Invitation for Bids
Date:26 July 2007
Loan No.:2308-IND: Uttarakhand State Road Investment Program - Project 1
Contract Nos.:GIS-KSUDP-01; GIS-KUSDP-02
Deadline for Bids:16 August 2007

1. India has received a loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) towards the cost of Uttarakhand State Road Investment Program - Project 1. 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.

2. Public Works Department, Government of Uttarakhand now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the construction, completion and carrying out routine maintenance for three years after completion of the following works:

Contract No Districts Road Details Completion Period
(in months) 		Amount of Bid Security
(Rs in million)
Name Length (km)
Contract 1 DehradunKalsi Chakrata 12.00 182.4
Contract 1A UttarkashiKuwa-Kafnol Rahri 47.546 18 3.5
Naugaon Purala 17.888
Contract 3 Chamoli and RudraprayagNand Prayag Ghat motor road 18.493 18 3.4
Rudraprayag Pokhri Karanprayag 14.512
Jakholi Guptkashi motor road 14.375

3. National Competitive Bidding will be in accordance with ADB's Single-Stage: Two-Envelope bidding procedure.

4. A complete set of bidding documents in English may be purchased by interested eligible bidders on submission of a written application at the address given from between 10.00 hours to 17.00 hours during working days starting 16 July 2007 to 16 August 2007, and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of Rs. 20,000 plus trade tax as applicable to be paid separately. For an additional fee of Rs 500, the documents will be sent by courier/post. The method of payment will be by demand draft payable to the Project Director, PMU ADB, PWD, Dehradun, payable in Dehradun. No liability shall be accepted for loss or late delivery.

5. Only eligible bidders with the following key qualifications should participate in this bidding.
  • Minimum average annual construction turnover (inclusive of escalation), calculated as total certified payment received for contracts in progress or completed, within the last five years (with base year as 2007-2008) of equal or more than the amount indicated in table below.
  • General Construction Experience by participation as contractor, management contractor or subcontractor, in at least two contracts within the last five years, each with a value equal or more than the amount indicated in table below, that have been successfully or substantially completed and that are similar to the proposed works. The similarity shall be based on the physical size, complexity, method, technology, or other characteristics as described in Section VI of Bid Document.
  • Specific Construction Experience in the key activities shown in the table below.
  • Should be able to deploy key personnel and equipment to match his work program and complete the works within the time of completion of works and during the maintenance period subject to the minimum of two units each of computerized hot mix plant (minimum capacity of 45 tonnes per hour), sensor paver finisher 3.75 meter width, road rollers (80 KN-100KN) and excavator/JCB/Dozer, three unit of concrete mixers (150 liters capacity) and one unit each of road roller PTR and vibratory road roller.
  • Should not have pending litigation more than 50 of the bidder's current net worth.

Qualification Criteria Contract Package Minimum Requirement
Average Annual Construction Turnover Contract 1INR 120 million
Contract 1AINR 175 million
Contract 3INR 170 million
General Construction ExperienceContract 1INR 96 million
Contract 1AINR 140 million
Contract 3INR 136 million
Specific Construction Experience
(i)  Bituminous works (PC. SDBC,& BM)Contract 1 (i)220 cu.m. per month
(ii)90 cu.m. per month
(iii)390 cu.m. per month
(ii)  Water Bound MacadamContract 1A (i)490 cu.m. per month
(ii)109 cu.m. per month
(iii)650 cu.m. per month
(iii)  Structural Concrete Contract 3 (i)270 cu.m. per month
(ii)780 cu.m. per month
(iii)590 cu.m. per month

6. Pre-bid meeting with the bidders shall be held at the Office of The Project Director, PMU, ADB, PWD, 19 Siddharth Enclave, Public Works Department (Government of Uttaranchal) Dehradun at 11.00 hours on 2 August 2007. The bidders who want to visit the project site may approach the Employer for grant of permission.

7. To obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents, bidders should contact:
Project Director
Project Management Unit (ADB)
Public Works Deparment
19 Siddharth Enclave,
G.M.S. Road,
Dehradun - 248001
Tel. No. 0135-6540169, 2722825
Fax No. 0135-2722911
E-mail: pmuadb@yahoo.co.in
Website:www.ua.nic.in

8. Deliver your bid:
  • to the address above
  • on or before the deadline: 16 August 2007
  • together with the Bid Security in the amount listed in the above table.
  


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