BARBADOS HIV/AIDS PREVENTION & CONTROL

Health Sector

GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE

Loan No. 7066-BAR.

Project ID No. P075220

The Government of Barbados has received financing in the amount of US$ 15.15 million equivalent from the World Bank toward the cost of the HIV/AIDS Prevention & Control Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, related services and consulting services to be procured under this project.

The project includes the following components: (i) Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS Transmission; (ii) Diagnosis Treatment and care of People with HIV/AIDS ; (iii) Management and Institutional Strengthening,including construction of a medical waste facility to be procured under ICB procedures.

Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank will be conductedthrough the procedures as specified in the World Bank#s Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits (current edition), and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the guidelines. Consulting services will be selected in accordance with the World Bank#s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers (current edition).

Specific procurement notices for contracts to be bid under the World Bank#s international competitive bidding (ICB) procedures and for contracts for consultancy services will be announced, as they become available, in UN Development Business and dgMarket and in local newspapers.

Interested eligible bidders who wish to be included on the mailing list to receive invitations to bid under ICB procedures, and interested consultants who wish to receive a copy of advertisement requesting expressions of interest for consultancy contracts, or those requiring additional information, should contact the address below.

Ministry of Health,

HIV/AIDS Programme

Attn: Miss Esther Williams, Procurement Officer

Jemmotts Lane, St.Michael

Barbados

Tel 1-246-436-3415

Fax: 1-246-426-5570

E-mail: adminhiv@sunbeach.net