Request for EOI: Consultancy Services for Development of Information Technology Plan

GOVERNMENT OF GRENADA
SOUTHERN ST GEORGE WATER SUPPLY EXPANSION PROJECT
CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PLAN FOR THE NATIONAL WATER AND SEWERAGE AUTHORITY

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

The Government of Grenada (GOGR) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in an amount equivalent to Twenty million, seven hundred seventy-two thousand, seven hundred United States dollars (US$20,772,700) allocated from funds provided by the United Kingdom through the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to CDB under the United Kingdom Caribbean Infrastructure Partnership Fund (UKCIF) towards the cost of the Southern St George Water Supply Expansion 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 GOGR 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 GOGR shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.

The National Water and Sewerage Authority (NAWASA), the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure consultancy services for the Development of an Information Technology Plan.

The objectives of the consultancy are to: (a) Enable NAWASA to determine the most suitable hardware and software requirements and capacity development measures to facilitate the procurement and/or implementation of (i) Customer Information System (CIS) to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Integration (ii) Smart Meter Operations, and (iii) Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) operations according to the recommendations of an ongoing IT audit (expected to be completed in September 2024); and (b) to define process mapping and adjustment of procedures for implementation of the IT asset management system. The duration of the assignment is expected to be over a period of 28 weeks commencing October 2024.

NAWASA now invites interested eligible individual consultants to submit Expressions of Interest (EOI) indicating qualifications and experience required to provide these consultancy services.

Consultants shall be eligible to participate if:

• 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. Consultants are advised to review the detailed eligibility criteria detailed in Section 4 and conflict of interest provisions in Section 5 of the of 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. The Consultant shall have the following minimum qualifications and experience:

• A post-graduate degree or equivalent in MIS, Computer Science or a related subject area
• A minimum of ten (10) years of relevant practical experience with designing and implementing MIS in similar operational environments
• At least five (5) years’ experience with implementation or operation of SCADA systems
• Knowledge of billing systems and software applications evidenced by training and/or experience with similar systems; and
• Experience/certification in project management and service and support models would be assets

All information must be submitted in English. Further information, including a copy of the Terms of Reference, may be obtained from the first address below between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm AST, Monday to Friday.

The Expressions of Interest (EOI) must be submitted in English electronically by email in PDF format to [email protected] no later than 2:00 pm AST on Tuesday, 27 August 2024. Each submission must be a single PDF file with a maximum file size of 150 MB. The email subject line should state “Expression of Interest — Consultancy Services for Development of an Information Technology Plan,” and the email body must state the name and address of the applicant. The Expression of Interest will be deemed to have been received at the time that it is received by the Project Coordinator. The burden of proving receipt of the email will be on the applicant and will not be met solely by a read receipt or sent items report generated by the applicant’s computer. In addition, one copy must be submitted simultaneously by email to CDB to [email protected], again with the email subject line stating “Expression of Interest — Consultancy Services for Development of an Information Technology Plan” and the email body stating the name and address of the applicant.

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. GOGR/NAWASA 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.