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 besubject in all respects to the terms and conditions of the Financing Agreement. The Financing Agreement prohibitswithdrawal from the financing account for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for any import of goods, ifsuch payment or import, to the knowledge of CDB, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council takenunder Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. No party other than GOVI shall derive any rights from the FinancingAgreement 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 Social and Gender Safeguards Specialist for the assignment in relation to the development/revision and then implementation of the RDA policies and procedures.     

The objective of the consultancy is to facilitate the participation of communities in the planning, design, implementation and monitoring phases of infrastructure projects, integrating social and gender considerations into the Project, while managing stakeholders and liaising with the affected communities in a socially inclusive and gender-responsive manner.  The assignment is expected to be executed on a full-time basis over an initial period of One (1) year. 

The Virgin Islands Recovery and Development Agency now invites interested eligible individual consultants to submit Expressionsof Interest indicating qualifications and experience required to provide these consultancy services.

Consultants shall be eligible to participate if:

(a)        the persons are citizens or bona fide residents of an eligible country; and

(b)       in all cases, the consultant has no arrangement and undertakes not to make any arrangements, whereby anysubstantial part of the net profits or other tangible benefits of the contract will accrue or be paid to a person not acitizen or bona fide resident of an eligible country.

Eligible countries are member countries of CDB