Invitation for Bids (IFB) 

Republic of Armenia

Second Education Quality and Relevance Project (APL 2)

Procurementof

Furniture for HighSchools 

Credit: 4565 AM

ICB-2/2010

1.         ThisInvitation for Bids follows the General Procurement Notice for this Project that appeared in Development Business.

2.         The Republic of Armenia has received a credit from the InternationalDevelopmentAssociation toward the cost of the Second Education Quality and Relevance Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceedsofthis credit to payments under the Contract for Procurement of Goods for High Schools (Furniture).

3.         "Centerfor Education Projects" PIU now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for supply of below Goods to High Schools(Furniture).

4.         Biddingwill be conducted through the International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures specified in the World Bank's Guidelines:Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, and is open to all bidders fromEligible Source Countries as defined in theGuidelines.

5.        Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from "Center for Education Projects" PIU and inspect the BiddingDocuments at the address given below from 11:00 to 13: 00 and from 14:00 to 17:00 except Saturdays and Sundays, as well as NationalHolidays.

6.         Qualifications requirements include:

a. The Bidder should have at leastfive-year experience in furniture delivery. In this regard the Bidder should submit the written statement specifying the largecontracts implemented by the Bidder during the period of 2005-2009. The statement shall state the name of the Purchaser, contractamount and duration, the type of delivered goods and quantities per goods type. For these contacts, the Bidder should also submitthe acceptance certificate signed and stamped by the Purchaser. 

b. Within the last five years the Biddershould have performed at least two contracts on the delivery of similar goods with the total amount of each no less than the amountof the current Bid. 

c. The bidder should prove its financialreliability and should have financial resources appropriate for executing the submitted Bidding Document. Particularly, the Biddershould prove by presenting approved by the Tax Inspectorate (for Local Bidders) financial statements for the last two fiscal years(2008, 2009) and independent auditor's report for the last (2009) fiscal year that 

            i. average annual turnover for the each of last two years should be no less than the amount of theBid

            ii. for the last two years the total assets/total liabilities (without owners' equity) ratio by the each yearend should be greater than 1.

d. The Bidder should be legally registeredorganization. To prove this, the Bidder should submit the copy of the Charter and the Certificate from the StateRegister.

e. If a local Bidder offers to delivergoods through CIP delivery terms, the Bidder should provide the list of the expected subcontractors (according to GCC 20.1). Aftercontract awarding, the successful Bidder should provide the signed copies of the contracts with its subcontractors before signingthe contract with the Purchaser and within the Bid Form and Bid Security validity periods. If the Bidder fails to provide thesigned copies of the contracts with its subcontractors, the BidDeposit will not be refunded.

A margin of preference for certain goods manufactureddomestically shall not be applied. Additional details are provided in the Bidding Documents.

7.         Acomplete set of Bidding Documents in English may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written Application tothe address below and upon payment of a non refundable fee 30,000 Armenian Drams (AMD) (VAT including). The method of payment willbe bank transfer for all bidders. The transfer shall be made to the following account:

Name: "Center for EducationProjects" PIU, A/C No. 001-000546-003 with HSBC Bank Armenia, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia; Swift Address: MIDLAM22; Correspondentbank in USA: HSBC Bank USA, New York US, Swift #MRMDUS33, Chips://CP:108; Beneficiary bank A/C No. 000-05145-4.The BiddingDocuments will be sent by airmail for overseas delivery and surfacemail for local delivery.

8.         Bids mustbe delivered to the address below at or before 15:00 on October 15-th, 2010. Electronicbidding will not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected.  Bids will be opened in thepresence of the bidders' representatives who choose to attend in person or on-line at the address below at 15:15 on October 15-th, 2010.  All bids must be accompaniedby a "Bid Security" of    $8000 or an equivalent amount in a freely convertiblecurrency.

9.         The address(es) referred to above is: "Center for Education Projects" PIU, II floor, meeting room, 73 S. Vratsyan Street, Yerevan, 0070, Republic of Armenia, ph.: +374 10 575667, Fax: +37410 559750, e-mail: cfep@arminco.com.