CONFORMED COPY CREDIT NUMBER 395 LBR Development Credit Agreement (Second Highway Project) BETWEEN REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION DATED JUNE 13, 1973 ÿþCONFORMED COPY CREDIT NUMBER 395 LBR Development Credit Agreement (Second Highway Project) BETWEEN REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION DATED JUNE 13, 1973 DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AGREEMENT AGREEMENT, dated June 13, 1973, between REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA (hereinafter called the Borrower) and INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (hereinafter called the Association). WHEREAS (A) The Borrower has requested the Association, the United States Agency for International Development (hereinafter called USAID) and the Federal Republic of Germany (hereinafter called Germany) and the United Nations Development Programme (hereinafter called UNDP) to assist in the financing of the Project described in Schedule 2 to this Agreement; (B) The Borrower has also requested the Bank to provide additional assistance towards the financing of the Project and by an agreement of even date herewith between the Borrower and the Bank (hereinafter called the Loan Agreement) the Bank is agreeing to provide such assistance in an aggregate principal amount equivalent to three million dollars ($3,000,000) (hereinafter called the Loan); (C) By a Loan Agreement dated January 8, 1964 (hereinafter called the First Loan Agreement) between the Borrower and the Bank, the Bank, granted to the Borrower a loan (hereinafter called the First Loan) in various currencies equivalent to three million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($3,250,000) to assist in financing the construction and improvement of roads in the territory of the Borrower; (D) By Agreement dated August 24, 1965 amending the First Loan Agreement, the Bank increased by one million dollars ($1,000,000) the amount of the First Loan; (E) The Borrower and the Association intend, ;o the extent practicable, that the proceeds of the Credit provided for in this Agreement be disbursed on account of expenditures on the Project before disbursements of the proceeds of the Loan provided for in the Loan Agreement are made; (F) USAID has agreed to assist in the financing Part C of the Project by making available a loan in the principal amount of four million four hundred thousand dollars ($4,400,000); (G) Germany has agreed to participate in the financing of Part A of the Project by making available a technical assistance grant in the principal amount 4 of two million Deutsche Marks (DM 2,000,000) equivalent at present parity rate as near as possible to seven hundred sixty thousand dollars ($760,000); (H) UNDP has agreed to assist in financing Part B of the Project by making available a grant in the principal amount of ninety-five thousand dollars ($95,000); WHEREAS the Association has agreed, on the basis inter alia of the foregoing, to extend the Credit to the Borrower upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; NOW THEREFORE the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: ARTICLE I General Conditions; Definitions Section 1.01. The parties to this Agreement accept all the provisions of the General Conditions Applicable to Development Credit Agreements of the Association, dated January 3 1, 1969, with the same force and effect as if they were fully set forth herein, subject, however, to the deletion of Sections 5.01 and 6.02(h) thereof and to the renumbering of Section 6.02(i) into 6.02(h) thereof (said General Conditions Applicable to Development Credit Agreements of the Association, as so modified, being hereinafter called the General Conditions). Section 1.02. Wherevcr used in this Agreement, unless te context otherwise requires, the several terms defined in the General Conditiors nave the respective meanings therein set forth and the following additional terms have the following meanings: (a) "Loan Agreement" means the agreement of even date herewith between the Borrower and the Bank for the purpose of the Project, as such agreement may be amended from time to time; and such term includes the General Conditions Applicable to Loan and Guarantee Agreements of the Bank, dated January 31, 1969, as made applicable to such agreement, all agreements supplemental to the Loan Agreement and all schedules to the Loan Agreement; (b) "The USAID Loan Agreement" means the Loan Agreement dated February 26, 1973 between USAID and the Borrower for the Project. (c) "The German Technical Assistance Agreement" means the Agreement between Germany and the Borrower for the Project. 