Consultancy for Curriculum Development and to Build an Online Training Platform

CARIBBEAN TOURISM ORGANIZATION 

AFRICAN CARIBBEAN PACIFIC – EUROPEAN UNION – CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT BANK NATURAL DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT IN CARIFORUM MEMBER COUNTRIES

SUPPORTING A CLIMATE SMART AND SUSTAINABLE CARIBBEAN TOURISM INDUSTRY (CSSCTI) PROJECT

CONSULTANCY FOR CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND TO BUILD AN

ONLINE TRAINING PLATFORM 

 REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), through the African Caribbean Pacific European Union Caribbean Development Bank, Natural Disaster Risk Management (ACP-EU-CDB NDRM) in CARIFORUM Countries Programme, towards implementing the Supporting a Climate Smart and Sustainable Caribbean Tourism Industry (CSSCTI) Project. The CTO 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 CTO 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 CTO shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.

The CTO, the Executing Agency now wishes to procure consultancy services for implementation of the component related to Building an Online Training Platform and Training Courses.  The aim of this Consultancy is to develop a CTO online training platform via Moodle or other open source learning management system, and also      design, develop and execute two self-instructional online training courses using the updated Caribbean Sustainable Tourism Policy Framework and a Disaster Management Manual for the Caribbean Tourism Sector. The courses will be hosted via the online training platform and are expected to be operationalised as a pilot targeting public and private sector stakeholders (personnel in Ministries of Tourism, Tourism Boards and Tourism Businesses) in CTO and CDB mutual member countries.  The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of 40 days spread over 4 months and is expected to commence from August 2018.

The CTO now invites interested eligible consulting firms to submit Expressions of Interest for the provision of this consultancy service, indicating qualifications and experience.

Eligible countries are outlined in Appendix 1 below.

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 fide resident(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 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.

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.

The consulting firm must demonstrate at least ten years or more experience in curricula development, designing online training courses and/or developing technical and vocational education and training (TVET)related programmes. Additionally, it must exhibit substantive knowledge and experience in the design and development of online open source platforms and the operation/management of online Learning Management Systems, as well as expertise developing and delivering online training programs/courses, aligned to competency based TVET qualification frameworks and certification criteria.

Further information on qualifications required is outlined in the Terms of Reference for the consultancy, attached as Appendix 2 to this document.

Three (3) hard copies of the Expressions of Interest should be mailed to the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and One (1) electronic copy must be sent simultaneously to the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) at the requisite addresses indicated below, to reach no later than 11:59PM Atlantic Standard Time (AST), on Friday August 3^rd , 2018. 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 TO DEVELOP CLIMATE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR THE CARIBBEAN TOURISM INDUSTRY (FEASIBILITY STUDY)”. 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.

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. 

CTO 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.

Further information may be obtained from Amanda Charles: acharles@caribtourism.com, and at the first address below between 9:00am and 5:00pm AST Monday to Friday. 

Address for Submission of Expressions of Interest:

Attn: Ms. Amanda Charles
Caribbean Tourism Organization
7th Floor, Baobab Tower
Warrens, St. Michael 
Barbados W.I
Tel:  (1-246) 427-5242 Ext 2247
Fax: (1-246) 429 3065

Attn: Procurement Officer
Caribbean Development Bank
Wildey, St. Michael
BARBADOS, W.I.
Tel: (1-246) 431-1600
Fax: (1-246) 426-7269
Email: procurement@caribank.org