AFREXIMBANK - African Export-Import Bank

01/10/2025 | News release | Distributed by Public on 01/10/2025 08:53

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST—BARBADOS AFRICAN TRADE CENTRE

ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY SERVICES
BARBADOS AFREXIMBANK AFRICAN TRADE CENTRE

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), a pan-African multilateral trade finance institution, intends to establish a state-of-the-art trade centre on a prime parcel of land within the Carlisle Bay district on the southeastern coastline of Barbados.

The 30,000-square-meter iconic mixed-use complex will sit on a 6.4-acre piece of land. The trade centre shall comprise the Afreximbank Caribbean regional offices, corporate office space, a 120-room hotel, conference, exhibition, business incubation centre, parking, light retail, etc.

Afreximbank hereby invites firms to express interest in providing architectural and engineering consulting services for the design and supervision of projects. Qualified firms should make submissions to [email protected] no later than 31 January 2025, and must include the following information:

  1. General experience of the firm;
  2. Company registration and ownership structure;
  3. Registered physical address for operations;
  4. Experience in Barbados and or the Caribbean region;
  5. Proof of experience carrying out architectural and engineering services for mixed-use construction projects to the value of 60 to 150 million US Dollars in the last five (5) years;
  6. List of key and supporting personnel; and
  7. A Memorandum of Joint Venture, if any.

The Bank reserves the right to modify or cancel this expression of interest notice. Only shortlisted applicants shall be contacted and invited to tender.