JAMAICA
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The Government of Jamaica (GOJ)
has secured a Loan No. 1264/OC-JA, from the Inter-American Development Bank
(IDB) to finance the Primary Education Support Project (PESP). The project will support the development and
implementation of activities aimed at improving the delivery of primary level
education in Jamaica. Part of the
proceeds of this loan is to fund payments for the procurement of the services
of a consulting firm to:
· Develop the Ministry’s
capacity to lead, support, evaluate and
coordinate the use of instructional
technologies in Jamaican primary schools;
· Perform a series of
carefully monitored and evaluated pilot
activities in 15 schools of
three types: small multi-grader rural schools,
inner-city schools, and larger
rural schools;
Interested eligible bidders from member countries of
the IDB may obtain further information from and inspect the bidding document at
the office of:
The
Project Manager, PESP
Ministry
of Education, Youth & Culture
5th
Floor, Room 500, Building 1
2 National Heroes Circle
Kingston
4.
Telephone: (876) 922-1400-9 or 922-1971
Fax: (876) 967-4066
A complete set of bidding documents in English may
be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written application
to the Project Manager, PESP (address above) and upon payment of a
non-refundable fee of US$100 or J$4,500 per package Monday to Friday from 9:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The payment toward
the cost of the bidding documents may be made by a banker’s cheque or demand
draft in favour of The Permanent
Secretary, Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture. Payments in any other
form will not be accepted. The bidding
documents will be sent by DHL or electronic mail to bidders outside Jamaica but
the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture will not be responsible for any
delays in delivery. The bidding documents will be available for sale from the
date mentioned below until one day prior to the closing date of the bid.
The time and date on which bids must be delivered to
the address below, the required security in the currency of each bid or its
equivalent in Jamaican dollars or US dollars, and the date and time of bid
closing is indicated below. Bids will
be opened in the presence of bidders representatives who choose to attend at
the address below.
(i)
Availability
of bid documents………………………..July 1, 2002
(ii)
Bid
closing date………………………………………August 16, 2002 @ 2:00 p.m.
(iii)
Bid
opening…………………………………………..August 16, 2002 @ 2:10 p.m.
Ministry of Education, Youth
and Culture
2 National Heroes Circle
Primary Education Support
Project
Building 1, Room 500
Kingston 4.
Fax: (876) 967-4066
E-mail: pcu@cwjamaica.com