Overview
The Government of Belize (GOBZ) 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 GOBZ 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 GOBZ 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), through its Road Safety Unit, now wishes to procure consultancy services for a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer. The objective of the consultancy is to ensure that the Project Management Unit reports effectively, efficiently, and accurately perform the services for monitoring, evaluation, research and reporting on all aspects of the Project. The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of twenty-four (24) months in the first instance with a possible option to renew the consultancy.
MFEDI now invites 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. Consultants are advised to review the eligibility criteria detailed in CDB’s Guidelines for the Selection and Engagement of Consultants (2011).
The attention is also 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 qualifications and experience on similar assignments. The M&E Officer is required to possess the following minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in social science, economics, statistics, development studies, planning or other related fields.
- Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in programmed development and implementation, including M&E activities, planning and analysis.
Candidates with strong communication skills and good relations with local stakeholders are desirable. Fluency in English and another language such as Spanish, Garifuna, or Mayan would be an asset.
All information must be submitted in English. Further information may be obtained from the first address below between 09:00- and 16:00-hours local time, Monday to Friday.
Instructions
An electronic copy or 6 hard copies of the Expressions of Interest must be received at the first email address below no later than 13:00 hours local time on Friday, August 20, 2021, and must be emailed simultaneously to CDB at the second email address below. If submitted in hard copy, the sealed envelope containing each submission should include the name, contact information and, address of the applicant and shall be clearly marked “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for Monitoring and Evaluation Officer”. If submitted electronically, the email subject line should state, “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for Monitoring and Evaluation Officer”, and the body of the email should include the name, contact information and, address of the applicant.
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. 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.
Contact
1. Address one
Attn.: Second Road Safety Project Management Unit
Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and Investment
(Economic Development)
P. O. Box 421904
Constitution Drive,
Second Floor Belmopan
BELIZE, C.A.
2. Address two
Procurement Officer
Procurement Policy Unit
Caribbean Development Bank
P O Box 408, Wildey
St. Michael
BARBADOS, W. I.