ROSEAU Dominica, January 23rd, 2012  --  The Government of the Commonwealth OF Dominica (GOCD) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in an amount equivalent to US$10.887 million towards the cost of Natural Disaster Management – Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (Layou Flood Event) 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 GOCD 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 GOCD shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.

The Ministry of Public Works, Energy and Ports (MPW), the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure consultancy services for the design and supervision of construction of the infrastructure works.

The objective of the consultancy is to contribute to the minimisation of flood risk in the project areas and to enhance the capacity of GOCD to better manage flood hazards. The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of 8 months.

MPW now invites interested eligible consulting firms to submit Expressions of Interest for the provision of these consultancy services.

Consultants 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 resident or 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.

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. All information must be submitted in English. Further information may be obtained from the first address below between 8:00am and 4:00pm Monday to Friday.

Four (4) hard copies of the Expressions of Interest must be received at the first address below no later than 2:00pm on Tuesday, February 6, 2012 and one hard copy must be sent simultaneously to CDB at the second address below. The sealed envelope containing each submission should include the name and address of the applicant and shall be clearly marked "Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for The Integrated Vulnerability Assessment For Flood Risk Reduction".

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. 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 short-listing any applicant and will not defray any costs incurred by any applicant in the preparation and submission of Expressions of Interest.

(1) Chief Technical Officer
Ministry of Public Works, Energy and Ports
Government Headquarters
Roseau
Dominica
Tel: (767) 266-3231/3026
Fax: (767) 440-4799
E-mail: publicworks@dominica.gov.dm

(2) Procurement Officer
Project Services Division
Caribbean Development Bank
P. O. Box 408
Wildey, St. Michael BB11000
Barbados
Fax: (246) 426 7269
Email: procurement@caribank.org
Posted: 23/01/2012

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