Dr. Rudy Noriega Pissoni, PROMAR Project Director, Av. Benavides 2199 Piso 7, Lima 18 -- Peru, Tel: (51-1) 271-9638, Fax: (51-1) 271-2707 or 2701, E-mail: ruddyn@pronap.org.pe

B -- PERU -- NORTH LIMA WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND OUTFALL FEASIBILITY STUDY POC Evangela Kunene, USTDA, 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209-2131, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009. The Grantee invites submission of qualifications and proposal data (collectively referred to as the "Proposal") from interested U.S. firms which are qualified on the basis of experience and capability to develop a feasibility study for a wastewater treatment plant and outfall in Northern Lima. The project includes the construction of a 22.4 m3/s (500 mgd) primary treatment plant and ocean outfall. Specific tasks include the following: Review existing site data and coordinate with the geotechnical consultant conducting field investigations, Provide program management and project planning, Evaluate wastewater treatment plant site and collector connection location, Conduct a focused wastewater characterization program, Evaluate and recommend appropriate unit operations, Provide topographic, geotechnical, geophysical marine and oceanographic study assistance, Prepare conceptual site layout plans, hydraulic profiles and schedule of equipment, Prepare cost estimates for project, Prepare environmental impact evaluation, Prepare a financing and investment plan, Coordinate a project workshop, Submit final feasibility study report. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a U.S. $450,000 grant to the Grantee 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/desk study 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 andorigin 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 three (3) copies of their Proposal in English and three (3) copies in Spanish directly to the Grantee by 4:00pm local Peruvian time, on June 22, 1998 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. The Grantee reserves the right to reject any and/or all Proposals. The Grantee also reserves the right to contract with the selected firm for subsequent work related to the project. The Grantee is not bound to pay for any costs associated with the preparation and submission of Proposals. (0131)

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