5 (d) "UNDP Project Document" means the agreement between UNDP and the Government of the Republic of Liberia dated May 30, 1973; (e) "MPW" means the Ministry of Public Works of the Borrower. ARTICLE II The Credit Section 2.01. The Association agrees to lend to the Borrower, on the terms and conditions in the Development Credit Agreement set forth or referred to, an amount in various currencies equivalent to two million six hundred thousand dollars ($2,600,000). Section 2.02. The amount of the Credit may be withdrawn from the Credit Account in accordance with the provisions of Schedule I to this Agreement, as such Schedule shall be amended from time to time, for expenditures made (or, if the Association and the Bank shall , agree, to be made) in respect of the reasonable cost of goods and services required for the Project and to be financed under the Development Credit Agreement and the Loan Agreement; provided, however, that, except as the Association and the Bank shall otherwise agree, no withdrawal shall be made on account of expenditures in the territories of any country which is not a member of the Bank (other than Switzerland) or for goods produced in, or services supplied from, such territories. Section 2.03. Except as the Association shall otherwise agree, the goods and services (other than services of consultants) required for the Project and to be financed out of the proceeds of the Credit, shall be procured on the basis of international competition under procedures consistent with the Guidelines for Procurement under World Bank Loans and IDA Credits, published by the Bank in April 1972, as revised in October 1972, and in accordance with, and subject to, the provisions set forth in Schedule 3 to this Agreement. Section 2.04. The Closing Date shall be December 31, 1977 or such other date as shall be agreed between the Borrower and the Association. Section 2.05. The Borrower shall pay to the Association a service charge at the rate of three-fourths of one per cent (3/4 of 1%) per annum on the principal amount of the Credit withdrawn and outstanding from time to time. Section 2.06. Service charges shall be payable semi-annually on February 15 and August 15 in each year. 6 Section 2.07. The Borrower shall repay the principal amount of the Credit in semi-annual installments payable on each February 15 and August 15 commencing August 15, 1983, and ending February 15, 2023, each installment to and including the installment payable on February 15, 1993 to be one-half of one per cent (1/2 of 1%) of such principal amount, and each installment thereafter to be one and one-half per cent (1-1/27) of such principal amount. Section 2.08. The currency of the United States of America is hereby specified for the purposes of Section 4.02 of the General Conditions. ARTICLE III Execution of the Project Section 3.01. Th< Borrower shall carry out the Project through its MPW with due diligence and efficiency and in conformity with sound engineering, administrative and financial practices, and shall provide, promptly as needed, the funds, facilities, services and other resources required for the purpose. Section 3.02. In order to assist the Borrower in the carrying out of pre-investment studies, detailed engineering, supervision of construction, procurement of highway maintenance equipment, reorganization of MPW, the Borrower shall employ engineering, management and other consultants acceptable to the Association upon terms and conditions satisfactory to the Association. Section 3.03. In carrying out Part A of the Project, the Borrower shall assign sufficient qualified counterpart staff to the Project for training by the consultants. Section 3.04. In carrying out Part E of the Project, the Borrower shall employ contractors acceptable to the Association upon terms and conditions satisfactory to the Association. Section 3.05. (a) The Borrower undertakes to insure, or make adequate provision for the insurance of, the imported goods to be financed out of the proceeds of the Credit against hazards incident to the acquisition, transportation and delivery thereof to the place of use or installation, and for such insurance any indemnity shall be payable in a currency freely usable by the Borrower to replace or repair such goods. (b) Except as the Association shall otherwise agree, all goods and services financed out of the proceeds of the Credit shall be used exclusively for the Project until its completion. 9 7 Section 3.06. (a) The Borrower shall furnish to the Association, promptly upon their preparation, the plans, specifications, reports, contract documents and construction and procurement schedules for the Project, and any material modifications thereof or additions thereto, in such detail as the Association shall reasonably request. (b) The Borrower: (i) shall maintain records adequate to record the progress of the Project (including the cost thereof) and to identify the goods and services financed out of the proceeds of the Credit, and to disclose the use thereof in the Project; (ii) shall enable the Association's accredited representatives to examine the Project, the goods financed out of the proceeds of the Credit and any relevant records and documents; and (iii) shall furnish to the Association all such information as the Association shall reasonably request concerning the Project, the expenditure of the proceeds of the Credit and the goods and services financed out of such proceeds. Section 3.07. The Borrower shall take or cause to be taken all such action as shall be necessary to acquire as and when needed all such land and rights in respect of land as shall be required, for the construction (and operation) of the facilities included in the Project and shall furnish to the Association, promptly after such acquisition, evidence satisfactory to the Association that such land and rights in respect of land are available for purposes related to the Project. Section 3.08. Except as the Borower and the Association shall otherwise agree the road to be constructed under Part D of the Project shall conform to the general design standards set forth in Schedule 4 to this Agreement. Section 3.09. The Borrower shall maintain and repair its highways in accordance with sound engineering and financial practices. To that end the Borrower shall (a) ensure that maintenance expenditures shall be increased and maintained at a level consistent with its Highway Maintenance and Development Program and (b) confirm that liquid funds shall at all times be available to facilitate highway maintenance operations. Section 3.10. The Borrower shall take all such steps, including providing additional staff and equipment, as shall be necessary to ensure that the dimensions, weights and axle-loads of vehicles using its highways shall not exceed limits consistent with its traffic legislation as such legislation may be amended. Section 3.11. The Borrower shall collect and record in accordance with appropriate statistical methods and procedures (including regular and systematic trattic counts) such technical, economic and financial information as shall be 8 4 reasonably required for proper planning of maintenance, improvement and extensions of its road network. ARTICLE IV Other Covenants Section 4.01. The Borrower shall maintain or cause to be maintained records adequate to reflect in accordance with consistently maintained appropriate accounting practices the operations, resources and expenditures, in respect of the Project, of the Ministries or agencies of the Borrower responsible for carrying out the Project or any part thereof. Section 4.02. The Borrower shall formulate a program satisfactory to the Association to attract engineers to its civil service in sufficient numbers. ARTICLE V Consultation, Information and Inspection Section 5.01. The Borrower and the Association shall cooperate fully to assure that the purposes of the Credit will be accomplished. To that end, the Borrower and the Association shall from time to time, at the request of either party: (a) exchange views through their representatives with regard to the performance of their respective obligations under the Development Credit Agreement, the administration, operations and financial condition, resources and expenditures, in respect of the Project of the Ministries or agencies of the Borrower responsible for carrying out any part of the Project, and other matters relating to the purposes of the Credit; and (b) furnish to the other all such information as it shall reasonably request with regard to the general status of the Credit. On the part of the Borrower, such information shall include information with respect to financial and economic conditions in the territories of the Borrower, including its balance of payments, ard the external debt of the Borrower, of any of its political subdivisions and 0 dny agency of the Borrower or of any such political subdivision. Section 5.02. (a) The Borrower shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Association all such information as the Association shall reasonably request concerning the administration, operations and financial condition, resources and 9 expenditures, in respect of the Project, of the Ministries or agencies of the Borrower resoonsible for carrying out any part of the Project. (b) The Borrower and the Association shall promptly inform each other of any condition which interferes with, or threatens to interfere with, the accomplishment of the purposes of the Credit, the maintenance of the service thereof or the performance by either of them of its obligations under the Development Credit Agreement. Section 5.03. The Borrower shall afford all reasonable opportunity for accredited representatives of the Association to visit any part of the territories of the Borrower for purposes related to the Credit. ARTICLE VI Taxes and Restrictions Section 6.01. The principal of, and service charges on, the Credit shall be paid without deduction for, and free from, any taxes imposed under the laws of the Borrower or laws in effect in its territories. Section 6.02. The Development Credit Agreement shall be free from any taxes on or in connection with the execution, delivery or registration thereof, imposed under the laws of the Borrower or laws in effect in its territories. Section 6.03. The payment of the principal of, and service charges on, the Credit shall be free from all restrictions, regulations, controls and moratoria of any nature imposed under the laws of the Borrower or laws in effect in its territories. ARTICLE VII Remedies of the Association Section 7.01. If any event specified in Section 7.01 of the General Conditions or in Section 7.03 of this Agreement shall occur and shall continue for the period, if any, therein set forth, then at any subsequent time during the continuance thereof, the Association, at its option, may by notice to the Borrower declare the principal of the Credit then outstanding to be due and payable immediately together with the service charges thereon, and upon any such declaration such principal and service charges shall become due and payable immediately, anything to the contrary in the Development Credit Agreement notwithstanding. 