PREQUALIFICATION NOTICE
KENEMA – KOINDU CORRIDOR
RECONSTRUCTION OF KENEMA –
PENDEMBU ROAD
Location: Sierra Leone
1.
Publication Reference: SLRA/DP01.
2.
Procedure: International
Competitive Bidding (ICB)
3.
Financing: KFAED,
OFID, SFD, BADEA, IDB and Government of Sierra Leone
4.
Contracting Authority:
Sierra Leone Roads Authority on behalf of the Government
of Sierra Leone
5.
Contract Description:
The project comprises the
construction of the 1st phase of the
Kenema-Koindu Road that is, the Kenema-Pendembu section
with an approximate length of 86 km, 7.0 metre wide
carriageway plus 1.5m shoulders.
Procurement of construction works
will be made on the basis of International Competitive
Bidding. Tenderer for the construction works will be
pre-qualified in accordance with the procedures and
criteria of the General Instructions to Applicants (GITA)
and the Particular Instructions to Applicant (PITA).
6.
Candidature:
Participation is open to any
Contractor (including member of a joint venture and all
sub-contractors) who satisfies the requirement under
Article 7 below.
7.
Participation:
Participation is open to any bidder
(including all members of a joint venture and all
sub-contractors of a bidder) meeting all four of the
following requirements:
(a)
Participant(s)
shall be from any country as defined under the
Guidelines in GITA
(b)
Participant(s)
shall be pre-qualified for the contract as notified by
the Employer.
(c)
Information
regarding any current litigation in which the
participant is involved.
(d)
Participant(s)
shall provide such evidence of their continued
eligibility satisfactory to the employer as the Employer
shall reasonably request.
8.
Number of applicants:
No more than one application can be
submitted by a natural or legal person (including legal
persons within the same legal group), whatever the form
of the participation (as an individual legal entity or
as leader or partner of a consortium submitting an
application). In the event that a natural or legal
person (including legal persons within the same legal
group) submits more than one application all application
in which that person (and legal persons within the same
legal group) has participated will be excluded.
9.
Sub-contracting:
Sub-contracting is
allowed.
10.
Number of candidates to be shortlisted:
On the basis of the applications
received, at least 4 and at most 8 candidates will be
invited to submit detailed tenders for this contract.
11.
Provisional Timetable:
Provisional date of invitation to
tender is 17th July 2008.
12.
Provisional commencement date of the contract 16th
October 2008
13.
Initial Period of Execution and Possible Extension of
the Contract
36 Months – No extension initially
foreseen.
SELECTION AND AWARD CRITERIA
14.
Selection Criteria
The following selection criteria will
be applied to candidates. The prequalification will be
totally based on the ability of the concerned company to
perform the required work taking into consideration:
1.
The
experience and performance of each company or firm in
similar works;
2.
Its
capabilities in terms of personnel and equipment or
plant;
3.
The magnitude
of works under execution and progress of work; and
4.
Its financial
status and performance during the past three (3) years.
15.
Application
Interested eligible bidders may
obtain further information and inspect the
Pre-qualification document at the address below from the
11th February 2008 between 0800 hrs and 1700
hrs GMT. A complete set of
Pre-qualification Documents in English may be purchased
by interested bidders on the submission of a written
application to the address below and upon payment of a
non-refundable fee of Le 300,000.00 (three hundred
thousand leones), or US $100, for those requesting the
document to be posted to them an additional Le
100,000.00 (one hundred thousand Leones). The method of
payment will be direct payment to the Finance Department
of the Sierra Leone Roads Authority at the address
below.
Deadline for receipt of application
is 14th April 2008. at 12.00 hrs GMT.
16.
How applications may be submitted:
Application for Prequalification
should be submitted in sealed envelopes, delivered to
the address below.
17.
Address:
Director General
Sierra Leone Roads Authority
P O Box 1324
Kissy, Freetown
Sierra Leone
Tel: 232 22 226565, 222322
Fax: 232 22 222346
