The United States of America through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC, for its acronym in English) and the Government of the Republic of El Salvador (the "Government" or "GOES"), have entered into a Millennium Challenge Grant Agreement, for an amount of US$365.2 million (US$277 million from United States of America Government, through the Millennium Challenge Corporation and US$88.2 million from the Government of the Republic of El Salvador) ("Grant Agreement"). The Grant will be used to support the following activities: 1) Human Capital Project, 2) Investment Climate Project, 3) Logistical Infrastructure Project; and, 4) the installation and administration costs of the agency responsible for the implementation. The Government, acting through "El Fondo del Milenio II" or "FOMILENIO II", intends using part of the funds to eligible payments under the terms and conditions of the contract resulting from this consulting firm selection process to perform this consulting services on Information Technology (IT) in a transparent and financially viable, according to the following detail: No. FOM II-QCBS-1466-2017. TITLE: DETERMINATION OF THE LEGAL AND TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE PROJECT OF ILLUMINATION, VIDEO SURVEILLANCE, AND PHOTO-FINE. Original title in Spanish: "DETERMINACION DE LAS CARACTERISTICAS LEGALES Y TECNICAS DE LOS DERECHOS DE VIA PARA EL PROYECTO DE ILUMINACION, VIDEOVIGILANCIA Y FOTOMULTA". CONTRACT TERM AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SERVICES: 150 calendar days, counted from the Commencement Order, which will be issued in writing by FOMILENIO II. DATE AND TIME(1) OF CONFERENCE PREVIOUS TO RECEPTION FOR PROPOSALS: Tuesday, November 7, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. DATE AND TIME(2) LIMIT OF RECEIVING PROPOSALS: No later than Monday, December 4, 2017, until 4:00 p.m. Notes: 1 and 2, official time in the Republic of El Salvador (UTC-06:00) The conference previous to reception for proposals will take place in FOMILENIO II office in San Salvador. Although this is not a mandatory meeting, it is recommended to attend all prospective consulting firms or their representatives. Payments from FOMILENIO II shall be subject, in all respects, to the terms, conditions, including restrictions on the use of MCC funding agreement. Any other party than the GOES and FOMILENIO II shall be rights about the Agreement and shall be entitled to claim funds or resources of MCC. Be excluded from participation in this process to any person or entity within the blacklist or suspended from participating in procedures funded by the World Bank or Federal Government funding of the United States of America, or otherwise prohibited by law of the United States of America or executive orders or policies, including under any existing anti-terrorism policy. The consulting services to be provided under this request will be selected under the method of Quality and Cost Based Selection - (QCBS), described in the documents of Request for Proposals (RFP), according to MCC Procurement Guidelines of August 15, 2015, Section 1.B and its modifications, posted in http://www.fomilenioii.gob.sv/directrices-de-adquisiciones. With this Specific Procurement Notice, FOMILENIO II seeks to obtain and evaluate Technical and Financial Proposals from Consulting Services Firms specialized in legal and technical issues regarding the right of way. The scope of services is focused on: The determination of the legal and technical characteristics of the right of way in approximately 90 km of strategic road corridors and prioritized by the GOES, which correspond to a portion of the area of the potential APP project lighting, video surveillance and photo-fine of road sections. Interested consulting firms may obtain the Request for Proposals (RFP) documents, free of charge, at the address indicated below, starting from Friday, October 20, 2017, on weekdays from Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 m. and from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m., official time in the Republic of El Salvador (UTC-6:00). In addition, the Request for Proposals (RFP) documents can be downloaded from the FOMILENIO II website: http://www.fomilenioii.gob.sv/adquisiciones/procesos, under the "Adquisiciones" tab, select and search in "Avisos Específicos" menu option, from the above date, or in hardcopy form, free of charge, at the address indicated below. Those consulting firms interested in registering their e-mail address, general data and expressing their interest in participating in this process, will receive notifications via the e-mail registered, related to clarification notes, amendments or any other necessary information related to this process, issued during the period specified in the invitation documents. Besides sending this information to the registered e-mail address of interested consulting firms, it will be available for everyone for downloading, previous free online registration, in the FOMILENIO II website http://www.fomilenioii.gob.sv/adquisiciones/procesos. All the proposals of interested consulting firms should be submitted in Spanish language, under the authorization for the use of the Spanish language, granted by MCC to FOMILENIO II, dated January 26, 2015. The proposals must be presented and registered at the address listed below, no later than the deadline time and date indicated in the Request for Proposals, as shown above in this notice. Interested consulting firms should be aware that customs formalities and shipping distances might extend the estimated delivery time. The proposals that come after the indicated deadline time and date for submit and register the proposals will be returned unopened. The only official address is: Sergio Bassett Procurement Management / Procurement Agent - FOMILENIO II Edificio Zafiro, Nivel 1, Bulevar Orden de Malta, Avenida El Boquerón #4-A, Santa Elena, Antiguo Cuscatlán, La Libertad, República de El Salvador- Centro América Phones: (503) 2524-1038, 2524 -1000 E-mail:
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