TITLE: BIDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF WATER, SEWERAGE ANDLANDFILL PROJECTS USAID/Honduras No. RFP 522-02-023 POC Mr. Hugo Wagner Falck, Chief Engineer of the Directorate of Major Infrastructure of the Honduran Social Investment Fund (DIM/FHIS), Tel: 011-504-234-5157/233-1762, e-mail:
[email protected], Fax: To be requested by phone. 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 US and Honduran Firms to participate in the bidding process DIM/FHIS 002-2002 for the construction of the water system for the Municipality of Santa Rosa de Cop?n (Component II). Interested firms must be able to provide Spanish speaking personnel since all documentation is in the Spanish language. This bid is part of the Honduran Government's Program to implement permanent repairs and expansions to the water and sanitation infrastructure. The Municipal Development Program will be implemented by the Directorate of Major Infrastructure, DIM, of the Honduran Social Investment Fund (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. The FHIS is the contracting entity under this procurement. Typical works could include: water intake structures, conduction lines, storage tanks, pumping stations, 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 be submitted. 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 July 8, 2002 at 3:00 p.m. local time at the Conference Room, Third Floor of the FHIS Building in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The deadline to present any questions concerning these bid documents will be June 21, 2002. Bidders are advised that add on work to this contract is a possibility. All firms interested in submitting bids must pre-register with the Intercollegiate Committee for Registration and Classification of Firms (CIRCE), located at Edificio Honduras El?ctrica, second floor, near the National Congress, Tegucigalpa, M.D.C. The bidding documentation consist of the following volumes: Evaluation Questionaire, Instruction to Bidders, Model Contract, Job Quantities, Technical Specifications, Project Descriptions, Guidelines to present Submittals, Security and Quality Control Plans, and Construction blueprints (If blueprints can not be send, please contact Mr. Hugo Wager, DIM, FHIS). Due to the extensive amount of information and plans, the preferred and more safety method of distribution of this documentation is to personally request the information from Mr. Hugo Wagner Falck, DIM/FHIS. The bidding documentation for this FBO can be obtaining making a formal solicitation, via e-mail, to
[email protected] then FHIS will forward a electronic copy of the documents stated above via e-mail. All bids should include a bid bond, directed to Leoncio Yu Way Morales, Minister of the FHIS. 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.