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

C -- ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING SERVICES, PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR DESIGN AND SUPERVISION OF WATER, SEWERAGE, SSUPERFICIAL STORM DRAINAGE AND LANDFILL PROJECTS UNDER THE HURRICANE MITCH RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM IN HONDURAS DUE 113099 POC Mr. Ramon Cardona, Director of the Employment Generation Unit of the Honduran Social Investment Fund (UGE/FHIS), Tel: 011-504-236-6447, Ext:758), Alternate Contact: Fabrizia Velasquez, Municipal Development Program Assistant, Tel: 011-504-236-9320 ext: 2756; Fax: 011-504-238-2812/011-504-236-7776, E-mail: fvelasquez@usaid.gov WEB: http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cbd, http://www.info.usaid.gov. E-MAIL: http://www.info.usaid.gov, fvelasquez@usaid.gov. 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 and submission of pre-qualification questionnaires for the purpose of short-listing design and supervision firms from the USA and Honduras. Interested organizations must be able to provide fluent Spanish speaking personnel since all documentation, including the pre-qualification questionnaire is in the Spanish language. Firms must demonstrate extensive experience and capability in the areas of ground water studies, design and supervision of reconstruction and expansion of water, sewerage, superficial storm drainage, levees and landfill projects. The Honduran Government is starting the permanent rehabilitation of water and sanitation infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Mitch. The rehabilitation program will be implemented by UGE/FHIS. Financing for this activity originates from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). All contracting processes under this Activity will conform to the FHIS/USAID Host Country Contracting Procedures. The Project will rehabilitate, construct and expand water, sewerage, drainage and landfill projects, all located through out the Republic of Honduras. The combined, total value of the construction contracts will be approximately US$80 million. Only pre-qualified firms from the USA and Honduras are eligible to bid on the design and supervision of these works. The rehabilitation, expansion and construction works as well as ground water studies financed under the Program will include the following: Approximately 107 water, sewerage, drainage, small landfill projects. Typical works include: water intake structures, sand filters, storage tanks, well drilling, conduction lines, distribution networks, sewerage collectors, sub-collectors and drainage networks, stabilization ponds, pumping stations etc. The completed pre-qualification information and related statements must be submitted no later than 4:00PM, November 30, 1999 at the following address: Ram n Cardona, Director UGE/FHIS, Bulevar Los Pr ceres, Ave. Manuel Jose Arce, No 3759, Tegucigalpa, M.D.C. Honduras. The preferred method of distribution of USAID procurement information is via the Internet or by request of a solicitation on a 3.5" floppy disk (WordPerfect 5.1/5.2 format). This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the Agency Web Site. The pre-qualification questionnaire, once issued, can be downloaded from the Agency web site. The Worldwide Web address is http://www.info.usaid.gov. Select Business and Procurement opportunities from the home page, then "USAID Procurements." On the following screen, select "Download Available USAID Solicitations." Receipt of this questionnaire through INTERNET must be confirmed by written notification to the contact person noted above. It is the responsibility of the recipient of this solicitation document to ensure that it has been received fromINTERNET in its entirety and USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. Posted 11/05/99 (W-SN398617). (0309)

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