PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND ASSET DISPOSAL ACT
AN ACT to regulate and provide for the procedures to be applied in the public procurement of goods, works and services, for the public procurement of projects under a public-private partnership, for the institutions responsible for those matters and related matters. (Amended by Act 13 of 2020)
The Ministry of Tourism, Investment, Creative Industries, Culture and Information is currently
implementing the OECS Regional Tourism and Competitiveness Project (ORTCP) - a six-year tourism
development project, which commenced in August 2017. The Project is funded by the World Bank as a
regional initiative that is concurrently being implemented in Grenada and St Vincent and the Grenadines
by their respective national governments.
The original objectives of the Project were to: (i) facilitate the movement of tourists within the
participating countries using ferries; (ii) improve selected touristic sites; and (iii) strengthen
implementation capacity for regional tourism market development in the participating countries.
The proposed first project in the series: The Caribbean Efficient and Green-Energy Buildings Project (hereafter referred to as the Project) will support investments in energy efficiency (EE) measures and distributed solar photovoltaic (DPV) systems installed on rooftops or in public spaces throughout Grenada and Saint Lucia. At the regional level, the Project will support technical assistance (TA) activities to strengthen institutional and regulatory frameworks around EE and renewable energy (RE) and to support women in the energy sector.
Over the past two decades there has been a significant increase in tourism-related use, along the West
Coast, both in terms of daily traffic from charter boats en route to and from Soufriere, and overnight yacht
anchoring. There has also been an increase in scuba diving and snorkeling activities, along the West Coast.
It is against this backdrop, that the continued development of the Cul de Sac / Buckeye Beach Park which
is located just south west of Port Castries is being considered with a view to dispersing beach tourism
activity, whilst reducing congestion and overcrowding at other beaches in the north of the island
particularly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, to allow for safe levels of social distancing.
The Government of Saint Lucia wishes to thank all the individuals, businesses
and institutions in Saint Lucia and abroad, for their kind assistance and
cooperation, in providing data and other information for this Economic and
Social Review.