10 Section 7.02. For the purposes of Section 6.02 of the General Conditions, the following additional event is specified: The Borrower shall have failed to perform any of its obligation under the Loan Agreement, the USAID Loan Agreement and the German Technical Assistance Agreement and UNDP Project Document. Section 7.03. For the purposes of Section 7.01 of the General Conditions, the following additional event is specified: The event specified in Section 7.02 of this Agreement shall occur and continue for a period of sixty days after notice thereof shall have been given by the Association to the Borrower. ARTICLE VIII Effective Date; Termination Section 8.01. The following events are specified as additional conditions to the effectiveness of the Development Credit Agreement within the meaning 01 Section 10.01(b) of the General Conditions: (a) that all the conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the Loan Agreement other than the effectiveness of the Development Credit Agreement shall have been fulfilled; (b) that the USAID Loan Agreement has or will concurrently with this Agreement become fully effective; (c) that the Consultants' contracts for technical assistance for reorganization of MPW and detailed engineering of the Monrovia Bypass shall have been signed by all parties; and (d) that the UNDP Project document has or will concurrently with this Agreement become fully effective. Section 8.02. The date September 13, 1973 is hereby specified for the purposes of Section 10.04 of the General Conditions. 11 ARTICLE IX Representative of the Borrower; Addresses Section 9.01. The Minister of Finance of the Borrower is designated as representative of the Borrower for the purposes of Section 9.03 of the General Conditions. Section 9.02. The following addresses are specified for the purposes of Section 9.01 of the General Conditions: For the Borrower: Minister of Finance Monrovia Liberia Cable address: FINANCE Monrovia For the Association: International Development Association 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20433 United States of America Cable address: INDEVAS Washington, D.C. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, acting through their representatives thereunto duly authorized, have caused this Agreement to be signed 12 in their respective names and to be delivered in the District of Columbia, United States of America as of the day and year first above written. REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA By /s/ StephenTolbert Authorized Representative INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION By /s/ R. Chaufournier Regional Vice President, Western Africa 13 SCHEDULE 1 Withdrawal of the Proceeds of the Credit and of the Loan 1. The table below sets forth the Categories of items to be financed out of the proceeds of the Credit and of the Loan, the allocation of amounts of such proceeds to each Category and the percentage of eligible expenditures so to be financed in each Category: Amount of the Credit and of the Loan Allocated % of (Expressed in Expenditures Categoiy Dollar Equivalent) to be Financed I. Consultant Services (a) Technical Assis- 1,750,000 100% of foreign tance for Part A expenditures of the Project (b) For Detailed En- 150,000 gineering and Supervision of Construction under Part E of the Project (c) For Pre-investment 800,000 Studies and De- tailed Engineering for Part F of the Project (d) For a study for 100,000 promoting Liberian con- struction in- dustry 11. Equipment 300,000 100% of foreign expenditures III. Civil Works 1,500,000 66% of total ex- penditures (repre- senting the esti- mated foreign ex- penditure component) IV. Unallocated 1,000,000 TOTAL 5,600,000 14 2. For the purposes of this Schedule: (a) the term "foreign expenditures" means expenditures for goods produced in, or services supplied from, the territories, and in the currency, of any country other than the Borrower; provided, however, that if the currency of the Borrower is also that of another country in the territories of which goods are produced or from the territories of which services are supplied, expenditures in such currency for such goods or services shall be deemed to be "foreign expenditures"; and (b) the term "total expenditures" means the aggregate of foreign expenditures and local expenditures and of expenditures for goods produced in, or services supplied from, the territories of the Borrower. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph I above, no withdrawals shall be made in respect of: (a) expenditures prior to the date of this Agreement, except that withdrawals may be made in respect of Category I(b) on account of expenditures incurred after April 1, 1973 in an aggregate amount not exceeding the equivalent of $75,000; and (b) payments for taxes imposed under the laws of the Borrower or laws in effect in its territories on goods or services, or on the importation, manufacture, procurement or supply thereof. To the extent that the amount represented by the percentage set forth in the third column of the table in paragraph I above in respect of any Category would exceed the amount payable net of all such taxes, such percentage shall be reduced to ensure that no proceeds of the Credit or of the Loan will be withdrawn on account of payments for such taxes; In addition, except as the Borrower, the Association and the Bank shall otherwise agree, and until all amounts of the Credit shall have been withdrawn or committed, no withdrawals shall be made from the Loan Account except under commitments entered into by the Bank pursuant to Section 5.02 of the General Conditions referred to in Section 1.01 of the Loan Agreement. 