Project Name
Anguilla Community College Redevelopment Project
Role/Service
Supply of Kitchen Furniture and Equipment, Kitchen Appliances and Small Kitchen Appliances
Country
Deadline
02:00 PM
Type

Overview

The Government of Anguilla (hereinafter called “Recipient”) has received financing (hereinafter called “Financing”) from the Caribbean Development Bank (“Bank”) toward the cost of the Anguilla Community College Redevelopment Project. The Department of Education, an executing agency of the Government of Anguilla, intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of this Financing to eligible payments under the contract for which this Invitation to Bid (ITB) is issued.  Payments by the Bank will be made only at the request of the Anguilla Community College Redevelopment Project and upon approval by the Bank, and will be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions of the Financing Agreement.  The Financing Agreement prohibits a withdrawal from the Financing account for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for any import of goods, if such payment or import, to the knowledge of the Bank, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.  No party other than the Recipient shall derive any rights from the Financing Agreement or have any claims to the proceeds of the Financing.

The Government of Anguilla now invites sealed bids from eligible qualified Bidders for the supply of goods (hereinafter called “Goods”): Kitchen Furniture and Equipment, Kitchen Appliances and Small Kitchen Appliances for The Anguilla Community College.  More details on the Goods are provided in the Bidding Documents.

Eligiblity

Consideration will be limited to firms or joint ventures of firms, which are legally incorporated or otherwise organised in, and have their principal place of business in an eligible country and are either:

  1. more than 50% beneficially owned by a citizen or citizens and/or a bona fide resident or residents of an eligible country, or by a body corporate or bodies corporate meeting these requirements; or
  2. owned or controlled by the Government of an eligible country provided that it is legally and financially autonomous and operated under the commercial law of an eligible country and otherwise meets the eligibility requirements of the CDB Guidelines for Procurement (2006).

Eligible countries are member countries of CDB.

Eligible bidders will be required to submit full qualification information with their bids establishing their eligibility to bid and qualification to perform the contract if the bid is accepted.  Tender and qualification information are to be submitted in the English Language on the prescribed forms inserted in the Bid Documents.  Submissions that do not provide the information required, or do not demonstrate the prospective contractor’s ability to perform satisfactorily, will not qualify and will not be considered for further evaluation.

Instructions

Bid documents are available from Address 1 below.  Written requests can be made by email marked: “Request for Bid Documents for the Supply of Kitchen Furniture and Equipment, Kitchen Appliances and Small Kitchen Appliances.  The documents will be promptly dispatched, but under no circumstance will the Anguilla Community College be held responsible for late delivery, loss, or damage to the documents.

Bids must be submitted either in:

  • Hard copy in the form of a sealed envelope (for local bidders), with the name and address of the bidder, and be clearly marked “Tender for Supply of Kitchen Furniture and Equipment, Kitchen Appliances and Small Kitchen Appliances” to the postal address in Address 2 below;

OR

  • Electronically to the email address in Address 2 below.

The deadline for Bid submission is:

Date: Wednesday September 22, 2021

Time: 14:00 hrs. Atlantic Standard Time (AST)

The burden of proving receipt of the e-mail will be on the applicant and will not be met solely by a read receipt or sent items report generated by the Bidder’s computer. Bids will be opened publicly online via Zoom meeting immediately after the deadline for submission of bids, in the presence of Bidders' representatives who choose to attend the online meeting.

Each bid must be accompanied by Bid-Securing Declaration. Late bids will be rejected.

The Government of Anguilla reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, and to annul the process and reject all bids, at any time prior to award of contract, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected prospective bidder(s) or any obligation to inform the affected prospective bidder(s) of the grounds for The Anguilla Community College.  The Anguilla Community College will not defray any costs incurred by any bidder in the preparation of bids.

 

Contact

1. Address for the Collection or Clarification of Bids
Attention: Deborah Wynter
Project Coordinator

Anguilla Community College

P.O. Box 1650
Long Path

Zip Code: AI2640

Country: Anguilla BWI

Electronic mail address: projectcoordinator@acc.edu.ai

2. Address for Bid Submission and Bid Opening
Attention: Pamela Gumbs
Director of Finance

Anguilla Community College

P.O. Box 1650

Long Path

Zip Code: AI2640

Country: Anguilla, BWI

Electronic mail address: accbids@acc.edu.ai