Overview
The Government of Belize (GOB) has applied for 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 Financing.
Ministry of Economic Development and Petroleum (MEDP), the Executing Agency now invites sealed bids from eligible vendors for the supply of 10 School Road Safety Toolkits
Eligiblity
Consideration will be limited to firms or joint ventures of firms which are legally incorporated or otherwise organized in, and have their principal place of business in an eligible country and are either:
(a) more than 50% beneficially-owned by 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 (2006).
Eligible countries are Member Countries of CDB.
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.
Instructions
Interested eligible firms may obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents by contacting the office of Road Safety Project (RSP) at the first address below between the hours of 9.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m., local time, Monday through Friday until July 3, 2020. A complete set of the bidding documents (electronic copy) may be obtained on the submission of a written application to the office of RSP, at the first address below. The documents will be promptly dispatched, but under no circumstance will RSP be held responsible for late delivery, loss or damage to the documents.
One original and five hard copies of each submission must be received at the second address below no later than 3:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. The sealed envelope containing each submission should include the name and address of the applicant and shall be clearly marked “TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY OF SCHOOL ROAD SAFETY TOOLKITS – SECOND ROAD SAFETY PROJECT – BELIZE”. Bids will be opened, immediately thereafter, in the presence of Bidders’ representatives whochoose to attend at 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at the first address below. Bids received after the prescribed time and date will be rejected. Qualification information only must be sent simultaneously to CDB at the fourth email address below.
Each bid must be accompanied by the required Bid Security in a freely convertible currency. Late bids will be rejected.
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 MEDP’s action. MEDP will not defray any costs incurred by any bidder in the preparation of bids.
Contact
Address 1
Chief Executive Officer
Attn.: Second Road Safety Project Management Unit
Ministry of Economic Development and Petroleum
(Economic Development)
P. O. Box 42
Mountain View Blvd, Ground Floor, Unit Three
William Tam Building
Belmopan
BELIZE, C.A.
cc: procurementofficer.rsp@med.gov.bz; pmucdbgobz@gmail.com; pmu03cdbgobz@gmail.com
Address 2
Procurement Officer
Caribbean Development Bank
P.O. Box 408
Wildey St. Michael
BARBADOS