REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
(CONSULTING SERVICES– CONSULTANTS’ QUALIFICATION SELECTION)
SAINT LUCIA
CARIBBEAN DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PROJECT (CARDTP)
Loan No. /Credit No.: IDA Credit # 6682-LC
Contract Title: Consultancy Services for Undertaking an Inventory of Computer Equipment for the Government of Saint Lucia
Reference No.: LC-DPS-337263-CS-CQS
Saint Lucia has received financing from the World Bank towards the Caribbean Digital Transformation Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services for engagement of a Firm to aide in assessing the current ICT hardware and software environments of key Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies at various locations with a view to ascertaining their usefulness, capabilities and scalability to undertake the existing agency needs, as well as forecast their needs for the coming 5 - 10 years. The consultancy is expected to last for a period of twelve (12) weeks.
The consulting services (“the Services”) include:
The project to be in two phases with separate deliverables.
Phase 1 – Inventory of server rooms
Phase 1 involves an inventory of all Government data centers and server rooms as outlined in Appendix 1.
Phase 1 inventory requirements are outlined below:
- Inventory data to be submitted as MS Excel Spreadsheets, one workbook per location
- Each sheet to be clearly named to identify location
- Each sheet to have the following tabs:
- Servers
- Virtual Servers (VM’s)
- Switches
- Power
- Cooling
- Server Racks
- Network Racks
- Environmental
- Network Security
- Access Control
- Applications
- At the top of the ‘Servers’ tab, before the row headings, should be the name of the Ministry or Department, Address, Name and telephone number of relevant Contact person for the site.
Phase 2 – Inventory of GOSL Personal Computing Devices
The second phase of the project involves an island wide inventory of personal computing equipment owned by the government. There are 200 locations to be inventoried, as shown in Appendix 1.
Phase 2 inventory requirements are outlined below:
- Inventory data to be submitted as MS Excel Spreadsheets, one workbook per location,
- Each sheet to be clearly named to identify the location inventoried,
- The name of the Ministry should be at the top of the ‘Computers’ tab, before the row headings, Department, Address with precise location. The name and telephone number of relevant Contact person for the site and GPS coordinates of site are also important.
- The tables below outline the required information (Row headings) for each tab. Note that entries in the ‘Permitted Values’ column of the table indicates that only those values are allowed (suggest use a dropdown list).
The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following website; www.govt.lc/consultancies or www.finance.gov.lc or http://publicservice.govt.lc/notices can be obtained at the address given below.
The Department of the Public Service 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; (Brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability appropriate skills among staff, please note that the individual experts’ bio data in not required.)
The selection criteria are:
The Consultant shall be a qualified firm or association of firms in Saint Lucia which possess the following experience:
- At least two (2) years background in computer service, networking, maintenance and repair.
- The firm much have provided services to networks consisting at least ten (10) computers.
- Experience undertaking similar assignments would be an asset.
Team Composition and Skills
The Consultant is expected to build teams of relevant personnel to undertake the inventory within the stipulated timelines.
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 and July 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub-consultancy to enhance their qualifications.
Associations should clearly indicate the form of the association (Joint-venture or sub-consultancy. For Joint ventures clearly indicate the member in charge; other member/s and sub-consultancy. Joint-venture shall submit with the Expressions of Interest letters of intent indicating their intent to form a joint venture if awarded the contract and shall provide the above-mentioned information for each member of the joint venture. Sub-Consultants qualifications and experience are not evaluated as part of the evaluation of Expressions of Interest.
A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Consultants Qualification Selection method set out in the Procurement Regulations.
Further information can be obtained at the address below during office 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (0800 to 1630 hours).
Expressions of Interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by March 28, 2023.
* Project Implementation Unit
Department of the Public Service
Attn: Procurement Specialist
Caribbean Digital Transformation Project
Bourbon Street
Castries
Saint Lucia
Tel: 1-758-468-1408
E-mail: Cardtpsaintlucia@govt.lc
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