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BAHAMAS |
Completion
of New Providence Road Improvement Project
Construction
and Rehabilitation of Roadway
Loan No. 1320/OC-BH
The
Government of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas has received a loan in the amount
of US$ 46,200,000 equivalent from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
toward the cost of the New Providence Road Improvement Project, and it intends
to apply a portion of the loan proceeds to payments for goods, works and
related services to be procured under this project. The project comprises the
rehabilitation, improvement and expansion of the road network on the island of
New Providence in The Bahamas.
Procurement
of contracts financed by the loan will be conducted through the procedures as
specified in the IDB’s Guidelines: Basic
Procurement Policies and Procedures (1995 as amended by the addendum dated
1998) and is open to all bidders from eligible IDB’s member countries as
defined in the guidelines.
The
Ministry of Works and Utilities of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas now invites
construction firms wishing to prequalify for completing the construction and
rehabilitation of approximately 22 of the 24.6 miles of roadway, that have been
started under a previous contract (the original contractor having gone into
receivership), to submit their respective prequalification proposals in sealed
envelopes, with proof of their legal status and technical and financial
capacity for the provision of construction services.
Interested
parties may inspect the prequalification documents at and obtain further
information, including eligibility to participate, from the address below. Prequalification documents may be obtained
by interested parties at the same address, between 0900 and 1600 hours, Mondays
to Fridays, starting 31 October 2002 upon payment of a non-refundable fee of B$
100. Payments may be made in cash, certified check, bank draft or money orders,
payable to the Public Treasury of The Bahamas.
Completed
prequalification proposals must be clearly marked “Prequalification
Application, Completion of New Providence Road Improvement Project”, and
submitted in duplicate to the Director of Public Works at the same address, no
later than 1600 hours on or before 16 December 2002. Late applications will not
be accepted.
Ministry of Works and
Utilities
Director of Public Works
PO Box N-8156
J.F. Kennedy Drive
Nassau, Bahamas
Tel: (242) 322-4830/9
Fax (242) 326-7907