Loan No. 1813: Kolkata Environmental Improvement Project

Date: 5 January 2005
Loan No. 1813: Kolkata Environmental Improvement Project
Contract No. and Title: KEIP/ICB/SDB/2004-05; Construction of Sewerage and Drainage for Borough XIV including House Connection
Deadline of Bids: 7 March 2005


India has received a loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) towards the cost of the Kolkata Environmental Improvement Project. Part of this loan will be used for payments under the contract named above. Bidding is open to bidders from eligible source countries of the ADB.

The Project Director, Project Management Unit, KEIP on behalf of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (the Employer), invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the construction of sewerage and drainage including house connection for Borough XIV. 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. Quantities of major work items are indicated below:

Description of ItemsUnitQuantity
Lot 1Lot 2Lot 3
Laying of S.W. /uPVC SewersKm27.017.014.0
Laying of R.C.C/ DI pipes, dia up to 300 mmKm0.10.60.1
Laying of R.C.C /DI pipes, dia above 300 mm and up to 600 mmKm4.63.22.0
Laying of R.C.C /DI pipes, dia above 600 mm and up to 2000 mmKm14.010.09.0
Construction of RCC Box drain / Surface drainsKm-3.11.0
Construction of ManholesNos810600500
Inspection pits and catch pitsNos345032502000
Restoration of roadsSq.m680005600040000
Topographical and level surveyKm23.018.014.0
House connectionsNos.205019501050
Sewer/surface drain cleaningKm403423
CCTV survey for condition assessmentKm2016.512.0

To obtain further information and inspect the bidding document, bidders should contact:

Project Director
Kolkata Environmental Improvement Project
Project Management Unit
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation
206, A.J.C. Bose Road, 2nd Floor
Kolkata-700017, West Bengal, India
Tel: +91(33)22830169/0170/0554/0553
Fax: +91(33)22830033

To purchase the bidding document in English, eligible bidders should:

  • write to the address above
  • pay a non-refundable fee of Rs10,000 or US$250. The document will be sent by courier for an additional fee of Rs2,500 for delivery within India or Rs6,000 or US$150 for delivery outside India. The fee shall be paid in form of demand draft favoring The Kolkata Municipal Corporation, payable at Kolkata.

Bidders should meet the following qualification requirement:

      (a)   Financial Solution

Lot No.Return on EquityMinimum values in million $
Net WorthAverage Annual Construction Turnover for Last 3 YearsAvailability of Financial Resources
1Should be positive1.85.41.8
21.64.81.6
31.33.71.3

     (b)   General Construction Experience

Experience in construction contracts in the role of contractor, subcontractor or management contractor for a minimum of 10 years.

     (c)   Construction Experience in Contracts of Similar Size and Nature

Participation as contractor, subcontractor or management contractor in at least two contracts within the last 10 years each with a value of not less than the values as indicated in the table below involving the laying of conduits/pipe line/underground RCC box. Further, at least one of the above shall be in sewerage/underground drainage works in urban areas.

Lot No.Contract value ($ million)
14.0
23.6
32.5

Alternatively to the above, participation as contractor, subcontractor or management contractor in at least two contracts, each with the value indicated above, with at least one contract in sewerage/underground drainage works in urban areas having minimum value of US$1.0 million consisting of sewer laying of 150 - 600 mm including appurtenances of 10 km m length and sewer laying of above 600 mm including appurtenances of 5 km length.

     (d)   Construction Experience in Key Activities

For the above or other contracts bidders shall have achieved the following minimum production rates in the following key activities

Lot No.Construction Experience in Key Acitivities [km/year]
Laying of sewer lines, including appurtenances, of 150 - 300 mm dia pipesLaying of sewer lines, including appurtenances, above 300 up to 600 mm dia pipesLaying of sewer lines, including appurtenances, for pipes greater than 600 mm
14.00.51.5
23.00.51.5
32.00.51.0

Bidders are allowed to bid for any lot for which they meet the above qualification requirements. However, a bidder may only be awarded a total contract value or number of contracts for which he meets the aggregated requirements.

A Pre-bid meeting will be held in the office of the Project Director, KEIP at 11:00 am (IST) on 11 January 2005. Bidders are encouraged to participate in this meeting and it is desirable that bid document is studied thoroughly before this meeting.

The Project Director, KEIP will arrange site inspection on 10 January 2005. Bidders are advised to send their representatives to the KEIP office at the address above at 10:30 a.m. (IST) and proceed to site with PMU Engineers.

Bidders shall deliver their bids:

  • to the address above
  • on or before the deadline: 2:30 p.m. (IST) on 7 March 2005.
  • together with a separate Bid Security for each lot as indicated in the following table or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency.
Lot No.Bid Security (Indian Rs)
13,500,000
23,100,000
32,100,000

Technical Bids will be opened immediately after the deadline in the presence of bidders' representatives who choose to attend. Price proposals of technical responsive bids will be opened later at a date, time and place to be advised by Kolkata Municipal Corporation.

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


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