Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

Local Government Engineering Department

Second Urban Governance and Infrastructure

Improvement (Sector) Project (UGIIP-II)

Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar

Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh

Memo N0. LGED/PD/ UGIIP-II/V-13/2011/893 Date: 20/01/2014

Invitation for Bid (IFB)

International Competitive Bidding (ICB)

Tender Notice Number: LGED/PD-UGIIP-II/24/ICB/2013-14

1. The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has received a loan from the Asian Development Bank ("ADB") ADB Loan no. 2462 BAN (SF) and grants from Kreditanstalt fuer wiederaufbau (KfW) and Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) towards the cost of Second Urban Governance and Infrastructure Improvement (Sector) Project (UGIIP-II). This package is particularly financed by KfW grant and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of the KfW grant for payment under the contract for which this Invitation for Bid (IFB) is issued.

2. The Project Director, Second Urban Governance and Infrastructure Improvement (Sector) Project (UGIIP-II), Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders either from Germany or EU or member countries of ADB for the procurement of the following Goods for the purpose of the Project.

Package No.	Description	Quantity (Nos.)	Price of Bidding Documents	Amount of Bid Security
UGIIP-II /LGED/ICB/ G-56	Procurement of Excavator	6 (Six)	Tk. 5000.00 or US$ 65.00	Amount indicated in bidding document

3. The Equipment shall be used for excavating solid and semi-solid garbage from ditch, clogged drain, excavating soil/sand/stone through operating even on a sloppy or rough surface area.

4. 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.

5. A pre-bid meeting will be held on 24 February, 2014 at 11.00 AM in the office of the Project Director.

6. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the bidding documents during normal office hours (from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM) on all working days (Sunday to Thursday) up to 23 March 2014 at the following address:

The Project Director,

Second Urban Governance and Infrastructure Improvement (Sector) Project (UGIIP-II),

Local Government Engineering Department,

Level-12, LGED Bhaban,

Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh

telephone + (88)-02-8181208/9143993, facsimile: + (88)-02-8156451;

e-mail: pd.ugiip2@lged.gov.bd, pd.ugiip2@yahoo.com

The Bidding Document may also be sent by air- mail for overseas delivery and surface mail or Courier for local delivery for an additional fee of BDT 100.00(local delivery) or US $ 100.00 (Overseas delivery). No liability will be accepted for loss or late delivery.

7. A complete set of bidding documents (in English) may be purchased by any interested eligible bidders on the submission of a written application to the above address and upon payment of a non-refundable fee as mentioned only during normal office hours on all working days till 23 March 2014. The method of payment will be either in Pay Order or Demand Draft from any scheduled bank in Bangladesh in favour of Second Urban Governance and Infrastructure Improvement (Sector) Project (UGIIP-II), Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), Dhaka, Bangladesh represented by the Project Director.

8. Bids must be delivered to the address mentioned above at or before 14:00 hours on or before 24 March 2014. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security mentioned above. Late Bids shall be rejected. Bids will be opened in the presence of the Bidders or his representatives who choose to attend at the address above at 14:15 on 24 March 2014.

9. The LGED will not be responsible for any costs or expenses incurred by bidders in connection with the preparation or delivery of bids.

10. The Invitation for Bids (IFB) will be available at the Web Sites: http://www.lged.gov.bd , www.cptu.gov.bd, www.gtai.de.

11. LGED reserves all the rights to accept any bid or to reject any or all bids without assigning any reasons whatsoever.

Md. Shafiqul Islam Akand

Project Director

UGIIP-II