Source document: https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1697642810483.pdf (Antigua and Barbuda)
GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA STREET LIGHT RETROFITTING PROJECT CONSULTANCY FOR SERVICES REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST The Government of Antigua and Barbuda (GOAB) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) towards the cost of Street Light Retrofitting 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 Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA), the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure the consultancy services: to assist in the preparation of tender documents including performance specifications; support the bid evaluation process and prepare an environmental management plan; prepare an installation plan and report on planned versus actual progress; certify payment requests; and be responsible for ensuring supplier and contractor compliance with contract documents.
The expected outcomes of the Project are: (a) reduced street lighting energy consumption and associated greenhouse gas emissions; (b) enhancement of APUA’s capacity in climate change adaptation planning and (c) improved efficiency of lighting on island.

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 Consultant will report to the Project Coordinator, or an officer designated, and will be assigned exclusively to the project.

APUA will appoint the Project Coordinator (PC).

The PC will facilitate the work of the consultant(s) and make available all relevant studies, reports and data, relevant to completion of the exercise and will act as liaison between the consultant(s) and GOAB officials and stakeholders.
His/her duties will include, but will not be limited to: (a) preparing bidding documents for the LED supply and waste disposal contracts to allow GOAB to solicit bids.
In this regard, the consultant will be required to conform to CDB’s Standard Bidding Documents or other suitable alternative documents; (b) support the bidding process and bid evaluation to purchase LED street luminaires including but not limited to the verification of technical, electrical and illumination parameters, robustness, durability, installation and maintenance requirements and potential energy savings of proposed LED street lighting fixtures.
Support should also be provided for the evaluation of the waste disposal contract; - 2 - (c) liaise with the Department of Environment and other key stakeholders and prepare an Environmental and Social Management Plan for the proper handling and storage of the light fixtures being disposed.

Integrate appropriate hazardous waste handling and disposal protocols into the waste disposal contract document; (d) preparation of a LED fixture installation plan.
This should include: identifying personnel, equipment and material resource requirements to support the timely installation; make recommendations for the phased geographical role out of the installation with proposed timelines for each section or area and logistics required for installation on Barbuda; (e) inspection of LED installation for compliance with the manufacturers’ requirements; (f) track actual installation productivity with the originally developed installation plan and identify where necessary requirements for incorporation of additional resources to ensure adherence to the Project Schedule; (g) environmental monitoring during installation and removal; (h) verification of force account activities and the waste disposal contract and prepare certification of payment; (i) consultation and advice to APUA during installation.
(j) preparation of monthly reports on the progress of the installation works, indicating any difficulties affecting their efficient and timely execution, commencing one month after the start date; (k) verification of installation completion and final completion of the waste disposal contract; and (l) preparation of a Completion Report on the Project within three months after the date of issue of a certificate of practical completion of the waste disposal contract.
(m) assist in determining the adequacy of lighting to the particular surroundings.

The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of twenty-six months.

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


- 3 - In the assessment of submissions, consideration will be given to appropriate professional and academic qualifications and experience on similar assignments, including a minimum of eight years relevant experience in engineering, project management, procurement, construction or installation supervision and management, and preparation and supervision of Environmental Management Plans.

All information must be submitted in English.


Further information may be obtained from the second 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 Friday November 25, 2016 and one hard copy must be sent simultaneously to CDB at the third address below.
The sealed envelope containing each submission should include the name and address of the applicant and shall be clearly marked “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for the Supervision of Street Light Retrofitting 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.
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 selecting any applicant and will not defray any costs incurred by any applicant in the preparation and submission of Expressions of Interest.

Procurement Officer Procurement Policy Unit Caribbean Development Bank P. O.
Box 408 Wildey, St. Michael, BB11000 BARBADOS, W. I. Tel: (246) 431-1600 Fax: (246) 426-7269 Email: procurement@caribank.org 1.

Chairman, Tenders Board 3.

Ministry of Finance and Corporate Governance Government Office Complex Queen Elizabeth Highway St. John’s ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Tel: (268) 562-5825 / 5826 Fax: (268) 562-1717 Email: tenders.board@ab.gov.ag 2.
Mr. Andre Matthias Electricity Business Unit Manager Antigua Public Utilities Authority St. John’s ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Tel: (268) 480 7460 Fax: (268) 480 7455 Email: andre@apua.ag