Overview
(Invitation to Bid)
The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has received financing from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in an amount equivalent to £35,515,000 towards the cost of Essex Valley Agriculture Development Project (EVADP) and intends to apply a part of the funds to cover eligible payments under the Agreement. Payment by CDB will be made only at the request of GOJ and upon approval by CDB, and will be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions of the Grant Agreement. The Grant Agreement prohibits a withdrawal from the Grant 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 CDB, 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 GOJ shall derive any rights from the Grant Agreement or have any claim to the proceeds of the Grant.
The Project is being implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries through the Essex Valley Agriculture Development Project (EVADP). The Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries has contracted Consultants who will assist the Essex Valley Agriculture Development Project (EVADP) with delivering the Project. The Consultants have prepared designs and contract documentation and will assist in tender administration and evaluation and supervise Project activities.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MOAF), Essex Valley Agriculture Development Project (EVADP), now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified Bidders for the Procurement of Construction Works for Processing Facility in the Essex Valley Agriculture Development Project Area (MOAF/EVADP/W6.3/2022).
Eligibility
Instructions
Bidding Documents may be obtained by eligible bidders from the first address below, from July 18, 2022, on week days between 9:00 am-3:00 pm Jamaica time. A complete set of bidding documents can be requested by interested bidders via email at procurement.evadp@gmail.com and evadp@nicjamaica.com. Requests may be made by written application including email. Written applications must be clearly marked: “Request for Bidding Documents for the Procurement of Construction Works for Processing Facility in the Essex Valley Agriculture Development Project Area (MOAF/EVADP/W6.3/2022)”, along with the name, address and contact information of the bidder for which Bidding Documents are being requested. The documents will be promptly issued in soft copy, but under no circumstance will GOJ, EVADP, or MOAF be held responsible for late delivery, loss or damage to the documents.
Hard copies of Bids must be submitted in sealed envelopes, with the name and address of the bidder, and be clearly marked “Tender for Procurement of Construction Works for Processing Facility in the Essex Valley Agriculture Development Project Area (MOAF/EVADP/W6.3/2022) and must be delivered to the first address below no later than 10:00 am Jamaica time on Friday, September 2, 2022. Bids will be opened publicly immediately after the deadline for submission of bids, in the presence Bidders' representatives who choose to attend at that address. Qualification information only must be submitted simultaneously to the second address below.
Each bid must be accompanied by a “Bid Security” of Two Million, One Hundred Thousand Jamaican Dollars (JA$2,100,000.00) or Fourteen Thousand United States Dollars (US$14,000). Late bids will be rejected.
GOJ /MOAF 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 GOJ/MOAF action. GOJ will not defray any costs incurred by any bidder in the preparation of bids.
Contact
1. Address
Essex Valley Agriculture Development Project
The Project Office
National Irrigation Commission
191 Old Hope Road
Kingston 5,
JAMAICA, W.I.
Tel. No. + 1 876 977-6446
Or email: procurement.evadp@gmail.com /