The Director, Department of Environment, Ministry of Environment and Quality of Life, Ken Lee Tower (Level 2), Barracks Street, Port Louis, Mauritius

Y -- MAURITIUS: S1629 CONSTRUCTION OF LANDFILL SITE AT MARE CHICOSE DUE 092795 POC Tel (230) 212-6080 FAX (230) 212-6671 The republic of Mauritius has obtained a loan from the international Bank for reconstruction and Development (hereinafter referred to as IBRD), towards the cost of mare chicose landfill site and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this loan to eligible payments under the contract (hereinafter referred to as the contract) for which this invitation to bid is issued payment by the IBRD will be made only at the request of the borrower and upon approval by the IBRD in accordance with the loan agreement, and will be subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of that agreement except as the IBRD May specifically otherwise agree, no party other tham the borroner shall derive any rights from the loan agreement or have any rights to the loan proceeds the Government of Mauritius now invites tenders for construction of the proposed mare chicose landfill site the total landfill will occupy a 20 hectare area on the eastern side of mount Vernon and will have a total waste capacity in the order of 2 million tons the construction contract, contract 1, will include the excavation and lining of the first phase of the landfill site, the construction of the reception area, retaining wall, fencing; drainage, leachate and landfill gas management facilities; landscaping, site access road, environmental monitoring; ancillary and accommodation works (the whole being referred to as ''the works'') it is anticipated that contract 1, with the exception of the accommodation works, will have a completion period of 35 weeks contract 1 will commence in 1995. This invitation to Tender is open to any bidder meeting the following requirements and qualifying criteria (I) a bidder (including all members of a joiat venture and all subcontractors of a bidder) shall be from an eligible source country as defined under the guidelines for procurement of the international Bank for reconstruction and Development; (II) a bidder (including all members of a joint venture and all subcontractors of a bidder) shall not be affiliated nith a firm or entity which has provided consulting services during the preparatory stages of the works or which has been hired (or is proposed to be hired) as engineer for the contract; (III) having an annual turnover in construction work of USDOLS 4 000 000 for the last five years; (IV) having successful experience as prime contractor in the construction of two projects of a nature and complexity comparable to the works, each including at least 30,000 cubic meters of earthworks, within the last five years; (V) having a project Manager with 10 years' experience in works of a comparable nature and complexity, including not less than five years as Manager Tender documents May be obtained from the Director, Department of Environment and Quality of Life, Ken Lee Tower(Level 2), Barracks Street, Port Louis, Mauritius against payment of mauritian rupees 5,000 (USDOLS 295). However, to save time, Embassy is prepared to purchase and forward the bid documents through airborne express to U S. firms. The Embassy' s fax number is (230) 208-9534 interested U.S. firms should deposit USDOLS 375 ( USDOLS 295 for bid documents and USDOLS 80 for airborne express) with one of the following U S. Banks in new York for transfer to the Mauritius Commercial Bank, Port Louis, Mauritius, with instructions to pay the amount deposited to the American Embassy, Port Louis, Mauritius (I) bankers' trust, (II) citibank, and (III) chase Manhattan to expedite the transfer, the U S. Bank should use the Mauritius message fm 100 tenders in sealed envelopes should be deposited in the Tender box at the central Tender board's office, npf buildin G (Level 1), moka road, Rose hill, Mauritius, on Wednesday September 27, 1995 up to 13 30 hours at latest bids will be opened on the same day in the presence of bidders' representatives who choose to attend at 14 00 hours in the board room, central Tender board's office, npf building (Level 1), moka road, Rose hill, Mauritius 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 is 1 Japan Tender for today 08/02/95 Please send a copy of your response to: Commercial Section (TOP), American Embassy, Port Louis, Dept of State, Washington DC 20521 2450, Refer to T0025.. (0214)

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