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

C -- ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING SERVICES, REQUEST FOR BIDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF WATER, SEWERAGE, SUPERFICIAL STORM DRAINAGE AND LANDFILL PROJECTS UNDER THE HURRICANE MITCH RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM IN HONDURAS POC Mr. Ramon Cardona, Chief of the Directorate of Major Infrastructure of the Honduran Social Investment Fund (UGE/FHIS), Tel: 011-504-236-6447 (Extension: 758), 011-504-221-0468. Alternative Contacts Mauricio Cruz and/or Fabrizia Velasquez, Municipal Development Program Officers Tel: 011-504-236-9320 ext. 4790 and 4670 respectively; Fax: 011-504-238-2812, e-mail: mcruz@usaid.gov or 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. 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 to participate in the first bidding process for the reconstruction and expansion of 22 water, sewerage and drainage sub-projects in 13 Honduran Municipalities. Interested firms must be able to provide Spanish speaking personnel since all documentation is in the Spanish language. The Honduran Government is starting the permanent rehabilitation and expansion of water and sanitation infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Mitch. The Reconstruction Program will be implemented by the Directorat of Major Infrastructure, DIM, of the Honduran Social Investment Fund (UGE/FHIS). Financing for this Project originates from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Government of Honduras (GOH). All contracting processes under this Program will conform to the GOH/USAID Host Country Contracting Procedures, USAID host country contracting and Government of Honduras contracting procedures. This bid is part of a Program that will rehabilitate and expand water, sewage, drainage and landfill systems, located throughout Honduras. The rehabilitation and expansion works financed under the Program will include the following: 107 projects focused on water, sewerage, drainage, basic services for housing projects for displaced families and small landfills located in 50 Honduran secondary cities. Typical works include: water intake structures, conduction lines, distribution networks, well drilling, storage tanks, drainage networks, collectors, pumping stations, stabilization lagoons, superficial concrete lined drainage canals, etc. Although bidders will not be pre-qualified, the bidder's qualifications to perform satisfactorily must be established after bids have been received. To facilitate the evaluation of a bidder's qualifications, an evaluation questionnaire attached to the bid must besubmitted. The information must be enclosed in a separate envelope from the actual bid. It will be opened and reviewed prior to the bid opening. Only the bids of qualified bidders will be opened. The evaluation and bid documents must be received no later than June 13, 2000 at 10:00 AM local time at the following address: Mr. Moises Starkman, Ministro del FHIS, (Bid opening site address will be determined shortly). All firms interested in submitting bids must pre-register with the Intercollegiate Committee for Registration and Classification of Firms (CIRCE), Point of Contac is Patricia Flores, Tel. 011-504-239-0500. The bidding documentation consists of the following volumes: Evaluation Questionaire, Instruction to Bidders, Job Quantities, Technical Specifications, Sub-Project Descriptions and Construction blue prints. Due to the extensive amount of plans, the preferred method of distribution of this documentation is to personally request the information from Mr. Ram n Cardona, FHIS/DIM. The documentation will be available from FHIS/DIM at a cost of $300. As of April 10, 2000, this CBD as well as the evaluation and part of the bidding documentation can be viewed and downloaded using the Agency Web Site. Receipt of the evaluation and bidding documentation must be confirmed by written notification to the contact person noted above if you wish to be notified of any amendments to the documents. It is the responsibility of the recipient of this solicitation document to ensure that it has been received from the contracting agency in its entirety and USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. Posted 04/06/00 (W-SN442040). (0097)

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