C -- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED TO COMMUNITIES WITHIN 100 KILOMETERS ALONG THE US/MEXICO BORDER.

Notice Date

April 25, 2001

Contracting Office

Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC), P.O. Box 221648, El Paso, Texas 79913

ZIP Code

79913

Solicitation Number

BECC/SCOA01

Response Due

May 31, 2001

Point of Contact

Carol Harle e-mail: charle@cocef.org/Alfonso Zamora: azamora@cocef.org

E-Mail Address

azamora@cocef.org; charle@cocef.org (azamora@cocef.org; charle@cocef.org)

Description

The Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) is soliciting technical proposals from qualified consultants to participate in the Simplified and Competitive Ordering Agreement (SCOA). The most qualified and selected firms will have the opportunity to provide the BECC with competitive quotes/offers for technical assistance services to be provided to communities within 100 kilometers along the U.S./Mexico border. The BECC currently provides technical assistance to border communities for infrastructure projects in the water, wastewater and solid waste sector. The required services will include the following categories: CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT -- Activities to clearly identify the environmental and/or health problems of the community and, if appropriate, to develop a project. The process is intended to provide an initial indication that the existing system cannot adequately meet the community's needs and a project can be developed that will respond to the BECC guidelines and criteria for project certification. The following are examples of services that can be required: Identification of the specific problems and the area affected by the problem; Analysis of existing health, and environmental conditions. PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE -- Activities related to development of a project for BECC's Certification. The process is intended to provide assistance to fully develop the documentation required for project compliance with BECC's Project Certification criteria. Examples of required services under this concept can include: Project specific building assistance to communities in the development of comprehensive community participation plans; Sustainable alternatives development. FINAL ENGINEERING DESIGN ASSISTANCE -- Activities related to final design and value engineering. The activities may include completion of final engineering plans and specificatinos necessary for commencement of construction activities. OTHER SERVICES -- The BECC will consider other types of environment infrastructure projects to the extent that such projects are consistent with the definition of environmental infrastructure project contained in the BECC Charter. These additional types of projects will include, but not limited to, projects that improve air quality, public transportation projects, projects related to clean and efficient energy, and projects that improve municipal planning and development and water management. The BECC intends to use the SCOA to include ten qualified consultants per country to cover the entire region and then compete the required services among those selected firms for that country only. Interested and qualified consultants in both Mexico and the US are invited to participate in this procurement. The BECC will select ten of the most qualified firms per country and formalize an agreement with these firms for one year with an option to extend the agreement for another year. The BECC will always solicit bids/offers from no less than three of the selected consultants. It is requested that only firms that have demonstrated knowledge and experience in the border area, including water, wastewater, and solid waste infrasturcture project development along the US/Mexico border and 100 KM on either side of the border, participate in this procurement. It is the intent of the BECC to provide the solicitation, along with the scope of work, on the BECC web site only at www.cocef.org on April 27, 2001. Questions will be accepted, through e-mail, no later than May 10, 2001, to Alfonso Zamora for the Mexican consultants at azamora@cocef.org, and to Carol Harle for the American consultants at charle@cocef.org. Questions will be answered by May 18, 2001. Proposals are due by 5:00 p.m. (local time) on May 31, 2001 to: BECC/COCEF, Blvd. Tomas Fernandez, No. 8069, Los Parques, Cd Juarez, Chihuahua, C.P. 32470, Mexico.

Web Link

www.cocef.org (www.cocef.org)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010427/CSOL004.HTM (W-115 SN50K2X3)