SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE (SPN) REF No: CNPC/CB/038 Supply of Construction Information Management System Software and Related Services for the Abidjan Transport Project (ATP) Deadline for the submission of bids: February 28th, 2019 at 3:00pm, Abidjan time. 1. The United States of America, acting through the Millennium Challenge Corporation ("MCC") and the Government of Cote d'Ivoire (the "Government" or "GoCI") have entered into a Millennium Challenge Compact for Millennium Challenge Account assistance to help facilitate poverty reduction through economic growth in Cote d`Ivoire (the "Compact") in the amount of approximately US$ 524.7 million ("MCC Funding"). The Government, acting through MCA-Cote d'Ivoire/CNPC (the "MCA Entity"), intends to apply a portion of the MCC Funding to eligible payments under a contract for which this Invitation For Bid ("IFB") is issued. Any payments made by the MCA Entity under the proposed contract will be subject, in all respects, to the terms and conditions of the Compact and related documents, including restrictions on the use and distribution of MCC Funding. The Compact and its related documents can be found on the MCC website (www.mcc.gov) and on the CNPC website (www.cnpc-mcc.ci). 2. The Compact program includes two (2) projects: ? The Skills for Employability and Productivity Project (Skills Project) which aims to improve the employability of Ivoirians and enhance the productivity of the private sector by improving the quality and relevance of, and access to, basic and technical skills in response to private sector demand; ? The Abidjan Transport Project (Transport Project) aims to increase the competitiveness of Abidjan as the country's growth pole by improving the mobility of goods and people. The Transport Project will include infrastructure and institutional strengthening investments designed to improve traffic fluidity and decongest a central corridor of the city linking the Port of Abidjan to points north, west and east. 3. The Government of C'te d'Ivoire, through the Millennium Challenge Account-C'te d'Ivoire, seeks a collaborative, cloud-based system to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its project delivery and business processes at all phases from design through construction and handover. MCA-Cote d'Ivoire seeks to avoid multiple non-integrated computerized systems and manual processes - as well as the haphazard record-keeping and lack of stakeholder coordination that can result - by setting up an integrated and comprehensive Construction Information Management System (CIMS) for a duration of the Compact. The CIMS will facilitate the administration and management of projects and contracts, as well as decision making and information management between parties. This system will affect the Contractor, the Engineer (Construction Supervisor), the Employer (MCA-Cote d'Ivoire), the MCC, and support consultancies to include but not limited to the Resettlement Implementation Consultant, the A&E consultant, and the Resettlement Action Plan consultant. The CIMS solution is being procured as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and is referred as the "service" in the IFB. Consequently, all activities related to initial setup and configuration, hosting of the solution, maintaining the system to ensure the solution is current, secure and meet or exceed the performance standards are the responsibilities of the Supplier. The terms "service" and "system" are interchangeable in this IFB. 4. This Invitation For Bid follows the General Procurement Notice that appeared on the CNPC website www.cnpc-mcc.ci on April 24th, 2018, in dgMarket on April 26th, 2018, and UNDB on April 23rd, 2018, and local newspapers "Fraternit Matin" on May 8th, 2018. 5. The Invitation For Bid (IFB) is open to all eligible entities "Bidders" who wish to respond. 6. A Supplier will be selected using the Competitive Bidding procedures as described in the Bidding Document accompanying this Invitation for Bids. Bidders are advised that these procedures are governed by MCC Program Procurement Guidelines, which can be found on the MCC website at https://www.mcc.gov/pages/business/guidelines 7. The Complete IFB can be accessed through the following link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9akpcvk8ze8ifeu/MCA-CI_IFB_CIMS%20038_final.docx?dl=0 8. Bidders interested in submitting a Bid should register their interest by sending an e-mail with the reference and subject of the IFB to the Procurement Agent at
contact@example.gov, giving full contact details of the Consultant. This will ensure that the Bidders receive updates, clarifications and/or addendums regarding this IFB as well as the link for the electronic submission of Bids 9. MCA-Cote d'Ivoire is not bound to accept any proposal and reserves the right to annul the Invitation For Bid ("IFB") process, at any time prior to Contract award without thereby incurring any liability to any Consultant. 10. The closing date and time for receipt of bids is February 28th, 2019, at 3:00pm Abidjan time. 11. Clarifications may be requested by e-mail to the Procurement Agent up to Fourteen (14) days before the date of submission of bids, at the address indicated above. Florence RAJAN Directeur G'nral MCA-C'te d'Ivoire For Specific Procurement Notice, please visit: https://mcc.dgmarket.com/tender/26458721 DISCLAIMER: THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. FOR UPDATES ON THIS SOLICITATION, PLEASE FOLLOW THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE LINK PROVIDED. THIS PROCUREMENT IS NOT CONDUCTED UNDER THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS, IS NOT ADMINISTERED BY THE US GOVERNMENT, AND THE RESULTING AWARD WILL BE MADE BY THE COUNTRY INDICATED IN THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS PROCUREMENT, PLEASE CONTACT THE PERSON NAMED IN THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT.
