United States Agency for International Development(USAID), Mission to West Bank & Gaza, Contracting Office, Unit #7228, Box 0036, APO AE 09830-0036

Y -- USAID SEEKS THE SERVIES OF A U.S. FIRM OR ORGENIZATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM WHICH INCLUDES WELL DRILLING, WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND THE CONSTRUTION OF RELATED FACILITIES. SOL IFB -294-2000-009 DUE 062800 POC Adel Yamak, Senior Procurement Specialist, Office of Contracts Management, ayamak@usaid.gov, USAID/Wesst Bank & Gaza, Telephone 972-3-511-4848, Fax 972-3-511-4893 WEB: CURRENT CBD NOTICES, http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cbd /. E-MAIL: Adel Yamak, ayamak@usaid.gov. The United States Agency for International Development, West Bank & Gaza Mission seeks to contract for the services of a United States construction contractor (USAID country code 000) or joint ventures of United States firms, to submit bids for construction of additions to a water supply system and groundwater monitoring wells in the West Bank. The contractor will be required to provide and install or construct all goods, equipment, and materials for a complete system which will include remotely located monitoring wells and new production wells. Construction is anticipated to include: 1) Approximately 16.4 km of cement lined, steel, water pipe. Pipe sizes range from 300 mm to 600 mm and will be rated for a pressure of 40 bar. 2) Drilling and development of two production wells with upper casing diameter of 18 5/8" and lower casing diameter of 13 3/8". Depth of wells is anticipated to be 800 m and 850 m. 3) Drill and develop one production well, 450 m deep and 13 3/8" casing to 350m. 4) Drillingeight monitoring wells to depths of 400 m to 800 m. with casings diameter of 9 5/8" in. 5) Install pumps and motors in four production wells (two wells drilled and cased under a previous contract.) Typical pump settings are 450-550 m below ground level. 6) Construct wellhead facilities at four production well sites, including 1,500 m3 balancing tanks, 300m3 /hr @ 320 tdh pumping stations and other ancillary buildings and equipment. 7) Construct wellhead facilities at eight monitoring well sites. 8) Construction of retrofitted, permanent power facilities at three existing locations. 9) Coordination with the existing water transmission system. 10) Coordination with local utility installation of power facilities. The IFB will be distributed on/about April 28, 2000. Prospective bidders may choose to purchase one of the following sets: SET A; IFB Documents including one full size set of drawings and one reduced set of drawings, or SET B; IFB Documents including one reduced set of drawings. A certified check in the amount of $1,000 for SET A, or $200 for SET B, must be made in the name of "US Embassy -- Tel Aviv" and received with the request for the IFB documents. Address the requests for the IFB document to : The Contracting Officer, American Embassy/Tel Aviv,Unit # 7228, APO AE 09830, if sent from the USA, or, The Contracting Officer, USAID West Bank & Gaza, 71 Hayarkon Street, Tel Aviv Israel, Tel No. 972-3-511-4848, if sent from the locality or any other international address. USAID will send the documents, via courier service, to the address designated in the letter requesting the IFB. Purchase of the IFB (SET A), and attending the Pre-Bid meeting, including site visits, is required for those intending to submit a bid. The pre-bid conference and site visits are anticipated to start on/about May 16, 2000. The anticipated date for submitting bids is on/about June 28, 2000. Address all inquiries to Adel Yamak, Senior Procurement Specialist, Fax No. 972-3-511-4893 or E-mail "ayamak@usaid.gov". We also request that you include an updated contact name, telephone number and/or a fax number and an email address where you can be contacted. This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the Agency web site. The IFB, once issued, can be downloaded from the Agency web site without the engineering drawings. 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 for this solicitation. Receipt of this IFB 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. It is the responsibility of the recipient of this solicitation document to ensure that it has been received from Internet in its entirety and USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. Posted 04/13/00 (W-SN444770). (0104)

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