National Communication Strategy and Implementation Plan for the Office of Climate... Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : Guyana

Summary : National Communication Strategy and Implementation Plan for the Office of Climate Change

Deadline : 02 Oct 2018

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 26463809

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Competition : ICB

Financier : Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Purchaser : NATIONAL PROCUREMENT AND TENDER ADMINISTRATION BOARD
Main and Urquhart Streets Kingston Georgetown
Guyana

Tender Details

Expression of Interest are invited for National Communication Strategy and Implementation Plan for the Office of Climate Change - Guyana.

GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA

STRENGTHENING OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISM FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN GUYANA PROJECT

CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR THE PREPARATION OF A NATIONAL COMMUNICATION STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE CHANGE

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

The Government of Guyana (GOG) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in an amount equivalent to one hundred and forty-three thousand, eight hundred and ninety-four euros (EUR143, 894) towards the cost of Strengthening of the National Institutional Mechanism for Climate Change Adaptation in Guyana 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 GOG 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 GOG shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.

The Office of Climate Change, the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure consultancy services for the preparation of a National Communication Strategy and Implementation Plan for the Office of Climate Change.

The objective of the consultancy is to assess the communication and information needs of sector agencies, stakeholders including schools and university, general public; development partners on national climate policies, strategies and to develop a comprehensive communications strategy for engagement with stakeholders and the public at large and prepare a work plan for implementation based on the project-s communication requirements and objectives. The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of four (4) months.

The Office of Climate Change 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 at Appendix 1 below.

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 Project Assistant, Office of Climate Change, Shiv Chanderpaul Drive, Bourda between 09:00hrs and 16:00hrs hours Monday to Friday.

One original and three (3) hard copies of the Expressions of Interest must be received at the first address below before 09:00 hours on Tuesday, 2 October 2018 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 the Preparation of National Communication Strategy and Implementation Plan for the Office of Climate Change.”

Following the assessment of submissions, the most technically capable and appropriately experienced applicant will be invited to negotiate a contract to provide the consultancy services. GOG 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 engaging the services of any applicant and will not defray any costs incurred by any applicant in the preparation and submission of Expressions of Interest.

1. National Procurement and Tender Administration Board

Main and Urquhart Streets

Kingston

Georgetown

Guyana

2. Caribbean Development Bank

P.O. Box 408

Wildey, St. Michael

Barbados

W.I. BB11000

Tel: (1-246) 431-1600

Fax: (1-246) 426-7269

Email: procurement@caribank.org









APPENDIX 1

EUROPEAN UNION ELIGIBILITY RULES

AFRICAN CARIBBEAN PACIFIC - EUROPEAN UNION

NATURAL DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT



PARTICIPATION IN PROCEDURES FOR THE AWARDING OF

PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS OR GRANT CONTRACTS



1. Participation in procedures for the award of procurement contracts financed under the EU Contribution Agreement for the Implementation for the Action entitled: “Africa Caribbean Pacific - European - Caribbean Development Bank (ACP-EU-CDB) Natural Disaster Risk Management in CARIFORUM Countries” (ACP - EU NDRM Resources)”, is open to international organisations and all natural persons who are nationals of, or legal persons who are established in, an eligible country.

2. Eligible countries1are deemed to be:

· Caribbean Development Bank member countries:

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, China, Columbia, Dominica, Germany, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Italy, Mexico, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, the United Kingdom and Venezuela.

· Members of the “African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States”2:

Africa:

South Africa3, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Comoros Islands, Congo, Côte d-Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Uganda, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

1 Note some countries may be eligible by virtue of more than one category

2 Cotonou Partnership Agreement of 23 June 2000 (as amended by the provisional application of Decision No 1/2000 of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers of 27 July 2000, Decision No 1/2000 of the ACP-EC customs cooperation committee of 18 October 2000, Decision No 1/2001 of the ACP-EC customs cooperation committee of 20 April 2001, Decision No 2/2001 of the ACP-EC customs cooperation committee of 20 April 2001, Decision No 3/2001 of the ACP-EC customs cooperation committee of 10 May 2001, Decision No 4/2001 of the ACP-EC customs cooperation committee of 27 June 2001, Decision No 5/2001 of the ACP-EC customs cooperation committee of 7 December 2001, Decision No 2/2002 of the ACP-EC customs cooperation committee of 28 October 2002, Decision No 1/2003 of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers of 16 may 2003, Council Decision (EC) of 19 December 2002, Decision No 1/2004 of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers of 6 may 2004, Decision No 2/2004 of the ACP - EC customs cooperation committee of 30 June 2004 and Decision No 4/2005 of the ACP-EC customs cooperation committee of 13 April 2005).

3 Natural and legal South African persons are eligible to participate in contracts financed by the 10th/11th EDF. However, the 10th/11th EDF does not finance contracts in South Africa.

Caribbean:

Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago.

Pacific:

Cook Islands, East Timor, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Western Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu.

Overseas Countries and Territories:

Anguilla, Antarctic, Netherlands Antilles, Aruba, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Greenland, Mayotte, Montserrat, New Caledonia, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, Turks and Caicos, Wallis and Futuna Islands.

· A Member State of the European Union:

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.

An official candidate country of the European Union:

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Iceland, Montenegro.

A Member State of the European Economic Area: Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway.

· All natural persons who are nationals of, or legal persons who are established in, a Least Developed Country as defined by the United Nations:

Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Dem. Rep. Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Lao PDR, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagasca

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