Procurement

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Invitation for Bids

1.    The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has received a Grant from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) towards the cost of constructing the Bala Murghab to Leman section of Ring Road. Part of this Grant will be used for payments under the Contracts named above. Bidding is open to bidders from eligible source countries of ADB.

2.    Afghanistan Reconstruction and Development Services (ARDS) on behalf of Ministry of Public Works (MPW) of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (the Employer), invites sealed bids from eligible Bidders for the above contracts.

3.    The scope of works also includes design of all roads, bridges and miscellaneous works in addition to Construction of the project road. The feasibility study from Herat-Bala Murghab (which includes Package- I, Package-II and Package -III) is available for ready reference in the Ministry of Public Works.

4.    The bidders, at their option, may bid for one or more package(s). Each package will be evaluated separately and also by combining them taking into account any discount offered for any combination of packages, provided those discounts are included in the 'Letter of Bid'; and the contracts will be awarded accordingly. The employer reserves right to award contract for multiple packages to bidder that offers the lowest evaluated combination of bids.

5.    International competitive bidding will be conducted in accordance with ADB's Single-Stage: Two-Envelope Bidding Procedure and is open to all Bidders from eligible source countries of the ADB.

6.    Bidders' qualifications will be examined as part of the bid evaluation. Bidders must meet the following minimum requirements:

Financial

(i)    The Bidder shall have an average annual construction turnover (calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed) over the last three years of at least:

If the bidder wishes to qualify for award of the contract for more than one package, then the bidder must demonstrate to meet the aggregate of qualifying criteria mentioned for the individual packages.

(ii)    The bidder must demonstrate access to, or availability of, financial resources such as liquid assets, line of credit, and other financial means, other than any contractual advance payment to meet:

1. ash flow requirement of :
   
   

   Contract Package	Value
   Con-1	US $ 3.75 million
   Con-2	US $ 2.90 million
   Con-3	US $ 2.90 million

   
   
2. the overall cash flow requirement for this contract and its current work commitment. If the bidder wishes to qualify for award of the contract for more than one package, then the bidder must demonstrate to meet the aggregate of qualifying criteria mentioned for the individual packages.

Experience

(iii)    the Bidder shall have participated as prime contractor, management contractor or sub-contractor in at least 1 (one) road contract combined with bridge construction within the last ten years, that have been successfully or substantially completed and that are similar in nature and complexity to the proposed works; each with a value of at least:

(iv)    the Bidder shall have Successful Experience, either in-house or under a subcontract, or through joint a venture agreement or other arrangement, as designer of at least two road contracts with bridge construction and/or rehabilitation, topographical survey and detailed design of road pavement and bridge within the last five (5) years. To demonstrate such experience, bidders should submit a copy of two (2) road design contracts or road design-build contracts. The value of each design contract or design component of a design build contract should be at least US$ 1.0 million for Con-1, US$ 800,000 for Con-2 and US$ 800,000 for Con-3, OR two (2) design/design-build contracts each having a length of at least 40 km two-lane road , applicable for all the three packages . Bidders lacking design experience may associate with firms (design firms/consultants), that meet the design criterion through sub contract or joint venture agreement.

For other qualifying criteria viz. Litigation, Personnel, Equipment etc., please refer to section 3 (Evaluation and Qualification Criteria) of the bid document.

7.    To obtain further information and to inspect the Bidding Documents, bidders should contact:

8.      A complete set of Bidding Documents in English may be obtained by interested bidders by downloading the same from the ARDS website www.ards.org.af or may obtain in flash/CD from the ARDS office (address given below). In case of any difficulty in downloading from website, interested bidders may contact at e-mail address ards.procurement@ards.org.af . Bidding Documents will be sent electronically.

9.    The Bid Validity Period shall be 120 days.

10.    All Bids must be accompanied by a bid security of US$ 900,000 for Con-1, US$ 700,000 for Con-2 and US$ 700,000 for Con-3 or equivalent amount in a freely Convertible currency. Bid security shall remain valid for 28 days beyond the validity of bid or up to 148 days from the date of bid submission.

11.   Bids must be delivered to:

• to the address below:

  Afghanistan Reconstruction and Development Services
  Ministry of Economy Building
  4th and 5th Floor
  Malik Asghar Square
  Kabul, Afghanistan

• on or before 2 May 2009 at 14:00 Hrs. (Local Time). Late Bids will be rejected.
• Electronic submission of bid is not permitted.

12.   Bids will be opened immediately after the deadline at the Conference room at the address above, in the presence of bidders representatives who choose to attend.

13.    When comparing Bids, ADB's Domestic Preference Scheme will be applied in accordance with the provisions stipulated in the Bidding Documents.

14.    A site visit will be organized on 1 April 2009.