Y -- Construction of Municipal Market Santiago de Maria

The Government of El Salvador, through the Fondo de Inversion Social (FISDL) will be issuing an invitation for bid (IFB) on or about 30 October 2003 for the construction of the municipal market in Santiago de Maria, El Salvador, Central America. The resulting contract will be a firm fixed price type contract. The construction services are financed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Earthquake Reconstruction Program in El Salvador. This is a host country contracting mode, using Automated Directive Systems (ADS) Chapter 305. The pre-qualification questionnaires, as well as the IFB documents will be available in Spanish only, and they can be obtained upon payment of a USD 10 at the following address: Fondo de Inversion Social para el Desarrollo Local (FISDL), 10 Avenida Sur, Calle Mexico, Barrio San Jacinto, San Salvador, El Salvador. The point of contact for this IFB is Mr. Moises Sanchez, telephone No. (503) 244-1200 and (503) 244-1336, Fax No. (503) 244-1390. Electronic mail is: adquisiciones pound fisdl.gob.sv. Questions concerning this IFB should be made directly at FISDL with Mr. Sanchez.