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GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE - MAURITIUS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT

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General Information
Country:   Mauritius
City/Locality:   Port-Louis
Notice/Contract Number:   GPN MIP
Publication Date:   Nov 20, 2009
Funding Agency:   World Bank
Buyer:   Mauritius Infrastructure Project. Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Land Transport
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   Hiren Rambhojun
Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Land Transport & Shipping
Level 4, New Government Centre
Port-Louis
Mauritius
Telephone:   230 258 6819
Email:   Click here

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GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE


Mauritius Infrastructure Project
GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE
Loan No.IBRD 77340
Project ID No. P091828


The Republic of Mauritius has received financing in the amount of US$ 50 Million equivalent from the World Bank toward the cost of the Infrastructure 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 will include the following components
Component 1: Road Investments

1. Upgrading of Belle Rive - Quartier Militaire Road Government funding will be used to acquire the land needed for the widening of the road right-of-way), a 5.5-to-6.5 meter road, the main link between the East and the West of Mauritius, will be fully or partially rehabilitated and widened to up to 7.5 meters under the proposed project, to alleviate congestion and above all to improve road safety on this axis, largely used by trucks and buses. Works will include slight modifications to the alignment to smoothen the sharpest curves, the construction of bypasses to Valetta and Quartier Militaire villages and the widening of culverts in areas that get partially flooded during heavy rains.

2. Periodic Maintenance for three highway sections: (i) Terre Rouge – Quay D on M2 (5 km of dual carriageway), (ii) Nouvelle France – La Vigie on M1 (8 km of single carriageway) and (iii) parts of Pamplemousses-Grand Baie on A13 (4 km of single carriageway).

3. Performance-based routine maintenance contracts for the three highway sections mentioned above.

Component 2: Technical Assistance and Institutional Development in the Transport – Water/Wastewater - Energy subsectors.

4. Transport Sector:
• Assistance for the setting up of the Land Transport Authority
• Assistance to the agencies in charge of Land Transport
• Assistance Strictly related to the creation of the Land Transport Authority
• Supervision and Monitoring of the Quartier Militaire Road upgrading works contract
• Other transport studies, both in the urban transport and road transport sub-sectors including the BRT and Bus Reform Implementation Study for the Port-Louis / Curepipe
5. Water Sector:
The proposed technical assistance activities aim at helping the government to prepare the investments needed to meet the objectives mentioned above:
• Development of a Master Plan for Water Resources, Rationalization of Water Rights and Capacity Building
• Feasibility and/or detailed design studies and/or EIAs for future investments projects that may comprise at this point an increase in storage capacity of the La Nicoliere reservoir and/or construction of Calebasses dam to increase water supply and irrigation in the North region.
• Re-organization of Pollution Control Laboratory including training of water resources staff and re-organization of Pollution Control Laboratory, including supply of equipment, training of Laboratory staff and building up of enforcement capacity.
• Update of Study on Mauritius Drainage System: update of a 2003 study on the land drainage system of Mauritius.

6. Wastewater Sector
• Feasibility and detailed engineering studies for the Baie de Tombeau Sewerage Project Phase III, consisting in the connection of an additional 7,800 households to the sewerage network in Le Hochet, Riche Terre, Terre Rouge and adjoining areas, and the upgrade/enlargement of the existing wastewater treatment plants.

7. Energy Sector:
• A Renewable Energy Development Study will be undertaken, resulting in a development strategy and implementation plan. The study will include: (a) an assessment of the economic viability of renewable energy technologies compared with competing conventional technologies for power; (b) a review of issues and policy barriers affecting public and private sector development of these technologies; and (c) preparation of a Renewable Energy Development Strategy and a Policy Matrix and Implementation Plan for the period 2009-2028. It will also identify two renewable energy projects or programs to be taken to feasibility level.

Procurement of contracts financed by the World Bank will be conducted through the procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits (May 2004, revised October1, 2006), 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 (May 2004, revised October1, 2006).

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.

Prequalification of suppliers and contractors will be required for the following contracts:
• Upgrading of Belle Rive - Quartier Militaire Road
• Performance-based contracts (3 to 4 small contracts)

Interested eligible bidders who wish to be included on the mailing list to receive invitations to prequalify/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.

Project Plan Committee
Attn: Mr Hiren Rambhojun
Project Coordinator
Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Land Transport & Shipping (Public Infrastructure Division), Phoenix Tel No: 230 6966413 Fax No: 230 6864917
e-mail address: hrambhojun@mail.gov.mu
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