Mexico - Small And Medium Scale Mining Dev. Proj : Loan 1820 - Project Agreement - 1 - Conformed

iR,NT S LOAN NUMBER 1820 ME Project Agreement (Small- and Medium-Scale Mining Development Project) between INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT and CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES Dated , 1980 LOAN NUMBER 1820 ME PROJECT AGREEMENT AGREEMENT, dated aa4,tI , 1980, between INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSIUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (herein- after called the Bank) and CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES (herein- after called CRM), established pursuant to a law of the Guarantor issued on December 31, 1955. WHEREAS by the Loan Agreement of even date herewith between the Bank and Nacional Financiera, S.A. (hereinafter called the Borrower), the Bank has agreed to lend to the Borrower, an amount in various currencies equivalent to forty million dollars ($40,000,000), on the terms and conditions set forth in the Loan Agreement, but only on condition that, inter alia, CRM agree to undertake such obligations toward the Bank as are hereinafter set forth; and WHEREAS CRM, in consideration of the Bank's entering into the Loan Agreement with the Borrower, has agreed to undertake the obligations hereinafter set forth; NOW THEREFORE the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: ARTICLE I Definitions Section 1.01 Wherever used in this Agreement, unless the context shall otherwise require, the several terms defined in the Loan Agreement and in the General Conditions (as so defined) have the respective meanings therein set forth. ARTICLE II Execution of Part C of the Project; Management and Operations of CRM Section 2.01. CRM shall carry out Part C of the Project, described in Section 3.01 of the Loan Agreement, and conduct its operations and affairs, with due diligence and efficiency and in conformity with appropriate economic, financial and investment standards and practices, and with experienced personnel. Section 2.02. CRM shall enter into the contractual arrange- ments with the Borrower referred to in Section 4.01 (c) of the -2- Loan Agreement. Except as the Bank shall otherwise agree, CRM shall not change or fail to enforce any provision of such arrange- ments. Section 2.03. Except as the Bank shall otherwise agree, procurement of the goods and civil works required for Parts C.1 and C.2 of the Project and to be financed out of the proceeds of the Loan, shall be governed by the provisions of the Schedule to this Agreement. Section 2.04. (a) CRM undertakes to insure, or make adequate provision for the insurance of, the imported goods for Part C of the Project to be financed out of the proceeds of the Loan transferred to it by the Borrower 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 CRM to replace or repair such goods. (b) Except as the Bank may otherwise agree, CRM shall cause all goods and services for Part C of the Project financed out of the proceeds of the Loan transferred to it by the Borrower to be used exclusively for such Part of the Project. Section 2.05. CRM shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, records and procedures adequate to record and monitor the progress of Part C of the Project, to identify the goods and services financed out of the proceeds of the Loan transferred to it by the Borrower and to disclose their use in Part C of the Project. Section 2.06. CRM shall operate and maintain, or cause to be operated and maintained, all the facilities included in Part C of the Project, and shall, promptly as needed, make, or cause to be made, all necessary renewals and repairs thereof, all in accor- dance with sound appropriate practices. Section 2.07. CRM shall take out and maintain with respon- sible insurers, or make other provision satisfactory to the Bank for, insurance against such risks and in such amounts as shall be consistent with appropriate practice. ARTICLE III Financial Covenants Section 3.01. CRM shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, records adequate to reflect in accordance with consistently -3- maintained appropriate accounting practices the operations and financial condition of CRM. Section 3.02. CRM shall: (i) have an audit, satisfactory to the Bank, made of the accounts and financial statements (balance sheets, statements of income and expenses and related statements) of CRM for each fiscal year, in accordance with appropriate auditing principles consistently applied, by independent and qualified auditors; (ii) furnish to the Bank as soon as available, but in any case not later than six months after the end of each such year, (A) certified copies of such financial statements for such year as so audited and (B) the report of such audit by said auditors, of such scope and in such detail as the Bank shall have reasonably requested; and (iii) furnish to the Bank such other information concerning the accounts and financial statements of CRM and the audit thereof as the Bank shall from time to time reasonably request. ARTICLE IV Consultation, Information and Inspection Section 4.01. (a) The Bank and CRM shall cooperate fully to assure that the purpos-s of the Loan will be accomplished. To that end, the Bank and CRM shall from time to time, at the request of either party, exchange views through their representatives with regard to the progress of Part C of the Project, the performance by CRM of its obligations