4. Notwithstanding the allocation of an amount of the proceeds of the Credit and of the Loan set forth in the second column of the table in paragraph I above: (a) if the estimate of the expenditures under any Category shall decrease, the amount of the proceeds of the Credit and of the Loan then allocated to such Category and no longer required therefor will be reallocated by the Association 15 and by the Bank or, after full withdrawal of all amounts of the Credit, by the Bank, by increasing correspondingly the unallocated amount of the proceeds of the Credit and of the Loan; and (b) if the estimate of the expenditures under any Category shall increase, the percentage set forth in the third column of the table in paragraph I above in respect of such expenditures shall be applied to the amount of such increase, and a corresponding amount will be allocated by the Association and by the Bank or, after full withdrawal of all amounts of the Credit, by the Bank, at the request of the Borrower, to such Category from the unallocated amount of the proceeds of the Credit and of the Loan, subject, however, to the requirements for contingencies, as determined by the Association and by the Bank or, after full withdrawal of all amounts of the Credit, by the Bank, in respect of any other expenditures; and (c) if the Association and the Bank shall have reasonably determined that the procurement of any item in any Category is inconsistent with the procedures set forth or referred to in Section 2.03 of this Agreement and of the Loan Agreement, no expenditures for such item shall be financed out of the proceeds of the Credit or, after full withdrawal of all amounts of the Credit, of the proceeds * of the Loan and the Association and the Bank may, without in any way restricting or limiting any other right, power or remedy of the Association and the Bank under the Development Credit Agreement and the Loan Agreement, by notice to the Borrower, cancel such amount of the Credit and of the Loan as in the Association's and the Bank's reasonable opinion, represents the amount of such expenditures which would otherwise have been eligible for financing out of the proceeds of the Credit or, after full withdrawal of all amounts of the Credit, of the proceeds of the Loan. 5. Notwithstanding the percentages set forth in the third column of the table set out in paragraph I above, if the estimate of foreign expenditures under Categories I, II or of total expenditures under Category III shall increase and no proceeds of the Credit and of the Loan are available for reallocation to such Category, the Association and the Bank or, after full withdrawal of all amounts of the Credit, the Bank, may, by notice to the Borrower, adjust the percentage then applicable to such expenditures in order that further withdrawals under any such Category may continue until all expenditures thereunder shall have been made. 16 SCHEDULE 2 Description of the Project The Project is part of the Borrower's program for highway maintenance and development and consists of the following components: Part A : Technical Assistance to MPW to assist in (i) its reorganization, (ii) improvement of highway maintenance operations, (iii) training of maintenance personnel; and (iv) conducting a study for promoting Liberian construction industry. Part B: Technical assistance to MPW to coordinate the various Project activities of the Borrower's program for highway maintenance and development including this Project; Part C: Purchase of highway maintenance equipment and spare parts; Part D: Construction of and equipment for workshop facilities; Part E: Detailed engineering, construction, and construction supervision for upgrading the Monrovia Bypass (8.4 mi); and Part F: (i) Detailed engineering for access roads to the port of Monrovia including the Mesurado River bridge, and for Totota-Ganta road (85 mi); (ii) completing the feasibility study and preparing detailed engineering for Paynesville-Robertsfield-Totota road (70 mi); and (iii) feasibility study for Monrovia-Mount Coffee Dam road (15 mi). The Project is expected to be completed by June 30, 1977. 17 SCHEDULE 3 Procurement A. Contracts Governed by Guidelines 1. With respect to any contract for the Monrovia Bypass and equipment estimated to cost the equivalent of $50,000 or more: (a) Bidders for the Monrovia Bypass shall be required to prequalify. The Borrower shall, before qualification is invited, inform the Association in detail of the procedure to be followed and shall introduce such modifications in said procedure as the Association shall reasonably request. The list of prequalified bidders, together with a statement of their qualifications and of the reasons for the exclusion of any applicant for prequalification, shall be furnished by the Borrower to the Association for its comments before the applicants are notified and the Borrower shall make such additions to or deletions from the said list as the Association shall reasonably request. (b) Before bids are invited, the Borrower shall furnish to the Association, for its comments, the text of the invitations to bid and the specifications and other