Procurement Summary
Country: Barbados
Summary: Consultancy Services for an Urban Sector Policy
Deadline: 15 Apr 2016
Posting Date: 21 Mar 2016
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 5771441
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Financier: Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
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Tenders are Invited for Consultancy Services for an Urban Sector Policy, Strategy and Operational Guidelines for the Caribbean Development Bank.
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has allocated funds towards the cost of a project to prepare an Urban Sector Policy, Strategy and Operational Guidelines. CDB intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of this financing to eligible payments under a contract for which this invitation is issued. Payments shall not be made 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.
CDB, the Executing Agency, wishes to procure Consultancy Services - Urban Sector Policy, Strategy and Operational Guidelines.
The objective of the consultancy is to identify the key issues presently confronting and expected to confront the urban sector of CDB-s Borrowing Member Countries over the medium to long term, and to assist in charting the role of the Bank in addressing those issues through development of: (a) an Urban Sector Policy and Strategy for CDB; and (b) associated Operational Guidelines for the implementation of the strategy; and to disseminate the results of the services through delivery of a Regional Workshop on the Urban Sector.
The proposed methodology should include for:
1. Desk Review: Analysis of the current state of urban development in the Region, including national, regional and international policies, strategies and reports, review of all relevant existing documents, including the current policy and strategy, CDB-s appraisal and project completion reports, as well as supervision, monitoring and evaluation reports.
2. Consultation with Key Stakeholders: The exercise should include field missions to five selected BMCs, selected on the basis of pre-set criteria in consultation with CDB (including population size and density), discussions and meetings with officials, management of the Bank and experts in the field as well as other stakeholders in the sector. The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of approximately nine (9) months.
The Consultant should have experience in the areas relevant to the scope of services including urban planning and or management; environmental and climate change; social and gender analysis; urban design; and transport planning.
CDB now invites interested eligible consulting firms to submit Expressions of Interest for the provision of these consultancy services.
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