Overview
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
The Government of Saint Lucia (GOSL) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in an amount equivalent to USD22.8 million towards the cost of the Ninth Water (John Compton Dam Raw Pipeline Replacement) 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 the Government of Saint Lucia 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 Government of Saint Lucia shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.
The Water and Sewerage Company Inc., the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure consultancy services for an Environmental Safeguards and Health and Safety Specialist.
The primary objective of the consultancy is to ensure that environmental performance requirements including health and safety, are adhered to during the construction phase of the Project. The full scope of duties is presented in the attached Terms of Reference (TOR).
The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of twenty-four consecutive months, with the possibility of an extension thereafter.
The Water and Sewerage Company Inc. now invites interested eligible individual consultants to submit Expressions of Interest, indicating qualifications and experience required to provide 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 Procurement Procedures for Projects Financed by CDB (January, 2021), as published on CDB’s website.
Instructions
All information must be submitted in English. Further information may be obtained from the first address below between 0800 and 1600 hours (Atlantic Standard Time) Monday to Friday.
An electronic copy of the Expression of Interest must be received at the first email address below no later than 4:00 pm Saint Lucia local time on 26th September 2025 and an electronic copy must be sent simultaneously to CDB at the second address below. The subject line for each submission should be clearly stated as “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for Ninth Water John Compton Dam Raw Water Pipeline Replacement Project – Environmental Safeguards and Health and Safety Specialist".
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. 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 selecting any applicant and will not defray any costs incurred by any applicant in the preparation and submission of Expressions of Interest.
Contacts
Address 1
Water and Sewerage Company Inc.
L’Anse Road
Castries
ST. LUCIA W.I.
Address 2
Procurement Officer
Caribbean Development Bank