Tender Advertisement #1452214

REQUEST FOR OPEN TENDER
CONSULTANCY SERVICES TO SET-UP THE PACIFIC RESILIENCE FACILITY (PRF)
The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) is inviting tenders from interested English-speaking consultants to provide advisory services to support the setup of the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF).
The Finance and Economic Ministers Meeting (FEMM) in August 2022 mandated a review and reframing of the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) in light of post-covid considerations and Members needs. In August 2023, FEMM approved the reviewed and reframed PRF, which consisted of 18 re-design elements of the PRF and marked the transition from the due diligence to the set-up phase of the PRF work. The Pacific Leaders in their meeting in November 2023 in Cook Islands have endorsed the Declaration to Establish the PRF.
This project will be undertaken by a consultancy team comprising of PRF General Manager, Investment Policy Advisory Services, Legal and Tax Advisory Services, Resilience Programming and Project Policy Advisory Services, and Marketing and Communications Advisory Services. The consultancy team will work under PIFS’ direction and supervision. Interested individual or team applicants are encouraged to submit their tenders for the INVESTMENT POLICY ADVISORY SERVICES and MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY SERVICES. The applicants must clearly demonstrate suitability against the criteria’s on each respective TOR.
The consultancy team must have recognized qualifications in Economics, Accounting, Management, Business, Law, Trade, Multimedia, Communications, Marketing Design; relevant national, regional and international experience on respective roles, and strong understanding of Pacific Resilience issues.
The Terms of references (ToR) for this Consultancy can be downloaded at: www.tenders.net/forumsec.
INFORMATION
Only applicants who meet the following criteria are eligible to take part in tenders issued by the Secretariat:
• Are financially solvent and able to conduct business operations in a professional and successful manner;
• Are not involved in any court proceedings which may affect their ability to conduct business or deliver the services tendered; and
• Do not appear on the World Bank’s listing of ineligible firms.


HOW TO APPLY

Submissions should be entitled:
OPEN TENDER – SET-UP OF THE PACIFIC RESILIENCE FACILITY (PRF) (name of proposed service)
Method of Submissions:
Submissions must be forwarded in PDF format following the instructions at www.tenders.net/forumsec
Note: Tenders must be submitted with clear labelling of the technical offer and the financial offer. The Technical Offer documents must be saved and submitted clearly labelled “A. Technical Offer”. Financial Offer documents must be saved and submitted clearly labelled “B. Financial Offer”.
The electronically submitted documents should be converted to the PDF format.
Deadline for Submissions:
Submissions need to reach the Secretariat by 4pm, Friday , 31st of May, 2024.
Late or incomplete tenders will not be considered.
Questions and Answers
All queries or request for information must be submitted via the Question and Answer Forum at www.tenders.net/forumsec . Tenderers may submit questions in writing to the mentioned Question and Answer Forum before the stated “deadline for requesting clarifications” Friday, 24th of May, 2024. The Secretariat has no obligation to provide clarification after this date.
Note: The Secretariat will not be responsible for non-receipt/non-delivery of the Bid documents due to any reason whatsoever.

Any complaints regarding the Secretariat’s tender must be directed to the following email: Tender.Complaints@forumsec.org. This email address will forward your complaint to a person that is independent and removed from the tender process. Complaints must be well founded and should not be used as a mechanism for notifying displeasure with the outcome of a tender award. Further information on making a complaint can be found on the Policies & Information page at http://tenders.forumsec.org.
In the event that further information is required by the Secretariat in relation to the tender for consultancy, the Secretariat reserves the right to seek the required information without the need for calling for resubmission of proposals.