GOVERNMENT OF SAINT LUCIA MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND YOUTH ECONOMY Request for Expressions of Interest Consulting Services - Firms Selection Project: OECS Data for Decision Making Project - Saint Lucia Component Project ID: P174986 Credit / Financing No.: 71120 Procurement Reference No.: SLU-DDM-TECADVISR-CSO-QCBS-26 Notice Date: October 28, 2026 Assignment: Consultancy to Provide Technical Assistance to the CSO to Upgrade the Statistical Business Register IT Infrastructure and Improve the Coverage and Quality of Business Statistics The Government of Saint Lucia has received World Bank financing for the OECS Data for Decision Making Project and intends to use part of this financing for the consulting services described below. The Ministry of Economic Development and Youth Economy, through its Project Implementation Unit, invites eligible consulting firms to submit expressions of interest. Assignment scope The firm will support the Central Statistics Office (CSO) in improving the completeness, coverage, content and functionality of its Statistical Business Register (SBR), upgrading its IT environment and strengthening the production and use of quality business statistics. The services comprise: Assessment and improvement planning: Review legislation, protocols and practices used by custodians of economic administrative records; assess the maturity of the CSO's SBR; and prepare recommendations and an SBR Improvement Plan aligned with relevant international standards and frameworks. SBR systems upgrade and data integration: Implement approved improvements to the existing SQL-based client-server relational database system; update features and functionality; and use Enterprise Census and economic administrative data to improve coverage, content and business survey sampling frames. Classification consistency and migration: Promote consistent use of the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), concepts and definitions across the CSO and custodians of economic administrative data; review guidance for ISIC Revision 5; and prepare an ISIC 5 migration plan. Business statistics and quality assurance: Strengthen statistical business processes and protocols for producing structural and business demography statistics, developing metadata and assuring quality, with reference to the System of National Accounts 2008/2025, UN statistical business register guidelines and the UN National Quality Assurance Framework 2019. Deployment, documentation and knowledge transfer: Test and deploy the upgraded SBR; address defects and incorporate CSO feedback; prepare systems documentation, a Service Level Agreement, a maintenance manual and a user guide; and facilitate at least two consultation, training and sensitisation workshops for the CSO and custodians of economic administrative records. Principal outputs include an inception report and work plan; a Situational Analysis Report incorporating the SBR Improvement Plan, ISIC Improvement and Migration Plan, and proposed uses of SBR data; a functioning and tested SBR; a deployed "go live" SBR with approved features, systems documentation, Service Level Agreement, maintenance manual and user guide; and a Final Summary Report covering the work performed and consultancy deliverables. Duration: Six (6) months from contract signing. Tentative commencement: January 2027. Most work will be home-based, with occasional travel to Saint Lucia according to a mutually agreed timetable. The firm will report to the CSO Director of Statistics and liaise closely with the Deputy Project Coordinator and the Permanent Secretary, Department of Economic Development. The detailed TOR accompanies this notice. Firm qualifications and shortlisting criteria Interested firms should provide evidence of their relevant experience and capacity to field the multidisciplinary team specified in the TOR. Shortlisting will consider: Experience developing or upgrading statistical business registers, administrative regis…
Deadline
18 Nov 2026(20 days left)
Published
28 Oct 2026(2 days ago)
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Not published
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OE
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OP00477848
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CSQuality And Cost-Based SelectionP174986SLU-DDM-TECADVISR-CSO-QCBS-26
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