ANNOUNCEMENT: Request for Expressions of Interest/Project Coordinator

GOVERNMENT OF COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA

NATURAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT – REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION LAYOU FLOOD EVENT

PROJECT COORDINATOR

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

The Government of Commonwealth of Dominica (GOCD) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in an amount equivalent to USD13.114 million (mn) towards the cost of the Natural Disaster Management, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Layou Flood Event 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 GOCD 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 GOCD shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.

The Ministry of Public Works and Ports (MPW), the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure the services of a Project Coordinator to manage the Project.

The expected outcome of the Project will be reduced risks associated with flood hazards in the Layou River Valley.

The objective of the consultancy is the effective and timely achievement of the project outputs and outcome(s) through efficient coordination of project implementation.

The Project Coordinator will report to the Chief Technical Officer, MPW, or an officer designated, and will be assigned exclusively to the Project and will mainly be responsible for the implementation of the infrastructure works.  His/her duties will include, but will not be limited to:

1. monitoring and updating the Results Monitoring Framework for the Project;
2. overseeing the engineering consultancies and construction contracts;
3. monitoring and control of project cost and schedule;
4. expediting the submission, to the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), of claims for disbursement/reimbursement;
5. liaising with CDB on all technical and administrative aspects of the Project;
6. preparing and submitting to CDB a Quarterly Report on the Investment Cost of the Project in the form specified by CDB, within two weeks after the end of each calendar quarter, commencing with the quarter following the commencement of the assignment;
7. keeping separate accounts for project-related expenditures and disbursement activities;
8. submitting to CDB, within two weeks after the end of each month, the monthly reports prepared by the engineering consultants;

1. submitting to CDB the annual report showing the level of infrastructure maintenance at the end of the preceding year;
2. submitting to CDB the completion report within three months after the date of issue by the engineering consultants of a certificate of practical completion of the contract; and
   1. preparing and submitting to CDB a Project Completion Report, within three months after practical completion of the works.

Prospective candidates must be civil engineers with a minimum of the following qualifications:

1. a Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering or its equivalent with a minimum of eight years’ experience in the management and implementation of civil engineering projects.

The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of 24 months.

GOCD now invites interested eligible individual consultants to submit Expressions of Interest indicating qualifications and experience required to provide these consultancy services.

Consultants shall be eligible to participate if:

1. the persons are citizens or bona fide residents of an eligible country; and

1. 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 qualifications and experience on similar assignments.  All information must be submitted in English.  Further information may be obtained from the first address below between 0800 and 1600 hours, Monday to Friday.

Four (4) hard copies of the Expressions of Interest must be received at the first address below no later than 1500 hours on Monday, November 30, 2015 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 – Project Coordinator, Layou Flood Event Project”.

Following the assessment of submissions, the most technically capable and appropriately experienced applicant will be invited to negotiate a contract to provide the consultancy services.  GOCD 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.