Advance Info 259
Preliminary Inquiry (PI) to identify and select companies that are interested in and capable to provide maintenance services for the roads of the ALMA Observatory, located close to San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
The scope of the services include:
- road surface replacement;
- base material supply / transportation / preparation;
- road moistening/sweeping;
- snow clearance and rainwater drainage improvements;
- culverts maintenance;
- road safety devices maintenance;
- quality control: topography, technical inspection, trial laboratory services, etc.
Additional optional scope includes:
- civil works to perform detailed design to enhance existing or construct new drainage culverts.
The Contractor shall provide the required supervision, operators, materials, machinery and equipment to perform the maintenances and construction.
The total amount of road kilometres to maintain is around 122 Km, considering the access road, internal roads at 2,900 meters above sea level, the road to get access to the Antennae Operations Site (AOS) and other internal roads at 5,000 meters above sea level.
The contract will start on 1 January 2021, for a period of 5 years.
The Preliminary Inquiry is expected to be issued in Q1 2020 to potential suppliers in Chile, and will be followed by a Call for tender that is scheduled to be released in Q2 2020.
The contract is expected to be awarded in Q4/2020, to the Bidder, which has submitted a fully compliant Tender and offers the best value for money for ESO taking into account the quality and price of the offer.