TREASURER FOR THE IMPLEMENTING UNIT OF THE EL SALVADOR TRANSPORT AND RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT

Project: El Salvador Transport and Resilient Infrastructure Project

Invitation to submit Proposal

CI-28/2026 (SV-MOPT-568681-CS-INDV)                                                                      

Date: October 8, 2026

 

Dear Sirs:

 

For your consideration:

 

1. The Government of the Republic of El Salvador has received financing from the World Bank (the "Bank") to partially finance the cost of the El Salvador Transport and Resilient Infrastructure Project, under loan agreement No.9602-SV   and intends to use the proceeds to make payments under the contract El Salvador Transport and Resilient Infrastructure Project
2. The Ministry of Public Works and Transportation invites you to submit your proposal to provide the following Individual Consulting Services (hereinafter referred to as the "Services"): "Treasurer for the Implementing Unit of the El Salvador Transport and Resilient Infrastructure Project". The terms of reference are provided in Annex 1. Terms of Reference.

Fraud and Corruption

1. The Bank requires compliance with the Bank's Anti-Corruption Guidelines and its current sanctions policies and procedures, as set forth in the World Bank Group's Sanctions Framework, as set forth in the Annex to the Contract Conditions Annex 1.
2. In compliance with this policy, Consultants shall permit and shall cause their agents (whether declared or not), subcontractors, subconsultants, service providers, suppliers, and their personnel, to permit the Bank to inspect all accounts, records, and other documents relating to any prequalification, proposal submission, and/or award of contracts (in the case of award), and to be audited by auditors appointed by the Bank.

Eligibility

1. The Bank permits individual consultants from all countries to offer consulting services for Bank-financed projects.
2. As an exception to paragraph. 5 above:    

6.1  A Consultant who has been sanctioned by the Bank, in accordance with the Bank's Anti-Corruption Guidelines and in accordance with its current sanctions policies and procedures as set forth in the GBM Sanctions Framework, as described in the annex to the Contract Conditions (Annex 1. Terms of Reference), Annex 3. Fraud and Corruption, paragraph 2.2 d., shall be ineligible to be prequalified, to submit proposals, or to receive a Bank-financed contract or benefit from a Bank-financed contract, financially or otherwise, during such period of time as the Bank has determined. A list of debarred firms and individuals is available on the Bank's external website: http://www.worldbank.org/debarr.

6.2  Persons from a country or goods manufactured in a country may be ineligible if so indicated in paragraph. 6.3 below and:

1. as a matter of law or official regulation, the Borrower's country prohibits commercial relations with that country, provided that the Bank is satisfied that such exclusion does not preclude effective competition for the supply of the required Services; or
2. by compliance with a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, the Borrower's Country prohibits any import of goods from that country or any payments to any country, person, or entity in that country.

6.3 In reference to paragraph 6.2, for the information of Consultants, firms, goods, and services from the following countries are currently excluded from this procurement process:

1. Pursuant to paragraph. 6.2 (a): None.
2. Pursuant to paragraph. 6.2 (b): None.

6.4 Government officials and public employees of the Borrower's country are not eligible to be engaged as individual consultants unless:

1. the public servant's or public official's services are of a wholly or exceptional nature, or their participation is critical to the project's execution; and
2. their engagement would not create a conflict of interest, including any conflict with their employment or other laws, regulations, or policies of the Borrower.

Conflict of Interest

1. The Consultant is required to provide professional, objective, and impartial advice, at all times holding the Client's interests paramount, strictly avoiding conflicts with other assignments or their own corporate interests, and acting without any consideration for future work.
2. The Consultant has the oblig...