bidding documents, together with a description of the advertising procedures to be followed for the bidding, and shall make such modifications in the said documents or procedure as the Association shall reasonably request. Any further modification to the bidding documents shall require the Association's concurrence before it is issued to the prospective bidders. (c) After bids have been received and evaluated, the Borrower shall, before a final decision on the award is made, inform the Association of the name of the bidder to whom it intends to award the contract and shall furnish to the Association, in sufficient time for its review, a detailed report, by the consultants referred to in Section 3.02 of this Agreement, on the evaluation and comparison of the bids received, together with the recommendations for award of the said consultants, and the reasons for the intended award. The Association shall, if it determines that the intended award would be inconsistent with the procedures set forth or referred to in Section 2.03 of this Agreement, promptly inform the Borrower and state the reasons for such determination. (d) The terms and conditions of the contract shall not, without the Association's concurrence, materially differ from those on which bids were asked. (e) Two conformed copies of the contract shall be furnished to the Association promptly after its execution and prior to the delivery to the Association 18 of the first application for withdrawal of funds from the Credit Account in respect of any such contract. 2. With respect to any other contract for equipment, the Borrower shall furnish to the Association, promptly after its execution and prior to the delivery to the Association of the first application for withdrawal of funds from the Credit Account in respect of any such contract, two conformed copies of such contract, together with the analysis of bids, recommendations for award and such other information as the Association shall reasonably request. The Association shall, if it determines that the award of the contract is not consistent with the procedures set forth or referred to in Section 2.03 of this Agreement, promptly inform the Borrower and state the reasons for such determination. B. Supplemental Rules on Bid Evaluation and Comparison 1. For the purpose of evaluation and comparison of bids for equipment, customs duties and other import taxes on imported goods, and sales and similar taxes on locally produced goods, shall be excluded, except to the extent hereinafter provided, and bidders shall be required to state in their bid the c.i.f. (port of entry) price for imported goods, or the ex-factory price for locally produced goods. The cost to the Borrower of inland freight and other expenditures incidental to the delivery of goods to the place of their use or installation shall be taken into account in the evaluation of bids in accordance with paragraph 4.7 of the Guidelines for Procurement. 2. For purposes of the provisions hereinafter set forth, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) Preferred Domestic Bid means a bid offering goods manufactured in Liberia if the bidder shall have established to the satisfaction of the Borrower and the Bank that the manufacturing cost of such goods includes a value added in Liberia of not less than 20% of the ex-factory bid price. (b) Non-preferred Domestic Bid means any other bid offering goods manufactured in Liberia. (c) Foreign Bid means any bid other than those specified in (a) or (b) above. 3. For goods included in Category 1I of the table set out in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to this Agreement, a margin of preference may be granted by the Borrower to Preferred Domestic Bids. Such preference shall be granted by 19 adding to each Foreign Bid, for the purpose only of comparison with Preferred Domestic Bids, an amount (hereinafter called "Domestic Preference Margin") equal to the smaller of (i) the amount of customs duties and other import taxes which a non-exempt importer would have to pay for the goods offered in the bid, or (ii) 15% of the c.i.f. bid price of such goods. 4. If Preferred Domestic Bids are received, the comparison among all evaluated bids for each contract shall be made in the stages and with the preferences indicated below: Stage Bids to be Compared Preference 1. All Preferred Domestic Bids and None Non-preferred Domestic Bids. II. (a) Lowest evaluated bid under Stage 1, Add Domestic if Preferred Domestic Bid, with all Preference Foreign Bids; Margin to Foreign Bids or (b) Lowest evaluated bid under Stage 1, None if Non-preferred Domestic Bid, with all Foreign Bids. III. If lowest evaluated bid under Stage None 11 is not the lowest evaluated bid under Stage 1, all Foreign Bids. 5. The bidding documents shall clearly indicate any preference which will be granted to Preferred Domestic Bids, the information required to establish the eligibility of a bid for such preference and the methods and stages that will be followed in the evaluation and comparison of bids to give effect to such preference. 20 SCHEDULE 4 Design Standards for Monrovia Bypass Right-of-way 300 ft Design speed 60 miles per hour Number of lanes to be paved 2 Width of lane 11 ft Pavement surface course asphalt Shoulder width at each side 10 ft Shoulder construction granular material