Overview
The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOSVG) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in an amount equivalent to USD14,527,000 towards the cost of the Natural Disaster Management – Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation 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 GOSVG 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 GOSVG shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.
The Ministry of Transport, Works, Lands and Physical Planning, the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure consultancy services for a Site Engineer.
The objective of the consultancy is to:
- monitor and report on the execution of the construction contracts, as well as assist in the supervision of the engineering consultants; and
- assist the Project Engineer with the implementation of the infrastructure works of the project inclusive of road rehabilitation, bridge reconstruction and river defence works.
The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of thirty (30) months.
Eligiblity
The Ministry of Transport, Works, Lands and Physical Planning now invites interested eligible individual consultants to submit Expressions of Interest indicating qualifications and experience required to provide these consultancy services.
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.
Instructions
In the assessment of submissions, consideration will be given to qualifications and experience on similar assignments. The Consultant should possess the following minimum qualifications: A Bachelor’s Degree in civil engineering and a minimum of three years’ suitable experience in engineering design and supervision, including road works of project implementation.
All information must be submitted in English. Further information may be obtained from the first address below between 08:00 and 16:00 hours Monday to Friday
Four (4) hard copies of the Expressions of Interest must be received at the first address below no later than 14:00 hours local time on Friday, July16, 2021 and one electronic copy must be sent 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 Site Engineer, Natural Disaster Management – Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Project.”
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. GOSVG 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
Chief Engineer
Ministry of Transport and Works
Kingstown
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Procurement Officer
Caribbean Development Bank
Wildey
St. Michael