Increasing the Adoption of Digital Payment Solutions among Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the OECS

The OECS 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 minimum required qualifications and experience are listed in section 11 of the Terms of Reference (TOR) below.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section 1.11, paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of the Policies for the Selection and Contracting of Consultants financed by the Inter-American Development Bank GN-2350-15, May 2019, effective January 2020, setting forth the IDB’s policy on conflict of interest.

To obtain the maximum degree of comparison among Expressions of Interests (EOIs) and facilitate the evaluation process, the EOI should be a maximum of 40 pages and include the following information included below:

 Title page with the name of the firm submitting the EOI: should contain the name of the firm (or joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy, if applicable), address, email, telephone, name of contact person and date of submission.

 Expression of Interest: including the firm’s general and specific experience, similar assignments, the pool of experts etc.

Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub-consultancy to enhance their qualifications. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Consultants’ Qualification selection method set out in the Policies for the Selection and Contracting of Consultants financed by the Inter-American Development Bank GN-2350-15, May 2019, effective January 2020.

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 08:30 a.m. – 4:00p.m. (0830 to 1600 hours).

Jenna Flavien
Procurement Officer
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
P.O. Box 179
Morne Fortune
Castries
Saint Lucia
TEL: +1 758-455-6424
E-mail: procurement@oecs.int
An electronic copy of the Expressions of Interest must be sent by April 22, 2021 to:

Jenna Flavien, Procurement Officer
At the following email address:
procurement@oecs.int
copied to: kwesi.roberts@oecs.int
The email submissions should include the name and address of the Consulting Firm/Joint Venture and shall be clearly marked in the subject line as “Expression of Interest – Increasing the Adoption of Digital Payment Solutions among Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the OECS”.