Monsieur Le President de la Commission, Centrale des Marches, Secretariat Central du Gouvernement, B.P. 184 Nouakchott, Mauritanie.

Y -- MAURITANIA: S16 ROAD MAINTENANCE AND REINFORCEMENT SOL AVIS D'APPEL D'OFFRES--TRAVAUX D'ENTRETIEN DUE 072595 POC Tel (222) 2 533-37. The Government of the Islamic republic of Mauritania (girm) has received a loan from the African Development fund to assist in financing the cost of Road work I.E. maintenance and reinforcement of the existing Road between aleg and maghta-lahjar, roughly 108 Km long part of the loan will be used to make payments on the contract for which this bid invitation is issued the Ministry of equipment and transport invites bidders to send in their sealed bids for the execution of the Project (see item 12 below) eligible bidders can obtain additional information and inspect bid documents at the address below direction Des travaux Publics ministere de L'equipement et transports B P. 237 Nouakchott, Mauritanie bidders can purchase a set of the bid documents by sending a written request to the address in item 6B, upon non-refundable payment of mauritanian ouguiya 150,000 (equivalent to USD 1,190) to: Monsieur Le tresorier General the Ministry of equipment and transport will not be responsable for delay or non-receipt of bid documents sent by mail the site visit which will take place on June 12, 1995 is obligatory all bids must be accompanied by a bid bond equal to 2 percent of the total estimated cost bid components - 972,000 square meters of recycling by fragmentation and/ or scarification of existing coating and roadsides for reconstitution of base layer and repair of roadsides 20 centimeters on average, with contribution of about 108,000 cubic meters of materials - 754,000 square meters of saturation layer at cut-back 0/1 648,000 square meters of slight hit at cut-back 400/600 - 648,000 square meters of dense coat at least 4 centimeters depth - complementary works will include work maintenance, intallation of milestones, repair of traffic signs, and installation of Road signs along the Road and in nearby towns 13 Opening of bids: bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders' representatives on July 26, 1995, at 10 00 hours gmt preference will be accorded to local companies satisfying the required conditions 14 financing: the Project is financed by the African Development fund please contact the address indicated in item 6B for further information Stafford et de renforcement de la route aleg-maghta-lahjar 14 00 hours gmt. They are not included in the regular Government Tender file (tnyymmdd.TOP) because of their size. This separate file is provided as a convenience to users who Do not want to download Japan tenders in the regular Tender file there are 24 Japan tenders for today 05/23/95 Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Section (TOP), American Embassy, Nouakchott, Dept of State, Washington DC 20521-2430, Refer to T0001.. (0143)

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