Procurement

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Invitation for Bids

1.   The People's Republic of Bangladesh has received a loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) towards the cost of the Gas Transmission & Development Project (PART-B) and it is intended that part of the proceeds of this loan will be applied to eligible payments under the contract for procurement of 3-D seismic equipment and materials.

2.    Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited (BGFCL), a company of Bangladesh Oil, Gas & Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla) now invites sealed bids for the supply and delivery of Explosive, Detonator, Cone & Anchor Set for appraisal of 5 gas fields (Titas and Bakhrabad gas fields under BGFCL and Sylhet, Kailashtila & Rashidpur gas fields under Sylhet Gas Fields Limited) to upgrade the estimated gas in place and also to determine the exact location for future drilling activities. Details and Specification are provided in the Bidding Document.

3.    Supply and Services under the contracts shall be within 120 days counting from 21 days after issuance of commitment letter by ADB.

4.    Only reputed & experienced manufacturer/suppliers from ADB member countries are eligible to participate in the bidding. Materials must also to be mined/ produced in ADB member countries.

5.    Bids must remain valid for 120 days from the date of closing of the tender.

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

7.    Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information, and inspect the Bidding Document from the BGFCL Liaison Office at the address indicated below from 10 August 2008 to 14 October 2008 between 9:00 am and 2pm (BST) on all working days (Sunday to Thursday).

8.    To purchase the Bidding Document, Bidders should:

1. visit the office of BGFCL at the address indicated below and pay a non-refundable fee of Taka 5,000 in cash, or
2. request for delivery by sending a written application to BGFCL at the address indicated below. The Bidding Document will be sent through express mail service upon receipt of payment of USD 150 in STD Account No. 22, Sonali Bank, Brahmanbaria Branch, Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh. No liability will be accepted for loss or late delivery. No tender document will be sold on the tender opening date.

9.    Deliver your bids:

• to the following address:

  BGFCL Liaison Office at House
  No. 75, Road no. 6, Old DOHS, Banani
  Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh

• on or before 11:00 hrs (BST) on 15 October 2008. Late bids shall be rejected.

10.    Bids must be accompanied with a Bid Security in the amount of BTK. 20,00,000 or equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency in the form of bank guarantee/irrevocable letter of credit/cashier or certified check from any reputable bank from an eligible countries. In case of bank guarantee issued by a foreign bank, the bank guarantee must be endorsed by a registered scheduled bank in Bangladesh or a scheduled foreign bank operating in Bangladesh. The Bid Security must be valid for 28 beyond the end of the validity period of the bid.

11.    Bids will be opened immediately after the deadline in the presence of the bidders' representatives who choose to attend at the address above.

Specific Notice