Overview
The Government of Saint Lucia (GOSL) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) – United Kingdom Caribbean Infrastructure Partnership Fund (UKCIF) in an amount equivalent to US$43,287,000 towards the cost of Millennium Highway and West Coast Road Reconstruction 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 GOSL 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 GOSL shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.
The Department of Infrastructure, Ports and Energy (DIPE), the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure consultancy services for “Socially Inclusive and Gender-Responsive Road Safety Awareness Communications Campaign”.
The objective of the consultancy is to:
- produce socially inclusive and gender-responsive materials and raise road safety awareness of the public via multiple media channels;
- emphasise road safety awareness of all road users, women, men, elderly, persons with disabilities, youth and children in particular;
- implement measures to make the campaigning process sustainable; and
- assess the success of the implemented campaign.
The draft Terms of Reference can be obtained on the Government of Saint Lucia’s Website - http://www.govt.lc/consultancies.
The expected time input of key experts is four person-months over a period of eighteen (18) calendar months.
DIPE now invites interested eligible consulting firms to submit Expressions of Interest for the provision of these consultancy services.
Eligiblity
Instructions
One (1) electronic copy of the Expressions of Interest, as one PDF file with a maximum size of 21 MB, must be received at the e-mail address given in Address 2 below no later than 9:00 am Saint Lucia local time on April 14, 2021 and one (1) electronic copy must be sent simultaneously to CDB at Address 3 below. The Expression of Interest will be deemed to have been received at the time that it is received by GOSL by the second email address below. The burden of proving receipt of the e-mail will be on the applicant and will not be met solely by a read receipt or sent items report generated by the Consultant’s computer. The e-mail subject line shall clearly be marked “Millennium Highway and West Coast Road Reconstruction Project - 73599-C-3 – Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for “Socially Inclusive and Gender-Responsive Road Safety Awareness Communications Campaign” and the body of the email shall confirm the name and contact details for the applicant.
Following the assessment of submissions, a short-list of not less than three and not more than six applicants will be provided with full terms of reference and invited to submit technical and financial proposals to undertake the assignment. GOSL 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 short-listing any applicant and will not defray any costs incurred by any applicant in the preparation and submission of Expressions of Interest.