Contact:Dr. Youssef Choucair, Chairman & Managing Director, IDAL, Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Liberty Tower, Lyon St., Sanayeh, P.O. Box 113-7251, Beirut, Lebanon, Phone: 011-961-1-344676/403, Fax: 011-961-1-344463/347397

C -- LEBANON -- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE CONVERSION AND REHABILITATION OF THE QULEAAT AND RAYAK AIRPORTS POC Evangela Kunene, USTDA, 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209-2131, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009 The Investment Development Authority of Lebanon (IDAL) invites submission of qualification documents from interested U.S. firms which are qualified on the basis of experience and capability to provide technical assistance for (i) the finalization of the BOT tender documents for the Quleaat and Rayak airport projects and (ii) the evaluation of the bids received in response to the tenders. The selected consultant will conduct a number of tasks which include the following: (i) Conduct a Review of Existing Documents; (ii) Conduct Site Visits; (iii) Develop Detailed Engineering Cost Estimates; (iv) Develop Estimates for O&M Costs; (v) Conduct Revenue Analysis; (vi) Cash Flow Analysis and Return On Investment; (vii) Finalize Tender Documents; and (viii) Provide Advisory Services for Tender Evaluation. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $130,300 grant to IDAL from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA). A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes requirements for the Proposal, the Terms of Reference, and a background definitional mission report are available from TDA, at 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209-2131. Requests for the RFP should be faxed to the IRC, TDA at 703-875-4009. In the fax, please include your firm's name, contact person, address, and telephone number. Some firms have found that RFP materials sent by U.S. mail do not reach them in time for preparation of an adequate response. Firms that want TDA to use an overnight delivery service should include the name of the delivery service and your firm's account number in the request for the RFP. Firms that want to send a courier to TDA to retrieve the RFP should allow one hour after faxing the request to TDA before scheduling a pick-up. Please note that no telephone requests for the RFP will be honored. Please check your internal fax verification receipt. Because of the large number of RFP requests, TDA cannot respond to requests for fax verification. Requests for RFPs received before 4:00 PM will be mailed the same day. Requests received after 4:00 PM will be mailed the following day. Please check with your courier and/or mail room before calling TDA. Only U.S. firms and individuals may bid on this TDA financed activity. Interested firms, their subcontractors and employees of all participants must qualify under TDA's nationality requirements as of the due date for submission of qualifications and proposals and, if selected to carry out the TDA-financed activity, must continue to meet such requirements throughout the duration of the TDA-financed activity. All goods and services to be provided by the selected firm shall have their nationality, source and origin in the U.S. or host country. The U.S. firm may use subcontractors from the host country for up to 20 percent of the TDA grant amount. Details of TDA's nationality requirements and mandatory contract clauses are also included in the RFP. Interested U.S. firms should submit their Proposal in English directly to IDAL by October 27, 1997, 4:00 p.m. at the above address. Evaluation criteria for the Proposal are included in the RFP. Price will not be a factor in contractor selection, and therefore, cost proposals should NOT be submitted. IDAL reserves the right to reject any and/or all Proposals. IDAL also reserves the right to contract with the selected firm for subsequent work related to the project. IDAL is not bound to pay for any costs associated with the preparation and submission of Proposals. (0253)

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