Request for Expression of Interest from Firms for Consultancy Services for Preparation of Resilience Projects for Three Water Utilities

CCRIF SPC FORMERLY CARIBBEAN CATASTROPHE RISK INSURANCE FACILITY SEGREGATED PORTFOLIO COMPANY

BUILDING RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY CAPACITY OF WATER UTILITIES THROUGH CWUIC SP PROJECT

CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR PREPARATION OF RESILIENCE PROJECTS FOR THREE WATER UTILITIES

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST - FIRMS

The CCRIF SPC (former Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility Segregated Portfolio Company) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) towards the cost of the Building Resilience and Recovery Capacity of Water Utilities Through CWUIC SP Project and intends to apply a portion of the proceeds to eligible payments under this contract. Payment by CDB will be made only at the request of the CCRIF SPC and upon approval by CDB, and will be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions of the Financing Agreement. The Grant Agreement prohibits a withdrawal from the Grant 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 CCRIF SPC shall derive any rights from the Grant Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Grant.

The CCRIF SPC is the Executing Agency of this Project and now wishes to procure consultancy services for the Preparation of Resilience Projects for Three Water Utilities.

The objective of the consultancy is to identify and prioritise projects that will build the resilience to disasters and climate risks of 3 water utilities in CDB’s client countries and prepare 1 selected project for each of the utilities for disaster and/or climate resilient investment by the CDB.  Further details can be found in the attached Terms of Reference.  The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of twelve (12) months from the official kick-off date of the consultancy and will involve key experts on Water and Sanitation, Climate change, Social and gender inclusion, and finance. The CCRIF SPC now invites interested eligible consulting firms to submit Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the provision of these consultancy services.

Consultants shall be eligible to participate if:

1. in the case of a body corporate, it is legally incorporated or otherwise organised in an eligible country, has its principal place of business in an eligible country and is more than 50 per cent beneficially owned by citizen(s) and/or bona fide resident(s) of eligible country(ies) or by a body(ies) corporate meeting these requirements;

(b)        in the case of unincorporated firms, the persons are citizens or bona fide residents of an eligible country; and

(c)        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 and non-member countries of CDB that are eligible for procurement under the European Union (EU)-funded programme, in accordance with the EU Eligibility Rules (EU Eligibility Rules CARE Programme_Jan 2023.pdf).  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 technical competence, qualifications and experience, local and regional experience on similar assignments, financial capability, and existing commitments. Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.

Interested consultant teams are required to submit their Expression of Interest using the “EOI Consulting Firms template” attached to this REOI or can be made available upon request by contacting procurement@ccrif.org or downloaded from the Specific Procurement Notice on CDB’s website.

All information must be submitted in English. Further information may be obtained from the first address below between 8:00 and 17:00 hours (Cayman Islands time) Monday to Friday.

No hard copies of the Expressions of Interest are required. Expressions of Interest must be sent at the first email address below no later than December 5^th, 2025 at 5 pm (EST). A copy of the submission must simultaneously be sent to CDB at the second email address below. The email containing the submission should include the name and address of the applicant and shall be clearly marked “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for Preparation of Resilience Projects for Three Water Utilities”.

Following the assessment of submissions, a short-list of not less than three and not more than six applicants will be provided with full terms of reference and invited to submit technical and financial proposals to undertake the assignment. CCRIF SPC 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.