Rehabilitation of Agricultural Roads - Phase 1

Specific Procurement Notice Request for Bids Works (One-Envelope Bidding Process) Country: Republic of Lebanon Name of Project: Green, Agri-food Transformation for Economic Recovery Project (GATE) Contract Title: Rehabilitation of Agricultural Roads – Batch 1 (4 Lots) Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: IBRD Loan No. 9576-LB RFB Reference No.: G-GP-W-RFB1 The Republic of Lebanon, represented by the Council For Development and Reconstruction received a Loan from the World Bank toward the cost of the “Green Agri-Food Transformation for Economic Recovery (Gate)”, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this Loan towards payments under the contract: Rehabilitation of Agricultural roads – Batch 1 (Proc. ref. G-GP-W-RFB1). The Green Plan invites sealed bids from interested and eligible bidders for the implementation of the above-mentioned civil works under the Contract: Rehabilitation of Agricultural Roads – Batch 1 (4 lots ). The Contractor shall complete the rehabilitation, upgrading, and maintenance of the existing agricultural road in different roads across Lebanon including but not limited to necessary soil stabilization, drainage, and surface repairs needed to improve rural accessibility, at a minimum acceptable service condition for an agricultural road. The project includes 4 roads lots distributed over 4 Cazas: Lot # Road Name Governorate Caza Village Lot 1 Mazraat el Chouf - Ain El Bakalle Mount Lebanon Chouf Mazraet El chouf Lot 2 Barghoun- Fiaa North Lebanon Koura Barghoun – Afsdik – Fiyaa- Bdabhoun Lot 3 Wadi El Arayesh - Bahina Bekaa Zahle Wadi El Arayesh Lot 4 Hermel Mansoureh_Mfazzar Bekaa Hermel Mansoureh Duration of Works: Five (5) months after the beginning of the assignment Bidding will be conducted through national competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” (2020) (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations. The contract related to each lot will be awarded to the Bidder offering the lowest evaluated cost to the Employer, subject that the selected Bidder meets the required qualification criteria and the aggregate minimum requirements for respective lots as specified under paragraph 4 below. Bidders have the option to submit a Bid for one or more of the lots listed in the table above. Bidders submitting their bids for more than one lot, must ensure that the following criteria are met for th