Overview
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has mobilised financing from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for several projects that will support its Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) to mobilise and unlock private sector investment in climate action. CDB intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of this financing to eligible payments under a contract for which this invitation is issued. The financing shall not be used 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 CDB shall derive any rights from the financing or have any claim to the proceeds of the financing.
CDB now wishes to procure consultancy services for a Private Sector Technical Specialist to support its Private Sector Division (PSD) to manage the approved private sector-focused GCF projects.
The objective of the consultancy is to assist the CDB's PSD to coordinate, manage and supervise the implementation of: (i) a GCF Readiness Project in Belize geared toward enhancing private sector engagement in climate action (formally “BLZ-RS-004”); (ii) a Readiness Project geared toward strengthening the capacity of the Development Finance Corporation (DFC) of Belize to gain accreditation to the GCF (formally “BLZ-RS-005”); and (iii) a PPF grant to support the development of the Transforming Finance to Unlock Climate Action in the Caribbean lending programme (formally “PPF033”). Further details can be found in the attached Terms of Reference. This is a remote (home-based) assignment, the duration of which is expected to be for a period of 12 months on a full-time basis.
Eligibility
Instructions
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 CDB-GCF@caribank.org between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm Monday to Friday.
Electronic copies of the Expressions of Interest must be emailed to CDB at both CDB-GCF@caribank.org and procurement@caribank.org no later than 4:30 pm Atlantic Standard Time on Friday, July 2, 2021. The email must include the name and address of the applicant and the subject line shall be clearly marked “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for Private Sector Technical Specialist”
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. CDB 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.
