38 -- Invitation for Pre-qualification Notice: Construction of the Ghazni to Gardez and the Gardez to Khost Roads Ghanzi, Paktia and Khost Provinces, Afghanistan

INVITATION FOR PREQUALIFICATION NOTICEConstruction of the Ghazni to Gardez and the Gardez to Khost Roads Ghanzi, Paktia and Khost Provinces, Afghanistan The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is receiving assistance from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Afghanistan Infrastructure Rehabilitation Program, which is being administrated by The Louis Berger Group, Inc. and Black and Veatch Special Projects Corp. Joint Venture (LBG/B&V JV). USAID intends to apply a portion of the funds under this program for the Construction of the Ghazni to Gardez Road and the Gardez to Khost Road, in Ghanzi, Paktia and Khost Provinces, Afghanistan. LBG/B&V JV intends to prequalify interested civil works contractors for the construction of the Ghazni to Gardez Road and the Gardez to Khost Road. This prequalification is for both roads for which bids shall be solicited separately. Each of the roads will incorporate approximately 103 km of new asphaltic concrete roadway, the rehabilitation and re-construction of reinforced concrete bridges of varying lengths, 60 to 100 RC box and pipe culverts, 500 thousand cubic meters of rock excavation 8000 cubic meters of embankment construction, roadway striping and signs. It is expected that invitations for bids will be sent to prequalified applicants in December 2007. Interested bidders may obtain a complete set of prequalification documents from the LBG/B&V JV Afghanistan Infrastructure Rehabilitation Program website: www.irp-af.com by going through the following steps: Step 1 : Open the website www.irp-af.com Step 2 : Go to Tenders Step 3 : Go to Prequalification Document for Ghazni Gardez and Gardez Khost Roads, October 2007 and follow the instructions to download the Prequalification Document. Applications for prequalification should be submitted in sealed envelopes, delivered to the LBG/B&V JV at address indicated in the prequalification documents, by the time and date noted therein. Any question regarding the above notice may be forwarded to this address: [email protected] USAID is posting this invitation on behalf of LBG/B&V JV (Afghanistan Infrastructure Rehabilitation Program Prime contractor)in order to solicit more interested civil works contractors to pre-qualiy for these projects.