Overview
INVITATION FOR PRE-QUALIFICATION OF DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTORS
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved financing towards the cost of procuring a Design-Build Contractor for the design and construction of a new headquarters for CDB at the Bank’s Wildey campus in St. Michael, Barbados. CDB will prohibit 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.
CDB has appointed C.E.P. Limited, Trinidad and Tobago, as its Project Manager for the Project, and the Project Manager is responsible for the overall implementation of the project. CDB intends to prequalify Design-Build contractors to participate in a subsequent two-stage bidding process. It is expected that Invitations for Bids will be issued in August 2025.
Prequalification will be conducted through the prequalification procedures specified in the below-mentioned Prequalification Documents and is open to bidders from all countries.
Eligibility
Interested eligible Applicants may obtain further information from and obtain the Prequalification Documents by emailing the Project Manager at the address below.
Email address: cdbnob_submissions@caribank.org
Bidders can expect to receive answers to their queries during regular business hours, Monday to Friday between 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Barbados time.
Instructions
Pre-qualification requirements will include the following:
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a minimum average annual turnover (defined as billing for works in progress and completed) over the last ten (10) years of United States dollars (US$) ten (10) million;
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demonstrable cash flow (including access to credit) of United States dollars (US$) ten (10) million or equivalent; and
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experience as prime contractor in the construction of at least three (3) assignments of a nature and complexity comparable to the proposed project activity within the last ten (10) years, each of a value of at least of United States dollars (US$) ten (10) million (to comply with this requirement, works quoted should be at least 80 percent complete); and
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documentary evidence to demonstrate other specific requirements:
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Company Profile
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If there is a Joint Venture (JV), the company profiles of all partners to the JV.
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Financial Statements of the company/ all partners of the JV for the past three (3) years (2022 to 2024)
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Proposed Organisational Chart
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Curricula Vitae of Proposed Key Experts.
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Application Forms identified in the Prequalification Document.
Prequalification submissions must be in English and must be submitted within eight (8) weeks after the publication date. Instructions on how to submit prequalification applications are detailed in the Prequalification document.
CDB reserves the right to accept or reject late or to cancel the prequalification process. CDB will not be bound to assign any reason for not pre-qualifying any applicant and will not defray costs incurred by applicants in the preparation and submission of the pre-qualification documents.
Contact
Mr. Harricharan H. Maharaj
C.E.P. Limited
P.O. Box 3065, St James Post Office
97 Tragarete Road,
Woodbrook,
Port of Spain
Trinidad