Digital Corridors for Economic Growth: Mobilizing Digital Infrastructure Investments in LAC

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Assignment Title: Digital Corridors for Economic Growth: Mobilizing Digital Infrastructure Investments in LAC

Assignment Countries: Latin America and the Caribbean

ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION The World Bank Group, in coordination with the FrenchDevelopment Agency (AFD), invites qualified consulting firms to submitproposals for a major assignment to support the identification andprioritization of strategic national, cross-border, and regional digitalinfrastructure investments across Latin America and the Caribbean. The work will provide the analytical foundation forstrengthening digital infrastructure within and across countries, improvingresilience, supporting regional integration, and mobilizing public and privateinvestment, with a focus on productive sector development and job creation. Itwill assess current and future demand and evaluate digital infrastructure as anintegrated ecosystem encompassing submarine cable systems, landing stations,national backbone networks, terrestrial and cross-border fiber networks,international gateways, Internet Exchange Points, data centers, cloudinfrastructure, and related interconnection facilities. The assessment will combine country-level diagnostics withregional and cross-border analysis to identify infrastructure, market,regulatory, and financing gaps, as well as strategic digital corridoropportunities. Where relevant, the analysis may extend to infrastructureoutside the region, including international cable routes, connectivity hubs,and infrastructure platforms, to evaluate demand, redundancy, technicalfeasibility, investment opportunities, and financing pathways. FUNDING SOURCE The World Bank Group intends to finance the assignment / services described below under the following:

- BB: Bank Budget

- TF085847: DFP

ELIGIBILITY

Eligibility restrictions apply

- [Please type list of restrictions] SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS The World Bank Group invites eligible firms to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested firms must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc. for firms; CV and cover letter for individuals). Please note that the total size of all attachments should be less than 5MB. Firms may associate to enhance their qualifications unless otherwise stated in the solicitation documents. Where a group of firms associate to submit an EOI, they must indicate which is the lead firm. If shortlisted, the firm identified in the EOI as the lead firm will be invited to the request for proposal (RFP) phase. Expressions of Interest should be submitted, in English, electronically through WBGeProcure RFx Now NOTES Following this invitation for EOI, a shortlist of qualified firms will be formally invited to submit proposals. Shortlisting and selection will be subject to the availability of funding. Only those firms which have been shortlisted will be invited to participate in the RFP phase. No notification or debrief will be provided to firms which have not been shortlisted. If you encounter technical difficulties while uploading documents, please send an e-mail to the Help Desk at corporateprocurement@worldbank.org prior to the submission deadline.

Procurement number: 0002024432. Expressions of interest are submitted through the World Bank Group's eProcure (RFx Now) portal, which requires vendor registration.