REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis (GOSKN) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in an amount equivalent to US$ 8mn towards the cost of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Enhancement 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 GOSKN 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 GOSKN shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.
The Ministry of Education (MOE), the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure consultancy services for the training of TVET teachers/instructors in Literacy and Numeracy Instruction.
The objective of the consultancy is to assist MOE to develop and institutionalise an appropriate programme of instruction to address the literacy and numeracy competency requirements of the Caribbean Vocational Qualifications (CVQ) programmes. Emphasis will be on using integration rather than delivery of discrete programmes. The Terms of Reference can be requested from the first address below. The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of 50 days over a period of six months.
MOE now invites interested eligible consulting firms to submit Expressions of Interest for the provision of these consultancy services.
Consultants shall be eligible to participate if:
- in the case of a body corporate, it is legally incorporated or otherwise organised 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 fideresident(s) of eligible country(ies) or by a body(ies) corporate meeting these requirements;
- in the case of unincorporated firms, the persons are citizens or bona fideresidents 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 fideresident of an eligible country.
Eligible countries are member countries of CDB.
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 technical competence, qualifications and experience, local and regional experience on similar assignments, financial capability and existing commitments. All information must be submitted in English. Further information may be obtained from the first address below between 08:30 and 15:30 hours Monday to Friday.
Three (3) hard copies of the Expressions of Interest must be received at the first address below no later than 16:00 hours on October 31, 2017 and one 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 – Consultancy Services for the Training of TVET Teachers/Instructors in Literacy and Numeracy Instruction.
The selection method shall be Consultants’ Qualifications selection. Therefore, following the assessment of submissions, firms shall be assessed and compared, and the best qualified and experienced firm shall be selected. Only the selected firm shall be asked to submit a combined technical and financial proposal and, if such proposal is responsive and acceptable, be invited to negotiate a contract. GOSKN 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 selecting any applicant and will not defray any costs incurred by any applicant in the preparation and submission of Expressions of Interest.
Chief of Education Planning (Ag.) Project Coordinator: TVET Enhancement Project Education Planning Division Lockhart Street Basseterre St. KITTS, W.I. Tel: + (869) 466-3766 Email: tvetproject.skn@moeskn.org
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2. Procurement Officer
Caribbean Development Bank P.O. Box 408 Wildey St. Michael BARBADOS, W.I. Tel: + (246) 431-1600 Fax: + (246) 426-7269 Email: procurement@caribank.org |
