The Government of Jamaica, through the Ministry of National Security and Justice (MNSJ), has received a loan in the amount of US$ 16 million from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) toward the cost of the Citizen Security and Justice Program (CSJP), and it intends to apply the loan proceeds to enhance citizen security and justice in Jamaica.

The strategic objectives of the project are: (i) to prevent and reduce violence; (ii) to strengthen crime management capabilities; and (iii) to improve the delivery of judicial services. The CSJP has five components as follows:

Development of a national strategy, which will provide support for consulting services to help elaborate an integrated national crime and violence prevention strategy.

Capacity building of the MNSJ, which will strengthen the MNSJ by (a) improving its long-term ability to execute or coordinate projects related to violence prevention and crime management, and (b) improving the ability of the Ministry to monitor trends in crime and violence, facilitate information exchange, plan strategically and formulate appropriate policy or program responses. The latter will specifically support establishing an integrated inter-agency information system on crime and violence trends (a local area network and wide area network).

Strengthening the criminal justice system through initiatives that are designed to improve the impact of programs and quality of services provided by the criminal justice system and to increase the accountability of the Jamaica Constabulary Force to civil society.

Community action to deliver a set of violence prevention initiatives that will be carried out by NGOs within selected pilot communities in the Kingston Metropolitan Area.

Social marketing and public education campaign, which will be undertaken at both the national and targeted inner-city community levels.

The program will support each component with a view to influencing attitudinal change with regard to crime and violence and to inform the public of the scope and nature of the program.

The tentative procurement schedule is as follows:

$Procurement of goods (computer and office equipment):

CCapacity building of MNSJ: equipment, software (2 lots; PQ; 1st year/Q4); integrated information systems - software and integration (ICB; 1st year/Q4); servers and networking infrastructure (ICB; 2nd year/Q1)

CStrengthening of criminal justice system: equipment and software (6 lots; PQ; 1st year/Q1)

COffice equipment: furniture, materials, books and communication (4 lots; NCB/PQ; 1st year/Q4 and 2nd year/Q1)

$Civil works (including supervision):

CRehabilitation works (5 lots; NCB; 3rd year/Q2)

CRehabilitation works (1 lot; DC; 2nd year/Q2)

CRefurbishing transformation center (ICB; 1st year/Q4)

CRetro-fitting court buildings (NCB; 1st year/Q4)

CSituational projects - community action (DC; 1st year/Q4)

$Consulting services (international):

CNational strategy (2 lots; PQ; 2nd year/Q2)

CCapacity building of MNSJ: integrated information systems (2 lots; 2nd year /Q1); strategic planning (1 lot; 1st year/Q4); CJRU strengthening (1 lot; PQ; 2nd year/Q2)

CStrengthening criminal justice system (3 lots; PQ; 1st year/Q4 and 2nd year/Q2

CCommunity action (1 lot; NCB; 1st/Q4)

CSocial marketing and public education (ICB; 2nd year/ Q1); Monitoring and evaluation - individual consultants, small contracts (PQ; 1st year/Q4)

$Consulting services (local):

CNational strategy (3 lots; PQ; 2nd year/Q2); technical assistance fund (1 lot; NCB; 2nd year/Q2)

CCapacity building of MNSJ (2 lots; NCB; 2nd year/Q2)

CStrengthening criminal justice system (9 lots; NCB/DC; 1st year/Q4 and 2nd year Q2)

CCommunity action (4 lots; NCB/DC; 2nd year/Q2)

CSocial marketing campaigns (1 lot; NCB; 2nd year/Q2)

$Operations and maintenance:

CIntegrated information system (1 lot; ICB; 2nd year/Q4)

Specific procurement notices for contracts to be bid under the IDB=s international competitive bidding procedures and for large-value consultants= contracts will be announced, as they become available, in international publications and local newspapers. National bids will be published in local papers only. Interested eligible bidders who require additional information should contact the address below.

Attn: Program Manager.

Citizen Security and Justice Program

6 Oxford Road

Kingston 5, Jamaica.

Tel: (1-876) 906-9644/9347.

Fax: (1-876) 906-1712.

E-mail: antseldavis@cwjamaica.com