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 011400 POC Mr. Tim Truitt, Manager and Chief of Party; Ssppeciaal Executing Unit, FHIS, Tel: 011-504-236-7281; Fax: 011-504-236-8104; E-mail: ttruitt@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, ttruitt@usaid.gov. The Government of Honduras acting through the Executing Unit of the Emergency Reconstruction of Roads and Bridges Activity (RECAP) of the Honduran Social Investment Fund (FHIS), with financial assistance from the United States Agency for International Development Mission in Honduras, invites firms from the United States and Honduras who are specialized in the design, fabrication and erection of prefabricated drainage structures (for example; bridges, box culverts, arch culverts) to submit proposals for the design, fabrication and erection of drainage structures on the secondary and tertiary road network that were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Mitch in October 1998. The majority of the prefabricated drainage structures contemplated will have cross sectional flow areas that vary in size between 4 and 45.00 square meters and include both one and two lane road widths. All of the structures will be located in the Departments of Colon, Atlantida, Yoro, Choluteca, Valle and municipalities of Juticalpa, San Fernando de Becerra, Patuca, Santa Maria del Real and Catacamas in the Department of Olancho. The total amount of contracts for prefabricated structures could reach US$5 millon and which will be distributed between one or more contracts with durations of one year from the date of signing the contract(s). The contracts will specify a minimum quantity of design, fabrication and erection works that will be requested through work orders to the contractor. RECAP intends to evaluate the cost effectiveness and appropriateness of different types of prefabricated structures erected in the field. In order to do this, RECAP will issue Work Orders for a minimum of two structures from each of the selected suppliers of prefabricated structures. The decision to issue new Work Orders will be based on the results of the initial field installations. Financing for this activity originates from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Government of Honduras. All contracting processes under the RECAP Activity will conform to the GOH/USAID Host Country Contracting Procedures. USAID host country contracting and Government of Honduras contracting procedures. All RECAP activity reports and communications between contractors, consultants and GOH/FHIS will be in Spanish. The solicitation documents are only available in Spanish and proposals are to be submitted in Spanish. The completed tender documents must be received no later than 10:00 A.M., January 14, 2000 at the following address: Tim Truitt, Manager and Chief of Party, Special Executing Unit, RECAP Activity, located in Colonia San Carlos, Calle Ecuador, Casa No. 318, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. If sent by U.S. mail: Tim Truitt (C), Manager RECAP, Apartado Postal No. 3776, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. 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 copyin paper form and a floppy disk. This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the Agency Web Site. The request for proposals 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 solicitation 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 solicitation 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-SN409257). (0350)

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