LEBANON : Port of Tyre , Upgrading Infrastructures
COUNCIL FOR DEVELOPMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION CULTURAL HERITAGE AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (CHUD) (Loan No. CLB 1023 01 B)
The Lebanese Republic has received a loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and a loan from the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), toward the cost of the Cultural Heritage and Urban Development Project (CHUD), and it intends to apply the proceeds of these loans to payments for goods, works, related services and consulting services to be procured under this project. This project will be co-financed by the Italian Government (Department for Development Cooperation) and the Government of France. Bidding for contracts financed by the World Bank will be governed by its eligibility rules and procedures
The Council for Development and Reconstruction, the project’s executing agency, intends to apply part of the proceeds of these loans to payments under the contracts for Tyre Phase II - Port Area in Tyre Old City.
Works will include:
Upgrading of the Fishing Port Infrastructure, Enlargement of the existing quay, Construction of a new quay, Dredging of the bassin, Demolition of existing fisherman syndicate and Construction of a new building, Construction of a new fish market, Reorganization of the spaces next to the fishing port and Minshieh square, pedestrianzed zone from the fishing port to Fanar, and Rehabilitation of façades of historical buildings.
The construction period is 18 months.
The Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for thé above described works package. Bidding will be conducted through the national competitive bidding procedures specified in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, January 1995 (revised January and August 1996, September 1997, and January 1999), and is open to all bidders from eligible source countries as defined in the guidelines.
Bidders will be subject to post qualification and shall meet the following qualification criteria:
- minimum annual volume of construction work in any of the last five years shall be US$ 5.0 Million;
- successful experience within the last five years as prime contractor in roads and public spaces works of at least 2 works contracts (to comply with these requirements, works shall be at least 70% complete), with a value not less than US$ 2.0 Million each;
- successful experience within the last five years as prime contractor in the construction of buildings at least 1 work contraet (to comply with these requirements, works shall be at least 70% complete), with at least a value not less than USS 1,000,000;
- successful experience within the last five years as prime contractor in rehabilitation at least 1 work contract (to comply with these requirements, works shall be at least 70% complete), with at least a value not less than USS 500,000;
- Successful experience within the last ten years as prime contractor in maritime works at least 1 work contract (to comply with these requirements, works shall be at least 70% complete), with at least a value not less than USS 2million.
- a Project Manager with ten years experience in works of an equivalent nature and volume including no less than five years as Manager;
- and liquid assets and/or credit facilities of no less than US$ 1,000,000.
The figures for each of the«partners of a joint venture shall be added together to determine the bidder’s compliance with the minimum qualification criteria of criteria 2 to 5 above; however, for a joint venture to qualify, each of its partners must meet at least 50 percent of criteria I and 7 above for an individual bidder, and the partner in charge at least 100 percent of those minimum criteria.
Full details of the qualification criteria are given in the Instructions to Bidders in the Tender Documents.
Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the bidding documents at the Council for Development and Reconstruction at the address below from 8:00 to 13:00 Beirut local times.
A complete set of bidding documents in English may be purchased by interested bidders from the address below on application in person and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of Seven Hundred and Fifty US Dollars (US$ 750), starting Monday, April 27th 2009. The method of payment will be through a bank certified check in favor of the Council for Development and Reconstruction.
Bids shall be valid for a period of 120 days after bid opening and must be accompanied by a bid security of One Hundred ten thousand (110,000) United States Dollars.
Bids must be delivered to the address below no later than Monday, June 15th 2009 12:00 noon at which time they will be opened in the presence of bidders’ representatives who choose to attend. Late bids will be rejected.
A Contractor will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits (current edition).
Interested bidders should mention as reference:
“CHUD - Tyre Phase II - Port Area”.
Council for Development and Reconstruction - Tallet El-Serail - Beirut, Lebanon -
Division of Legal Affairs - Tenders Department -
Tel: (961-1)980096 -
Fax: (961-1)981252/253
Email: general@cdr.gov.lb
Website: http://www.cdr.gov.lb/indexe.html
