MW-Lilongwe: EDF — rural feeder roads programme — upgrading of Mchinji–Kawere (S118) road

Prior Information Notice

General Information
Country:   Malawi
City/Locality:   LILONGWE
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:38123-2009
Publication Date:   Feb 10, 2009
Buyer:   THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALAWI
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALAWI
LILONGWE  
Malawi

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 0708 - Prior Information Notice
Regulation of Procurement: External aid and European Development Fund
EU Official Journal Publication: 27/2009, #38123-2009
Contract Nature: Works
Procedure Type: Prior information or periodic indicative notice
Type of Bid Required: Not defined
Awarding Criteria: Not defined

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Location: southern Africa — Malawi
Works contract forecast
1. Publication reference: EuropeAid/128070/D/WKS/MH.
2. Procedure: International open tender.
3. Programme: European Development Fund (9th EDF).
4. Financing: Financing Agreement No 9642/MAI: rural feeder roads
programme.
5. Contracting authority: The Government of the Republic of Malawi,
represented by National Authorising Officer of the EDF, Minister of
Finance, Ministry of Finance, Capital Hill, PO Box 30049, Lilongwe 3,
Malawi.
6. Contract description: The contract is part of the rural feeder roads
programme. The project road is located in Mchinji district, in the western
part of the Central region of Malawi. The project starts at Mchinji town,
which is located about 115 km west of Lilongwe near the border with Zambia
and runs in a northerly direction, across a flat and undulating terrain,
up to Kawere (km 26). The road is constructed of lateritic gravel of
varying thickness and width, with an average carriageway width of 6,0
metres (2×3 m lanes) and 1 metre shoulders on both sides. The works
comprise upgrading the 26 km gravel road to a single surface dressed with
19 mm and 10 mm slurry between Mchinji and Kawere. Drainage construction
includes repair of existing, and installation of new, prefabricated
concrete pipes and box culverts. The works will be contracted under the
EDF general conditions for works contracts where the supervisor will be
the roads authority of Malawi and the supervisor's representative will be
appointed under a separate contract. The period of performance is expected
to be 18 months and a 12-month maintenance period. The contractor will be
required to provide all the plant, machinery, labour, materials and
supplies including the location of borrow pits and quarries to complete
the works.
7. Indicative number and titles of lots: 1 lot: Upgrading of
Mchinji-Kawere (S118) road.
8. Scheduled publication date: March 2009.
10. Additional information: None.
11. Legal basis: ACP-EC Partnership Agreement signed at Cotonou on
23.6.2000.
Decision No 2/2002 of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers published in OJ L
320 of 23.11.2002
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