under this Agreement, the administra- tion, operations and financial condition of CRM and other matters relating to the purpose of the Loan. (b) CRM shall furnish to the Bank all such information as the Bank shall reasonably request concerning the expenditures of the proceeds of the Loan transferred to it by the Borrower and Part C of the Project. (c) CRM shall cooperate fully with the Guarantor in the preparation of the report required under Section 3.06 of the Guarantee Agreement. Section 4.02. CRM shall promptly inform the Bank of any condition which interferes with, or threatens to interfere with, .the accomplishment of the purposes of the Loan, or the performance by CRM of its obligations under this Agreement. -4- Section 4.03. CRM shall enable the Bank's representatives to inspect the records referred to in Section 3.01 of this Agreement and any relevant documents. ARTICLE V Effective Date; Termination Cancellation and Suspension Section 5.01. This Agreement shall come into force and effect on the date upon which the Loan Agreement becomes effec- tive. Section 5.02. This Agreement and all obligations of the Bank and of CRM thereunder shall terminate on the date on which the Loan Agreement shall terminate. Section 5.03. All the provisions of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any cancellation or suspension under Article VI of the General Conditions. ARTICLE VI Miscellaneous Provisions Section 6.01. Any notice or request required or permitted to be given or made under this Agreement and any agreement between the parties contemplated by this Agreement shall be in writing. Such notice or request shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when it shall be delivered by hand or by mail, telegram, cable, telex or radiogram to the party to which it is required or permitted to be given or made at such party's address herein- after specified or at such other address as such party shall have designated by notice to the party giving such notice or making such request. The addresses so specified are: For the Bank: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20433 United States of America -5- Cable address: Telex: INTBAFRAD 440098 (ITT), Washington, D.C. 248423 (RCA) or 64145 (WUI) For CRM: Consejo de Recursos Minerales Ave. Niffos Heroes 139 Esq. Dr. Navarro Mexico, D.F. Telex: 1775690DUIAME Section 6.02. Any action required or permitted to be taken, and any documents required or permitted to be executed, under this Agreement on behalf of or by CRM may be taken or executed by its Director General, or by such other person or persons as its Director General shall designate in writing, and CRM shall furnish to the Bank sufficient evidence of the authority and the authenti- cated specimen signature of each such person. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, acting through their representatives thereunto duly authorized, have caused this Agreement to be signed in their respective names in the District of Columbia, United States of America, as of the day and year first above written. INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT Regional Vice President Latin merica and the Caribbean CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES By Authorized Representative -6- SCHEDULE Procurement A. International Competitive Bidding 1. Except as provided in Part C hereof, goods and civil works for Parts C.1 and C.2 of the Project shall be procured under contracts awarded in accordance with procedures consistent with those set forth in the "Guidelines for Procurement under World Bank Loans and IDA Credits" published by the Bank in March 1977 (hereinafter called the Guidelines), on the basis of international competitive bidding as described in Part A of the Guidelines. 2. For goods and4rks to be procured on the basis of inter- national competitive bidding, in addition to the requirements of paragraph 1.2 of the Guidelines, CRM shall prepare and forward to the Bank as soon as possible, and in any event not later than 60 days prior to the date of availability to the public of the first tender or prequalification documents relating thereto, as the case may be, a general procurement notice, in such form and detail and containing such information as the Bank shall reasonably request; the Bank will arrange for the publication of such notice in order to provide timely notification to prospective bidders of the opportunity to bid for .the goods and works in question. CRM shall provide the necessary information to update such notice annually so long as any goods or works remain to be procured on the basis of international competitive bidding. 3. For the purpose of evaluation and comparison of bids for the supply of goods to be procured on the basis of international competitive bidding: (i) bidders shall be required to state in their bid the c.i.f. (port of entry) price for the imported supplied goods, or the ex-factory price or off-the-shelf price of domestically manufactured or supplied goods, offered in such bid; (ii) customs duties and other import taxes levied in connection with the importation, or the sales and similar taxes levied in connection with the sale or delivery, pursuant to the bid, of the goods shall not be taken into account in the evaluation of the bids; and (iii) the cost to CRM of inland freight and other expenditures incidental to the delivery of goods to the place of their use or installai.ion shall be included. 