Overview
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST - INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT
The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica (GoCD) received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) towards the cost of the Kalinago Development Project and intends to apply a portion of the proceeds to eligible payments under this contract. Payment by CDB will be made only at the request of the (GoCD) and upon approval by CDB, and will be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions of the Grant Agreement. The Grant Agreement prohibits a withdrawal from the Grant 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 (GoCD) shall derive any rights from the Grant Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Grant.
The Ministry of Environment, Rural Modernisation, Kalinago Upliftment and Constituency Empowerment is the Executing Agency of this Project and now wishes to procure consultancy services for the preparation and development of an inclusive public awareness and education campaign for the Kalinago Territory.
The objective of the consultancy is to design and implement an inclusive public education campaign and prepare related materials for the Kalinago Territory. The development of the campaign will be done through community consultation at the individual, group, and hamlet levels and it will also incorporate cultural norms and gender equality considerations with a view to influence positive behaviour change.
Further details can be found in the attached Terms of Reference. The duration of the assignment is expected to be 40 days over 4 months.
The Ministry of Environment, Rural Modernisation, Kalinago Upliftment and Constituency Empowerment now invites interested eligible consultants to submit Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the provision of these consultancy services.
Eligibility
Consultants shall be eligible to participate if:
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The persons are citizens or bona fide residents of an eligible country; and
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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 detailed eligibility criteria detailed in Section 4 and conflict of interest provisions in Section 5 of the (see Procurement Procedures for Projects Financed by CDB (January, 2021), published on CDB’s website).
Expressions of Interest will be assessed based on the consultant’s qualifications, technical competence, relevant professional experience on similar assignments (local & regional), and demonstrated capacity to successfully undertake the assignment.
Instructions
All information must be submitted in English. Further information may be obtained from the first address below between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm Monday to Friday.
Expressions of Interest must be submitted electronically no later than 19 September 2026 by 4:00 pm to the first email address below. A copy of the same submission shall be sent simultaneously to the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) at the second email address below. The subject line of the email shall clearly state: “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for the preparation and development of an inclusive public awareness and education campaign for the Kalinago Territory". The submission should include the Consultant’s full name and contact information.
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. The GoCD 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 selecting any applicant and will not defray any costs incurred by any applicant in the preparation and submission of Expressions of Interest.
Contact
Address 1
Mrs. Alice Charles
Kalinago Territory
Ministry of Environment, Rural Modernisation, Kalinago Upliftment and Constituency Empowerment
Address 2
Caribbean Development Bank