SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE Invitation for Prequalification Republic of Lebanon Council for Development and Reconstruction Water Supply Augmentatiion Project (Bisri Dam) Construction of Hydropower Plant (Lot-1) & Transmission Lines (Penstock) (Lot-2) Contract Loan No.2LE0087 – Project No.LBN0135 The Government of Lebanon has received a loan from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) toward the cost of implementation of the Greater Beirut Water Supply Augmentation Project (Bisri Dam Project). The Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR), Project’s implementing agency, intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments under the contract for the 12MW Hydropower Plant and the Transmission Line (Penstock) on Design, Built and Operate (DBO) basis, and aims to prequalify contractors and/or firms for works or goods to be procured under this contract. Prequalification will be conducted through prequalification procedures specified in the Guidelines for the Procurement of goods and works under Islamic Development Bank Financing (valid edition), and is open to all bidders from eligible source countries, as defined in the guidelines. Interested eligible applicants may obtain further information from and inspect the prequalification document as of Monday, August 28, 2017 at the CDR (address below) during normal working hour periods (from 8:00 to 13:00), Beirut local time. Applicants requiring any clarification shall contract the Employer in writing (i.e. only by duly registered correspondence s or facsimile) at the address below. A complete set of the prequalification document in English may be purchased by interested applicants upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of US$2,000 (USD two thousands) in the form of the banker’s certified check in the name of the Council for Development and Reconstruction. Applications for prequalification should be submitted in sealed envelopes, delivered to the CDR Tenders Department at the address below not later than 12:00 o’clock noon, Beirut local time on Wednesday, October 25, 2017, and be clearly marked “Application to Prequalify for Greater Beirut Water Supply Augmentation Project – Construction of the 12 MW Hydropower Plnt and the Transmission Line (Penstock) on Design, Built and Operation (DBO) basis Contract.” Attention: The President of the CDR Address: Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) Legal Affairs / Tenders Department Tallet El Serall – Beirut Central District Beirut – Lebanon Tel: +961 1 980096 – Fax: +961 1 981255 (Tender Department