SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE (SPN) Country Nepal Project Name Electricity Transmission Project Procurement Title Procurement of Consultancy Services for Construction Supervision for Transmission Lines and Substations Activities for Electricity Transmission Project Procurement Ref. Number MCA-N/ETP/QCBS/006 Type of Procurement Consulting Services Employer Millennium Challenge Account Nepal (MCA-Nepal) Publication Date 18 January 2023 Submission Deadline 09 March 2023 The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, acting through the Ministry of Finance (the “Government”) and the United States of America, acting through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (“MCC”), entered into a Millennium Challenge Compact on September 14, 2017, providing for a grant of up to five hundred million United States Dollars (US$500,000,000) to advance economic growth and reduce poverty in Nepal (the “Compact”), to which the Government will contribute up to one hundred thirty million United States Dollars (US$130,000,000) for a program to reduce poverty through economic growth in Nepal, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract to be awarded for Consultancy Services for Construction Supervision for Transmission Lines and Substations Activities for Electricity Transmission Project. MCC’s funding is appropriated by the U.S. Congress and obligated to the compact up-front, with no incremental or partial funding. So, when a contract is signed with an MCA Entity, money is already available to the MCA Entity and, for most contracts, invoices are paid directly to Contractors/Consultants/Suppliers by the US Treasury. MCA-Nepal now invites proposals from eligible consultants to provide Construction Supervision Services during Construction, Defects Notification Period and Post Defects Notification Period as an Engineer under FIDIC Yellow Book Conditions of Contract for Transmission Line and Substation Works. The Consultant will be MCA-Nepal’s single point of responsibility for all services required under these terms of reference, although it is anticipated that the Consultant may sublet elements of this Scope of Services to highly experienced individuals or firms with the required skills and experience. Procurement process will be conducted through the Quality and Cost-Based Selection (QCBS) method as specified in the MCC Program Procurement Guidelines (PPG) available on MCA-Nepal website and is open to all eligible consultants as defined in the PPG. A complete set of Request for Proposal documents may be obtained by interested consultants upon the submission of a written application at the following email address
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[email protected]. Proposals must be uploaded to the file request link provided below on or before 15:00 hours (local time of Nepal (GMT+5:45) on 9 March 2023. Only electronic bidding submitted through Dropbox link as in the table below will be permitted. Late proposals will be rejected. Proposals will be publicly opened in the presence of the bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend the online meeting using the link https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqdO-hpzItHNUXKz9RqcArPCSBci2TnG5F Contact Information: The file request link referred to above is: The file request link (Dropbox link) for submission of application is as follows: https://www.dropbox.com/request/jzYA2Pxh0IxTsb2sjMj9 The address referred to above is: Millennium Challenge Account Nepal 2nd & 3rd Floor, East Wing, Lal Durbar Convention Centre, Yak & Yeti Complex, Durbar Marg, Kathmandu, Nepal. Attn: Procurement Agent E-mail:
[email protected] Website: https://mcanp.org/ DISCLAIMER: THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. FOR UPDATES ON THIS SOLICITATION PLEASE FOLLOW THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE LINK PROVIDED. THIS PROCUREMENT IS NOT CONDUCTED UNDER THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS, IS NOT ADMINISTERED BY THE US GOVERNMENT, AND THE RESULTING AWARD WILL BE MADE BY THE COUNTRY INDICATED IN THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS PROCUREMENT PLEASE CONTRACT THE PERSON NAMED IN THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT.