GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

Prior Information Notice

General Information
Country:   El Salvador
City/Locality:   Northern Zone of El Salvador
Notice/Contract Number:   N/A
Publication Date:   Jul 1, 2009
Funding Agency:   Millennium Challenge Account
Buyer:   MCA - El Salvador (FOMILENIO). MCA - El Salvador (FOMILENIO)
Eligibility of Bidders:   N/A
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   Jose Tito Siguenza
Procurement Direction
Fondo del Milenio Office, Blvd. del Hipódromo #442,
Col. San Benito.
San Salvador
El Salvador
Telephone:   (503) 2524-6130
Fax:   (503) 2524-6102
Email:   Click here
Web Site:   http://www.fomilenio.gob.sv

Goods, Works and Services

 

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GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE
JULY THROUGH DECEMBER, 2009
PROCUREMENT PLAN NUMBER 6

Through a grant agreement signed on November 29, 2006, the Government of El Salvador (GOES) received a US$ 460.9 million grant from the Government of the United States of America via the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a US Government corporation created to help to facilitate the reduction of poverty through sustainable economic growth. FOMILENIO (Fondo del Milenio), the locally established Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) entity, is the accountable institution established under El Salvadoran law to act on behalf of the Government of El Salvador (GOES) on this initiative. The goal of the Compact is to advance economic growth and poverty reduction in the Northern Zone of El Salvador. The Program includes the following Projects: 1) Human Development Project, 2) Productive Development Project, and 3) Connectivity Project.

In compliance with the established in the “Program Procurement Guidelines” issued by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), FOMILENIO has to publish a General Procurement Notice, on at least a semi-annual basis, in which the procurements planned for the upcoming period are identified.

Therefore, for the period from July to December, 2009, FOMILENIO has planned to implement procurement actions for Goods, Works, and Services, under the terms and conditions established in each contract resulting from the procurement processes in the categories detailed below, in a transparent and fiscally sound manner.

Goods: Total Estimated Value: US$7,000,000.00

Information Technology:
• Software, hardware and IT tools (expansion of central server and antivirus software)

Equipment:
• Photographic cameras
• GPS devices
• Distance measurement, binoculars and similar items
• 4 x 4 pickups with their maintenance

Purchases for the Productive Sector:
• Inputs (plants and seeds and other types of agricultural inputs)
• Materials (agricultural material)
• Equipment (agricultural equipment)

Purchases for middle school institutions:
• Teaching materials (books, special documentation, and material for use in laboratories)
• Furniture and specialized equipment (desks, chairs, lab seats, lab equipment, library tables and chairs, and similiar items)
• Personal computers and workstations
Other purchases:
• Printing material
• Publications
• Publications in specialized magazines
• Uniforms, protective clothing and industrial security equipment (gloves, boots, helmets and similar items)


Field Activities, Designs, Feasibility
and Environmental Studies, and Consultants:
Firms: Total Estimated Value US$2,780,000.00

• Technical assistance and training for Water and Sanitation Projects
• Supervision of the construction, technical assistance and training for Water and Sanitation Projects
• Environmental Impact Evaluations in Human Development and Productive Development Projects
• Environmental Impact Evaluations: MEGATEC in Chalatenango
• Training for Community Infrastructure
• Supervision of the construction for rural roads and bridges
• Supervision of the construction for MEGATEC in Chalatenango
• Technical Assistance to Financial Institutions
• Review of the Economic Rate of Return for the Productive Development Project

Individual Consultants: Total Estimated Value US$1,026,000.00

• Several consulting services for analysis, simplification, systematization and improvement of the processes and systems of the organization
• Training in Management and Statistical Analysis of Data Base Surveys
• Consulting services for Terms of Reference and Technical Specification definition and review
• Updating Environmental Management Programs, Sections 3, 4, 5, and 6
• Technical assistance and training for Water and Sanitation Projects
• Studies and designs for Water and Sanitation and Community Infrastructure
• Supervision of the construction, technical assistance and training for Water and Sanitation Projects
• Training for Community Infrastructure
• Supervision of the construction for rural roads and bridges
• Design of Business Plans and other Financial Services
• Technical Assistance to Financial Institutions
• Strengthening of the School Census 2008-2009

Works: Total Estimated Value US$173,970,000.00
• Construction of Bridge over Lempa River in Nombre de Jesús
• Construction of Bridge over Lempa River in Nuevo Edén de San Juán
• Construction of the NTH, Section between Chalatenango and Potrerillos.
• Design and Construction of the NTH, Sections Nombre de Jesús (exit over Lempa River) - through By Pass in Sensuntepeque
• Design and Construction of the NTH, Sections By Pass Sensuntepeque Ramal Sur and Exit Dolores- Access Bridge over the Lempa River (Nuevo Edén de San Juan).
• Design and Construction of the NTH, sections: exit Ciudad Barrios, Osicala, and Delicias de Concepción - Cacaopera.
• Small works (houses, walls, and similar) related to Persons that apply in the Resettlement Plan of the NTH.
• Construction of Water and Sanitation projects
• Construction and Technology transfer for Rural Road and Bridge Projects
• Construction of the MEGATEC in Chalatenango


Services: Total Estimated Value US$1,909,000.00
• Implementation of the Communications Strategy
• Several Events for FOMILENIO and Public Forum Events for Communications
• Annual hosting service for FOMILENIO’s website
• Website Support Services
• Preventive Maintenance for FOMILENIO’s Computer Equipment
• Outsourcing of Technical Support
• Several engineering services for the Northern Transnational Highway
• Several services for the execution of the Resettlement Action Plan
• Services for the social promotion of the Resettlement Action Plan
• Environmental guarantees for Infrastructure and Productive Projects
• Professional Formation (non-formal) Training Services
• Document translations
• Technical Support for the Beneficiary Registry System
• Payment and supervision of Rural Electrification Voucher
• Training services for FOMILENIO’s staff
• Support for the middle term Program Evaluation
• Strengthening of the gender topic

Specific procurement notices for contracts to be procured through competitive procedures will be announced, as they become available on the following sites:

• FOMILENIO’s Web site (http://www.fomilenio.gob.sv)
• Development Business Online (http://www.devbusiness.com)
• Development Gateway Market (http://www.dgmarket.com)
• Salvadoran Treasury Ministry’s UNAC website (www.comprasal.gob.sv)
• And in other sites that may be specified in the published notice for each process

Interested eligible suppliers, contractors, and consultants are encouraged to look for these announcements and/or contact FOMILENIO’s procurement agent located at Boulevard del Hipódromo, No. 441, Colonia San Benito, San Salvador, El Salvador, telephone numbers: (503) 2524-6150, (503) 2524-1000, Fax (503) 2524-6102/6161, email: uaci@fomilenio.gob.sv, for more information
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