Overview
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST - INDIVIDUALS
GOVERNMENTS OF
GROUP A: Anguilla, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, The Bahamas, Trinidad & Tobago, and Turks & Caicos Islands
GROUP B: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, St. Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, and Suriname
Technical Assistance: Strengthening Board Governance And Engagement For Improved Decision-Making Through The Provision Of Board Advisors
CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR BOARD ADVISORS
The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has allocated an amount towards the cost of Technical Assistance: Strengthening Board Governance and Engagement for Improved Decision-making Through the Provision of Board Advisors Project and intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of this to eligible payments under a contract for which this invitation is issued. CDB now wishes to procure consultancy services for two positions of Board Advisor to the Directors of the Borrowing Member Countries on CDB’s Board of Directors.
The objective of the consultancy is to provide support to BMC Directors in their review of Board documents in preparation for Board meetings and in the conduct of their research to facilitate deeper dialogue with other Board Directors and with the Bank’s Management on CDB-related policy and strategic matters.
The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of 24 months with the possibility of extension.
CDB now invites interested eligible individual consultants to submit Expressions of Interest indicating qualifications and experience required to provide these consultancy services as detailed in the Terms of Reference.
Eligibility
A Consultant shall be eligible to participate if they fulfil:
(a) the following eligibility requirements:
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the person is a citizen or bona fide resident 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.
(b) the following integrity requirements:
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is not subject to sanctions under the United Nations (UN) Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the UN;
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has not engaged in Prohibited Practices, as detailed in Paragraph 2.02 a) of the Procedures for Dealing with Fraud and Corruption in CDB-Financed Projects (October 2014 or as updated from time to time);
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is not suspended or debarred by CDB for engaging in the Prohibited Practices referenced in (b) (ii) above;
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is not publicly debarred by a Multilateral Development Bank subject to the Agreement on Mutual Enforcement of Debarment Decisions in their own right, or under abovementioned agreement; and
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is not subject to a conflict of interest that would undermine the Consultant's ability to provide professional, objective, and impartial advice.
CDB requires that all parties involved in the procurement process avoid and declare promptly and proactively in writing to CDB any potential, apparent or actual conflicts of interest. Without limitation on the generality of the foregoing, the Consultant shall not be hired under the following circumstances: Conflict between consulting activities and procurement of goods, works or non-consulting services, conflict among consulting assignments, and/or close relationships with CDB staff or other stakeholders involved in or expected to be involved in the procurement or subsequent contract management.
Eligible countries are the member countries of CDB listed as Group A and B above. 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:
In the assessment of submissions, consideration will be given to qualifications and experience on similar assignments.
Instructions
All information must be submitted in English. Further information may be obtained from the first address below between 8.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 8.30 a.m. to 12 noon on Friday.
Electronic submissions of the Expressions of Interest must be received at the first address below no later than 1600 hours Barbados local time on Friday, June 12, 2026. A copy should be simultaneously sent to the second email address below. The Expression of Interest will be deemed to have been received at the time that it is received by CDB. 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 containing each submission should include the name and address of the applicant. The subject line shall be clearly marked “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for Technical Assistance: Strengthening Board Governance and Engagement for Improved Decision-making Through the Provision of Board Advisors.”
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. CDB 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.
CDB will not cover relocation costs to the host country for the purpose of undertaking the assignment.
Consultants are advised to view CDB’s General Privacy Notice for information on how CDB manages and protects personal data.