A consultancy will design an electronic system for transport exams, signalling a push to digital marking and platform integration across public services.
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Saint Lucia is preparing to overhaul how transport exams are delivered and assessed. A prior information notice from the Department of Public Service outlines plans to commission consulting services to build an electronic testing system for the Department of Transport. The work will move exams to digital administration, introduce automated marking, and connect results with government platforms. These changes go to the heart of how testing, inspection and certification are delivered to citizens.
In October 2025, the Department of Public Service issued a prior information notice for an Electronic Testing System Consultancy. The brief is clear: help design and develop an electronic testing system to modernise transport exams in Saint Lucia.
The consultancy is expected to shape three core elements:
For public bodies, this sits squarely in the testing, inspection and certification space. Shifting exams onto digital rails is about more than convenience. It is about consistent administration, traceable outcomes, and cleaner links between test results and the systems that rely on them.
The move aligns with a broader programme of digital government upgrades across the Caribbean, where governments have been laying down infrastructure, governance and skills to deliver services online.
In December 2023, the public sector in Saint Lucia sought specialist support to define the specifications for a containerised datacentre, including strategy, site evaluation and standards for design and operations. The brief referenced international datacentre standards and resilience to local natural hazards, pointing to the kind of hosting environment future platforms will depend on. Read the December 2023 notice.
Earlier, in June 2023, Saint Lucia moved to appoint an implementation support and technical advisory firm to back project management, procurement, contract management, change management and capacity building under its digital programme. See the June 2023 notice.
Regionally, foundations have been set out in general procurement plans. In November 2021, Dominica published a comprehensive programme covering legal and regulatory reform, digital government platforms, skills, and project implementation, flagging future procurements for cybersecurity capability, digital IDs, interoperability and service delivery. Read the November 2021 notice.
That translated into targeted work. In January 2023, Dominica launched a system study with business process re‑engineering for citizen‑facing services, single sign‑on and standards, core building blocks for interoperable government platforms. See the January 2023 notice.
Cybersecurity and communications have also been prominent. In October 2022, Grenada sought support to craft and deliver a cybersecurity communication plan, including training and a national launch. Read the October 2022 notice. And in January 2025, the regional commission sought consulting services to review and strengthen governance, legal and regulatory frameworks for electronic communications across the ECTEL contracting states—key to a secure, competitive environment for digital services. See the January 2025 notice.
The skill base is growing too. In July 2024, Sint Maarten set out plans for digital skills training for public servants, with ICDL accreditation and joint venture options noted in the brief. Read the July 2024 notice. In March 2024, Grenada invited firms to deliver digital skills training for SMEs as part of its programme. See the March 2024 notice.
Beyond the Caribbean, similar themes appear elsewhere. In August 2023, Sierra Leone looked to develop digital service standards and review its government‑to‑citizen and government‑to‑business service landscape. Read the August 2023 notice. In March 2024, it sought a blueprint for an e‑Cabinet system. See the March 2024 notice.
The exam system consultancy will need to situate its design inside this maturing ecosystem. The immediate scope, digital delivery, automated marking, and integration with government platforms, raises practical choices that the wider regional experience helps to frame.
Dominica’s system study in January 2023 foregrounded enterprise architecture, single sign‑on and business process re‑engineering, disciplines that underpin the “integration with government platforms” envisaged for the testing system. Grenada’s October 2022 focus on a cybersecurity communication plan hints at the communications and training effort that often comes with new digital tools. The regional governance review for electronic communications, published in January 2025, points to regulatory underpinnings that will matter for secure, reliable service delivery.
On the infrastructure side, Saint Lucia’s December 2023 work to define a modular, containerised datacentre, drawing on standards such as ISO/IEC TS 22237‑1:2021 and TIA‑942, shows how technical specifications and resilience are being embedded in the hosting layer for government platforms. Meanwhile, Saint Lucia’s call in June 2023 for an implementation support and technical advisory firm speaks to the project management backbone needed to bring these systems in on time and to spec.
Transport exams play a direct role in public safety and economic activity. Moving them onto a digital footing brings the prospect of more consistent administration and faster, more reliable feedback loops between exam outcomes and the services that depend on them. For the TICC community, the planned shift offers a live case of technology reshaping how assurance is delivered to citizens, from the way tests are set and marked to how results are recorded and shared.
The Department of Public Service has positioned the consultancy at the intersection of service design and systems integration. That gives scope for a solution that does not sit in isolation but fits with the country’s wider digital government architecture.
This is an early signal to the market rather than a call to bid. The next documents to watch will be the detailed terms of reference and technical requirements. They should clarify the delivery model for digital administration, the approach to automated marking, and, crucially, the integration points with existing government platforms.
Across the region, recent procurements have emphasised standards‑based design, cybersecurity, system interoperability and skills. If the testing system follows that path, stakeholders can expect clear technical specifications, defined governance, and a delivery plan that supports adoption. The key question now is how these principles will be translated into the practical design of an exam system that improves service quality for the public while fitting cleanly into Saint Lucia’s digital government landscape.
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