The Government of Virgin Islands (GOVI) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in an amount equivalent to US$65,291,000 towards the cost of CDB No. 12/SFR-OR-BVI: Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Loan – Hurricane Irma 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 GOVI 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 GOVI shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.

The Virgin Islands Recovery and Development Agency, the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure the services of a Project Engineer to provide project management and engineering support to RDA’s projects.     

The objective of the consultancy is to achieve timely and effective implementation of the project scope by providing project management and engineering support to the Project Coordinator.  The assignment is expected to be executed on a full-time basis over an initial period of 12 months.

The Virgin Islands Recovery and Development Agency 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

2. 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 including a copy of the Terms of Reference may be obtained by writing to procurement@bvirecovery.vg between 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Monday to Friday.