Construction of Four Classrooms in Mamzawa Primary School and Two Classrooms in Baharka Primary School, Erbil Governorate.
Brief Description of the Proposed Project:
The construction of additional classrooms for schools will increase the capacity of the buildings to accommodate more students and provide educational access to the host community students living in Erbil. Therefore, as part of the protection intervention to promote dignified education conditions, the selected schools need to be extended and more classrooms added.
The Project includes the following works:
•Civil works include site preparation, excavation, backfilling, and compacting.
•Concrete works include lean concrete, foundation-reinforced concrete, floor concrete, tie beam, and slab-reinforced concrete.
•Masonry works include Solid Concrete Blocks (15x20x40) cm, clay bricks (20x20x40) cm, and Hollow Concrete Blocks (12x20x40) cm.
•Electrical work includes Supply, installation, and testing of the main distribution board, LED lights, cables, ceiling, and exhaust fans, 13-A Switch Socket outlet, split AC unit, water cooler, and water boiler.
•Finishing work includes cement and gypsum plastering, porcelain and ceramic tiling, internal and external paint, false ceiling, roof treatment, Aluminum windows, and steel and wooden doors.
Important Note:
•All the works should be done according to the International & Iraqi General Technical & Specifications (IGTS), Instructions of the supervision Engineer, and UNHCR General Conditions of Contracts for Civil Works.
•UNHCR supervision engineers and its third-party partner engineers inspect the quality of the works implemented by the contractor. The work must be within engineering specifications/standards and timeframe.
•The daily work is overseen by UNHCR supervision engineers and its third-party partner engineers.
•Before commencing work, the contractor shall submit samples/catalogs of the materials to be used in the project to the supervision engineers for approval.
•The supervision engineer can reject any material that does not comply with the specifications. The contractor should replace rejected materials at no extra cost.
•The Supervision Engineers can demand lab tests and a Certificate of Origin & Quality to ensure the quality of the material used and the contractors' work.
•The contractor shall appoint a qualified site engineer and surveyor to represent him with 5 years of professional, relevant experience to work on such a project, who should remain full-time on the sites during the contract period.
•The contractor should submit daily and weekly progress reports, which will be endorsed by UNHCR supervision engineers and its third-party partner engineers.
•All the mentioned quantities in the BOQ are estimated and are subject to actual measurements after the completion of the project.
•The contractor shall fix all damages, if any, to the existing pipeline, electric poles & cables, houses, streets & sewerage channels during the project implementation in the area. The contractor shall remove all debris and site waste after completing works at dumping sites approved by the municipality.
•The contractor shall install (in full first) TWO steel signboards of 1.0 m x 1.2 m with calligrapher wages to achieve project visibility in accordance with UNHCR supervision engineers.
•The successful contractor will be required to complete all works as per the Drawings, Bill of Quantities, and Technical Specifications within 200 Days from signing the contract agreement or the handover of the construction site.
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REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION
Bidders are required to submit any request for clarification or any question in respect of this RFP by the Cloud ERP portal using messaging functionality before the 15th of October 2024 at 16:00 HRs Iraq local time. Bidders are requested to keep all questions concise. UNHCR will reply to the questions received as soon as possible by the system. Answering the queries or resolving the technical issue would take time and UNHCR will not be held liable for any delays. UNHCR will respond during official business hours.
SITE VISIT:
UNHCR will organize a Mandatory site visit on the 14th of Oct. 2024 to Mamzawa at 10:30 Hrs, and Bahirka at 12:00 Hrs Iraq local time.
All the participating construction companies/contractors are required to send the company’s engineer to attend the mandatory site visit to inspect the construction site before submitting their offer. A maximum of one representative per company is allowed. Name and contact details of the Company’s representatives must be provided, at least one working day in advance, by e-mail to IRQERPROC@unhcr.org CC: sdeeq@unhcr.org. The company engineer should bring any proof of Engineering (engineering union ID card, graduation certificate, or any proof of engineering).