Employer: Albanian Development Fund (ADF)

Project: Regional and Local Roads Connectivity Project (RLRCP)

Contract title: “Road safety improvements works”

Country: Albania

Loan No.: IBRD loan 8850-AL

RFB No: RLRCP/1/1.8/2018

Issued on: May 19, 2022

 

  1. The Government of Albania has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Regional and Local Roads Connectivity Project (RLRCP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the following contract.

Albanian Development Fund (ADF) is the Project Implementing Agency for the “Regional and Local Roads Connectivity Project (RLRCP)” Project.

  1. ADF now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for:

RLRCP/1/1.8/2018, “Road safety improvements works”. The construction period is 3 months. The project aims the implementation of the Road Safety Audit recommendations of the pilot area of Fier – Seman road with highest safety standards.

RSA was carried out on the 17 km long Fier – Seman road section in Fier county, whereas the scope of this pilot project covers only 1.6 km of it, in Dermenas village (from km 4+400 to km 6+100). Another option to be decided, might be the section from km 5.110 to km 5+580. In the initial project, the road was a two-way paved carriageway, with 3.50 m wide lanes and 0.50 m wide gutters on both sides. A 2.50 m wide paved cycle lane was also provided along one side of the road. On both sides of the carriageway were located 1.50 m wide paved footpaths.

The Site is located at Fier municipality.

  1. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using Request for Bids (RFB), Small Works (One-Envelope Bidding Process) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
  2. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information and inspect the bidding document during office hours 10:00 to 14:00 hours at the address given below.
  3. 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 200 Euro. The method of payment will be direct deposit to the ADF account, at Union Bank, as follows:

Name of the Bank: CREDINS BANK –Tirana, Albania

Name of account: “Llogari Projekti ADF”

IBAN CODE: AL90 2121 1009 0000 0000 0167 5767

 

Client number: 0167 5767

The document will be sent by e-mail or dispatched.

For the direct deposit, the Bidder should provide Bank’ payment receipt to ADF. Upon receipt of appropriate evidence of payment of the non-refundable fee, the documents will promptly be dispatched. In addition, if requested, the documents can be dispatched electronically after presentation by the prospective tenderer of an appropriate evidence of payment of the non-refundable fee. In the event of discrepancy between electronic and hard copies of the documents, the hard copy shall prevail.

  1. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before July 04, 2022, 11:00 hrs. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be immediately publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below.
  2. All Bids must be accompanied by a bid security in the amount of 20,000 US$, or its equivalent in a convertible currency (using the Bank of Albania official exchange rate on the date of publication of the Specific Procurement Notice.
  3. 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.”
  4. The addresses referred to above are:

For further information and inspection of the bid document:

Albanian Development Fund

Address: Rr. “Muhamet Gjollesha”, Ish Instituti i Ndertimit, prane IKMT, Tirana, Albania

Contact name: Ms. Manjola Dhamo

Second Floor

Tel : +355 4 22 35 597/8

Fax : +355 4 22 28 548

E-mail : adf@albaniandf.org; mdhamo@albaniandf.org

Web site : www.albaniandf.org

 

For Bid submission:

Albanian Development Fund

Street Address: Rr. “Muhamet Gjollesha”, Ish Instituti i Ndertimit, prane IKMT

Room number: Protocol Office

City: Tirana

Country: Albania

 

For Bid opening:

Albanian Development Fund

Street Address: Rr. “Muhamet Gjollesha”, Ish Instituti i Ndertimit, prane IKMT

Floor/Room number: Ground Floor.

City: Tirana

Country: Albania