C -- ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING SERVICES, REQUEST FOR BIDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF WATER

Notice Date

November 21, 2000

Contracting Office

USAID/Honduras/Office of Contract Management, Unit 2927, APO AA 34022

ZIP Code

34022

Solicitation Number

USAID/Honduras Solicitation No. 01-010

Response Due

December 20, 2000

Point of Contact

Mr. Carlos Fortin, Chief Engineer of the Directorate of Major Infrastructure of the Honduran Social Investment Fund (DIM/FHIS) Tel: 011-504-234-5157/233-1762, Fax: 011-504-234-5265, E-mail: dim_fhis@yahoo.es

E-Mail Address

http://www.info.usaid.gov (dim_fhis@yahoo.es)

Description

The Government of Honduras acting through The Honduran Social Investment Fund (FHIS) with financial assistance from the United States [Agency for INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT] Mission in Honduras, invites expressions of interest to participate in the bidding process for the reconstruction and expansion of 6 water and sewerage sub-projects in 6 Honduran Municipalities (Tocoa, Guanaja, Sonaguera, La Ceiba, Tegucigalpa-Amarateca and Choluteca). Interested firms must be able to provide Spanish speaking personnel since all documentation is in the Spanish language. This bid is part of the Honduran Government's Program to implement permanent repairs and expansions to the water and sanitation infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Mitch. The Reconstruction Program will be implemented by the Directorate of Major Infrastructure, DIM, of the Honduran Social Investment Fund (FHIS). Financing for this Project originates from the United States [AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT] ([USAID]) and the Government of Honduras (GOH). All contracting processes under this Program will conform to the GOH/[USAID] Host Country Contracting Procedures. The FHIS is the contracting entity under this procurement. Typical works include: water intake structures, conduction lines, distribution networks, storage tanks, drainage networks, collectors, pumping stations, stabilization lagoons, etc. Although bidders will not be pre-qualified, the bidder's qualifications to perform satisfactorily must be established after bids have been received. To facilitate the evaluation of a bidder's qualifications, an evaluation questionnaire attached to the bid must be submitted. The information must be enclosed in a separate envelope from the actual bid. It will be opened and reviewed prior to the bid opening. Only the bids of qualified bidders will be opened. The evaluation and bid documents must be received no later than december 20, 2000 at 10:00 am local time at the Hotel Intercontinental Camino Real in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Bidders are advised that add on work to this contract is a possibility. All firms interested in submitting bids must pre-register with the Intercollegiate Committee for Registration and Classification of Firms (CIRCE), located at Edificio Honduras El ctrica, second Floor, near the National Congress, Tegucigalpa, M.D.C. The bidding documentation consist of the following volumes: Evaluation Questionaire, Instruction to Bidders, Job Quantities, Technical Specifications, Sub-Project Descriptions and Construction blue prints. Due to the extensive amount of plans, the preferred method of distribution of this documentation is to personally request the information from Mr. Carlos Fortin, DIM/FHIS. As of November 20, 2000, the documentation will be available from DIM/FHIS at no cost. As of November 20, 2000, this CBD as well as the evaluation and part of the bidding documentation can be viewed and downloaded using the Agency Web Site. All bids should include a bid bond, directed to Moises Starkman, Minister of the FHIS. Receipt of the evaluation and bidding documentation must be confirmed by written notification to the contact person noted above if you wish to be notified of any amendments to the documents. It is the responsibility of the recipient of this solicitation document to ensure that it has been received from the contracting agency in its entirety and [USAID] bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes.

Web Link

http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cbd (http://www.info.usaid.gov)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001124/CSOL003.HTM (W-326 SN5071O4)