Reconstruction of the road Lekdush-Bence-Tepelene, Lot 2
SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE
REQUEST FOR BIDS
Small Works
(Two-Envelope Bidding Process)
Employer: Albanian Development Fund (ADF)
Project: Regional and Local Roads Connectivity Project (RLRCP)
Contract title: “Reconstruction of the road Lekdush-Bence-Tepelene, Lot 2”
Country: Albania
Loan No.: IBRD loan 8850-AL
RFB No: RLRCP/1/1.10/2019
Issued on: September 11, 2019
- The Government of Albania has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Regional and Local Roads Connectivity Project (RLRCP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the following contract.
Albanian Development Fund (ADF) is the Project Implementing Agency for the “Regional and Local Roads Connectivity Project (RLRCP)” Project.
- ADF now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for:
RLRCP/1/1.10/2019, “Reconstruction of the road Lekdush-Bence-Tepelene, Lot 2”. The construction period is 12 months. The Project consists of the reconstruction of the road segment Bënç – Lekdush. The alignment of the Bënç – Lekdush road lies in the south-western part of Albania, in the Kurvelesh area of Vlora district. It links one after another the villages from Bënç to Lekdush. The existing road passes on a hilly terrain and the actual road conditions are poor. There are no structures, the width of the road goes from 3 to 4 m and there are no escarpments protection. No safety measurements are present on site and the travelling speed is below 10 km/h.
The new road foresees the construction of all new structures, widening of the road body up to 6.5 m, construction of road layers including asphalts, installation of vertical and horizontal signalization. The new road will increase travelling safety and speed and reduce cost.
- Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using Request for Bids (RFB), Small Works (Two-Envelope Bidding Process) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
- Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information and inspect the bidding document during office hours 10:00 to 14:00 hours at the address given below.
- The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of 200 Euro. The method of payment will be direct deposit to the ADF account, at Union Bank, as follows:
Name of the Bank: UNION BANK –Tirana, Albania
Name of account: “Llogari Projekti ADF”
IBAN CODE: AL47 2141 1106 0117 2854 6403 0120
Client number: 285464
The document will be sent by e-mail or dispatched.
For the direct deposit, the Bidder should provide Bank’ payment receipt to ADF. Upon receipt of appropriate evidence of payment of the non-refundable fee, the documents will promptly be dispatched. In addition, if requested, the documents can be dispatched electronically after presentation by the prospective tenderer of an appropriate evidence of payment of the non-refundable fee. In the event of discrepancy between electronic and hard copies of the documents, the hard copy shall prevail.
- Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before October 30, 2019, 11:00 hrs. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. The outer Bid envelopes marked “ORIGINAL BID”, and the inner envelopes marked “TECHNICAL PART” will be immediately publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below. All envelopes marked “FINANCIAL PART” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Employer until the second public Bid opening.
- All Bids must be accompanied by a bid security in the amount of 94,320 US$, or its equivalent in a convertible currency (using the Bank of Albania official exchange rate on the date of publication of the Specific Procurement Notice.
- Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.”
- The addresses referred to above are:
For further information and inspection of the bid document:
Albanian Development Fund
Address: Rr. “Sami Frasheri”, Nr. 10, Tirana, Albania
Contact name: Ms. Manjola Dhamo
Second Floor
Tel: +355 4 22 35 597/8
Fax: +355 4 22 28 548
E-mail: adf@albaniandf.org; mdhamo@albaniandf.org
Web site: www.albaniandf.org
For Bid submission:
Albanian Development Fund
Street Address: Rr. Sami Frasheri, No. 10
Room number: Protocol Office
City: Tirana
Country: Albania
For Bid opening:
Albanian Development Fund
Street Address: Rr. Sami Frasheri, No. 10
Floor/Room number: Fourth Floor.
City: Tirana
Country: Albania
