The St. Vincent Geothermal Company Limited (SVGCL) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) towards the cost of the St. Vincent Geothermal 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 SVGCL 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 the SVGCL shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.
SVGCL, the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure consultancy services of a Community Liaiso Officer for the project.
The objective of the consultancy is to engage with communities on a continuous basis in an effort to strengthen relationships between SVGCL and the affected communities, using methods that will promote constructive partnerships and communication on issues that relate to project implementation as set out in the project’s preliminary Stakeholder Engagement Plan. The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of 16 months.
SVGCL 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:
(a) the persons are citizens or bona fide residents of an eligible country; and
(b) 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 and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
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 0800 and 1600 hours Monday to Friday.
Four (4) hard copies of the Expressions of Interest must be received at the first address below no later than 1600 hours on July 15, 2016 and one (1) 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 – Community Liaison Officer – St. Vincent Geothermal Project”
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. SVGCL 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.Social Manager
C/o Energy Unit
Corner of Higginson Street and Lower Middle Street, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Tel: 1 (784) 455-1191
Email: herman.cahrles@rg.is
2.Procurement Officer
Procurement Policy Unit
Projects Department
Caribbean Development Bank
P.O. Box 408
Barbados, W.L.
Tel: 1 (246) 431-1600
Fax: 1 (246) 426-7269
Email: procurement@caribank.org
CDB is a regional multilateral development bank which was established in October 1969 to contribute to the harmonious economic growth and development of the member countries in the Caribbean Region and to promote economic cooperation and integration among them, having special and urgent regard to the needs of the less-developed members of the Region. CDB began operations in January 1970 and has become a leading catalyst for providing development financing, technical assistance and policy advice to its Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) for the reduction of poverty.
