Invitation for Bids

Date:22 January 2008
Grant No.:0081-AFG: Road Network Development Project 1
Contract No. and Title:MPW/800/ADB/CON 1/CON 2/CON 3
Date:12 March 2008

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 member countries of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

2.    Ministry of Public Works (MPW) of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ("the Employer"), invites sealed bids from eligible Bidders for the following contracts:

Contract No. Item Bid Security (US$)
MPW/800/ADB/CON-1 Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of 53 km of road from Bala Murgab (km 253+00 to Dari Bum (km 200+00) 900,000
MPW/800/ADB/CON -2 Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of 45 km of road from Dari Bum (km 200+00) to Qala Naw (km 155+00) 700,000
MPW/800/ADB/CON-3 Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of 45 km of road from Qala Naw (155+00) to Leman (km 110+00) 700,000

3.    Bidders may bid for one or several contracts as further defined in the bidding documents. Bidders wishing to offer discounts in case they are awarded more than one contract will be allowed to do so provided those discounts are included in the 'Letter of Bid'.

4.    Bidders may submit alternative bids based on sectional completion, the sections to be determined at the bidder's discretion in sections of not less than 15km acceptable to the Employer.

5.    International competitive bidding will be conducted in accordance with ADB's Single-Stage: Two-Envelope Bidding Procedure .

6.    The contract Price shall be adjusted for Changes in Cost as per clause 13.8 of GCC and of Particular conditions of Contract.

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

A.    Financial

  1. the Bidder shall have an average annual construction turnover as prime contractor (calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed) over the last three years of at least US$ 18 million for Con-1, US$ 15 million for Con-2 and US$ 15 million for Con-3;
  2. 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 (i) cash flow requirement of US$ 4.5 million for Con-1, US$ 3.5 million for Con-2 and US$ 3.5 million for Con-3; and
  3. the overall cash flow requirement for this contract and its current work commitment.

B.    Experience

  1. the Bidder shall have participated as prime contractor, management contractor or sub-contractor in at least 2 road contract combined with bridges;
  2. construction within the last ten years, each with a value of at least US$ 22 million for Con-1, US$ 18 million for Con-2 and US$ 18 million for Con-3 that have been successfully or substantially completed and that are similar in nature and complexity to the proposed works;
  3. the Bidder, either in-house or under a subcontract or through joint venture with a design engineering firm, shall have successful experience as a designer of at least two roads combined with bridge reconstruction and rehabilitation projects within the last five years that are similar in nature and complexity to the proposed contract. Each of the design projects should have had a fee of at least US$ 1.0 million for Con-1, US$ 0.8 million for Con-2 and for Con-3 and should have included road topographical survey and detailed design of road pavement, and bridges.

C.    Litigation

The Bidder shall provide accurate information on any litigation or arbitration resulting from contracts completed or under execution by it over the last six years. Claims, arbitration or other litigation proceedings pending, with a possible impact of more than 50 per cent of the Bidder's net worth shall be a ground for declaring the Bidder not qualified for the award of the contract.

D.    Personnel

The bidder must demonstrate that it has the personnel for the key position for both design and construction works, separately for each contract packages that meet the following requirement:

No. Position Years of
Work Experience		 Years of Experience
In Similar Work
Personnel for Construction
1 Project Manager cum Highway Engineer 20 10
2 Pavement Engineer 15 10
3 Bridge Engineer 10 8
4 Equipment Engineer 10 8
5 Environment Protection Manager 10 5
Personnel for Design
1 Design Team Leader 15 10
2 Pavement Engineer 10 8
3 Bridge Engineer 10 8
4 Materials Engineer 10 8
5 Quantity Engineer 10 8

The Bidder shall provide details of the proposed personnel and their experience records in the relevant Information Forms included in Section 4 (Bidding Forms). The Bidder shall propose one person one role.

E.    Equipment

The Bidder must demonstrate that it owns; leases or has immediate access to in the event of a contract award in its favor the key equipment listed hereafter:

No. Equipment Type and Characteristics Min. Number
Required
1 Asphalt Mixing Plant 125 Ton/Hr 1
2 Asphalt Paver -7.5m 1
3 Stone Crusher 200ton/Hr 1
4 Stone Crusher 100 Ton/Hr 1
5 Dozar Capacity>40 Ton 1
6 Dozar Capacity> 20 Ton 1
7 Excavator Capacity>1.0m3 5
8 Motor Grader 10
9 Loader 8
10 Dumper (Trucks) 20
11 Vibratory Roller 5
12 Tandem Roller 3
13 Transit Concrete Mixer 4
14 Water Truck 3

8.    To obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents, bidders should contact:

Ministry of Public Works
Kabul Afghanistan
Contact Persons: Dr. Wali M. Rasooli, Deputy Minister/ Project Director PMU
Tel. No.: +93-70-0274080
Email: romalshijah8@gmail.com

9.    To purchase the bidding documents, eligible bidders should write to:

Dr Wali M. Rasooli Deputy Minister/ Project Director, Ministry of Public Woks
1st Micro rayon, First Block
Tel.No.: +93-70-0274080
Email: romalshijah8@gmail.com
  • Requesting the bidding documents in CDROM for MPW/800/ADB/CON1, MPW/800/ADB/CON2 and MPW/800/ADB/CON3
  • No fee shall be charged for supplying the bid documents in CDROM

10.    Deliver your bids:

  • to the address given above
  • on or before the dead line: 1400 hours on 12 March 2008
  • together with a Bid Security as stated in the above table
  • Bids will be opened immediately after the deadline in the presence of bidders' representatives who choose to attend.

Specific Notice