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Procurement of Works for Construction of Chah-e-Anjir to Gereshk Road Project (31.6 km), Afghanistan

Dead Line: 08 April 2014

Borrower/Bid No: MPW-1592-ICB
Invitation for Bids - Rebidding


1. The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has received financing from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) towards the cost of Transport Network Development Investment Program, Tranche 2. Part of this grant will be used for payments under the contract named above. Bidding is open to bidders from eligible source countries of the ADB.

2. The Afghanistan Reconstruction and Development Services (ARDS), on behalf of the Ministry of Public Works (MPW) of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ("the Employer") invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the Procurement of Works for Construction of Chah-e-Anjir to Gereshk Road Project (31.6km) MPW-1592-ICB (“the Works”).

3. International Competitive Bidding (ICB) will be conducted in accordance with ADB's Single-Stage: Two-Envelope Bidding Procedure and is open to all bidders from eligible source countries of the ADB.

4. Bidder’s qualification will be examined as part of the bid evaluation. Bidder’s must meet the following minimum requirements:

A. Financial

(i) The Bidder shall have an average annual construction turnover (calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed) within the last three years of at least US$30 million

(ii) Using Forms FIN – 3 and FIN - 4 in Section 4 (Bidding Forms) the Bidder must demonstrate access to, or availability of, liquid assets, lines of credit, or other financial resources, (other than any contractual advance payments) to meet the Bidder’s financial resources requirement indicated in Form FIN-4

a. Liquid Assets mean cash and cash equivalents, short-term financial instruments, short term available-for-sale-securities, marketable securities, trade receivables, short-term financing receivables and other assets that can be converted into cash within ONE YEAR.

B. Experience

The Bidder shall have participated in at least one contract within the last ten (10) years that have been successfully or substantially completed and that are similar to the proposed works, where the value of the Bidder’s participation exceeds US$30 million. All contracts have to be successfully or substantially completed (70% of the value of the contract) and have to be similar to the proposed works. The similarity shall be based on the physical size, complexity, methods, technology or other characteristics as described in Section 6 (Employers Requirements).

For other qualifying criteria viz. Litigation, Personnel, Equipment etc. please refer to section 3 (Evaluation and Qualification criteria) of the bid document.

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

Afghan Reconstruction and Development Services (ARDS)

Ministry of Economy, 4th and 5th Floor
Malik Asghar Square, Kabul, Afghanistan

Contact Persons: Hikmatullah Asad

E-Mail Address: [e-mail] copied to [e-mail]

6. To obtain the bidding documents in English, free of cost, bidders should download from the ARDS website www.ards.gov.af/ or in CD from the ARDS office (address given below). In case of any difficulty in downloading from website, interested bidders may contact at e-mail address [e-mail].

7. The Bid Validity Period shall be 180 days.

8. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security of USD 900,000 or equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency. Bid security shall remain valid for 28 days beyond the validity of bid i.e. up to 208 days from the date of bid submission i.e. up to 02 November 2014.

9. Bid Submission Time, Date and Address:

The bids must be submitted on or before 08 April 2014 at 14:00 hours (Local Time) at the address given below:

Afghanistan Reconstruction and Development Services
Ministry of Economy Building,
4th and 5th Floor
Malik Asghar Square,
Kabul, Afghanistan

10. Bids will be opened immediately after the deadline in the presence of bidders’ representatives who choose to attend.

11. Electronic submission of bid is not permitted.

12. The Bid opening shall take place at:

Conference room,
Afghanistan Reconstruction and Development Services
4th Floor, Ministry of Economy Building,
Malik Asghar Square,
Kabul, Afghanistan

13. A Pre-bid meeting will be held on 18 March 2014 at 10:00 hours (Afghanistan local time) in the conference room of the Ministry of Public Works, 1st Macroyan, First Block, and KABUL, Afghanistan.

Procurement of Works for Reconstruction and Rehabilitation of Sharan-Angor Ada Corridor, Afghanistan

Dead Line: 09April 2014

Borrower/Bid No: MPW-1593-ICB
Invitation for Bids - Rebidding


1. The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has received financing from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) towards the cost of Transport Network Development Investment Program, Tranche 2. Part of this financing will be used for payments under the contract named above. Bidding is open to bidders from eligible source countries of the ADB.

2. The Afghanistan Reconstruction and Development Services (ARDS), on behalf of the Ministry of Public Works (MPW) of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ("the Employer") invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the Procurement of Works for Reconstruction and Rehabilitation of Sharan-Angor Ada Corridor (MPW-1593-ICB) (“the Works”).

3. International Competitive Bidding (ICB) will be conducted in accordance with  ADB's Single-Stage: Two-Envelope Bidding Procedure and is open to all bidders from eligible source countries of the ADB.

4. Bidder’s qualification will be examined as part of the bid evaluation. Bidder’s must meet the following minimum requirements:

A. Financial

(i) The Bidder shall have an average annual construction turnover (calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed) within the last three years of at least US$35 million

(ii) Using Forms FIN – 3 and FIN - 4 in Section 4 (Bidding Forms) the Bidder must demonstrate access to, or availability of, liquid assets, lines of credit, or other financial resources, (other than any contractual advance payments) to meet the Bidder’s financial resources requirement indicated in Form FIN-4

a. Liquid Assets mean cash and cash equivalents, short-term financial instruments, short term available-for-sale-securities, marketable securities, trade receivables, short-term financing receivables and other assets that can be converted into cash within ONE YEAR.

B. Experience

The Bidder shall have participated in at least one contract within the last ten (10) years that have been successfully or substantially completed and that are similar to the proposed works, where the value of the Bidder’s participation exceeds US$35 million. All contracts have to be successfully or substantially completed (70% of the value of the contract) and have to be similar to the proposed works. The similarity shall be based on the physical size, complexity, methods, technology or other characteristics as described in Section 6 (Employers Requirements).

For other qualifying criteria viz. Litigation, Personnel, Equipment etc. please refer to section 3 (Evaluation and Qualification criteria) of the bid document.

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

Afghan Reconstruction and Development Services (ARDS)

Ministry of Economy, 4th and 5th Floor
Malik Asghar Square, Kabul, Afghanistan

Contact Persons: Hikmatullah Asad

E-Mail Address: [e-mail] copied to [e-mail]

6. To obtain the bidding documents in English, free of cost, bidders should download from the ARDS website www.ards.gov.af or in CD from the ARDS office (address given below). In case of any difficulty in downloading from website, interested bidders may contact at e-mail address [e-mail].

7. The Bid Validity Period shall be 180 days.

8. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security of USD 1,000,000 or equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency. Bid security shall remain valid for 28 days beyond the validity of bid i.e. up to 208 days from the date of bid submission i.e. up to 03 November 2014.

9. Bid Submission Time, Date and Address:

The bids must be submitted on or before 09 April 2014 at 14:00 hours (Local Time) at the address given below:

Afghanistan Reconstruction and Development Services
Ministry of Economy Building,
4th and 5th Floor
Malik Asghar Square,
Kabul, Afghanistan

10. Bids will be opened immediately after the deadline in the presence of bidders’ representatives who choose to attend.

11. Electronic submission of bid is not permitted.

12. The Bid opening shall take place at:

Conference room,
Afghanistan Reconstruction and Development Services
4th Floor, Ministry of Economy Building,
Malik Asghar Square,
Kabul, Afghanistan

13. A Pre-bid meeting will be held on 19 March 2014 at 10:00 hours (Afghanistan local time) in the conference room of the Ministry of Public Works, 1st Macroyan, First Block, and KABUL, Afghanistan.