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GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING OF THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PROJECT CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR MACRO-ECONOMIC ADVISOR REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST The Government of Antigua and Barbuda (GOAB) has applied for financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in an amount equivalent to US$150,000.
towards the cost of INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING OF THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS 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 GOAB 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 GOAB shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.
The Ministry of Finance, Corporate Governance, and Public Private Partnerships (MOFCGPPP), the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure consultancy services for a Macro-Economic Advisor.

The objective of the consultancy is to build institutional and financial resilience, to strengthen operational processes and practices; enhance the quality of operations, results, and development outcomes, and to build capacity of the Macro Fiscal Team.
The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of (14) months.

MOFCGPPP 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: (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 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.


Consultants are advised to review the detailed eligibility criteria detailed in Section 4 and conflict of interest provisions in Section 5 of the Procurement Procedures for Projects Financed by CDB (January 2021), as published on CDB’s website.

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 900- and 1630-hours Monday to Friday.

Electronic copies of the Expressions of Interest must be received at the first email address below no later than 1630 hours Eastern Standard Time on 10 June 2022, and one electronic copy must be sent simultaneously to CDB at the second address below.
The email with each submission should include the name and address of the applicant and the subject line shall be clearly marked “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for Macro Economic Advisor.

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.
GOAB 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 engaging the services of any applicant and will not defray any costs incurred by any applicant in the preparation and submission of Expressions of Interest.

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The Ministry of Finance, Corporate 2. procurement@caribank.org Governance, and Public Private Partnerships Parliament Drive St John’s, Antigua denise.knight@ab.gov.ag