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

C -- PREFABRICATED BRIDGES AND CULVERTS + FOR EMERGENCY RECONSTRUCTION OF ROADS AND BRIDGES IN HONDURAS (RECAP) SOL SOL 00-014 DUE 011500 POC Mr. Ramon Cardona, Director Employment Generation Unit of the Honduran Social Investment Fund UGE/FHIS; Tel: 011-504-236-6447 ext. 758. Alternate Contacts: Mauricio Cruz and Fabrizia Velasquez, USAID Municipal Development Engineer and Assistant; Tel: 011-504-236-9320 ext. 4790 and 4670; e-mail: mcruz@usaid.gov and 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, mcruz@usaid.gov or fvelasquez@usaid.gov. Title: Prequalification Questionnaire + For Emergency Reconstruction and Expansion of Water, Sewerage, Storm Drainage and Sanitary Landfill Projects in Honduras. POC Contact Point: Mr. Ramon Cardona, Director Employment Generation Unit of the Honduran Social Investment Fund UGE/FHIS; Tel: 011-504-236-6447 ext. 758. Alternate Contacts: Mauricio Cruz and Fabrizia Velasquez, USAID Municipal Development Engineer and Assistant; Tel: 011-504-236-9320 ext. 4790 and 4670; e-mail: mcruz@usaid.gov and 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 shortlisting construction firms from the USA and Honduras who can demonstrate extensive experience and capability in the area of reconstruction and expansion of water, sanitation and drainage systems. The Honduran Government is starting the reconstruction and expansion of water and sanitation works damaged by Hurricane Mitch. The rehabilitation program will be implemented by FHIS and directly managed by UGE. Financing for this activity originates from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Government of Honduras. All contracting processes under the the Water and Sanitation Program will conform to the GOH/USAID Host Country Contracting Procedures. USAID host country contracting and Government of Honduras contracting procedures. The Water and Sanitation Program will rehabilitate and expand and construct water, sewerage, drainage and small sanitary landfills systems in 50 Honduran Municipalities. The combined, total value of the contracts will be proximately US$60 million. Only pre-qualified construction firms from Honduras and the USA are eligible to bid on these works. The rehabilitation works financed under the Water and Sanitation Activity will include the following: 107 water, sewerage, drainage, basic services for housing projects for displaced families and small sanitary landfills in 50 Honduran Municipalities. Typical works include water intake structures, conduction lines, distribution networks, sewerage networks and collectors, pumping stations, stabilization ponds or trickling filters, superficial concrete lined drainage canals etc., The completed pre-qualification information and related statements must be received no later than 5:00PM, January 15, 2000 at the following address: Ram n Cardona, Director UGE/FHIS, Bulevar Los Pr ceres, Calle Manuel Jos Arce, Tegucigalpa, M.D.C. The preferred method of distribution of procurement information is via the INTERNET or by request of a solicitation on a 3.5" Floppy Disk. If you require a copy of the solicitation in paper form, you must specifically ask for it, but you will not receive both a copy in paper form and a floppy disk. This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the Agency Web Site. The pre-qualification questionnaire 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" and find the number of this solicitation. Receipt of this pre-qualification questionnaire through the INTERNET must be confirmed by written notification to the contact person noted above if you wish to be notified of any amendments to the pre-qualification document. It is the responsibility of the recipient of this solicitation document to ensure that it is been received from the INTERNET in its entirety and USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. Posted 12/16/99 (W-SN409261). (0350)

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