MINISTRY OF CULTURE, YOUTH, SPORTS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

BASIC NEEDS TRUST FUND ELEVENTH PROJECT

CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES (Architectural and/or Engineering Services)

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

The Government of Commonwealth of Dominica (GOCD) has received for financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) towards the cost of financing the Basic Needs Trust Fund Eleventh (BNTF 11) 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 GOCD 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 GOCD shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.

The BNTF Implementing Agency (IA), the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure consultancy services for the design and supervision of BNTF 11 infrastructure sub-projects.

The objective of the consultancy is to provide technical support to the IA during the implementation of the BNTF 11 Country Project.  Consulting firms will be required to review existing designs and estimates (where available); advise on scope and adequacy of sub-project interventions and provide revised preliminary designs and summary estimates, and detailed designs and Bills of Quantities.  The work must consider thematic areas such as gender and environmental assessment and seek to integrate disaster mitigation measures into infrastructure sub-projects.  Firms will also be required to provide technical inspection of construction works.  The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of six to twelve months.

The BNTF IA now invites interested eligible consulting firms to submit Expressions of Interest for the provision of consultancy services for the following sub-projects:

Consultants shall be eligible to participate if:

1. in the case of a body corporate, it is legally incorporated or otherwise organized in an eligible country, has its principal place of business in an eligible country and is more than 50 per cent beneficially owned by citizen(s) and/or bona fide resident(s) of eligible country(ies) or by a body(ies) corporate meeting these requirements;

2. in the case of unincorporated firms, the persons are citizens or bona fide residents of an eligible country; and

3. 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. Consultants are advised to review the detailed eligibility criteria detailed in Section 4 and conflict of interest provisions in Section 5 of the Procurement Procedures for Projects Financed by CDB (January, 2021), as published on CDB’s website.

In the assessment of submissions, consideration will be given to technical competence, qualifications and experience, local and regional experience on similar assignments, financial capability and existing commitments. Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.

All information must be submitted in English. Further information may be obtained from the first address below between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:00 pm, Monday to Friday.

Electronic copies of the Expressions of Interest must be emailed to the first address below and copied to the CDB at the second address below, specifically, bntf@dominica.gov.dm and procurement@caribank.org no later than 16:00 hours on Thursday, October 30, 2025.  The email submission must include the name and address of the consultant and shall be clearly marked in the subject line “Expression of Interest – Consulting Services for the Basic Needs Trust Fund Eleventh Project – Commonwealth of Dominica”

Following the assessment of submissions, a short-list of not less than three and not more than six applicants will be provided with full terms of reference and invited to submit technical and financial proposals to undertake the assignment. GOCD 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 short-listing any applicant and will not defray any costs incurred by any applicant in the preparation and submission of Expressions of Interest.