4. Account will be taken of the availability of maintenance facilities and spare parts in the territory of the Guarantor for imported goods. -7- B. Preference for Domestic Manufacturers In the procurement of goods in accordance with the procedures described in Part A of this Schedule, goods manufactured in Mexico may be granted a margin of preference in accordance with, and subject to, the following provisions: 1. All bidding documents for the procurement of goods shall clearly indicate any preference which will be granted, the information required to establish the eligibility of a bid for such preference and the following methods and stages that will be followed in the evaluation and comparison of bids. 2. After evaluation, responsive bids will be classified in one of the following three groups: (1) Group A: bids offering goods manufactured in Mexico if the bidder shall have established to the satisfaction of Mexico and the Bank that the manufacturing cost of such goods includes a value added in Mexico equal to at least 20% of the ex-factory bid price of such goods. (2) Group k: all other domestic bids. (3) Group C: bids offering any other goods. 3. In order to determine the lowest evaluated bid of each group, all evaluated bids in each group shall first be compared among themselves, without taking into account customs duties and other import taxes levied in connection with the importation, and sales and similar taxes levied in connection with the sale or delivery, pursuant to the bids, of the goods. Such lowest eval- uated bids shall then be compared with each other, and if, as a result of this comparison, a bid from group A or group B is the lowest, it shall be selected for the award. 4. If, as a result of the comparison under paragraph 3 above, the lowest bid is a bid from group C, all group C bids shall be further compared with the lowest evaluated bid from group A after adding to the evaluated bid price of the imported goods offered in each group C bid, for the purpose of this further comparison only, an amount equal to: (i) the amount of customs duties and other import taxes which a non-exempt importer would have to pay for the importation of the goods offered in such -8- group C bid; or (ii) 15% of the c.i.f. bid price of such goods if said customs duties and taxes exceed 15% of such price. If the group A bid in such further comparison is the lowest, it shall be selected for the award; if not, the bid from group C which as a result of the comparison under paragraph 3 is the lowest evaluated bid shall be selected. C. Other Procurement Procedures Any single contract for goods and civil works estimated to cost less than $1,000,000 equivalent or any contract for goods or civil works estimated to cost less than $500,000 equivalent may be procured on the basis of the Guarantor's ordinary procurement procedures. D. Review of Procurement Decisions by the Bank l Review of invitations to bid and of proposed awards and final contracts: With respect to any contract for goods and civil works estimated to cost $1,000,000 equivalent or more or any contract for goods or civil works estimated to cost the equivalent of $500,000 or more; (a) Before bids are invited, CRM shall furnish to the Bank, 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 procedures as the Bank shall reasonably request in consultation with CRM. Any further modification to the bidding documents shall require the Bank's concurrence before it is issued to the prospective bidders. (b) After bids have been received and evaluated, CRM shall, before a final decision on the award is made, inform the Bank of the name of the bidder to which it intends to award the contract and shall furnish to the Bank, in sufficient time for its review, a detailed report on the evaluation and comparison of the bids received, together with the reasons of the intended award, and such other information as the Bank shall reasonably request. The Bank shall, if it determines that the intended award would be inconsistent with the Guidelines or this Schedule, promptly inform CRM and state the reasons for such determination. -9- (c) The terms and conditions of the contract shall not, without the Bank's concurrence, materially differ from those on which bids were asked or prequalification invited. (d) Two conformed copies of the contract shall be furnished to the Bank promptly after its execution and prior to sending to the Bank the first application for withdrawal of funds from the Loan Account in respect of such contract. 2. With respect to each contract to be financed out of the proceeds of the Loan and not governed by the preceding paragraph, CRM shall furnish to the Bank, promptly after its execution and prior to sending to the Bank the first application for withdrawal of funds from the Loan Account in respect of such contract, two conformed copies of such contract, together with the analysis of the respective bids, recommendations for award and such other information as the Bank shall reasonably request. The Bank shall, if it determines that the award of the contract was not consistent with the Guidelines or this Schedule, promptly inform CRM and state the reasons for such determination. INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original in the archives of the Interna- tional Bank for Reconstruction and Develop- ment. In witness whereof I have signed this Certifi- cate and affixed the Seal of the Bank thereunto this L2 day of j ., 1910. FOR SECRETARY