Design / Construction of the North Transnational Highway, Segment Nombrede Jesus after rio Lempa – beginning of Sensuntepeque By Pass

Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   El Salvador
City/Locality:   NORTHERN ZONE
Notice/Contract Number:   FOM-CO-CB-01/2010
Publication Date:   Feb 3, 2010
Deadline:   Mar 22, 2010
Funding Agency:   Millennium Challenge Account
Buyer:   MCA - El Salvador (FOMILENIO). MCA - El Salvador (FOMILENIO)
Eligibility of Bidders:   Visit FOMILENIO´s web site www.fomilenio.gob.sv for further information
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   Jose Tito Siguenza
Procurement Unit Office (ACI) - FOMILENIO
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

 

Original Text

Specific Procurement Notice
Bidding Documents
No. FOM-CO-CB-01/2010

Competitive Bidding
Design / Construction of the North Transnational Highway, Segment Nombrede Jesus after rio Lempa – beginning of Sensuntepeque By Pass

These Bidding Documents follow the General Procurement Notice corresponding to the second semester 2009, published in dgMarket online on July 1st, 2009, UN Development Business online on July 1st, 2009, local newspapers La Prensa Gráfica and El Diario de Hoy on June 29th, 2009, and posted on the FOMILENIO website at http://www.fomilenio.gob.sv.

The United States of America acting through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (“MCC”) and the Government of El Salvador (the “Government”) have entered into a Millennium Challenge Compact for Millennium Challenge Account assistance to help facilitate poverty reduction through economic growth in El Salvador (the “Compact”) in the amount of approximately US$ 460.9 million (“MCC Funding”). The Government, acting through Fondo del Milenio (FOMILENIO) (“MCA-El Salvador) intends to apply a portion of the MCC Funding to eligible payments under a contract to fund procurement of Design / Construction of the North Transnational Highway, Segment Nombre de Jesus after rio Lempa – beginning of Sensuntepeque By Pass in a transparent and fiscally sound manner; for which this Invitation For Bidding is issued.


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.

The payments to be done by FOMILENIO will be subjected to the terms and conditions, including restrictions on the use of funds from MCC indicated in the Compact. No other party but GOES and FOMILENIO will have any rights on the Compact or will have any rights to claim funds from the MCC resources.

Any person or entity that has been blacklisted from participation in procurements funded with World Bank assistance or debarred or suspended from participation in procurements funded by the United States Federal Government or otherwise prohibited by applicable United States law or Executive Order or United States policies, including under any then-existing anti-terrorist policies, shall be excluded from procurements awarded under the Compact.

The services to be contracted under this Bidding Documents will be selected under the Competitive Bidding (CB) method, described in this document, in accordance with the MCC Program Procurement Guidelines of October 23, 2009, Section 1A, which are found at: http://www.mcc.gov/documents/mcc-guidelines-programprocurement.pdf.

The participants are advised that while these procedures are similar to those set out in the World Bank Guidelines there are several very significant differences. For that reason it is recommended that the participants review carefully the Bidding Documents and the pertaining sections of the MCC Procurement Guidelines.

The object of this procurement is to produce the final design and build the necessary works for the adequate functioning of the segment Nombre de Jesus after rio Lempa – beginning of Sensuntepeque By Pass part of the North Transnational Highway starting with the construction of a completely new road in the first 7 Km, a major upgrading in the next 3 Km, and in the remaining 13 Km an upgrade of the present rural road to a modified paved secondary road according to the characteristics described in Section VIII - Condiciones y Especificaciones Técnicas.

The project is comprised in two phases: the Design Phase, which is also comprised by the Final Design phase and the Resettlement Action Plan for the implementation of the acquisition of Right of Way and the Construction Phase, both Phases are ruled by Technical Specifications included in this document.

Please note that a visit, to the site and pre-proposal conference will be held on February 18 and 19, 2010 respectively. The interested Firms can obtain the “Bidding Documents” at no cost, and additional information in the address indicated below starting February 1, 2010 from Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM (El Salvador local time). The Bidding Documents can also be downloaded from FOMILENIO’s web page (www.fomilenio.gob.sv), in the Section Procurement, starting on the indicated date above.

All bids must be submitted in Spanish according to the renewed MCC’s Spanish Language waiver dated March 12th, 2009. The bids have to be presented and be registered at the address indicated below by March 22, 2010, no later than 10:00 AM (El Salvador local time). All Bids must be accompanied by a $400,000.00 Bid Security, in the form specified in the Bid Documents. Firms should be aware that distance and customs formalities may require longer than expected delivery time. Bids received after this time and date will not be considered and will be returned unopened.


Procurement Unit Office (ACI) - FOMILENIO
Boulevard del Hipódromo #441, Colonia San Benito
San Salvador, Republic of El Salvador, Central América
Tel: (503) 2524 – 6150
Fax: (503) 2524- 6161
Email: obras @fomilenio.gob.sv

San Salvador, February 1, 2010
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