THE BELIZE TIMES

Northern Medical Specialty Plaza

ORCHID DRIVE, B.S.I. AREA, ORANGE WALK TOWN, BELIZE PHONE: 302-3708

Northern Medical Plaza invites applications from experienced, dynamic, energetic, self-motivated and professional individuals for the following vacancy of a GENERAL DOCTOR

Qualification

•Bachelors in Medicine

Knowledge &Skills

•Excellent communication skills both written and oral

•Computer literate prefer working knowledge of Microsoft word, excel or access.

•Ability to work well with staff and peers on a professional and personal level.

Requirements

General Practitioner must be registered with the Belize Medical Council.

Applications close: February 24th, 2023. Please submit application letter and three

References to: northernmedical@live.com

General Manager

Northern Medical Specialty Plaza Ltd. Orchid Drive, BSI Area Orange Walk Town

Notice

Tenders are invited for an issue of Government of Belize Treasury Bills. The amount of the issue will be $67,408,200.

The Bills will be issued in electronic form only evidenced by an electronic book entry in the Central Securities Depository of the Central Bank of Belize in multiples of $200 and will be repayable at par 91 days after issue. They will be issued on Wednesday, 15 February 2023 and will be redeemed on Wednesday, 17 May 2023.

Each tender must be for $200 or a multiple of $200 and must specify to five decimal places the amount, which is offered for each one hundred dollars face value of the Bills sought.

Members of the public who wish to participate in the auction must submit their bid to the Central Bank of Belize electronically to bids@centralbank.org.bz or at the designated drop off box no later than 12:00 noon on Friday, 10 February 2023.

The Auction in the Central Securities Depository System (CSD) will be opened from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm on Wednesday, 15 February 2023.

Successful bidders should arrange to settle via the Automated Payment & Securities Settlement System of Belize (APSSS).

Bank: Central Bank of Belize Account: GLICORP0402627

The Government of Belize reserves the right to accept or reject any and/or all tenders in whole or in part.

CENTRAL BANK OF BELIZE

Notices are placed on Central Bank of Belize Website (www.centralbank.org. bz) 25 January 2023

GOVERNMENT OF BELIZE SECOND ROAD SAFETY PROJECT CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR ROAD SAFETY CURRICULUM REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

The Government of Belize (GOB) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) towards the cost of a Second Road Safety 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 GOB 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 GOB shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.

The Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and Investment (MFEDI), the Executing Agency, now wishes to procure consultancy services for Road Safety Curriculum for the Second Road Safety Project.

The objective of the consultancy is to develop supplementary teacher curriculum resource materials for gender/masculinities and anger management; preparation of a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) framework for delivery of Road Safety curricula and conducting training of trainers for teachers. The duration of the assignment is expected to be over a period of twelve (12) months.

MFEDI now invites interested eligible consulting firms to submit Expressions of Interest (EOI) indicating qualification and experience required to provide these consultancy services.

Consultants shall be eligible to participate if:

(a) in the case of a body corporate, it is legally incorporated or otherwise organized in an eligible country, has its principal place of business in an eligible country and is more than 50 per cent beneficially owned by citizen(s) and/or bona fide resident(s) of eligible country(ies) or by a body(ies) corporate meeting these requirements;

(b) in the case of unincorporated firms, the persons are citizens or bona fide residents of an eligible country; and

(c) 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. The Member Countries of the CDB can be found at the following web address: http://www.caribank.org/ about-cdb/member-countries. The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of CDB’s Guidelines for the Selection and Engagement of Consultants (2011), setting forth CDB’s policy on conflict of interest.

In the assessment of submissions, consideration will be given to technical competence, qualifications and experience, local and regional experience on similar assignments, financial capability and existing commitments. Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage. All information must be submitted in English. Further information may be obtained from the first email addresses below between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 pm (local time) Monday to Friday.

The Expression of Interest must be received electronically at the first addresses (Second Road Safety Project) and second email address below (CDB) no later than 3:00 p.m. (local time) on Friday, February 24, 2023. The subject line of the email containing each submission shall be clearly marked “Expression of Interest – Consultancy Services for Road Safety Curriculum for the Second Road Safety Project under the Ministry of Economic Development.”

Following the assessment of submissions, a short-list of not less than three (3) and not more than six (6) applicants will be provided with full terms of reference and invited to submit technical and financial proposals to undertake the assignment. GOB 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 shortlisting any applicant and will not defray any costs incurred by any applicant in the preparation and submission of Expressions of Interest.

Government of Belize Basic Needs Trust Fund Tenth Project (BNTF10)

Consultancy Services for the Design and Supervision of Construction Works for the Proposed Rehabilitation and Expansion of Santa Cruz Water Supply Services Sub-project, Santa Cruz, Stann Creek District, Belize Request for Expressions of Interest

The Government of Belize (GOBZ) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in an amount equivalent to US$5,031,000.00 towards implementing the BNTF10 Country Project and intends to apply a portion of the proceeds to eligible payments under a contract for which this invitation is issued. Payments by CDB will be made only at the request of GOB 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 GOBZ shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Financing.

