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Number: (IUL)13-K/13/2024/177
Published Date: 11 Jul 2024
Published Time: 16:25
Deadline: 19 Aug 2024 14:00
Ministry of Finance
Maldives
Consultancy Services for Implementation of Coastal Conservation/Protection Measure again Coastal Disasters – Firm

 

        REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

(Project Number: TES/2024/C-002 )    

 

Consultancy Services for Implementation of Coastal Conservation/Protection Measure again Coastal Disasters – Firm

 

1. The Government of the Republic of Maldives through the Ministry of Climate Change, Environment and Energy (MCCEE) is implementing ‘Building Climate Resilient Safer Islands in the Maldives’ project financed by Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Government of the Republic of Maldives and supervised and co-financed by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

2. The main objective of the project is to strengthen the long-term and sustainable resilience of Maldives Islands against climate change for enhancing economic development of the islands while maintaining the sustainable link between the residents and the beaches and implementing appropriate management of coral reefs, and beach and coastal vegetation with physical measures at the coastal areas through combination of soft and hard components.

3. The Ministry of Finance, on behalf of the Ministry of Climate Change, Environment and Energy invites eligible firms to indicate their interest to make a shortlist of Consultants in providing the consultancy services. Interested firms must provide specific information which demonstrates that they are fully qualified to perform the services (background of the firm’s technical expertise, description of any similar assignments undertaken, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate experts, value of those services etc.).

4. A Consultant is a single firm or a Joint Venture (JV).  In case of a JV, all members shall be jointly and severally liable for the execution of the Contract in accordance with the Contract terms.

5. EOI submitted by a JV shall include a copy of the Joint Venture Agreement entered into by all members.  Alternatively, a letter of intent to execute a Joint Venture Agreement in the event of a selected Consultant for signing of the Contract shall be signed by all members and submitted with the EOI, together with a copy of the proposed Agreement.  The JV Agreement or the proposed JV Agreement, as the case may be, shall indicate at least the portion of the assignment to be executed by each member.

Any change in the structure or formation of the shortlisted Consultant including Subconsultants named in the application in the Expression of Interest after being invited to submit a Proposal shall be subject to the written approval of the employer prior to the Proposal submission deadline. Any such change shall be submitted to the employer not later than twenty-one (21) days before the Proposal submission deadline.

6. EOI shall be written in English.  Supporting documents and printed literature that are part of EOI may be in another language provided they are accompanied by an accurate translation of the relevant passages in English, in which case, for purposes of interpretation of the EOI, such translation shall govern.

7. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the “QCBS (Quality- and Cost-Based Selection)” method set out in the Guidelines for the Employment of Consultants under Japanese ODA Loans, October 2023.

8. A more detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the consultancy services including EOI submission forms will be available on the Ministry’s website www.finance.gov.mv. Interested firms may obtain further information by writing to the address below.

9. Interested Consultancy firms shall submit their EOI with all necessary forms and documents to the address below. The deadline for the submission of the EOIs is on 14:00:00 hours Maldivian Time on August 19, 2024. 

Ms. Fathimath Rishfa Ahmed

Chief Procurement Executive

National Tender

Ministry of Finance,
Ameenee Magu, Malé,

20379

Republic of Maldives,
Tel: (960) 3349115, (960) 3349106, (960) 3349147
E-Mail: [email protected]

 [email protected]

 

11 Jul 2024