Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

Local Government Engineering Department

Small Scale Water Resources Development Project

RDEC Bhaban (Level-6), Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar

Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh

 

Memo No. LGED/PD/SSWRDP-JICA/V-25/2009/684                                                    Date: 13/06/2010

 

Invitation for Bids

International Competitive Bidding (ICB)

JICA Loan No.: BD-P57

IFB No.: ICB/02/2009-10

 

1.                   The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has received an ODA Loan from Japan International Cooperation Agency (hereinafter referred to as “JICA”), towards the cost of the Small Scale Water Resources Development Project, (Loan No. BD-P57) and intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of the loan to payments under the contract for supply of the following  vehicles (the “Goods”):

 

Serial No.

Bid Package Number

Description of Goods

Quantity

Bid Security in BDT

01.

LGED/SSWRDP/BD-P57/ICB/G-01

4 Wheel Drive (4WD) Diesel operated, Right Hand Drive Cross-country Vehicles, with four side doors and one rear door, seating capacity minimum seven and with four cylinders engine.

04 Nos.

2,00,000.00

 

2.                   JICA requires that bidders and contractors, as well as Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, under contracts funded with JICA ODA loans and other Japanese ODA, observe the highest standard of ethics during the procurement and execution of such contracts. In pursuance of this policy, JICA;

(a)                Will reject a proposal for award if it determines that the bidder recommended for award has engaged in corrupt or fraudulent practices in competing for the contract in question;

(b)                Will recognize a contractor as ineligible, for a period determined by JICA, to be awarded a contract funded with JICA ODA Loans if it at any times determines that the contractor has engaged in corrupt or fraudulent practices in competing for, or in executing, another contract funded with JICA ODA Loans or other Japanese ODA.

3.                   The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) now invites sealed bids from the eligible bidders of eligible source countries for the supply of the Goods for the purpose of the Project.

4.                   Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information on the bid from and inspect the bidding documents at the office of the Project Director, Small Scale Water Resources Development Project, Local Government Engineering Department, RDEC Bhaban (Level- 6), Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh Telephone: +(88)-02 814-3120 or 818-1161, Mobile: +88-0171-133-2550, Facsimile: +(88)-02 8143119, e-mail: pd_sswrdp_jbic@yahoo.com on all working days during normal office hours up to Tuesday 10 August 2010.

 

5.                   A complete set of bidding documents may be purchased by any interested eligible bidder on submission of a written application to the above address and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of Tk. 2,000.00 (Taka Two Thousand).

6.         The estimated date of award is before Thursday 11 November 2010.

7.         The Pre-Bid Meeting will be held on Thursday 8 July 2010 at 15:00 hours at the conference room of the IWRM Unit, level-6, RDEC, Building, LGED HQ, Agargaon, Dhaka.

8.         All bids must be accompanied by a bid security mentioned in Bangladesh Taka (BDT) or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency in the form of Payment Order/Bank Draft /Bank Guarantee in favor of the “Project Director, Small Scale Water Resources Development Project” and must be delivered in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders (ITB) on or before 12:00 hours (Bangladesh local time) on Wednesday 11 August 2010.

9.         Bids will be publicly opened in presence of bidders or their authorized representatives who choose to attend at 12.15 hours (Bangladesh local time) on Wednesday 11 August 2010 at the office of the undersigned.

10.        The Project Director, Small Scale Water Resources Development Project, Local Government Engineering Department will not be responsible for any costs or expenses incurred by bidders in connection with the preparation or delivery of bids including cost and expenses related to visit to the site of commissioning of the equipment.

11.        The authority reserves the right to accept any bid, or to accept any part of the bid, or to reject any or all the bids without assigning any reason thereof and in such case no compensation will be entertained.

12.       This invitation for bid is available at the websites www.lged.gov.bd and www.cptu.gov.bd.

 

(Md. Abul Kalam Azad)

Project Director