SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Feasibility Study on the Urban Rail Project in Lima, Peru
- Notice Date
- 10/21/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- United States Trade and Development Agency, TDA, USTDA, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, C/O US TDA 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA, 22209-3901
- ZIP Code
- 22209-3901
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-0250037B
- Response Due
- 11/24/2003
- Archive Date
- 12/9/2003
- Point of Contact
- Evangela Kunene, Procument Data Manager, Phone 703-875-4357, Fax 703-875-4009,
- E-Mail Address
-
ekunene@tda.gov
- Description
- POC Evangela Kunene, USTDA, 1000 Wilson Blvd. Suite 1600, Arlington, VA 22209-3901, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009. PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE CONTRACTS OFFICE. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION PLACE: Arq. Alberto Sanchez-Aizcorbe, Executive President, Autoridad Aut?noma del Proyecto Especial Sistema El?ctrico de Transporte Masivo de Lima y Callao, Calle Compostela # 142 - Urb. La Calesa, Santiago de Surco, Lima ? Peru, Phone: 51-1 273-1944 / 273-2001, Fax: 51-1 273-2001 Anexo 100, Email: saizcorbe@hotmail.com. The Grantee invites submission of qualifications and proposal data (collectively referred to as the "Proposal") from interested U.S. firms which are qualified on the basis of experience and capability to provide a Feasibility Study to the Autoridad Aut?noma del Proyecto Especial Sistema El?ctrico de Transporte Masivo de Lima y Callao (Autonomous Authority) in the assessment of the technical, economic and financial viability of developing an urban rail project for the municipality of Lima. Lima has grown into one of Latin America?s largest and most populous metropolitan areas. Because the city is experiencing uncontrolled growth, and is in need of an adequately planned transportation system, Lima is suffering from severe air pollution and traffic congestion. To address these consequences, the Autonomous Authority, a municipal transportation agency owned by the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima, is developing an integrated mass transit urban rail plan for the city of Lima. The Autonomous Authority owns and manages concessions for the $312 million Lima train system. The present concept for the development of a rail system in Lima has focused on its development within the context of the overall urban and countrywide transportation network and calls the new project the "spinal column" of the Peruvian intermodal network, with an emphasis on its connection to the major cargo port of Callao just outside Lima. The proposed project envisions the construction of a system of infrastructure and rolling stock that in the first stage will operate over two main axes: the first, from Callao on the Pacific to Chosica in the east, and the second from Villa El Salvador in the south to the center of the city. The southern line is not included in the Feasibility Study. In the first stage, the east-west line will be upgraded only as far east as Vitarte, covering a distance of 26 kilometers. While urban rail dates back to the 1960s in Lima, the Autonomous Authority is confident that the project will solve the transportation problems and will provide a more reliable, less polluting means of mass transit for its citizens. The Autonomous Authority has requested U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) funding support for instituting urban rail passenger service on the Callao-Chosica corridor. The feasibility study would assess the economic and financial viability of offering both freight and passenger service on the existing right of way, given parameters for speed of operation, equipment capacity, station and equipment profiles and other engineering factors provided by the Autonomous Authority. The study will place particular emphasis on station construction costs, traffic forecasting, equipment utilization, and financing costs. The Terms of Reference for the Feasibility Study include the following: Task 1: Technical Analysis of Rehabilitation/Service Plan and Equipment Configuration Task 2: Economic/Market Analysis Task 3: Financial Analysis Task 4. Environmental and Habitational Studies Task 5: Supporting Legal- Regulatory Analysis Task 6: Final Report The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $325,000 grant to the Grantee from the USTDA. In addition to the USTDA funding, the Grantee will provide US$152,000 of in-kind costs including engineering, economic and/or other local labor and/or staff costs to complete the full Terms of Reference for the Study. IMPORTANT: This Feasibility Study will require travel to Peru. A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes requirements for the Proposal, the TOR, and a background desk study report are available from USTDA, at 1000 Wilson Blvd. Suite 1600, Arlington, VA 22209-3901. Requests for the RFP should be faxed to the IRC, USTDA at 703-875-4009. In the fax, please include your firm?s name, contact person, address, and telephone number. Some firms have found that RFP materials sent by U.S. mail do not reach them in time for preparation of an adequate response. Firms that want USTDA to use an overnight delivery service should include the name of the delivery service and your firm's account number in the request for the RFP. Firms that want to send a courier to USTDA to retrieve the RFP should allow one hour after faxing the request to USTDA before scheduling a pick-up. Please note that no telephone requests for the RFP will be honored. Please check your internal fax verification receipt. Because of the large number of RFP requests, USTDA cannot respond to requests for fax verification. Requests for RFPs received before 4:00 PM will be mailed the same day. Requests received after 4:00 PM will be mailed the following day. Please check with your courier and/or mail room before calling USTDA. Only U.S. firms and individuals may bid on this USTDA financed activity. Interested firms, their subcontractors and employees of all participants must qualify under USTDA's nationality requirements as of the due date for submission of qualifications and proposals and, if selected to carry out the USTDA-financed activity, must continue to meet such requirements throughout the duration of the USTDA-financed activity. All goods and services to be provided by the selected firm shall have their nationality, source and origin in the U.S. or host country. The U.S. firm may use subcontractors from the host country for up to 20 percent of the USTDA grant amount. Details of USTDA's nationality requirements and mandatory contract clauses are also included in the RFP. Interested U.S. firms should submit their Proposal in Spanish and English directly to the Grantee by 4:00PM local Lima, Peru time, November 24, 2003 at the above address. Evaluation criteria for the Proposal are included in the RFP. Price will not be a factor in contractor selection, and therefore, cost proposals should NOT be submitted. The Grantee reserves the right to reject any and/or all Proposals. The Grantee also reserves the right to contract with the selected firm for subsequent work related to the project. The Grantee is not bound to pay for any costs associated with the preparation and submission of Proposals.
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