Memo No.: AMT/POU/ENGR/2015/60 Date: 09/06/2015

Invitation for Bids / Tenders

Loan/ Grant Nos. and Title: L3133-BAN(SF)/L8284-BAN(SCF)/G0394-BAN(SCF): Coastal Towns Environmental Infrastructure Project

Contract No. and Title: CTEIP/AMT/RD/01 (e-Tender ID No. 26745): Improvement of existing 04 nos. roads at Amtali Pourashava, District: Barguna.

Deadline for Submission of Bids (e-Tenders): 28 July 2015 at 13:00 hours Bangladesh Standard Time

1. The People’s Republic of Bangladesh has received financing from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) towards the cost of the Coastal Towns Environmental Infrastructure Project (CTEIP). Part of this financing will be used for payments under the contract named above. Bidding is open to Bidders from eligible source countries of the ADB.

2. The Amtali Pourashava, Upazila: Amtali, District: Barguna, ("the Employer") invites bids/tenders from eligible Bidders for the Improvement of 04 nos. roads, totaling 3.38 kms, and 01 no. roadside drain, totaling 0.481 kms in Amtali Pourashava, District: Barguna ("the Works").

3. National competitive bidding will be conducted in compliance with ADB's Procurement Guidelines through electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) system and is open to all Bidders from eligible countries as described in the Bidding Documents.

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

Specific Similar Experience: at least one contract within the last 5 (five) years where the value of the Bidder’s participation exceeds BDT 30 million.

Average Annual Construction Turnover: minimum BDT 55 million over the last 5 (five) years

Liquid Assets or Credit Facilities: minimum BDT 7.5 million

More details of qualification requirements are mentioned in the biding documents

5. This is an online bidding where only e-Tender (e-bid) will be accepted in the Bangladesh National e-GP System Portal and no offline/hard copies will be accepted. To obtain further information and to submit e-Tender for this works package bearing e-tender ID no. mentioned above, registration in the e-GP portal (http://www.eprocure.gov.bd) is required.

6. The fees for downloading the e-Tender Documents from the e-GP portal, and the tender security as mentioned in the documents have to be deposited online through any branch of the banks registered in the e-GP system.

7. The deadline for submission of e-Tenders (bids) is 28 July 2015 at 13:00 hours Bangladesh Standard Time (BST), and on-line opening will be done on the same date at 13:15 hours BST.

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8. Further information and guidelines are available in the e-GP portal and from e-GP help desk (helpdesk@eprocure.gov.bd). To obtain further information, please contact the official inviting the tender as follows:

Attention: Tarun Kumar Bhakta,

Address: Executive Engineer, Amtali Pourashava, District: Barguna, Bangladesh

Telephone: +880-445256191; Fax:+880-445256195;

Email: motiarrahman007@gmail.com; mohsinrari@gmail.com

9. When comparing Bids, ADB’s Domestic Preference Scheme will not be applied.