Invitation for Bids

Date: 28 March 2019 Loan No. 49329-BAN: Second City Region Development Project and Title: CRDPII/LGED//RUPGANJ/ICB/2018/W-01 Contract No. Improvement of Rupshi GC - Kanchan GC via Murapara GC road in and Title: Rupganj under Deadline for Submission of 22 May 2019, 13:00 hours (local time) Bids:

1. The Government of the People’s Republic of has applied for financing from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) toward the cost of Second City Region Development Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this financing to payments under the contract named above. Bidding is open to all bidders from eligible source countries of the ADB.

2. The Local Government Engineering Department (“the Employer”) invites sealed bids from eligible Bidders for the following Works (“the Works”):

PACKAGE NO. DESCRIPTION i) Improvement of Rupshi GC - Kanchan GC via Murapara GC road (Road ID – 367682006) (Ch. 0- 13775m); ii) Construction of RCC drains along the Rupshi GC - Kanchan GC via Murapara GC road (Ch.0-2775m, Ch.5700-6380m & Ch.9475-10150m); iii) Extension of 4nos. existing sluice gate CRDPII/LGED/NARAYAN 1.20mX1.50m-1vent at Ch.687m, Ch.5175m, GANJ/RUPGANJ/ICB/201 Ch.6275m, Ch.10710m and replacement of 2nos. 8/W-01 existing damaged sluice gate 1.20mX1.50m-1vent at Ch. 10025m, Ch. 11641m on Rupshi GC - Kanchan GC via Murapara GC road; iv) Extension of existing sluice gate 1.50mX1.80m-2 vent at Ch.1600m and replacement of existing damaged sluice gate 1.50mX1.80m-2 vent at Ch. 3750m on Rupshi GC - Kanchan GC via Murapara GC road.

3. International Competitive Bidding (ICB) will be conducted in accordance with ADB’s Single-Stage: One-Envelope bidding procedure and is open to all Bidders from eligible source countries as described in the Bidding Document.

4. Only eligible Bidders with the following key qualifications should participate in the bidding:

• Construction Experience: Participation in at least one (1) contract that has been successfully or substantially completed within the last five (5) years and that is similar to the proposed works, where the value of the Bidder’s participation exceeds USD 11.90 million. The similarity of the Bidder’s participation shall be based on the physical size, nature of works, complexity, methods, technology or other characteristics as described in Section 6 (Employer’s Requirements) of the Bidding Document.

• Average Annual Construction Turnover: Minimum average annual construction turnover of USD 21.80 million, calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed, within the last five (5) years.

• Financial Resources: The Bidder must demonstrate that its financial resources meet or exceed the total requirement for the Subject Contract of USD 2.74 million.

The complete qualification criteria are described in the bidding document.

5. To obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents, bidder should contact the following address during normal office hours (from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) on all working days:

Md. Selim Sarker Executive Engineer LGED, District: Narayanganj, Bangladesh ZIP code: 1400 Telephone: + (88)-02-7645910 Fax: + (88)-02-7630637 E-mail: [email protected]

6. To purchase the bidding documents in English, bidder should:

• write to the office of the Executive Engineer, LGED, District: Narayanganj/the Deputy Commissioner, District: Narayanganj/the Superintendent of Police, District: Narayanganj/ the Project Director, Second City Region Development Project, Level-4, RDEC Bhaban, LGED, requesting the bidding documents for Improvement of Rupshi GC - Kanchan GC via Murapara GC road in under Narayanganj District (CRDPII/LGED/NARAYANGANJ/RUPGANJ/ICB/2018/W-01) during normal office hours on all working days.

• pay a non-refundable fee of BDT 5000 or USD 60 in the form of Cash or Bank Draft or Pay Order in favor of “Executive Engineer, LGED, District: Narayanganj”, during normal office hours on all working days.

• the document may be sent by surface mail or courier service. Interested Bidders who are requesting international courier dispatch should pay an additional fee of USD 100.00. No liability will be accepted for loss or late delivery.

7. Deliver your bid:

• to the office of:

The Executive Engineer, LGED, District: Narayanganj, Bangladesh

• on or before the deadline: 22 May 2019, 13:00 hours (local time) • together with a Bid Security as described in the Bidding Document

Late bids shall be rejected.

Bids will be opened at 13:15 hours on 22 May 2019 in the presence of the Bidder’s representatives who choose to attend at the address above.