Marine Forecaster - Consultant

The CIMH wishes to procure the services of a Marine Forecaster. The objective of the consultancy is to CIMH enhance marine products and strengthen the delivery of marine related training and research across the Caribbean region.

STRENGTHENING INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY FOR A RESILIENT CARIBBEAN COASTAL AND MARINE ENVIRONMENT (RCCAME) PROJECT

 MARINE FORECASTER CONSULTANCY 

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

The Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in an amount equivalent to one million, five hundred and forty-two thousand, and one hundred United States Dollars (USD1,542,100) towards the cost of “Strengthening Institutional Capacity for A Resilient Caribbean Coastal and Marine Environment (RCCAME) 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 CIMH 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 CIMH shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.

 The CIMH, the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure the services of a Marine Forecaster.

The objective of the consultancy is to enhance marine products produced by the CIMH andstrengthen the delivery of marine related training and research across the region and in particular themember states of the CIMH and borrowing member countries of the Caribbean Development Bank.

 The contract will be for a total of 42.5 man-days over a duration not exceeding eight (8) months.

 The CIMH now invites interested eligible individual consultants to submit Expressions of Interest indicating qualifications and experience required to provide these consultancy services. 

Consultants shall be eligible to participate if:

1. the persons are citizens or bona fide residents of an eligible country; and
2. 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 and is extended to countries eligible for procurement under the European Union (EU)-funded programme, which are not CDB member countries, in accordance with the EU Eligibility Rules. Consultants are advised to review the detailed eligibility criteria detailed in Section 4 and conflict of interest provisions in Section 5 of the 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. 

 All information must be submitted in English.  Further information may be obtained from the first address below between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm Monday to Friday. 

 An electronic copy of the Expressions of Interest, including cover letter and Curriculum Vitae, must be submitted to the following two addresses no later than 4:30 pm Barbados Time on June 20, 2025. The subject line should read “Expression of Interest – Marine Forecaster”. 

 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. The CIMH 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.

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