Overview
The Government of Belize (GOB) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) towards the cost of a Second Road Safety Project and intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of this financing to eligible payments under a contract for which this invitation is issued. Payments by CDB will be made only at the request of GOB and upon approval by CDB, and will be subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of the Financing Agreement. The Financing Agreement prohibits withdrawal from the financing account for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for any import of goods, if such payment or import, to the knowledge of CDB, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. No party other than GOB shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Loan.
Ministry of Economic Development and Petroleum (MEDP), through the Second Road Safety Project’s Project Management Unit, now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified Bidders for the Supply of Six (6) Fully Equipped, Type III Ambulances for the Post-Crash Care Program, Second Road Safety Project.
Eligiblity
Consideration will be limited to firms or joint ventures of firms which are legally incorporated or otherwise organised in, and have their principal place of business in an eligible country and are either:
(a) more than 50% beneficially-owned by a citizen or citizens and/or bona fide resident or residents of an eligible country, or by a body corporate or bodies corporate meeting these requirements; or
(b) owned or controlled by the Government of an eligible country provided that it is legally and financially autonomous and operated under the commercial law of an eligible country and otherwise meets the eligibility requirements of the CDB Guidelines for Procurement (2011).
All countries are eligible for this procurement.
Eligible bidders will be required to submit full qualification information with their bids establishing their eligibility to bid and qualification to perform the contract if the bid is accepted. Tender and qualification information are to be submitted in the English Language on the prescribed forms inserted in the Bid Documents. Submissions that do not provide the information required or that do not demonstrate the prospective contractor’s ability to perform satisfactorily, will not qualify and will not be considered for further evaluation. All bidders must also demonstrate capacity to provide local maintenance/support for the ambulances.
Bid documents will be available for inspection at the first address below, from August 16, 2019 on week days between 8 am and 5 pm. Requests may be made by personal application or in writing. Written applications must be clearly marked: “The Second Road Safety Project: Request for Bid Documents for the Supply of Six (6) Fully Equipped, Type III Ambulances for the Post-Crash Care Program”. Applicants who request that documents be forwarded to them must submit accurate mailing instructions and cover the fee associated with the mailing of the document via courier services from a local courier agent etc. The documents will be promptly dispatched, but under no circumstance will GOB or the Project Management Unit, Second Road Safety Project, or the Ministry of Economic Development and Petroleum, be held responsible for late delivery, loss or damage to the documents.
Instructions
Hard copies of Bids must be submitted in sealed envelopes, with the name and address of the bidder, and be clearly marked “Tender for the Supply of Six (6) Fully Equipped, Type III Ambulances for the Post Crash Care Program” and must be delivered to the second address below no later than 2:00 pm on Friday, September 27, 2019. Bids will be opened publicly immediately after the deadline for submission of bids, in the presence of Bidders' representatives who choose to attend at the second address below. Qualification information only, in electronic form, must be submitted simultaneously to the third email address below.
Each bid must be accompanied by the required Bid Security in a freely convertible currency. Late bids will be rejected.
GOB / Ministry of Economic Development and Petroleum (MEDP) reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, and to annul the process and reject all bids, at any time prior to award of contract, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected prospective bidder(s) or any obligation to inform the affected prospective bidder(s) of the grounds for GOB / Ministry of Economic Development and Petroleum (MEDP)’s action. GOB will not defray any costs incurred by any bidder in the preparation of bids.
Contact
Address for Inspection, Collection and Clarification of Bidding Documentsor Engineer
Project Management Unit
Ministry of Economic Development and Petroleum
Mountain View Blvd, Ground Floor, Unit Three, William Tam Building
Belmopan
BELIZE, C.A.
Emails: yvonne.hyde@med.gov.bz or pamelabradley.rsp@med.gov.bz;
Address for Bid Submission and Bid Opening
Chief Executive Officer
Ministry of Economic Development and Petroleum
Mountain View Blvd, Ground Floor, Unit Three, William Tam Building
Belmopan
BELIZE, C.A.
Emails: pmu03cdbgobz@gmail.com or pamelabradley.rsp@med.gov.bz;
Address for Qualification Information Only
Procurement Officer
Caribbean Development Bank
P.O. Box 408
Wildey, St. Michael
Barbados