United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET)

EMERGENCY INFRASTRUCTURE REHABILITATION PROJECT
GRANT 8181-ETM(TF)

Invitation for Prequalification

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will act as implementing agency for Grant 8181- ETM (TF) and UNTAET will act as the executing agency.

The objective of this prequalification exercise is to establish a list of eligible bidders who maybe invited to bid for contracts under this project as and when these are designed and documented. Major components of the works will be:

• Installation of culvert pipes
• Construction of walls, culvert headwalls and aprons in concrete or masonry
• Construction of gabion type retaining walls
• Installation of subsoil drains
• Excavation and removal of soil in slips and landslides
• Construction of fills with earth or gravel
• Provision and placement of gravel for gravel pavements
• Maintenance and rehabilitation of existing asphalt or bituminously sealed pavements.

It is anticipated that bids will be invited on a progressive basis as and when required centered in the following administrative areas:

Area 1 Dili (Manatuto, Liquicia and Emera)
Area 2 Bacau (Viqueque and Lospalos)
Area 3 Same (Alieu and Ainaro)
Area 4 Maliana (Suai)

Prequalification is open to firms and voluntary formed joint ventures from eligible members countries of ADB, the World Bank and from countries contributing to the TFET. Domestic contractors may apply for prequalification independently or in joint venture with international contractors.

A complete set of prequalification documents may be obtained from the

Asian Development Bank
Project Management Unit
Caicoli
Dili, East Timor
Tel.: 670 390 311024 or 61 419863452
Fax: 670 390 311038

on submission of a written application and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of US$50. In which case, UNTAET will promptly dispatch the documents on receipt of the fee, but under no circumstances will it be held responsible for late delivery or loss of the documents so mailed to the applicant.

The prequalification documents must be completed and delivered either by hand or by registered mail to

UNTAET
Department of Transportation
Caicoli
Dili, East Timor

on or before 22 September 2000.

Applicants will be prequalified in Categories taking into account experience, financial capacity, and technical capability, including equipment and staff to be made available for the contracts. These categories will be as follows:

A For contracts to a maximum value of US$1,000,000
B For contracts to a maximum value of US$200,000
C For contracts to a maximum value of US$50,000.

UNTAET reserves the right to (i) amend the scope and value of the contracts to be bid, in which event the contract will be bid only among those prequalified bidders that meet the requirements of the contract as amended; (ii) reject or accept any application, and (iii) cancel the prequalification process and reject all applications.

Applicants will be advised in due course of the results of their applications. Only firms and joint ventured prequalified under this procedure will be invited to bid.

Specific Notice