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Edition 2:

Apr 1, 2008 (shown)

Edition 1:

Apr 1, 2008

Country:

Lebanon

City/Locality:

Tripoli

Notice/Contract Number:

Publication Date:

Apr 1, 2008

Deadline:

May 8, 2008

Buyer:

Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR)
Tenders Department

Eligibility of Bidders:

Cf notice

Original Language:

English

Address:

Sami Naufal
Council for Development and Reconstruction
Tallet Al-Sarail
Beirut 116/5351
Lebanon

Telephone:

+961 (1) 980096

Fax:

+ 961 (1) 981255

Email:

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Web Site:

http://www.cdr.gov.lb

45000000 - Construction work

LEBANON
COUNCIL FOR DEVELOPMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION
CULTURAL HERITAGE AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (CHUD)
(Loan No. 7166-LE)
Invitation for Bids
Tripoli Old City – Resettlement Building – Block C

This invitation for bids follows the general procurement notice for this project that appeared in the issue of the UN Development Business No. 619 dated November 30, 2003.
The Lebanese Republic has received a loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and a loan from the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), toward the cost of the Cultural Heritage and Urban Development Project (CHUD), and it intends to apply the proceeds of these loans to payments for goods, works, related services and consulting services to be procured under this project. This project will be co-financed by the Italian Government (Department for Development Cooperation) and the Government of France. Bidding for contracts financed by the World Bank will be governed by its eligibility rules and procedures
The Council for Development and Reconstruction, the project’s executing agency, intends to apply part of the proceeds of these loans to payments under the contracts for Resettlement Building – Block C in Tripoli Old City. Works will include:
The construction of a 5 stories residential building including a basement for parking spaces, a ground floor for shops, and 36 housing units
The construction period is 12 months.
The Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the above described works package. Bidding will be conducted through the national competitive bidding procedures specified in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, January 1995 (revised January and August 1996, September 1997, and January 1999), and is open to all bidders from eligible source countries as defined in the guidelines.
Bidders will be subject to post qualification and shall meet the following qualification criteria:
1. minimum annual volume of construction work in any of the last five years shall be US$ 3.0 Million;
2. successful experience within the last five years as prime contractor in the construction of at least two works contracts of a nature and complexity equivalent to the Works (to comply with these requirements, works shall be at least 70% complete):
a. in building construction with at least one of a value not less than US$ 1.0 Million, and
b. in public works with at least one of a value not less than US$ 2.0 Million;
(Two works contracts collectively satisfying all of the above shall be considered compliant)
3. a Project Manager with ten years experience in works of an equivalent nature and volume including no less than five years as Manager; and
4. liquid assets and/or credit facilities of no less than US$ 0.5 Million.

The figures for each of the partners of a joint venture shall be added together to determine the bidder’s compliance with the minimum qualification criteria of criteria 2 above; however, for a joint venture to qualify, each of its partners must meet at least 50 percent of criteria 1 and 4 above for an individual bidder, and the partner in charge at least 100 percent of those minimum criteria. Full details of the qualification criteria are given in the Instructions to Bidders in the Tender Documents.

Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the bidding documents at the Council for Development and Reconstruction at the address below from 8:00 to 13:00 Beirut local times. A complete set of bidding documents in English may be purchased by interested bidders from the address below on application in person and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of Seven Hundred and Fifty US Dollars (US$ 750) for each set, starting Monday, March 24th 2008. The method of payment will be through a bank certified check in favor of the Council for Development and Reconstruction.
Bids shall be valid for a period of 120 days after bid opening and must be accompanied by a bid security of twenty five thousand (40,000) United States Dollars.
Bids must be delivered to the address below no later than Thursday, May 8th 2008 12:00 noon at which time they will be opened in the presence of bidders’ representatives who choose to attend. Late bids will be rejected.
A Contractor will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits (current edition).
Interested bidders should mention as reference: “CHUD – Tripoli Works Phase II – Resettlement Building – Block C”.
Council for Development and Reconstruction
Tallet El-Serail
Beirut, Lebanon
Division of Legal Affairs – Tenders Department
Tel: 961 (0)1-980-096/097
Fax: 961 (0)1-981-252/253

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