C -- DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES REQUIRED UNDER THE USAID/EGYPT

Notice Date

October 1, 2001

Contracting Office

United States Agency for International Development, USAID/Egypt, Office of Procurement, USAID -- Unit 64902, APO AE 09839-4902

ZIP Code

09839-4902

Solicitation Number

RFP No. 263-02-001

Response Due

November 5, 2001

Point of Contact

Ms. Amani Said, Contracts Specialist, Tel: 011-20-2-522-6906, Fax: 011-20-2-516-4739, E-mail: asaid@usaid.gov

E-Mail Address

http://www.usaid.gov (asaid@usaid.gov)

Description

The United States Agency for International Development's Mission in Egypt intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) to solicit proposals for a thirty nine month cost plus fixed fee contract. Eligible U.S. consulting engineering firms who can qualify through experience in performing similar work for preparing engineering designs and providing construction management services (ED/CMC) are invited to participate. FAR Part 15 procurement procedures will be followed. The required services will be under the USAID/Egypt Secondary Cities program, RP 263-0236. This program is intended to provide water and wastewater treatment and disposal facilities for large metropolitan areas of Egypt including the cities of Kom Ombo, Darawo, Nasr City (Aswan Group), Luxor, Mansoura, and Nuweiba. This is a full and open competition for continuation of the on-going ED/CMC services currently provided by the US firm Camp Dresser & McKee International, Inc (CDM). The CDM contract is estimated for completion on July 31, 2002. Award of the new contract is anticipated on/about July 1, 2002. The ED/CMC will act as the "Agent" for the National Organization for Potable Water and Sanitary Drainage (NOPWASD), headquartered in Cairo, Egypt, also referred to herein as the "Employer" and also as the Engineer and Construction Management Consultant (CMC) for the expansion of water and wastewater facilities serving the above mentioned cities. The anticipated ED/CMC shall manage and oversee the successful completion of the ongoing Host Country construction contracts in Mansoura, Aswan Group, Luxor and Nuweiba. The ED/CMC shall provide design changes, and re-designs that may be required during construction due to site conditions or other requirements, complete any design that is not at 100% level, inspect and monitor all construction activities for all ongoing contracts, supervise the implementation of the contractors' QA/QC and safety programs, assist and ensure the development and the implementation of the necessary facility start-up program by the construction contractors, claims handling and Arbitration Assistance as required, prepare record drawings and review as-built drawings, provide inspection services during the defects liability period to verify acceptable completion of all remedial works, perform final inspection and issue final certificates and performance evaluation of all facilities at the end of the defects liability period, monitor the implementation of the OM&T services and handle all Secondary Cities contracts close-out. It is anticipated that the RFP will be issued before the end of October 2001. The preferred method of distribution of USAID Acquisition and Assistance (A&A) information is via the Internet. (By exception, USAID can provide the solicitation on a 3.5" floppy disk (Microsoft 97 format), via e-mail, or in hard copy.) This CBD Notice can be viewed and downloaded using the Agency Web Site. The solicitation, once issued, can be downloaded from the Agency web site. You are encouraged to access the solicitation via the Internet as this eliminates possible delays associated with mailing, in general, and particularly from overseas Missions. The USAID Worldwide Web address is http://www.usaid.gov. Select "Business and Procurement" from the home page, then "USAID Procurements." On the following screen, select "Download Available USAID Solicitations". Here you will see a list of all new solicitations. You must confirm in writing to the contact person noted above that, you have received this solicitation through the Internet. As the recipient of this solicitation document, you are responsible for ensuring that you have received it from INTERNET in its entirety. USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. Further, be aware that amendments to solicitations are occasionally issued and will be posted on the same Internet site from which you downloaded the solicitation. Generally, the Contracting Officer will issue amendments to all those who have sent in the written confirmation of solicitation receipt. However, USAID does not guarantee that an amendment will be issued to you directly based upon written confirmation that you have downloaded the solicitation from the Internet. You are therefore advised to regularly check the USAID Internet site for amendments.

Web Link

http://www.usaid.gov/procurement_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cbd (http://www.usaid.gov)

Record

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