Consultancy for ESIA of Union Island Landfill — Unleashing the Blue Economy of the Caribbean (UBEC)

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION) Consultancy Firm Services for the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for A Proposed Sanitary Landfill/ Integrated Solid Waste Management Facility on Union Island. Reference No: SVGUBEC-C-QCBS-10 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the SVG Unleashing the Blue Economy of the Caribbean (UBEC) project and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. The Government of SVG (GoSVG) has established a Project Implementation Unit (PIU) at the Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation, and Sustainable Development (MoTCASD) responsible for implementing the UBEC project national-level activities and coordinating with relevant ministries. The consulting services (“the Services”) include the preparation of an ESIA package for the proposed landfill / integrated solid waste management intervention. The assignment shall focus on environmental and social due diligence, risk assessment, stakeholder engagement, mitigation planning, and preparation of disclosure-ready instruments. The consulting firm shall use available project information supplied by the Client and shall not be required to prepare a separate technical or economic study. The assignment is expected to take eighteen (18) to twenty (20) weeks from contract commencement, with an expected start in March 2027. The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following website: https://procurement.gov.vc/eprocure/index.php/current-bids The MoTCASD 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 shortlisting criteria are: Core business and years in business: the firm shall have at least ten (10) years of experience in environmental and social impact assessment or environmental consulting services. Relevant experience: the firm shall have completed at least three (3) ESIA/ESMP assignments in the last ten (10) years for sanitary landfills, solid waste management facilities or comparable infrastructure, of which at least one (1) was financed by the World Bank or another multilateral development bank and prepared under the World Bank Environmental and Social Framework or equivalent standards. Experience in Small Island Developing States, the Caribbean, or coastal and disaster-prone settings will be an advantage. Technical and managerial capability: general organization of the firm; number of permanent professional staff in the relevant disciplines (environmental and social assessment, solid waste, biodiversity, hydrogeology, occupational and community health and safety, and GIS); and demonstrated capacity to carry out inclusive stakeholder consultation and to prepare disclosure-ready documents meeting multilateral development bank requirements. Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage. Expressions of interest should include: (a) a company profile, including year of establishment and core business; (b) a list of similar assignments completed in the last ten (10) years, showing for each the client, location, value, dates, source of financing and the firm’s role; (c) the number and disciplines of permanent professional staff; and (d) for associations, the form of association (joint venture or sub-consultancy) and the role of each member. Expressions of interest should not exceed twenty (20) pages, excluding company registration documents. 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” July 2016 [ revised November 2017, August 2018 and November 2020, September 2023, February 2025 ] (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture 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 09:00 to 16:00 hours (Local time). Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by 4:00 p.m. (local time , AST) on November 19, 2026 , with the subject line “EOI – SVGUBEC-C-QCBS-10 – ESIA Union Island”: Dr. Donna Joyette-Bascombe Permanent Secretary Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation and Sustainable Development 2nd Floor NIS Building Upper Bay Street, Kingstown Saint Vincent and the Grenadines E-mail: ubec@gmail.com, sobwocha.ubecsvg@gmail.com, e_dacon@hotmail.com Telephone: 1-784-494-8232