The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Housing Recovery Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

View the Terms of Reference (TOR) (PDF, 95.8 KB) for this vacancy.

The consulting services (“the Services”) include the design and supervision of construction of approximately 1700 resilient housing units to replace those damaged my Hurricane Maria in September 2017. The Services shall include approximately 408 professional/technical person months over a period of four (4) years. The Consultant shall be required to commence services within twenty-one (21) day of Contract signing, which is anticipated to take place no later than February 28, 2019.

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment are attached to this request for expressions of interest.

The Ministry of Housing and Lands, Project Implementation Unit now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting criteria are:

• At least 8 years’ experience in the implementation or management of residential building construction or programs;
• At least one similar assignment for the design of residential buildings; and at least one similar assignment for the supervision of residential construction; involving either at least 200 units in each assignment, or an aggregate of at least 800 units in multiple assignments of design and/or supervision, during the past 6 years;
• Demonstrated technical capability and experience in resilient and sustainable housing construction techniques;
• Experience working in the Caribbean; familiarity with the legal requirements, code, and regulations applicable in the Commonwealth of Dominica; and experience in either post-disaster reconstruction programs or development projects financed by international financing institutions, will be assets; and
• All applicants that meet the qualifying criteria will be ranked based on assessment of outlined criteria and level of exceedance. The highest ranked applicants will be invited to participate in the next stage of the procurement process

Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016 revised November 2017 and August 2018 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection method set out in the Procurement Regulations.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 0800 to 1600 hours.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below in person, or by mail, or by fax, or by e-mail by December 03, 2018.

View the Terms of Reference (TOR) (PDF, 95.8 KB) for this vacancy.

Rosamund Edwards
Financial Secretary
Ministry of Finance
5th Floor, Financial Centre
Kennedy Avenue
Roseau
Dominica
Tel: (767) 266 3221
E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Posted: 21/11/2018