ORGANISATION OF EASTERN CARIBBEAN STATES

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

 

NAME OF PROJECT - OECS SKILLS AND INNOVATION PROJECT (SKIP) 

 

GRANT NO.: E286

  

Assignment Title: Consultancy Services for an Independent Technical Assurance (ITA)

 

Reference No. LC-OECS COMMISSION-558060-CS-QCBS

 

The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the OECS Skills and Innovation Project (SKIP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds to Consultancy Services for an Independent Technical Assurance (ITA).

The objectives of the consulting services (“the Services) are to provide independent, evidence‑based technical validation of the existing builds (KTIP and Virtual Campus) and of the sourced EMIS DPG and its adaptation, and to provide feedback to the SDT on how to bring each platform to a regionally‑deployable standard through an iterative cycle of review, recommendations, remediation, and sign‑off.

 

The OECS now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The minimum required qualifications and experience are listed in section 8.0 of the TOR below.  The Qualifications and Experience of Key Experts shall not be included in the shortlisting criteria. Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage. 

 

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” September 2023 and

(‘Procurement Regulations’), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.  

 

To obtain the maximum degree of comparison among Expressions of Interest (EOIs) and facilitate the evaluation process, the EOI should be a maximum of 20 pages (including annexes) with the following information included below.  Any pages exceeding this limit will not be considered for evaluation or shortlisting.

• Title page with name of firm submitting the EOI: should contain name of firm (or joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy, if applicable), address, email, telephone, name of contact person and date of submission.
• Expression of Interest: including the firm’s general and specific experience, pool of experts etc.

 

 

Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but should clearly indicate whether the association is a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all partners shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.

     

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the Procurement Regulations.

 

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 08:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (0830 to 1630 hours).

 

 

Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States

OECS Skills and Innovation Projects

P.O. Box 179

Morne Fortune 

Castries 

Saint Lucia 

TEL: +1 758-455-6349/68

E-mail: procurement@oecs.int

An electronic copy of the Expressions of Interest must be sent by July 16, 2026, at 4:30 p.m. to:

 

Yasmine Anatole, Procurement Officer At the following email address:  procurementbids@oecs.int 

copied to: skip@oecs.int        

     

The email submissions should include the Firm's name and address and shall be clearly marked in the subject line as “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for an Independent Technical Assurance (ITA).”