Pre-Qualification Notice
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) PRE-QUALIFICATION NOTICE The UNDP Pakistan intends to invite applications from national/international construction firms having prior experience and good reputation for pre-qualification in order to undertake the rehabilitation/reconstruction of Community based Infrastructures in District Swat through a grant from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. KPK: District Swat Tehsils: Babozai, Charbagh, Kabal, Kowzakhela, Matta Khararai, Matta Sebujni Applications for pre-qualification dually supported with the following information/documents must reach at address given below by, 25 January 2012. Prequalification application process 1. Interested Companies must fill in the UNDP Prequalification Application Document and submit relevant documentation/information as to demonstrate that they are qualified to perform construction services/works in rural areas. 2. Completed applications should be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked with “Application for pre-qualification for rehabilitation/reconstruction of Community based Infrastructures in District Swat” in two sets (One marked “Original” and one marked “Copy”) on 25 January 2012 to the following address: MANAGER PROCUREMENT UNIT UNITED NATION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP) 4th Floor, Serena Business Complex, Khayaban-e-Suharwardy, Ramna 5, Islamabad. Tel.: (92-51) 835 5600 Fax: (92-51) 2655014-15 Applications received after the above deadline will not be considered. Documents sent by e-mail or facsimile will not be accepted. 3. At any time prior to the deadline for submission of Prequalification Application Document, UNDP may, for any reason, whether at its own initiative or in response to a clarification requested by Applicants, modify the Prequalification Application Document and its attachments by amendment, including through provision of supplementary information. 4. Any requests for clarification about the contents of the Prequalification Application Document shall be sent via fax (indicated above) to Manager Procurement, UNDP. Such request for clarification should be sent no later than 20 January 2012. 1 | P a g e 5. No phone calls will be accepted. Answers to questions/inquiries will be posted on UNDP web pages, and other web pages, on which this EOI is posted. While UNDP would endeavor to provide response/clarification expeditiously, any delay in providing such information will not be considered a reason for extending the submission date of application for prequalification. 6. Completion of the Prequalification Application Document and submission of relevant documentation is compulsory. Applications with incomplete submissions shall be disregarded. Qualification 7. The Prequalification is mainly based on; overall construction works experience, similar construction works experience, financial status (i.e. credit facilities and construction turnover), corporate mechanisms for quality control/assurance etc. For further details please refer to Prequalification Criteria. 8. Applicants must score (70%) qualifying marks in order to be qualified for proceeding with the Prequalification Application Document. Invitation to Bid 9. All applications will be screened, and only the companies which met all of the qualifying criteria will be invited to bid for the rehabilitation/reconstruction of Community based Infrastructures scheems in District Swat. 10. The submission for this EOI for Prequalification does not entail any commitment on the part of UNDP either financial or otherwise. UNDP/SFD reserves the right to accept or reject any or all EOI for Prequalification without incurring any obligation to inform the affected applicant/s of the grounds. 11. UNDP is not obliged to invite to participate in the subsequent bidding process any particular company who had submitted the Prequalification application. Eligible Applicants: 1. An applicant shall be a Joint Venture or a legally established single entity. Real persons are not eligible to apply in their individual capacities; however they can be partners in a Joint Venture. A Joint Venture may have a maximum of three members. One of the members of the JV firm shall be the lead member of the JV who shall have a majority (at least 50%) share of interest in the JV. The other members shall have a share of not less than 20%. 2. Applicants should not be associated, or have been associated in the past, directly or indirectly, with a firm or any of its affiliates which have been engaged by the Employer to provide consulting services for the preparation of the design specifications, and other documents to be used for the construction services to be procured. Cost of Applications: 2 | P a g e The Applicant shall bear all costs associated with the preparation and submission of its application. The Employer will in no case be responsible or liable for those costs, regardless of the conduct or outcome of the prequalification process. 1. Language of Application: The Application prepared by the Applicant and all correspondence and documents relating to the Application exchanged by the Application and the procuring UNDP entity shall be in the English Language. 2. Documents Comprising the Application: The Application shall comprise the following: (a) Application Submission Form; (b) Equipment Commitment Form; (c) Documentary evidence establishing the Applicant’s eligibility to prequalify; (d) Documentary evidence establishing the Applicant’s qualifications to prequalify; (e) Any other document required as specified in the Prequalification Data Sheet, (f) Expereince Certificates; (g) Financial Statements (last two years) (2009- 2011) (h) Bank Statement (2011) A. Submission of Applications 3. Sealing and Identification of Applications: The Applicant shall enclose the original and the copies of the application in a sealed envelope that shall. (a) bear the name and address of the Applicant; (b) be addressed to the Employer; and (c) bear the specific identification of this prequalification process indicated in the Prequalification Data Sheet The Employer will accept no responsibility for not processing any envelope that was not identified as required. Deadline for Submission of Applications: 25 January 2012 4. Late Applications: Documents received after due date shall be rejected. B. Procedures for Evaluation of Applications 5. Confidentiality: Information relating to the evaluation of applications, and recommendation for prequalification, shall not be disclosed to Applicants or any other persons not officially concerned with such process until the notification of prequalification is made to all Applicants. 6. Clarification of Applications 3 | P a g e (a) To assist in the evaluation of applications, the Employer may, at its discretion, ask any Applicant for a clarification of its application which shall be submitted within a stated reasonable period of time. Any request for clarification and all clarifications shall be in writing. (b) If an Applicant does not provide clarifications of the information requested by the date and time set in the Employer’s request for clarification, its application may be rejected. 7. Responsiveness of the Application: The Employer may reject any application which is not responsive to the requirements of the prequalification document. C. Evaluation of Applications and Prequalification of Applicants 8. Evaluation of Applications: The Employer shall use the factors, methods, criteria, and requirements defined in the Qualification Criteria and Requirements to evaluate the qualifications of the Applicants. The use of other methods, criteria, or requirements shall not be permitted. 9. Employer’s Right to Accept or Reject Applications: All Applicants whose applications have met or exceeded (“70%”) the specified threshold requirements will, to the exclusion of all others, be prequalified by the Employer. 10. Notification of Prequalification: Once the Employer has completed the evaluation of the applications it shall notify all Applicants in writing. 11. Invitation to Bid (a) Promptly after the notification of the results of the prequalification the Employer shall invite bids from all the Applicants that have been prequalified. A detailed BOQ will be sent to the prequalified suppliers. (b) Bidders may be required to provide a Bid Security or a Bank Guarantee acceptable to the Employer in the form and an amount to be specified in the Bidding Documents, and the successful Bidder shall be required to provide a Performance Security to be specified in the Bidding Documents. 14. Changes in Qualifications of Applicants: Any change in the structure or formation of an Applicant after being prequalified and invited to bid shall be subject to a written approval of the Employer prior to the deadline for submission of bids. Such approval shall be denied if as a consequence of the change the Applicant no longer substantially meets any of the qualification criteria set forth in the Qualification Criteria and Requirements, or if in the opinion of the Employer, a substantial reduction in competition may result. Any such changes shall be submitted to the Employer not later than 14 days after the date of the Invitation for Bids. D. Other 15. The procuring entity also reserves the right to secure/request independent Financial Statements as needed/required from the prequalified applicants. 4 | P a g e 16. Definitions: (a) Similar works: Similar work experience is the infrastructure-related construction works on water supply, sewerage, irrigation, canal, dams/ponds/creek, pipeline, water structures, roads, highways, land