The Government of the Virgin Islands acting through the Ministry of Communications and Works desires to engage the professional services of a qualified individual or firm to facilitate the transition of the Water and Sewerage Department to a Statutory Body.

The Consultant will be responsible for a broad range of duties, including conducting a full assessment of the Department and reviewing existing systems and structures and will facilitate the transition of key functions from the Government of the Virgin Islands to the Water and Sewerage Authority.

The Consultant is expected to undertake the tasks of conduct a full assessment of the Department reviewing existing systems and structures and develop a five (5) year Strategic Plan for the Authority to include a strategy to reduce non-revenue water and increase revenues; devise an Implementation Plan for the statutorising of the Authority; identify and facilitate the implementation of a modern enterprise billing and inventory system and facilitate the transition of support functions from the Government of the Virgin Islands to the Authority, among other important duties.

Procurement Coordinator, Mrs. Ishma Rhymer said the consulting assignment's main objective is to advise on organisational and management restructuring, enhancing procurement and inventory procedures, and implementing a leak detection programme, completing the metering and billing initiative and providing recommendations for rehabilitating the water and sewerage systems.

Electronic submissions in a non-editable format not exceeding 10 MB should be sent to the Procurement Coordinator at email address procurement@gov.vg. The filename and the email subject must bear the Applicant’s name and “EOI for Consultancy Services for Water and Sewerage Consultant in the British Virgin Islands”.

Expressions of Interest must be submitted electronically to the Procurement Coordinator no later than Monday, 30^th October, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. (noon).  Expression of Interest submitted after this time will not be considered and will be rejected.  Submissions will be opened on Tuesday, 31^st October, 2023 at 11:30 a.m. Tenderers who wish to witness the opening process may request the WebEx access code and password from the Procurement Coordinator at procurement@gov.vg  with subject “EOI for Consultancy Services for Water and Sewerage Consultant in British Virgin Islands” by noon on Monday, 30^th October, 2023.

The address to be used for communication with Government of the Virgin Islands is:

Mrs. Ishma Rhymer
Procurement Coordinator
Procurement Unit
Ministry of Finance
Rita Frett Georges Place, 2^nd Floor
Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Tenders will be opened on Tuesday, 31^st October, 2023 at 11:30 a.m. at the Ministry of Finance, RFG Place, Road Town, Tortola.  Tenderers are invited to witness the opening via Webex.  Tenderers will be provided with the access code and password prior to the opening of Tenders.

For more information, contact the Procurement Coordinator at (284) 468-4243/5921 or email procurement@gov.vg.