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

C -- CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES INTERESTED IN THE REHABILITATION OF ROADS, BRIDGES AND DRAINAGE WORKS IN HONDURAS (RECAP) SOL SOL 00-021 DUE 022500 POC Mr. Tim Truitt, Manager and Chief of Party, Special 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 Honduran Social Investment Fund (FHIS), with the financial support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in Honduras, is asking for expressions of interest and applications for pre-qualification with the purpose of forming a roster of construction companies in the United States of America and Honduras, that may demonstrate sufficient experience and capacity in the area of road and bridge reconstruction. The Government of Honduras (GOH) is initiating the permanent rehabilitation of the highways and bridges damaged by Hurricane Mitch. The rehabilitation program will be implemented by FHIS and directly managed by a special executing unit. The funding for this activity originates in the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Government of Honduras (GOH). All the contracting processes under RECAP activity shall be in accordance with the Contracting Procedures for Host Countries existing between theGOH/USAID -- Contracting Procedures of USAID Host Countries and the GOH contracting procedures. The RECAP Project will rehabilitate roads and bridges located in the Departments of Atl ntida, Yoro, Col n, Choluteca and Valle. The total combined value will be approximately fifty million Dollars (US$ 50 million). Only pre-qualified firms from Honduras and the United States of America are eligible for bidding in these works. The rehabilitation works financed by RECAP shall include the following: a) 2000 kilometers of unpaved roads; b) 2000 lineal meters of short bridges (most of them less than 15 m long); c) 30 km. of paved highways (in dispersed sections); and d) 20 km. of cobblestone roads using labor-based techniques. The completed pre-qualification and certifications-related information should be received not later than February 25, 2000, at 2:00 p.m., in the following address: Tim Truitt, Manager and Chief of Party, Special Executing Unit, RECAP Project, Colonia San Carlos, Calle Ecuador, No. 318, Tegucigalpa, M.D.C., Honduras. If it is sent by mail within the United States it should be addressed to: Tim Truitt (C), USAID/Honduras, Washington, D.C. 20523. The preferred distribution method for the pre-qualification documents is via the INTERNET, to the address indicated below, or asking a flexible 3.5" diskette to the RECAP Office, located in Colonia San Carlos, Calle Ecuador, No. 318, Tegucigalpa MDC, Tel. (504) 236-7281, fax (504) 236 -- 7272. If a printed copy of the documents is required, it should be specifically requested to this same Office, but both a printed copy and a diskette copy will not be issued. The announcement of this invitation for pre-qualification appears in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD), Official Gazette of the United States Federal Government and may be seen and downloaded from INTERNET using the USAID Web site. The Web address at the world level is http:/ww.info.usaid.gov. Select the option "Business and Procurement Opportunities" of the Web Main Page, then select "USAID Procurements". In the following screen, select "Download Available USAID Solicitations"; locate the number of this invitation and download the application. If you wish to be notified of any amendment made to the pre-qualification document, you should confirm receipt of this pre-qualification application through INTERNET, by sending a written notification to the contact person indicated at the beginning of this invitation. It is the responsibility of the receiver of the Pre-qualification Base Document to be sure that the same has been received in total through INTERNET and USAID does not assume responsibility for errors in the information that may result from the transmission or conversion process. Posted 02/01/00 (W-SN420620). (0032)

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