Consultancy to Assess Emergency Response Protocols and Procedures in the Caribbean... Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : Barbados

Summary : Consultancy to Assess Emergency Response Protocols and Procedures in the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency Participating States

Deadline : 27 Aug 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 25243790

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : CARIBBEAN DISASTER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency Resilience Way Lower Estate St. Michael Tel: +1246-4344880 Fax: +1246-2713660
Barbados
Email :procurement@cdema.org

Tender Details

Expression of Interest are invited for Consultancy to Assess Emergency Response Protocols and Procedures in the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency Participating States.

The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in an amount equivalent to one hundred and twenty-seven thousand, six hundred and forty-four euros (EUR127, 644) towards the cost of the Review of Emergency Response Procedures in the CDEMA Participating States 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 CDEMA 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 CDEMA shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.

CDEMA, the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure consultancy services for the Assessment of Emergency Response Protocols and Procedures in the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency Participating States.

The objective of the consultancy is to conduct an audit and assessment of the response readiness of four (4) selected CDEMA Participating States (The Bahamas, Barbados, Haiti and Saint Lucia) and make recommendations for strengthening of protocols and procedures. The Consultant will also support the development of Model Guidelines for national Shutdown Procedures. The duration of the assignment is expected to be 64 days over a period of five (5) months.

CDEMA now invites interested eligible individual consultants to submit Expressions of Interest indicating qualifications and experience required to provide these consultancy services.

Consultants shall be eligible to participate if:

· 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 outlined in Appendix 1 below.

The Terms of Reference for the consultancy is in Appendix 2.

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 qualifications and experience on similar assignments. All information must be submitted in English. Further information may be obtained from the first address below between 09:00 and 16:00 hours Monday to Friday.

Two (2) hard copies OR one electronic copy of the Expressions of Interest must be received at the first address below no later than 16:00 hours on Monday, August 27, 2018 and one electronic copy must be sent simultaneously to CDB at the second address below. If submitting in hard copy, 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 Emergency Response Protocols and Procedures in the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency Participating States.

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