The Government of Guyana has received financing from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to partially pay the cost of the Main Road Rehabilitation Program (Phase II) - Bridge Rehabilitation. It is intended that part of the financing proceeds be applied to eligible payments under a technical cooperation - routine maintenance management system (RMMS).

The Government of Guyana (the employer) now invites interested parties to present their respective proposals in sealed envelopes, with proof of their legal and technical capacity for the provision of services for the design and implementation of a simple and practical computerized RMMS program to develop routine maintenance activities annual plans and periodic programs to be executed by contract or by force account. Each of these consultants should submit separate proposals. Routine maintenance activities usually have a limited life expectancy of up to three years.

The consultants will assess the present routine maintenance engineering and financial procedures presently carried out by the road administration or by means of contract by MPW&C and by the regions. Also, in coordination with the MPW&C, the consultants will determine the capability of Guyana's indigenous construction sector to carry out routine road maintenance. Based on this assessment, the consultants should evaluate cost-effective modalities (micro-enterprise, small/district contractors, national contractors, or force account) to maintain works and develop a pilot program for about 400 km of representative principal roads.

The consultants will assess the actual financial procedures of routine maintenance works in terms of reliability as well as actual annual and monthly/periodic dollars amounts given by the Ministry of Finance (MOF) to MPW&C and to the regions. In coordination with the MOF and MPW&C, the consultants will propose the most practical and reliable financial procedures of annual and monthly routine maintenance works of the main paved road network.

The consultants must introduce within this program a computerized method for planning, programming, reporting and monitoring routine maintenance activities.

MPW&C and the IDB intend to extend the pilot program to the entire 900 km of principal roads over a period of 18 months.

Interested parties may obtain further information, including eligibility to participate and may inspect the prequalification documents at the first address below, as of 16 June 2001.

A complete set of prequalification documents may be purchased by any interested parties on the submittion of a written application to Bridge Administration Unit (first address below) between 0800 and 1700 hours, except on public holidays, and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of G$ 10,000. The method of payment will be in cash. It will not be necessary to make the request in person to receive a complete set of the prequalification documents, since these can be sent by mail or e-mail. Parties who request that the prequalification documents be sent to them will be required to pay in advance for this service.

Proposals must be received at the second address below by 0900 hours on Tuesday, 31 July 2001. It will not be necessary to submit these in person, since they may be sent by mail. However, the employer is not responsible for proposals not received thereof on or before the time and date specified for reception of proposals, in which case they will be rejected and returned unopened.

Proposals must be placed in a sealed plain envelope, which does not in any way identify the party, and marked on the outside at the top left hand corner "Main Road Rehabilitation Program (Phase II) - Technical Cooperation - RMMS - Prequalification No. BAU 2\2001", and addressed to the second address below. They will be opened at a public ceremony, in the presence of those bidders' representatives who choose to attend, at 0900 hours on 31 July 2001 in the Conference Room of the Central Tender Board (same address).

1. Bridge Administration Unit. Ministry of Public Works and Communication

Kingston, Georgetown, Guyana.

Tel/Fax: (592) 225-2689, 226-0650.

E-mail: bau@guyana.net.gy.

2. Central Tender Board.

Attn: Chairman. Ministry of Finance.

Main and Urquhart Streets.

Georgetown, Guyana