Construction of Water Conveyance System

CANCELLATION OF TENDER NOTICE!

Due to the Failure of the successful Bidder to submit the Performance Security, in application of Section I, Sub-Clause 42.2 of the Tender Documents, the Award is annulled. The Tender Process is hereby cancelled.

Short description of the project: Within the framework of financial cooperation between Germany and Bolivia, KfW is co-financing the “Sucre III Water Supply Project”, aimed at improving the bulk water supply to the city of Sucre. This tender refers to Lot 3: Construction of the Water Conveyance System (Second Call). The main components of this system are:

• Three tunnels with a total length of 7.754 km (Fisculco tunnel: 5.484 km; Aritu Mayu tunnel: 0.21 km; Punilla tunnel: 2.06 km) with a main horseshoe-shaped tunnel section of 10 m².
• Interconnections between Fisculco – Aritu Mayu and Aritu Mayu – Punilla tunnels, consisting of an embankment (of 103 m crown length made up of tunnel extracted materials) and a posttensioned concrete bridge aqueduct (with a total length of 157 m + 56 m of accesses) respectively.
• Main pipeline conveyance made up of following stretches:
• 8.15 km Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) pipe, ø = 1,200 mm, free surface flow (the pipeline will be installed inside the completed tunnels and on top of the interconnection structures)
• 0.85 km High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) buried pipe, ø = 1,200 mm, free surface flow
• 1.22 km GRP pipe, ø = 900 mm (Santa Catalina Pressure Pipe)