Borrower/Bid No: TAL/GD/01

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1. This Invitation for Bids follows the General Procurement Notice for this Project that appeared in Development Gateways, dgMarket on 3 October 2008.

2. The Kingdom of Tonga has received a grant from the International Development Association toward the cost of Tonga Transport Consolidation Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this grant to payments under the contract for an Airport Rescue and Fire-fighting Vehicle under contract number TAL/GD/01.

3. The Ministry of Transport now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for the supply and commissioning of an airport rescue and fire-fighting vehicle, to be located at Tonga’s Fua’amotu International Airport. The goods are to comply with ICAO requirements. The period of delivery and commissioning will be 270 days from the contract’s effective date.

4. Bidding will be conducted through the International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures specified in the World Bank’s Guidelines:
Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, and is open to all bidders from Eligible Source Countries as defined in the Guidelines.

5. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from the Ministry of Transport;

Ms. Lasale Cocker
Nuku’alofa, Tonga
Telephone: +(676) 28024
Facsimile number: +(676) 28032
Electronic mail address: [email protected]

and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 09.00 to 16.00hrs.

6. Qualifications requirements include: Minimum liquid assets of not less than US$230,000; annual turnover of not less than US$2.25 million per year in production and/or supply of airport rescue and fire-fighting vehicles; evidence of business activity of a similar nature for a minimum of ten years; details of past similar experience, including names and contact information, of supplying and installing similar sized and natured contracts during the past ten years. A margin of preference for eligible national contractors shall not be applied. Additional details are provided in the Bidding Documents.

7. A complete set of Bidding Documents in English may be obtained by interested bidders on the submission of a written Application to the address below:

Ms Lasale Cocker
1st Floor
Dupincia Building
Nuku’alofa, Tonga
Telephone: +(676) 28024
Facsimile number: +(676) 28032
Electronic mail address: [email protected]

The Bidding Documents will be sent by courier.
8. Bids must be delivered to the address below at or before 15.00 hours, 16 September, 2009. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend in person, at the address below at 15.30 hours, 16 September, 2009. All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of Fifteen Thousand (15,000) United States Dollars, or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency.

9. The address referred to above is:

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Ms Lasale Cocker.
1st Floor.
Dupincia Building.
Nuku’alofa, Tonga.
Telephone: +(676) 28024.
Facsimile number: +(676) 28032.
Electronic mail address: [email protected]