This guide (How to Use this Submission Template, specifically paragraphs 1 - 5) is not part of the submission. It should not appear in the submission to the Client/Recipient[1]. Similarly, notes to the Recipient in italics throughout are also not to be included in the submission, termed, Firms’[2] – Expression of Interest (EOI) Submission – summarised as FE-S.
The FE-S provides guidance in compliance with the Procurement Policy for Projects Financed by CDB (Policy), dated November 2019, and the Procurement Procedures for Projects Financed by CDB (Procedures) dated January 2021, the Guidance Note for Evaluating Expressions of Interest and Proposals for Consulting Services[3] and related Standard Procurement Documents (SPDs) of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). The defined terms and acronyms in the Procedures and aforementioned guidance note are, where applicable, the same as those in the FE-S. Also, cross-referencing to the Procedures and the SPDs is used in this FE-S to assist users. Note the terms “Firms” and “Consultants” are used interchangeably here.
[1] “Recipient” refers here to the entity which signed the Financing Agreement with CDB who may be represented by an implementing or executing agency, and which may also be called the “Client”.
[2] A Firm is defined in “Procurement Procedures for Projects Financed by CDB” (Procedures), January 2021.