ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN

MINISTRY OF ENERGY & WATER

Project Coordination Unit

Rehabilitation Works for Renovation of North River Basin Agency (NRBA) Building..
Irrigation Restoration and Development Project
NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING

No: MEW/IRD/IFB/B-042/MZR Date: 15 - Jan- 2018

Invitation for Bids (IFB)

1. This Invitation for Bids follows the General Procurement Notice for this Project that appeared
in Development Business, issue No. “general procurement notice dated 11 Jan.2011“.
2. The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Ministry of Energy & Water has received a grant from the International
Development Association toward the cost of Irrigation Restoration and Development Project and it intends to apply
part of the proceeds of this “grant” to payments under the Contract for “Rehabilitation Works for Renovation of
North River Basin Agency (NRBA) Building.
Package ID No: B-042/MZR. The Ministry of Energy & Water, Project Coordination Unit now invites sealed
bids from eligible and qualified bidders for the Rehabilitation Works for Surrounding wall and Guardroom
Structure in North River Basin Agency Building:

Structure No.1: Construction of Surrounding wall and Guardroom Structure in Building of

NRBA.

4. The Completion Period is 6 months (including slack period of about 2 months).

5. The bids must be submitted alongwith the bid security in the amount of Afs 100,000 in the
shape of Bank Guarantee as per Bank Guarantee Form attached to the Bidding Documents.
6. Bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive Bidding (NCB) a procedure
specified in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits dated
January 2011 and is open to all bidders from Eligible Source Countries as defined in the Bidding
Documents.
7.Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from Eng. Zabiullah Esmati,
Deputy Director, Project Coordination Unit, MZR Region and inspect the Bidding Documents
at the address given below from 8:00 to 16:30 Hrs from Saturday to Wednesday and up to 13:00
hours on Thursday.
8. Qualifications requirements include:
(a) The minimum (b) Experience as prime (c) Liquid assets and/or credit
required annual volume contractor in the construction facilities, net of other
of construction work for of at least one work of nature contractual commitments and
the successful bidder in and complexity equivalent to exclusive of any advance
any of the last five years this work during the last five payments which may be made
(Afs) (5) years (Afs). under the Contract (Afs).

Afs 2,300,000 Afs 1,200,000 Afs 400,000

For detailed post qualification verification please refer to Section I. - Instructions to Bidders and
Section II- Bid Data Sheet of the bidding documents.
9. A margin of preference for eligible national contractors/joint ventures shall not be applied.
10.The bidders or their authorized representatives are invited to attend a pre-bid meeting which
will take place on 3 - Feb- 2018 at 10:00Hrsat the address given below to explain the procedure
of proper preparation and submission of bid, clarify issues and to answer questions on any matter
that may be raised at that stage. The minutes of pre-bid meeting will be prepared and sent across
to all the prospective bidders who have brought the bid documents up to date of pre-bid meeting
and also immediately after the pre-bid meeting.

10. A complete set of Bidding Documents in English may be purchased by interested bidders on
the submission of a written Application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable
fee of Afs. 2500. The method of payment will be Cash/Direct Payment. The Bidding Documents
shall be collected by the bidders from the address below.

11. Bids must be delivered to the address below at or before 10:00 AM on 17 - Feb-2018,the
Deadline Date for bid Submission (if the submission date is announced an official holiday,
then bids must be submitted next working day at the same time and venue). Electronic bidding
shall not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be opened physically in the presence
of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend in person at the address given below at 16-
Feb-2018 10:00 AM on the Deadline Date for bid Submission given above.
12. The address referred to above is:

Deputy Director PCU-MZR

Ministry of Energy & Water, PCU Regional office
POLE TASADI INFRONT OF ALI CHOPON SCHOOL
Mazar e Sharif City, Afghanistan

2-Eng. Nasir Ahmad “Ahadi”

Procurement officer IRDP Project Coordination Unit PCU/KBL
Mobile: 0700686110