The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in an amount equivalent to one million, six hundred and seventy thousand, two hundred and thirty-two United States dollars (USD1,670,232) towards the cost of the implementation of the Eastern Caribbean Sustainable Terrestrial and Marine Ecosystems Project and intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of this financing to eligible payments under contracts procured under this project. Payments by CDB will be made only at the request of the OECS Commission 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 the OECS Commission shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.
The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission, the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure Consultancy Services for Training for the Expansion of Forest-Based Beekeeping and Honey Production in the Caribbean.
The objective of the consultancy is to promote environmentally sustainable beekeeping as a means of safeguarding ecosystems and food systems, enhancing biodiversity, and strengthening climate resilience within the Eastern Caribbean and to strengthen local beekeeping communities through the provision of technical capacity building that support sustainable and productive hive management and improved The duration of the assignment is expected to be thirty-two (32) days and implemented over a period of two (2) consecutive months. Please see the attached draft terms of reference for further details.
The OECS Commission now invites interested eligible individual consultants to submit Expressions of Interest, in the form of a curriculum vitae (CV) and cover letter, indicating qualifications and experience required to provide these consultancy services.
Consultants shall be eligible to participate if:
- the persons are citizens or bona fide residents of an eligible country; and
- 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 include member countries of CDB and non-member countries that meet the eligibility criteria for procurement under the European Union (EU)-funded programme, 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 09:00 and 16:00 hours Atlantic Standard Time (AST) Monday to Friday.
An electronic copy of the Expressions of Interest must be received at the first address below and copied to the second address no later than 4:30 pm Atlantic Standard Time (AST) on March 12, 2026. The subject line should read “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for Training for the Expansion of Forest-Based Beekeeping and Honey Production in the Caribbean.”
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 OECS Commission 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.
2. Procurement Policy Unit
Caribbean Development Bank
P.O Box 408
Wildey
St. Michael
Barbados
Tel: 246-539-1600
Email: procurement@caribank.org
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1 Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
Procurement Officer
P.O. Box 179
Morne Fortune
Castries
Saint Lucia
Email: procurementbids@oecs.int
The Terms of Reference and Guidelines for the Submission of Expressions of Interest for this consultancy are provided below.
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