Consultancy Services for the Design and Supervision of Construction Works for the Proposed Rehabilitation and Expansion of Santa Cruz Water Supply Services Sub-project, Santa Cruz, Stann Creek District, Belize

• Country: Belize
• Summary: Consultancy Services for the Design and Supervision of Construction Works for the Proposed Rehabilitation and Expansion of Santa Cruz Water Supply Services Sub-project, Santa Cruz, Stann Creek District, Belize
• BZT Ref No: 77623672
• Deadline: 14 Feb 2023
• Financier: Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
• Purchaser Ownership: Government
• Tender Value: Refer Document
• Notice Type: Tender
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• Description:
• Tenders are invited for Consultancy Services for the Design and Supervision of Construction Works for the Proposed Rehabilitation and Expansion of Santa Cruz Water Supply Services Sub-project, Santa Cruz, Stann Creek District, Belize. The Government of Belize (GOBZ) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in an amount equivalent to US$5,031,000.00 towards implementing the BNTF10 Country Project and intends to apply a portion of the proceeds to eligible payments under a contract for which this invitation is issued. Payments by CDB will be made only at the request of GOB 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 GOBZ shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing. The BSIF, the Executing Agency (EA), now wishes to procure consultancy services for the design and supervision of infrastructure works for the proposed Rehabilitation and Expansion of Water Supply System, Santa Cruz Village, Stann Creek District, Belize (Large Sub-project). The objective of the consultancy is to provide technical support to the EA during the implementation of the BNTF10 Country Project. Consulting firms will be required to review existing designs and estimates (where available); advise on scope and adequacy of sub-project intervention; and provide detailed designs, summary estimates, and priced activity schedules. The work must consider thematic areas such as gender and environmental assessments, and shall seek to integrate disaster mitigation measures into designs. Consulting 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 approximately thirty-six (36) months. The BSIF now invites interested eligible consulting firms to submit Expressions of Interest (EOI) indicating qualifications and experience required to provide these Consultancy Services. ELIGIBILITY Consultants shall be eligible to participate if: in the case of the 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% beneficially owned by a citizen(s) and/or bona fide resident(s) of an eligible country(ies) or by a body(ies) corporate meeting these requirements; in the case of unincorporated firms, 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 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 (caribank.org). INSTRUCTIONS In the assessment of submissions, consideration will be given to consulting firms- technical competence, qualifications and experience in relation to providing detailed design and supervision services on water supply projects, as well as local and regional experience, financial capability (liquidity ratio) and existing commitments. Technical competence of 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 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday to Friday (Belize Time), except on Public Holidays. The Expression of Interest must be received electronically at the first (BSIF) and second (CDB) address below no later than 2:00 p.m. (Belize time) on Wednesday, February 14, 2023. The subject line of the email containing each submission shall be clearly marked “BNTF10 - Expressions of Interest - Consultancy Services for the Design and Supervision of Construction Works for the Proposed Rehabilitation and Expansion of Santa Cruz Water Supply Services Sub-project, Santa Cruz Village, Stann Creek District, Belize.” Following the assessment of submissions, a short-list of not less than three (3) and not more than six (6) applicants will be provided with full terms of reference and invited to submit technical and financial proposals to undertake the assignment. Following the submission of proposals, a Consultant shall be selected by utilizing the Least Cost Selection (LCS) method. GOBZ 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. CONTACT 1. ADDRESS Attn: Senior Procurement Officer 3rd Floor #1902 Constitution Drive Belmopan Tel: (501) 822-0239/(501) 822-0279 , submissions@sifbelize.org 2. ADDRESS Procurement Officer Caribbean Development Bank P.O. Box 408 Wildey St. Michael BARBADOS, W.I. Email: procurement@caribank.org cc: omar.bispat@caribank.org (246) 539-1600
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