GOVERNMENT OF ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

NATURAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT –

REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT

CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR THE

COASTAL STUDY OF SANDY BAY AND DARK VIEW

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GSVG) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in an amount equivalent to US$12.622 million towards the cost of the Natural Disaster Management – Reconstruction and Rehabilitation 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 GSVG 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 GSVG shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.

The Ministry of Transport and Works (MTW), the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure engineering consultancy services for a coastal study of the Sandy Bay and Dark View areas.

The objective of the consultancy is to contribute to the safety of current and future residents in Dark View and Sandy Bay through the assessment of coastal conditions and the designing of medium and long-term sea defence solutions. The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of five (5) months.

MTW now invites interested eligible consultants to submit Expressions of Interest for the provision of these consultancy services.

Consultants shall be eligible to participate if:

1. 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 percent 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 resident or 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.

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 0800 and 1630 hours Monday to Friday.

Four (4) hard copies of the Expressions of Interest must be received at the first address below no later than 1400 hours on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 and one hard copy must be sent simultaneously to CDB at the secondaddress 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 Coastal Study of Sandy Bay and Dark View”

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. GSVG 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.