One-year project! Consultancy services now being sought for WE ferry terminal development
Contributed photo of a temporary structure that has been erected to house Customs and Immigration officers at the West End Ferry Dock.
The permanent West End Ferry Terminal has moved one step closer to being materialised, as the Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) has issued an invite for consultancy services for the design and construction management of the project.
The RDA also stated that the funds for the undertaking are now available through the Caribbean Development Bank’s $65 million for hurricane recovery.
“The main objective of this consulting assignment is to provide architectural, engineering and contract management services for the West End Ferry Terminal Project from its planning phase to the handover for operation by the end-users,” a joint statement from the RDA and the Premier’s Office said on Monday, July 6.
One-year development project
It said the consultant would be responsible for engaging stakeholders through all phases of the project, leading the planning and development phases, and producing preliminary and final designs required for construction of the project.
“The consulting assignment also includes assistance during the tendering and award of the construction works, and the construction supervision and contract management during implementation of the works. The duration of the assignment is expected to be for a period of 24 months,” it added.
The release indicated that consideration would be given to technical competence, qualifications and experience, local and regional experience on similar assignments, financial capability and existing commitments.
It further said key experts will not be evaluated at the short-listing stage.
Interested parties should submit their expressions of interest in English, to the RDA between 9 am to 4 pm during the week, no later than 4 pm on July 20.
The facility sustained damage during the 2017 weather events.
In August 2019, representative of the First District where West End is located, Premier Andrew Fahie said officials were expecting to break ground for the construction of a permanent port facility at West End by the start of the second quarter of 2020.
July marks the start of the third quarter for the financial year.
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Help me to understand
didn’t the premier put a stop to all new consultancies since we dealing with COVID-19?
what happened to the plans that we had for that area years ago?
Good Question. Putting this out in this way just doesn’t make any sense.
Do you know there was a tender for the design and build of a new building in the Palm Grove area. To date no notification of the tenders were received from, the amounts or if a contract was awarded.
What is the point of these things??
ONLY IN THE BVI MONEY HAVE NO CARE TAKER HERE WE GO AGAIN THEY FRIEND GOING TO THE BANK SMILEING VIP HAVE THE DRAWING WELL SAW LORD SEND HELP ASAP
wondering how much money in rent, salaries and travel have been wasted, er spent by RDA expats. Big fat waste of $$$
No need since there is no travel and no plans to reopen.
All I am hearing is SPEND SPEND SPEND. But nothing in the news as to the revenues that are being generated to maintain this spending!
And hear what they keep spending money on: consultancy – once spent, no returns are expected as BVI is known for putting the recommendations on the shelf to gather cob web.
These people sickening.
Money gram and western union. You forgot already?
Revenues coming in from SSB.gov.
This is a good transparent move. Covid-19 will not last forever and we must be ready afterwards.
Are there are no project engineers in PWD or the RDA who can do these tasks?
All they need is to Tax we again.
Give it to Autland. They get all the contracts anyway.