ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN
KABUL MUNICIPALITY (KM)
Kabul Urban Transport Efficiency Improvement (KUTEI) Project
Project Management Unit
Project ID: P131864
NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING
Invitation for Bids (IFB)
For
PROCUREMENT OF WORKS FOR
Construction of 2.2km Asphalt Road (Lot-11)
ROAD No 6: From Char Rahi Qala-e Najarha - Char rahi Sarware Kaenat
ROAD No F: From Char Rahi Sarware Kaenat to Serahi Khoja Boghra
Invitation for Bid No: NPA/KM/97/W-2303/NCB(KM/WB/KUTEI/W/011)
Date: 29/Oct/ 2018
1.The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Kabul municipality has applied for a grant from the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trusted Fund towards the cost of Kabul Urban Transportation Efficiency Improvement (KUTEI) Project and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this Grant to payments under the contract for Construction of 2.2km Asphalt Road (Lot-11)
2. Kabul municipality (KM) now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for Construction of 2.2km Asphalt Road (Lot-11)
3.The delivery/construction period is 12 months from the date of start.
4.Bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive Bidding (NCB) procedures specified in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, May 2004, revised May 2010, revised January, 2011 and revised November 2017, and are open to all bidders from Eligible Source Countries as defined in the Bidding Documents.
5. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from
Attention: NPA,
Street address: Administrative office of the president
National procurement authority, procurement facilitation directorate
NPA building,1st floor,
City: Kabul
Country: Afghanistan
Telephone: +93 (0202147557)
E-mail address: [email protected]
Copyto:[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
During Office hours from 30/Oct/2018 to 25/ Nov/ 2018.
6. Qualifications requirements include:
a) The minimum required annual volume of construction work for the successful bidder in any one of the last five years shall be AFN 290 Million.
b) Experience as prime contractor in the construction of at least one Similar works during the last five (5) years of value AFN 155 Million.(to comply with this requirement, works cited should be at least 70 percent complete);
c) proposals for the timely acquisition (own, lease, hire, etc.) of the essential equipment is as given below
|
No. |
Equipment Type and Characteristics |
Minimum Number required |
|
1 |
Bulldozer 200 – 280 HP |
1 |
|
2 |
Motor Grader 120 – 180 HP - |
2 |
|
3 |
Excavator bucket capacity minimum 1 m3 – |
2 |
|
4 |
Dump Truck (15 m3 capacity) - |
7 |
|
5 |
Vibratory Roller (8 – 16 tons) - |
2 |
|
6 |
Pneumatic Tyred Roller (16 – 20 tons) - |
4 |
|
7 |
Water Tanker minimum 12,000 lit capacity - |
2 |
|
8 |
Loader minimum bucket capacity 2 m3 - |
2 |
|
9 |
Bitumen Distributor minimum capacity 6,000 lt. - |
2 |
|
10 |
Self-propelled Asphalt Paver (finisher) - |
2 |
|
11 |
Mechanical broom - |
1 |
|
12 |
Air compressor - |
3 |
|
13 |
Concrete Mixer (500 lt.) - |
3 |
|
14 |
Concrete vibrators |
3 |
|
15 |
Bobcat |
2 |
|
16 |
Electric Jackhammer |
2 |
|
17 |
Trailer-mounted light tower |
4 |
|
18 |
Hand roller compactor |
2 |
d) a Contract Manager with 5 years’ experience in works of an equivalent nature and volume, including no less than three years as Manager
e) Liquid assets and/or credit facilities, net of other contractual commitments and exclusive of any advance payments which may be made under the Contract, of no less than the amount AFN 64 Million.
For detailed post qualification verification, please refer to Section I. - Instructions to Bidders and Section II- Bid Data Sheet of the bidding documents. A margin of preference for eligible national contractors/joint ventures shall not be applied.
For calculating the annual volume of construction works, contract value, and assessed bid capacity the net present value of the previous year’s turn over shall be calculated as stated in ITB 32.3. [email protected]
7. A complete set of Bidding Documents in English may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written Application to the address below and upon payment of a non refundable fee 1500 AFN. The method of payment will be cash. The Bidding Documents shall be collected by the bidders from the address below.
8. The bidders or their authorized representatives are invited to attend a pre-bid meeting which will take place on 12/Nov/2018 at -10:00 AM, Kabul Urban Transport Efficiency Improvement (KUTEI) Project, Project Management Unit (PMU) Office, conference hall, Shahre-Now Chaharahi Shahid, Kabul, Afghanistan to clarify issues and to answer any matter that may be raised at that stage. Attendance in the Pre-bid meeting is not compulsory.
9.Bids must be delivered to the address below at or before 10:00 Hrs Kabul local time, 26/Nov/2018. Electronic bidding shall not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be opened physically in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend in person at the address below on 26/Nov/2018 at 10:00, hours Kabul local time. In case the deadline date for bid submission/ opening is declared a holiday for the Employer, the bids may be submitted up to the specified time on the next working day.
10. All bids shall be accompanied by a Bid Security of AFN 6 Million issued by a bank acceptable to the employer (bank guarantee) included in Section X Security Forms
11. The address referred to above for inspection, purchase, and delivery of bid document is:
Attention: Eng. Aria Rahimi,
Street address: Administrative office of the president
National procurement authority, procurement facilitation directorate
NPA building,1st floor,
City: Kabul
Country: Afghanistan
Telephone: +93 (0202147557)
E-mail address: [email protected]