Assessment of Institutional Capacity and Condition Assessment of Infrastructure and... Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : Saint Lucia

Summary : Assessment of Institutional Capacity and Condition Assessment of Infrastructure and Equipment of the SALCC

Deadline : 18 Mar 2019

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 31430157

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, INNOVATION & GENDER RELATIONS
PROJECT COORDINATOR (EQUIP) EQuIP Project Coordinating Unit Gender Relations 3rd Floor, Francis Compton Building, Waterfront, Castries Tel: (+1 758) 468 5251/5257
Saint Lucia

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Expression of Interest are invited for Assessment of Institutional Capacity and Condition Assessment of Infrastructure and Equipment of the SALCC.

OVERVIEW

The Government of Saint Lucia (GOSL) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) for the Education Quality Improvement 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 Education, Innovation and Gender Relations, the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure consultancy services for the Assessment of Institutional Capacity and Condition Assessment of Infrastructure and Equipment of the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College (SALCC).

The objective of the consultancy is to:

· Perform an assessment of the institutional capacity Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats to offer and to deliver programmes and courses of relevance to market needs and the priorities of the public sector, and

· Concurrently assist the SALCC with its decision-making for capital planning and budgeting for the expansion and upgrade to state-of-the-art, accessible, socially inclusive, climate and disaster resilient and energy efficient infrastructure.

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

ELIGIBLITY

Consultants shall be eligible to participate if:

in the case of a corporate body, 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 corporate body(ies) 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 CDB-s 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. All information must be submitted in English. Further information may be obtained from the first address below between 0900 and 1600 hours Monday to Friday.

INSTRUCTIONS

Three hard copies of the Expressions of Interest must be received at the first address below no later than 1600 hours on Monday, March 15, 2019 and one electronic 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 Assessment of Institutional Capacity and Condition Assessment of Infrastructure and Equipment of the SALCC”.

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.

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