Upgrading the Ministry of Agricultural Kfarshima Laboratories (Supply of Spare Parts and New Machinery, Maintenance Services, and Execution of Minor Rehabilitation Works).

Specific Procurement Notice Request for Bids Goods (Two-Envelope Bidding Process) Country: Lebanon Name of Project: Green Agri-Food Transformation for Economic Recovery (GATE) Contract Title: Upgrading the Ministry of Agriculture Kfarshima Laboratories (Supply of Spare Parts & New Machinery, Maintenance Services, and Execution of Minor Rehabilitation Works) Loan No.: 9576-LB RFB Reference No.: GC3G2A 1. The Lebanese Republic has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Green Agri-Food Transformation for Economic Recovery (GATE) , and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Upgrading the Ministry of Agriculture Kfarshima Laboratories (Supply of Spare Parts and New Machinery, Maintenance Services, and Execution of Minor Rehabilitation Works) . For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing. 2. The Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) acting as an implementing agency for and on behalf of the Republic of Lebanon now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the Upgrading the Ministry of Agriculture Kfarshima Laboratories ( the Goods) . The successful Bidder shall complete the supply of the Goods, including delivery to the Final Destination as specified in the Bidding Documents, within 6 (six) months from the date of Contract Notification. 3. The Goods consist mainly of the following main elements: The pesticides residue analysis and formulations sections of the Kfarshima laboratory of the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture play an instrumental role in analyzing samples of imported products, as well as products intended to export to the Gulf and European countries. These sections of the laboratory have been damaged during the previous years, and need minor rehabilitation works to ensure the proper and long term functioning of the equipment. The Ministry of Agriculture has included the equipping and rehabilitation of this facility in the list of its top priorities, during the early stages of the design of the GATE project. The goods requested through this RFB include: a. Procurement of laboratory equipment for the Kfarshima laboratories of the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA). • Part 1 consists of spare parts, consumables and maintenance of existing machines • Part 2 consists of laboratory gases and accessories (regulators), a Gas Chromatography (GC) system with Flame Ionization Detector (FID) and single quadrupole mass spectrometer (MS), and minor rehabilitation of the laboratory premises. The purpose of the minor rehabilitation works is to ensure the proper functioning of the procured items, in addition to the modification of the existing drainage system in a way to collect all discharge resulting from the analyses conducted in specific tanks for their proper disposal in an environmentally friendly manner, rather than discharging