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:   Jan 4, 2010
Funding Agency:   Millennium Challenge Account
Buyer:   MCA - El Salvador (FOMILENIO). MCA - El Salvador (FOMILENIO)
Eligibility of Bidders:   Please visit FOMILENIO´s web page for further information www.fomilenio.gob.sv
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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FONDO DEL MILENIO (FOMILENIO)
GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE
JANUARY THROUGH JUNE, 2010
PROCUREMENT PLAN NUMBER No. 7 (PP7)

The Government of El Salvador (GOES) has 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 January to June, 2010, FOMILENIO has planned to implement procurement actions for Goods, Works, Consulting Services and Non-consulting 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.

Procurements for the first semester of 2010
Total Estimated Value – US$44,900,000

Goods: Estimated Value: US$551,000

Information Technology:
• Software (antivirus software)
• IT equipment

Equipment:
• Multimedia Projector

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

Other purchases:
• Printing material
• Publications
• Publications in specialized magazines
• Various goods for administration and communications support

Field Activities, Designs, Feasibility
and Environmental Studies, and Consultants:
Firms: Estimated Value: US$2,920,000

• Technical assistance and training for Water and Sanitation Projects
• Supervision of the construction for Water and Sanitation Projects
• Social -Environmental Studies
• Supervision of the construction for rural roads
• Contracting of Data Quality Review for Program monitoring
• Supervision of the Design and Construction of the Northern Transnational Highway: Section Nombre de Jesús (exit over Lempa River) - entry By-pass Sensuntepeque
• Second Public Opinion Survey
• Consulting services for different temporary activities for administrative, technical and other support.
• Beneficiaries Quantitative Information Gathering 2010
• Beneficiaries Qualitative Information Gathering 2010
• Studies and designs for water and sanitation projects – Groups E, I, and G (separate processes).

Individual Consultants: Estimated Value US$445,000

• Supervision of the construction of bridges, swinging bridges and bridge work
• Consulting services for the design of Business Plans
• Consulting services for technical assistance to financial institutions
• Strengthening of School Census 2008-2009
• Consultant services for different temporary activities for the administrative, technical and other support
• Consulting services for the strengthening of the SINAMA

Works: Estimated Value US$38,950,000
• Design and Construction of the NTH, Sections Nombre de Jesús (exit over Lempa River) - through By Pass in Sensuntepeque
• Implementation of infrastructure solutions derived from the resettlement action plan – sections 2 and 3 (Small works)
• Construction of Water and Sanitation projects
• Construction of rural road projects
• Construction of bridges, swinging bridges, and bridge work projects



Services: Estimated Value US$2,034,000
• Implementation of the Communications Strategy
• Several Events for FOMILENIO and Public Forum Events for Communications
• Annual hosting service for FOMILENIO’s website
• Several engineering services for the Northern Transnational Highway
• Environmental guarantees
• Professional Formation (non-formal) Training Services
• Training services for FOMILENIO’s staff (communications video, photography, journalism and others)
• Strengthening of the Gender Topic
• Services for event support and similar
• Training for community infrastructure
• Technical auditor services
• Strengthening of the SINAMA
• Vehicle rent for the supervision of projects
• Insurance services for FOMILENIO’s personnel
• Digitalization and inventory organization for financial documents
• File storage and archive solution

Contracts for Goods, Works, Consulting Services and Non-Consulting services financed under the program will be implemented according to the principles, rules and procedures set out in the MCC Program Procurement Guidelines which can be found at FOMILENIO´s website.

The Procurement is open to all bidders from eligible source countries as defined in the MCC Program Procurement Guidelines.

Specific procurement notices for contracts to be procured through competitive procedures and consultant contracts will be announced, as they become available during the first semester, 2010, 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 Unit 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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