Construction of a New Regional Laboratory at Nekemt, Ethiopia

The American Consulate General, Frankfurt provides the following Pre-Solicitation Notice regarding the issuance of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for:

CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REGIONAL LABORATORY
AT NEKEMT HOSPITAL, ETHIOPIA

The Regional Procurement Support Office in Frankfurt, Germany, intends to issue a Firm Fixed
Price Construction Type Contract in fiscal year 2015.

The successful contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, equipment, and construction services required for the construction of a Ground + 1 (two-story) laboratory to house services related to HIV care. The design and construction will strictly follow IBC requirements.

Pursuant to Subpart 36.204 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), the estimated magnitude for the entire project is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00 U.S. Dollars (Note: the prescribed FAR range determinations provide relatively wide ranges only, in order to give potential offerors a very general orientation as to the magnitude of the work. However, the specified range is not meant to give any indication as to the Independent Government Cost Estimate for this project, which could be at the lower or the upper end of the range indicated).

Qualified companies interested in the solicitation shall express their interest by written correspondence to the attention of Ms. Joanna Catsamaki at the above e-mail address, no later than Monday, June 29, 2015 using the solicitation no. SGE500-15-R-0075 in the subject line. DO NOT TELEPHONE. All requests for a copy of the solicitation MUST include the following information: Name of Firm, DUNS number, name, telephone, and email address of Point of Contact and complete physical and mailing address of firm.

The solicitation package will only be available in the English language. All requirements for translations will be at the expense of the Contractor. Additionally, you are required to complete and include in your expression of interest the below check list. All requests for the solicitation document that are submitted without the check list, or with an incomplete check list, will be rejected.

The Contracting Officer may provide some or all of the project-related documents in electronic format. It is therefore imperative that all interested parties have access to the FedBizOpps functionality. By expressing interest you are confirming that your firm has registered with FedBizOpps.


Firms shall be knowledgeable in written and spoken English and possess all appropriate permits and licenses to perform construction work in Ethiopia.

A pre-proposal conference and site visit shall be tentatively scheduled for beginning/mid of July 2015, details of which will be provided to interested offerors.

APPLICATION FOR SOLICITATION DOCUMENTATION
CHECK LIST

In checking the boxes of this check listing, you are acknowledging that your company is able to reach compliance with the following highlighted requirements included in the solicitation document.

Business Licenses to Work in Kenya: In accordance with
DOSAR 652.242-73 AUTHORIZATION AND PERFORMANCE (AUG 1999)
you will be required to provide written certification of authorization
to operate and do business in Ethiopia.

You will be required to provide information that clearly shows you are
able to work in the country of Ethiopia. Any entry or work visa issues
requirements must be clearly discussed with a plan to mitigate any risk
clearly identified.

Irrevocable Letters of Credit (ILOC): You shall show by way of a letter
from a financial institution that your company will be provided with
ILOCs totaling 20% of the value of the contract. The amounts being
approved by your bank will need to be written into the documentary
proof. Contractor's selecting the withholding plan shall also show by way
of a letter from a financial institution that your company have sufficient
finances to finance the project works.

Financial Certification of Hard Currency: You shall show by way of a letter
from a financial institution that your company has access to Hard
Currency i.e., U.S. Dollar, or Euro.

If you have a Duns number* and have been SAM** registered, please include below. Please note that the requirement to obtain a Duns number and for your company to be SAM registered, will be a mandatory requirement upon contract award.

Duns number:_______________________ SAM Registered: ( ) Yes ( ) No

* Dunn and Bradstreet: http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform
** System for Award Management: www.sam.gov

The failure to provide the above documentation when submitting your proposal may result in your proposal being found technically unacceptable and removed from the competition without further discussions.

Solicitation and award will be subject to the laws and regulations of the United States of America. This requirement is being competed utilizing full and open competition procedures.

The Contract Specialist for the administration of this contract is Joanna Catsamaki, Tel. +49 69 7535 3318, email CatsamakiJ@state.gov.