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.
Ministry of Economic Development and Petroleum (MEDP), the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure consultancy services for a Project Manager (PM) for its Road Safety Unit (RSU). The PM will report to the Chief Executive Officer, MEDP
The objective of the consultancy is to ensure that RSU reports effectively, efficiently and accurately on all aspects of the Project. PM will be responsible for coordinating and monitoring all aspects of the implementation of the Project. PM shall be assigned exclusively to the Project and will be supported by a monitoring and evaluation officer, a finance officer, a procurement officer, and administrative staff within the RSU. The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of twenty-four (24) months in the first instance with an option to renew the consultancy.
Ministry of Economic Development and Petroleum (MEDP) now invites interested eligible individual consultants to submit Expressions of Interest indicating qualifications and experience required to provide these consultancy services.
Eligiblity
Consultants shall be eligible to participate if:
- 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 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.
Prospective candidates should have a minimum of the following qualifications: a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Business Administration or equivalent with a minimum of ten years’ experience in the management, administration and implementation of multi-sectoral projects and/or a Master’s Degree or equivalent in Public Administration, Project Management or other related field with a minimum of five years’ experience in the management and implementation of multi-sectoral projects. Candidates with strong communication, supervisory and monitoring skills, good knowledge of road safety and good relations with local stakeholders are desirable. In the assessment of submissions, consideration will be given to qualifications and experience on similar assignments. All information must be submitted in English. Further information may be obtained from the first address below between 0900- and 1600-hours Monday to Friday.
Instructions
Electronic copies of the Expressions of Interest must be received at the first email address below no later than 1430 hours on Friday, October 9, 2020 and must be emailed simultaneously to CDB at the second email address below. The sealed envelope containing each submission should include the name and address of the applicant and shall be clearly marked “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for Project Manager”
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. 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 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.
Contact
Address 1
Chief Executive Officer
Ministry of Economic Development and Petroleum
(Economic Development)
P. O. Box 42
Mountain View Blvd, Ground Floor, Unit Three
William Tam Building
Belmopan
BELIZE, C.A.
Address 2
Attn: Procurement Officer
Caribbean Development Bank
Wildey, St. Michael
BARBADOS
