Invitation for Bids Date:
9 September 2015
Loan No. and Title:
2542-BAN (SF): Participatory Small-Scale Water Resources Sector Project
Contract No. and Title: Deadline for Submission of Bids:
LGED/PSSW/PD/G-SP/02/2015: Procurement of 450 MT U-Type Hot Rolled Steel Sheet Pile 26 October 2015 at 13:00 hours (Local time)
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The People's Republic of Bangladesh has received a loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) towards the cost of Participatory Small-Scale Water Resources Sector Project (PSSWRSP). Part of this loan will be used for payments under the contract named above. Bidding is open to bidders from eligible source countries of ADB.
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The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the supply of U-Type Hot Rolled Steel Sheet Piles to be used in construction of cut-off-walls of hydraulic structures under the project.
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The qualification criteria include the following: Technical experience: Goods have been produced for at least 3 years, and a minimum of 2500 MT of similar Goods have been sold. Specific Contractual experience: The Bidder shall have successfully completed minimum 2(two) numbers of supply contracts of hot rolled steel sheet piles within the last 3 (three) years, value of one contract shall be more than USD 0.50 million. Cash Flow Capacity: The minimum amount of availability of liquid assets or working capital or credit facilities required is USD 0.50 million. Size of operation: The bidder shall have average annual construction turnover of USD 1.2 million over the last three years. Detailed qualification criteria are mentioned in the bidding documents.
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International Competitive Bidding (ICB) will be conducted in accordance with ADB’s Single-Stage: One-Envelope Bidding Procedure.
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To obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents, bidders should contact the following address from 9 September 2015. Address: Project Director Participatory Small- Scale Water Resources Sector Project (PSSWRSP) LGED HQ, RDEC Bhaban (Level-5), Agargaon Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207 Tel: +880-2-9127411 Fax: +880-2-9123169 E-mail:
[email protected]
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To purchase the bidding documents in English, eligible bidders should: (a)
Visit the office of Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) at the address indicated above and pay a nonrefundable fee of BDT 10,000 (Ten thousand) in cash. or
(b)
Request for delivery by sending a written application to Project Director, PSSWRSP, Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) at the address indicated above. The application must include Demand Draft/Pay Order issued by a schedule bank in Bangladesh or a cashier’s or certified check issued by a reputed bank in an ADB-member country of BDT 10,500 (ten thousand five hundred) for local delivery or US$250 (two hundred fifty) for overseas delivery. The document will be sent by courier. No liability will be accepted for loss or late delivery.
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Deliver your bid: To the address above On or before the deadline 26 October 2015 at 13:00 hours Bangladesh Standard Time (BST) Together with a Bid Security in the amount as described in the Bidding Document in the form of a unconditional and irrevocable Bank Guarantee/Bank Draft/Pay Order from a reputable bank from an ADB-member country in favour of the Project Director, PSSWRSP. Bids will be opened at the above address on 26 October 2015 at 13:10 hours BST in the presence of bidders’ representatives who choose to attend.
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The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) will not be responsible for any costs or expenses incurred by the bidders in connection with the preparation or delivery of bids.