Invitation for (2nd Re-Bidding)

Date:21 April 2009
Loan No.:2188-BAN: Gas Transmission and Development Project
Contract Nos.:77.19(01).07 (Regulator)/R1
Date:11.00 hrs on 4 June 2009

1.    This Invitation for Bids follows the General Procurement Notice for this project that appeared in the ADB Business Opportunities on 28 October 2005.

2.    The People's Republic of Bangladesh has received a loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) towards the cost of Gas Transmission and Development Project and it intends to apply part of the proceeds (Part C: Rajshahi Gas Distribution Network) of this loan to payments under the contract for which the Invitation for Bids is issued.

3.    The Pashchimanchal Gas Company Limited (A Company of Petrobangla) now invites sealed bids from eligible Bidders from member countries of ADB for the supply and delivery of the following material for construction of 280 km (1"-8") Gas Distribution Network, Town Border Station (TBS) and District Regulating Station (DRS) at Rajshahi City.

SI No. IFB No. Group Description of Goods Price of Bid Document
BDT/USD		 Bid Closing Date and Time Bid Opening Date and Time Bid Security
BDT/USD		 Delivery Period
(Days)
1. 77.19(01).07(Filter)/R1 B Regulator,Slam Shut Valve & Relief Valve 3,500 / 50 4 June 2009
at 11.00 hrs		 4 June 2009
at 11.15 hrs		 133,000
/ 1,900		 150

Detailed specifications are provided in the Biding Document.

Delivery and services under the contracts shall be completed within 150 days counting from 21 days after issuance of Commitment Letter by ADB.

4.    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.

5.    Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Gas Distribution Network at Rajshahi City and its Adjoining Areas Project, Pashchimanchal Gas Company Limited, Zaman Complex, S. S Road, Sirajgonj, Bangladesh and inspect the Bidding Document at the address given below from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm from 21 April 2009.

6.    To purchase the Bidding Document in English, bidders should:

  1. visit the offices of PGCL at the addresses indicated below and pay a nonrefundable fee as stated in the table above, in the form of pay-order/demand draft in favor of Gas Distribution Network at Rajshahi City and its Adjoining Areas Project, PGCL,
    or
  2. request for delivery by sending a written application to the PGCL addresses indicated below. The application must include a pay-order/demand draft in favor of Gas Distribution Network at Rajshahi City and its Adjoining Areas Project for the amount of the Bidding Document indicated in the table above plus $100 for the cost of delivery. The document will be sent by courier. No liability will be accepted for loss or late delivery.
Project Director Gas Distribution Network at Rajshahi City and its Adjoining Areas Project Pashchimanchal Gas Company Limited (PGCL)
Zaman Complex, S. S Road, Sirajgonj
Bangladesh
Tel/Fax: +880-751-63521
OR
Pashchimanchal Gas Company Limited (PGCL)
Dhaka Liaison Office
3, Kawran Bazar C/A
Petrocentre (13th Floor), Petrobangla
Dhaka-1215
Tel/Fax : +880-2-9128591

No Bid document will be sold on the closing date of the tender.

7.    Bid must be delivered:

  • to the address below;
  • on or before the dates specified in the table above. Late bids shall be rejected.

Bids will be opened on the specified date and time mentioned above in the presence of the Bidder's representatives who choose to attend.

8.    All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security as stated in the table above and must be delivered to the address below.

Project Director, Gas Distribution Network
Rajshahi City and its Adjoining Areas Project, PGCL
Pashchimanchal Gas Company Limited (PGCL)
Dhaka Liaison Office
3, Kawran Bazar C/A
Petrocentre (13th Floor), Petrobangla, Dhaka-1215
Tel/Fax : +880-2-9128591

9.    The Pashchimanchal Gas Company Limited will not be responsible for any costs or expenses incurred by Bidders in connection with the preparation or delivery of Bids.

10.    In the comparison of Bids, ADB's Domestic Preference Scheme will be applied in accordance with the provisions stipulated in the Bidding Document.

Specific Notice