Consultancy Services to Perform Technical Studies for the Pacific Corridor between... Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : El Salvador

Summary : Consultancy Services to Perform Technical Studies for the Pacific Corridor between the Border Crossing

Deadline : 19 Nov 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 27387054

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : Millennium Challenge Account (MCA)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT (MCA)
Procurement Manager / Procurement Agent FOMILENIO II / Procurement Agent Edificio Zafiro, Nivel 1, Bulevar Orden de Malta, Avenida El Boquerón #4-A, Santa Elena, Antiguo Cuscatlán, La Libertad CP-1502 Tel: +503-25241039
El Salvador
Email :consultorias@fomilenioii.gob.sv

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Consultancy Services to “Perform Technical Studies for the Pacific Corridor between the Border Crossing in “La Hachadura” and the ca12 Road (“Kilo 5”) - Third Call".

The United States of America through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC, for its acronym in English) and the Government of the Republic of El Salvador (the "Government" or “GOES”), have entered into a Millennium Challenge Grant Agreement, for an amount of US$365.2 million (US$277 million from United States of America Government, through the Millennium Challenge Corporation and US$88.2 million from the Government of the Republic of El Salvador) (“Grant Agreement").

The Grant will be used to support the following activities: 1) Human Capital Project, 2) Investment Climate Project, 3) Logistical Infrastructure Project; and, 4) the installation and administration costs of the agency responsible for the implementation.

The Government, acting through “El Fondo del Milenio II” or “FOMILENIO II”, intends using part of the funds to eligible payments under the terms and conditions of the contract resulting from this consulting firm selection process, to perform this consulting service in a transparent and financially viable, according to the following detail:

Ref No.: FOM II-QCBS-0891-2018 - THIRD CALL.
TITLE: CONSULTANCY SERVICES TO “PERFORM TECHNICAL STUDIES FOR THE PACIFIC CORRIDOR BETWEEN THE BORDER CROSSING IN “LA HACHADURA” AND THE CA12 ROAD (KILO 5) - THIRD CALL”.
Original title in Spanish language: SERVICIOS DE CONSULTORÍA PARA “REALIZAR ESTUDIOS TÉCNICOS PARA EL CORREDOR PACIFICO ENTRE EL PASO FRONTERIZO EN LA HACHADURA Y LA CARRETERA CA12 (KILO 5) - TERCERA CONVOCATARIA”.
ESTIMATED PERIOD OF CONTRACT AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SERVICES:
Total term: Three hundred thirty (330) calendar days.
Base period: 150 calendar days.
Optional period: 180 calendar days.

DATE AND TIME(1) OF CONFERENCE PREVIOUS TO RECEPTION FOR PROPOSALS: Monday, October 15, 2018, at 10:00 a.m.
DATE AND TIME(2) LIMIT OF RECEIVING PROPOSALS: No later than Monday, November 19, 2018, until 4:00 p.m.
Notes: (1) and (2), official time in the Republic of El Salvador (UTC-06:00)

The conference previous to reception for proposals will take place in FOMILENIO II office in San Salvador. Although this is not a mandatory meeting, it is recommended to attend all prospective consulting firms or their representatives.

Payments from FOMILENIO II shall be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions, including restrictions on the use of MCC funding agreement. No party other than the GOES and FOMILENIO II, shall be rights about the Agreement and shall be entitled to claim funds or resources of MCC.

Be excluded from participation in this process to any person or entity within the blacklist or suspended from participating in procedures funded by the World Bank or Federal Government funding of the United States of America, or otherwise prohibited by law of the United States of America or executive orders or policies, including under any existing anti-terrorism policy.

The consulting services to be provided under this request will be selected under the method of Quality and Cost Based Selection - (QCBS), described in the documents of Request for Proposals (RFP), according to MCC Procurement Guidelines of August 15, 2015, Section 1.B and its modifications, posted in http://www.fomilenioii.gob.sv/directrices-de-adquisiciones.

With this Specific Procurement Notice, FOMILENIO II seeks to obtain and evaluate Technical and Financial Proposals from consulting firms. The scope of the services is focused on: obtaining information relevant to the potential PPP (Public-Private Partnerships) project: “CORRIDOR BETWEEN THE BORDER CROSSING IN “LA HACHADURA” AND THE CA12 ROAD (“KILO 5”)”, which serves to make decisions and eventually, stakeholders have a reliable track record in developing their technical and economic bids.

Interested consulting firms may obtain the Request for Proposals (RFP) documents, free of charge, at the address indicated below, starting from Monday, October 1, 2018, Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., official time in the Republic of El Salvador (UTC-06:00). In addition, the Request for Proposals (RFP) documents can be downloaded from the FOMILENIO II website: http://www.fomilenioii.gob.sv/adquisiciones/procesos, under the "Adquisiciones" tab or menu, select and search in "Avisos Específicos" menu option, from the above date, or in hardcopy form, without charge, at the address indicated below.

Those consulting firms interested in registering through the FOMILENIO II website with their e-mail address, general data and expressing their interest in participating in this process, will receive notifications via the e-mail registered, related to clarification notes, amendments or any other necessary information related to this process, issued during the period specified in the invitation documents. Besides sending this information to the registered e-mail address of interested consulting firms, it will be available for everyone for downloading, previous free online registration, in the FOMILENIO II website.

Documents

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