development of a communication plan to promote the manual through social media and the municipality’s websites and a Monitoring and Evaluation framework to record feedback from the new users and their progress as new drivers. The duration of the assignment is expected to be over a period of twelve (12) months.
MFEDI now invites interested eligible consulting firms to submit Expressions of Interest (EOI) indicating qualification and experience required to provide these consultancy services.
Eligibility
Consultants shall be eligible to participate if:
- in the case of a body corporate, it is legally incorporated or otherwise organized 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. The Member Countries of the CDB can be found at the following web address: http://www.caribank.org/about-cdb/member-countries.
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.
Instructions
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.
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 pm (local time) Monday to Friday.
The Expression of Interest must be received electronically at the first email addresses (Second Road Safety Project) and second email address (CDB) below no later than 3:00 p.m. (local time) on Friday, March 17, 2023. The subject line of the email containing each submission shall be clearly marked “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for Traffic Law Enforcement for the Belize Second Road Safety Project under the Ministry of Economic Development.”
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. GOB 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
1. Address
Second Road Safety Project
#1904 Constitution Drive,
Second Floor, Belmopan City,
Cayo District
BELIZE, C.A.
Email: procurementofficer.rsp@med.gov.bz
2. Address
Procurement Policy Unit
Caribbean Development Bank
BARBADOS, W.I.