Specific Procurement Notice
Request for Bids
Country: Commonwealth of Dominica
Name of Project: Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project
Contract Title: Supply and Installation of Hydrometeorological Network Equipment
Loan No./Credit No./ Grant No.: SCF-PPCR Loan No. TF016912; Credit No. 5495-DM; SCF-PPCR Grant No. TF016955
RFB Reference No.: PPCR/DVRP/ICB-01/19
1. The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Supply and Installation of Hydrometeorological Network Equipment.
2. The Ministry of Environment, Climate Resilience, Disaster Management and Urban Renewal now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders to:
· Supply, install, configure, operationalize equipment and accessories for establishment of a hydrometeorological network of approximately forty-four (44) stations, comprising of water level stations, rainfall stations, and automatic weather stations.
· Establish a data collection facility with computer hardware and software to collect and provide timely dissemination of information through a web portal that shall be operated by Dominica Meteorological Service (DMS).
· Provide maintenance and support services during maintenance period of the hydrometeorological network; and
· Provide necessary capacity building to operate and maintain the network.
3. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016 (“Procurement Regulations”) Revised November 2017 and August 2018, and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the Project Coordination Unit, Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project, to Mr. Collin Guiste – Project Coordinator, e-mail address This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and inspect the bidding document during office hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. from Monday through Friday at the address given below.
5. The Bidding Document in English can be obtained by interested Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below. The document will be sent by e-mail.
6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 3:00 p.m. on August 8, 2019. Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address below at 3:00 p.m. on August 8, 2019.
7. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of United States Thirty Thousand Dollars (US$30,000.00).
8. 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.
9. The address referred to above is:
Project Coordination Unit
Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project
Attn: Mr. Collin Guiste – Project Coordinator
38 Cork Street, (First Floor), Roseau, Commonwealth of Dominica
Tel: 1 767 266 3139 / 3199
Fax: 1 767 448 3873
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Website: www.dvrp.gov.dm