MONTEPUEZ-LICHINGA ROAD PROJECT - GENERAL

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 MAPUTO 001550 SIPDIS USDOC FOR 3131/ANESA/KBRENNAN/JMATHESON/MSTAUNTON USDOC FOR 3140/ITA/CS/ODO/AFRICA TEAM USDOC FOR 4510/ITA/MAC/OA/JDIEMOND DEPT FOR AF/S, AF/EPS, EB/CPS, AND EB/CBA DEPT PLS PASS AID/AFR/SA AND G/EGAD/BD DEPT PLS PASS EXIM BANK, TDA, AND OPIC JOHANNESBURG FOR FCS SCO - W CENTER/L SANTOS CAPE TOWN AND DURBAN ALSO FOR FCS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: BEXP MZ SUBJECT: MONTEPUEZ-LICHINGA ROAD PROJECT - GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE ¶1. 787/06/T014 ¶2. 11/30/06 ¶3. BWILLIAMS ¶4. 787 MOZAMBIQUE ¶5. - 6A. REPLY TO: 6B. National Roads Administration Avenida de Mocambique, 1225 P.O. Box 1439 Maputo, Mozambique Tel: 258 21 476 163/7 Fax: 258 21 475 862 -------------- Trade Opportunity Information -------------- ¶7. The Republic of Mozambique has applied for a loan from the African Development Bank Group to finance jointly with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and on a parallel basis with the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) the Montepuez-Lichinga Road Project. The government intends to apply part of the proceeds of the loan for payments for civil works and consulting services to be procured for the project. The principal objectives of this project are to improve province accessibility and improve road transport services for the population in the zone of influence of the Montepuez-Lichinga Corridor, and to improve links between Niassa and Cabo Delgado provinces and the rest of the country. ¶8. The project comprises the following components: (i) Civil works for the upgrading to bitumen surfaced standard of the Montepuez-Marrupa Road (203 Km); the rehabilitation of the Litunde-Lichinga road (66 Km) and the construction of seven (7) bridges between Marrupa and Litunde; (ii) Consultancy services for design review, pre- contract services and supervision of the above civil works; (iii) Road safety; (iv) Compensation and resettlement; (v) Project audit services. ¶9. PROCUREMENT: Civil Works - International competitive bidding (ICB) will be used for civil works for the ADF/JBIC and Government co-financed components among pre- qualified contractors with no domestic or regional preference in accordance with the Guidelines of the Accelerated Co-financing for Africa (ACFA). SIDA components will be procured according to SIDA rules of procurement. ¶10. CONSULTING SERVICES: Consultancy services will be required for design review, pre-contract services and supervision of the civil works and project auditing. For the ADF/JBIC and Government co-financed components, procurement will be on the basis of pre-qualification. The procedure for evaluation and selection of the supervision consultants for the civil works will be based on technical quality without price considerations. Auditing services will be financed by the ADF and the procedure for evaluation and selection of the audit firm will be based on comparability of technical proposals and least cost consideration. SIDA components will be procured according to SIDA rules of procurement. ¶11. Documents for pre-qualification of consultants are MAPUTO 00001550 002 OF 002 expected to be available in January 2007 and the documents for pre-qualification of contractors are expected to be available in July 2007. Interested bidders may obtain further information and should confirm their interest by contacting the above mentioned address. ¶12. For more information on this or other trade and investment matters in Mozambique, please contact us at: Economic/Political Officer Brooke Williams, or Economic/Commercial Assistant Elizabeth Filipe Economic/Political Section U.S. Embassy - Maputo 2330 Department of State Washington, DC 20521-2330 Tel.: 258-21-49-27-97 or Fax: 258-21-49-38-57 E-mail: filipeec@state.gov Or Embassy website: www.usembassy-maputo.gov.mz DUDLEY