SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- UEMOA Regional Rail Integration Feasibility Study
- Notice Date
- 11/2/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- United States Trade and Development Agency, USTDA, 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-0410041B
- Response Due
- 12/22/2005
- Archive Date
- 1/6/2006
- Description
- POC Evangela Kunene, USTDA, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA 22209-3901, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009. PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT CONTRACTS OFFICE; PROPOSAL SUBMISSION PLACE: Monsieur le President de la Commission de l?UEMOA, 380, Rue Agostino Neto, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Phone: +(226) 50 31 88 73/76, Fax: +(226) 50 31 88 72. UEMOA Regional Rail Integration Feasibility Study. 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 develop a Feasibility Study for the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), the grantee, to investigate integrating the regional rail system. UEMOA requested U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) assistance with a feasibility study to analyze railway lines and their possible integration in the countries of Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Benin. The proposed regional railway project would link the landlocked countries of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso to one another, thereby enhancing their access to more efficient rail network support. The rail integration project would also allow rail access to alternative seaports from the landlocked countries. The UEMOA regional rail integration project involves three segments:  Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso) ? Bamako (Mali)  Kaya (Burkina Faso) ? Niamey (Niger)  Niamey (Niger) ? Parakou (Benin) The Terms of Reference for the UEMOA Regional Rail Integration Feasibility Study include: Review of Current Infrastructure Regional Market Study Conceptual Engineering and Design for the New Railway Project Environmental Impact Assessment Economic/Financial Analysis Interim Reports and Final Report The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $614,600 grant to the Grantee from USTDA. A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes requirements for the Proposal, the Terms of Reference, and a background definitional mission report is available from USTDA, at 1000 Wilson Boulevard, 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 mailroom 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 English and French directly to the Grantee by 4:00PM on December 22, 2005 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.
- Record
- SN00925399-W 20051104/051102212518 (fbodaily.com)
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