The BSIF, the Executing Agency (EA), now wishes to procure consultancy services for the design and supervision of infrastructure works for the proposed Rehabilitation and Expansion of Water Supply System, Santa Cruz Village, Stann Creek District, Belize (Large Sub-project)

The objective of the consultancy is to provide technical support to the EA during the implementation of the BNTF10 Country Project. Consulting firms will be required to review existing designs and estimates (where available); advise on scope and adequacy of sub-project intervention; and provide detailed designs, summary estimates, and priced activity schedules. The work must consider thematic areas such as gender and environmental assessments, and shall seek to integrate disaster mitigation measures into designs. Consulting firms will also be required to provide technical inspection of construction works. The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of approximately thirty-six (36) months.

The BSIF now invites interested eligible consulting firms to submit Expressions of Interest (EOI) indicating qualifications and experience required to provide these Consultancy Services. Consultants shall be eligible to participate if:

(a) in the case of the body corporate, it is legally incorporated or otherwise organized in an eligible country, has its principal place of business in an eligible country and is more than 50% beneficially owned by a citizen(s) and/or bona fide resident(s) of an eligible country(ies) or by a body(ies) corporate meeting these requirements;

(b) in the case of unincorporated firms, the persons are citizens or bona fide residents of an eligible country; and

(c) 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. 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 (caribank.org).

In the assessment of submissions, consideration will be given to consulting firms’ technical competence, qualifications and experience in relation to providing detailed design and supervision services on water supply projects, as well as local and regional experience, financial capability (liquidity ratio) and existing commitments. Technical competence of Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.

All information must be submitted in English. Further information may be obtained from the first address below between the hours of 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Monday to Friday (Belize Time), except on Public Holidays.

The Expression of Interest must be received electronically at the first (BSIF) and second (CDB) address below no later than 2:00 p.m. (Belize time) on Wednesday, February 14, 2023. The subject line of the email containing each submission shall be clearly marked “BNTF10 - Expressions of Interest – Consultancy Services for the Design and Supervision of Construction Works for the Proposed Rehabilitation and Expansion of Santa Cruz Water Supply Services Sub-project, Santa Cruz Village, Stann Creek District, Belize.

Following the assessment of submissions, a short-list of not less than three (3) and not more than six (6) applicants will be provided with full terms of reference and invited to submit technical and financial proposals to undertake the assignment. Following the submission of proposals, a Consultant shall be selected by utilizing the Least Cost Selection (LCS) method. GOBZ 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 short-listing any applicant and will not defray any costs incurred by any applicant in the preparation and submission of Expressions of Interest.

Addresses:

1.Senior Procurement Officer

Social Investment Fund

3rd Floor, #1902 Constitution Drive

Belmopan BELIZE

Tel: (501)822-0239 ; Fax. (501) 822-0279

E-mail: submissions@sifbelize.org

Ministry Of Infrastructure Development And Housing Invitation To Quote

Procurement Of New Dump Trucks

The Government of Belize via the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing (MIDH) intends to procure twelve (12) new Dump Trucks to facilitate the Ministry with undertaking maintenance of the Public Road Network.

The MIDH now invites sealed quotations from eligible and qualified suppliers for the supply of the following item:

Twelve (12) New Dump Trucks – (15 cubic yards capacity) Bidding will be conducted through Open National Competitive Bidding Procedures.

Interested eligible suppliers may obtain the full Invitation to Quote for the twelve (12 new Dump Trucks as of Monday, January 30, 2023 from the MIDH’s Offices located at #1 Power Lane, Belmopan from Monday through to Friday 8.00 AM – 5.00 PM. Quotations must utilize forms provided in the Invitation to Quote. One (1) Original and two (2) copies are to be submitted in sealed labelled envelopes to the address indicated below. Quotations by email WILL NOT be accepted.

Offers will be submitted on the Quote Submission Sheet including a detailed description of specifications offered, price and delivery Schedule for Goods and Related Services. These templates are annexed in the full Invitation to Quote. All documents must be completed without any alterations in format, and no substitutes shall be accepted. All blank spaces shall be filled in with the information requested. Suppliers are informed that they can only quote for the type of equipment specified. Price quotations should be exclusive of both Import Duty and 12.5% General Sales Tax.The Purchaser shall award the Contract to the Supplier who complies substantially with the technical specifications and other requirements in these documents and submitted the lowest evaluated price.

All sealed Quotes must be delivered to the address below by 10.00 AM local time on March 17, 2023 and they will be opened on the same day at 10.15 A.M, at the address below. Late bids will be rejected.

2.Procurement Officer

Caribbean Development Bank

P.O. Box 408

Wildey

St. Michael BARBADOS, W.I.

Tel. (246) 539-1600

Email: procurement@caribank.org cc: omar.bispat@caribank.org

Tel: 501-822-2136/39

E-mail: ceo.secretary@mow.gov.bz

Tel: 501-822-2136/39

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