Rehabilitation of National Road N1 in São Tomé and Príncipe — Fiduciary Agency for Project Administration

Specific Procurement Notice Request for Bids Works (Without Prequalification) Employer: Fiduciary Agency for Project Administration Project: Transport Sector Development and Coastal Protection Contract title: Rehabilitation of National Road N1 – São Tomé – Guadalupe Country: Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe Grant No.: IDA D 4460 ST RFB No: 22/W/TCP/2019 Issued on: June 26, 2019 1. The Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Transport Sector Development and Coastal Protection Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Rehabilitation of National Road N1 – São Tomé – Guadalupe.

For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing. 2. The Fiduciary Agency for Project Administration now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Rehabilitation of National Road N1 between São Tomé city and Guadalupe City.

The work consists of the rehabilitation of the NR1, and includes the adoption of two different cross-sections, one for urban and another for rural areas. The standard profile in urban areas shall be a 6.0m wide carriageway with two traffic lanes, one on each direction, with the construction of sidewalks and parking areas. The construction of 4 roundabouts is also included in the works of this section.

For rural areas, the profile will consist of a 6.0m wide carriageway with two traffic lanes, one on each direction, with hard shoulders and 1.0m wide concrete ditches. Estimated volumes of works are: Excavation – 31.000,00m3 Embankment – 45.000,00m3 Gravel Sub-base layers – 57.000,00m2 Gravel Base layer– 99.000,00m2 Asphalt Binder layer – 99.000,00m2 Asphalt Surface layer – 99.000,00m2 Concrete pavement (blocks) for parking areas – 3.000,00m2 Concrete pavement (blocks) for sidewalks – 27.000,00m2 Gravel Shoulders– 2.800,00ml Gutters – 4.100,00ml Corrugated PVC collectors f400, 500, 600, 800 – 5.800.00ml Hydraulic crossings (Box culverts) – 35,0un Rehabilitation of bridges – 4,0un Reconstruction of bridges – 1,0un Triangular ditch – 11.500,00ml Metal barriers – 1.300,00ml Concrete walls – 750,00m3 Optic fiber infrastructures – 14.000,00ml 3.

Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers- Procurement in Investment Projects Financing” dated July 2016 and revised inn November 2017 and August 2018 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations. 4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Project Administration and Fiduciary Agency, Alberto Fernandes Leal, e-mail afap2@yahoo.com.br or alberto.leal@afap.st and inspect the Bidding document during office hours 09:00 to 17:00 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 EUR 100.00. The method of payment will be Bank transfer to the account nº: Banco Internacional de Sao Tome e Principe (BISTP) account nº 251106310002, IBAN: ST 68000200000251106310278.

The document will be sent by e-mail upon presentation of the proof of payment. 6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before September 3, 2019 at 11:00 AM. Electronic Bidding will not be permitted.

Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address below on 11:00 AM (local time), September 3, 2019. 7.

All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of EUR 364,000.00. 8. “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.”] 9. The address (es) referred to above is (are): Project Administration and Fiduciary Agency – AFAP Alberto Fernandes Leal – Coordinator Avenida Kwame N’Krumah, Edifício do Afriland, 2º Andar CP 1029, São Tomé São Tomé e Príncipe Tel:00239 2225205 Email: afap2@yahoo.com.br or alberto.leal@afap.st gabdulo@hotmail.com