“Final Engineering Design and Implementation of the Resettlement Action Plan for the Management of the Acquisition of Right-of-Way on Sections 5, 6 and 7 at the Northern Transnational Highway”

Country:

El Salvador

City/Locality:

Northern Zone of El Salvador

Notice/Contract Number:

REOI FOMILENIO 2008-002

Publication Date:

Jul 15, 2008

Deadline:

Aug 7, 2008

Funding Agency:

Millennium Challenge Account

Buyer:

MCA - El Salvador (FOMILENIO)
MCA - El Salvador (FOMILENIO)

Eligibility of Bidders:

Please look at the FOMILENIO´s web page for further information

Original Language:

English

Address:

Jose Tito Siguenza
Procurement Direction
Fondo del Milenio Office, Blvd. del Hipódromo #442,
Col. San Benito.
San Salvador
El Salvador

Telephone:

(503) 2524-1000 ext. 1030

Fax:

(503) 2524-1033

Email:

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Web Site:

http://www.fomilenio.gob.sv

REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR
FONDO DEL MILENIO (FOMILENIO)

CONSULTING SERVICES
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
REOI FOMILENIO 2008-002

“Final Engineering Design and Implementation of the Resettlement Action Plan for the Management of the Acquisition of Right-of-Way on Sections 5, 6 and 7 at the Northern Transnational Highway”

This Request for Expression of Interest follows the General Procurement Notice (GPN) corresponding to the first semester 2008, published in dgMarket online on January 9, 2008, UN Development Business online on January 15, 2008 and in the local newspapers La Prensa Gráfica and El Diario de Hoy on January 18, 2008, and also posted on the FOMILENIO website at http://www.fomilenio.gob.sv

The Government of the Republic of El Salvador (GOES) received a US$ 460.9 million grant from the Government of the United States of America through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a US Government corporation created to help to facilitate the reduction of poverty through economic growth. The Fondo del Milenio (FOMILENIO), the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA Entity), is the institution established under the laws of El Salvador to act in the name of the Government, and subject to the terms and conditions of related agreements, and the availability of funds, the GOES intends to use a portion of the proceeds indicated, to make eligible payments under the terms and conditions established on the consulting services contract resulting from the process initiated with the present Request for Expression of Interest (EOI).

The payments to be done by FOMILENIO will be subjected to the terms and conditions, including restrictions on the use of funds from MCC indicated in the Compact. No other party that GOES and FOMILENIO will have any rights on the Compact or will have any rights to claim funds from the MCC resources.

The purpose of this REOI is to obtain a Short List of consulting firms to be invited to present their technical and financial proposals (Request for Proposals - RFP) in accordance with the procedures established in the MCC Procurement Guidelines of February 15, 2008, Section 1.B, which is found at: http://www.mcc.gov/documents/mcc-guidelines-programprocurement.pdf

Any person or entity that has been blacklisted from participation in procurements funded with the World Bank assistance or debarred or suspended from participation in procurements funded by the United States Federal Government or otherwise prohibited by applicable United States law or Executive Order or United States policies, including under any then-existing anti-terrorist policies, shall be excluded from this procurement.

The Connectivity Project included in the Compact has as main objective the reduction of transportation cost and time on the Northern Zone with the rest of the country and within the region. This project is divided in the following two components: (i) “The Northern Transnational Highway - NTH” with a length of approximately 290 km on 7 Sections, and; (ii) “The Network of Connecting Roads - NCR” with a length of approximately 240 km on 3 Groups.

This invitation seeks the participation of national and/or international and/or association of consulting firms to present Expression of Interest to be selected and invited to participate on the corresponding RFP. The consulting services under consideration corresponds to the following three activities on the NTH on a total length of approximately 135 km (in three sections): (i) Final engineering design; (ii) Preparation and implementation of the resettlement action plans; and (iii) Updating of the environmental management plan.

The consulting firms may present its interest for: (i) Independent sections; (ii) Combination of sections; or (iii) Total three sections. The Request for Expression of Interest document may be obtained, at no cost, and additional information at the address indicated below, starting on July 14, 2008 from Monday to Friday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM (El Salvador local time). It can also be downloaded from FOMILENIO’s web page www.fomilenio.gob.sv in the Procurement Section. The execution period of services by the consulting firm is of 18 months.

The Expressions of Interest must be submitted printed in Spanish in original and three (3) copies, and one (1) electronic copy in the form of a CD Rom, according to the MCC’s Spanish language waiver dated March 13, 2008, in sealed envelopes. The EOI shall be sent to the address indicated below by August 7, 2008, no later than 3:00 PM (El Salvador local time). Proposals received after this time and date shall not be considered and shall be returned unopened. Consulting Firms should be aware that distance and customs formalities may require longer than expected delivery time.

Winston Wallis - Director
Charles Kendall and Partners Ltd.
Procurement Agent forFOMILENIO
Boulevard del Hipódromo 441 - Colonia San Benito
San Salvador, República de El Salvador - Central América
Tel: (503) 2524-6150 Fax: (503) 2524-6102
E-mail: mperez@fomilenio-pa.com

“Final Engineering Design and Implementation of the Resettlement Action Plan for the Management of the Acquisition of Right-of-Way on Sections 5, 6 and 7 at the Northern Transnational Highway”

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