Overview
The Government of Grenada (GOGR) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) towards the cost of the Western Road Corridor 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 GOGR 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 person or entities, or for any import of good, 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 GOGR shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.
The Ministry of Infrastructure Development, Public Utilities, Energy, Transport and Implementation (MOID), the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure consultancy services for the preparation of a feasibility study and detailed designs for upgrading the Western Road Corridor (WRC).
The objective of the consultancy is to prepare a feasibility study and preliminary and detailed designs to upgrade the western road corridor, incorporating climate change, social inclusion, gender equality and safety considerations. This will be achieved through the identification of climate change vulnerabilities, assessment of hydrological and hydraulic conditions, identification of least-cost civil works, and the preparation of detailed designs and bid documents.
The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of approximately seven to nine months.
MOID now invites interested eligible consulting firms to submit Expressions of Interest for the provision of these consultancy services.
Eligiblity
A firm or Joint Venture shall be eligible to participate if:
- in the case of a body corporate, it is legally incorporated or otherwise organised in an eligible country, has its principal place of business in an eligible country and is more than 50 per cent beneficially owned by citizen(s) and/or bona fide resident(s) of eligible country(ies) or by a body(ies) corporate meeting these requirements;
- in the case of unincorporated firms, 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 Guidelines for the Selection and Engagement of Consultants (2011), setting forth CDB’s policy on conflict of interest.
In the assessment of submissions, consideration will be given to technical competence, qualifications and experience, local and regional experience on similar assignments, financial capability and existing commitments.
Instructions
Expressions of Interest must be submitted in English electronically by email to the first and second email addresses below in pdf format no later than 1600 hours, Eastern Caribbean time on Monday, September 23, 2019. The email subject line should state “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for the Preparation of a Feasibility Study and Detailed Designs for Upgrading the Western Road Corridor, Grenada” and the email body must state the name and address of the applicant. The Expression of Interest will be deemed to have been received at the time that it is received by the Permanent Secretary, MOID. 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 applicant’s computer.
The selection method for the award of the consultancy shall be Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS). Therefore, following the assessment of submissions, a shortlist of ideally not less than three and definitely 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.
GOGR 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 application and will not defray any costs incurred by any application in the preparation and submission of Expressions of Interest.
Further information may be obtained from the first address below between 0900 and 1600 hours (Eastern Caribbean Time) Monday to Friday.
Contact
1. Merina Jessamy (Mrs.)
Ministry of Infrastructure Development, Public Utilities, Energy, Transport and Implementation
Ministerial Complex
St. George
GRENADA, WI.
any communications must be copied to: pssec@moiid.govgd
2. Procurement Officer
Caribbean Development Bank
P.O. Box 408
Wildey, St. Michael
Barbados