Invitation for Bids (IFB)

Date: December 12, 2019 Project Name: Urban Water System Ecological Restoration Project

Loan No.: 19CN02

Name and No. of Contract: CZ3: Sewage Interception Engineering in Jiangzhou Township and Villages Located Along the Upstream of Nangan Canal

Bid No.: 0733-19092484

Bid Deadline: 9:30 am., January 16, 2020 (Beijing Time)

1. The Chinese government has received the loan from the New Development Bank, toward the cost of Guangxi Chongzuo Urban Water System Ecological Restoration Project and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this loan to eligible payments under the Contract of CZ3: Sewage Interception Engineering in Jiangzhou Township and Villages Located Along the Upstream of Nangan Canal .

2. Entrusted by Chongzuo Water Resources Investment Co., Ltd., CITIC International Tendering Co., Ltd. (tendering agency, contact information is as follows) now invites sealed bids from all eligible and qualified bidders for the following projects. The project funding source is the loan provided by the New Development Bank.

Sewage Interception Engineering in Jiangzhou Township and Villages Located Along the Upstream of Nangan Canal

Package No. CZ3

Site Jiangzhou , Chongzuo

Source of funds NDB Loan

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Sewage interception engineering in Jiangzhou Township and five villages located along the upstream of Nangan Canal, including earthwork excavation, earthwork backfilling, Main Project Contents sewage interception pipeline laying, concrete pouring, sewage treatment equipment installation, etc.

Construction 18 months period

3.This is an open competitive bidding and is open to all eligible Bidders in NDB member countries who meet the requirements of the New Development Bank procurement policy. 4. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below between 9：00~11：30 and 14 ：30~17：00 (Beijing time) from December 12, 2019 to the deadline for bidding every day (except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays). 5. The attention of prospective Bidders is drawn to the eligibility and conflict of interest provisions under ITB 4 of the Bidding Documents. All Bidders found to have a conflict of interest shall be disqualified.

6. Joint bid is not accepted for this project.

7. Bidders shall meet the following qualification requirements, details of which will be provided in the bidding document:

Qualification Requirements

For domestic bidders,

1. The bidder must be independent legal entities registered in accordance with Chinese law (providing a copy of the business license);

2. The bidder must has grade I and above qualification of general constructing of water resources and hydropower engineering, and has the qualification of Qualification grade I and above in general constructing of municipal public works; Requirements 3. It has a safety production license issued by the provincial and above construction administrative departments.

For foreign bidders, they must have the same qualifications as above for domestic bidders. The foreign bidders may contact the tendering agent for any clarification regarding registration in . Note: the original (original or copy of qualification certificate) shall be prepared for checkup during bid opening ceremony.

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Pending All pending litigation shall in total not represent more than 50% of the Bidder’s Litigation net worth and shall be treated as resolved against the Bidder.

Submission of audited financial reports for the last Three [3] years (2016-2018) to Historical demonstrate the current soundness of the bidder’s financial position and its Financial prospective long-term profitability. As a minimum, a Bidder’s net worth for the Performance last three [3] years (2016-2018) calculated as the difference between total assets and total liabilities for each of the three years should be positive.

At least five (5) years’ experience (2014 to bid deadline) as either a contract General contractor, subcontractor, or management contractor prior to the date of deadline Experience of bid submission. (subject to the date of business license registration)

Minimum annual engineering turnover required RMB 115 million （2016-2018）

Minimum cash RMB 12 Million flow +Current commitment contract total cash requirement

At least in the past 5 years (2014 to the bid deadline), the bidder successfully completed at least 2 similar integrated wastewater treatment construction contracts as contractors, management contractors or subcontractors. The Contractual minimum amount of each contract should be more than RMB 50 million. requirements of similar size and Note: The corresponding documents (1. Copy of Notification of Contract Award; nature 2. Copy of main contract pages; 3. Copy of final acceptance certificate or materials.) shall be provided in the bidding documents.The above-mentioned certification materials shall be stamped with the official seal of the bidder. The original copies shall be prepared for checkup.

8. Interested eligible bidders can download the full set of bidding document for free after completed registration on the website of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Public Resources Trading Center (http://gxggzy.gxzf.gov.cn).

The Employer: Chongzuo Water Resources Investment Co., Ltd.

Address: 11th floor, Fortune Center, Third Stage of Longyin Fortune Plaza, Middle Section of Friendship Avenue, Chongzuo City,

Postcode: 532200

Tell: 0771-7829799

Liaison: Mr.Huang

E-mail: [email protected] 3

Tendering Agent： CITIC International Tendering Co., Lt.d. Address： Floor 4, 17th Unit, Suyuan, Beijing Friendship Hotel, No.1, South Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing, Postcode： 100873 Tell： +86 10 68948709 Fax： +86 10 68940233 Liaison： Ms. Ma; Ms. Gu E-mail： [email protected]；[email protected]

9. Bids must be delivered to the address below at or before 9:30 am. (Beijing Time), January 16, 2020. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend in person at the address below at 9:30 am. (Beijing Time), January 16, 2020. The bid security shall be provided along with the Bid.

10. Any questions or complaints about the tendering process or the award of the contract should be sent in writing to the owner at [email protected]. Bidders can also send copies of any questions or complaints to Ms. Zhang Danwei of the New Development Bank via email at [email protected]. If the owner does not respond promptly or if the bidder complains to the owner, the bidder may also write directly to the lending institution.

11. The address referred to above is: i) Address for inspection of bidding documents: Floor 4, 17th Unit, Suyuan, Beijing Friendship Hotel, No.1, South Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing, China. ii) Address for purchasing of bidding documents: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Public Resources Trading Center (Address: 4th floor, Autonomous Region Government Affairs Service Center, No.6 Yibin Road, , , Guangxi). iii) Address for submission of bidding documents: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Public Resources Trading Center (Address: 4th floor, Autonomous Region Government Affairs Service Center, No.6 Yibin Road, Qingxiu District, Nanning, Guangxi), the specific bid opening room will be displayed on the electronic screen. 4

iv) Address for bid opening: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Public Resources Trading Center (Address: 4th floor, Autonomous Region Government Affairs Service Center, No.6 Yibin Road, Qingxiu District, Nanning, Guangxi), the specific bid opening room will be displayed on the electronic screen.

12. The Invitation for Bids will be published on www.ndb.int/projects/project-procurement, www.chinabidding.com, www.chinabidding.com.cn, www.cebpubservice.com and http://gxggzy.gxzf.gov.cn/gxzbw/.

13. The employer or procurement agent shall not bear any costs or expenses incurred by the bidder in preparing or transporting the tender documents.

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