Invitation for Bids (IFB)
Date: November 26th 2021
Project Name: Lushan Earthquake Reconstruction and Risk Reduction Project
Contract No. and Title: Hebei Emergency Shelter (YC-5)
NCB Bid No.: 0733-21262570
Bid Submission Deadline: 09:30am December 28th 2021 (Beijing Time)

1. The Government of the People's Republic of China has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Lushan Earthquake Recovery and Risk Reduction Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this loan to payments under the YC-5 Contract for Hebei Emergency Shelter.

2. CITIC International Tendering Co., Ltd now invites, on behalf of Ya;an City Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, sealed bids from all eligible and qualified bidders for the following works:
Contract No. and Title: Lushan Earthquake Reconstruction and Risk Reduction Project – Hebei Emergency Shelter (YC-5)
Source of Funds: World Bank and the counterpart funds raised by the client
Major activities:
1. Emergency shelter:
Construction of one emergency shelter, with a total area of 29,500m2. The emergency shelter is supported with management rooms and sectors in terms of electrical engineering, water supply and drainage, heating and ventilation, gardening and greening, and sponge city.
Construction Period (months): 17

3. Bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive Bidding procedures. The bidding is open to all bidders from Eligible Sources Countries as defined in the Procurement Guidelines of World Bank as defined in the Tendering and Bidding Law and Government Procurement Law of the People's Republic of China.

4. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from the addresses listed in this IFB and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 09:00 to 11:30 and 14:00-16:30 (Beijing Time), starting from November 26th 2021 to the bid submission deadline.

5. A complete set of Bidding Documents in Chinese may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written application to the address of the tendering agent (as shown below) or the address in Chengdu (Room 1102, Building No.5, Haibin Plaza, Shuangliu Park, Jiaolong Port, Chengdu) or through email to [email protected] and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee RMB 1,500, starting from November 26th 2021 to the bid submission deadline (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays). Another RMB 200 shall be paid, if the Bidding Documents are to be purchased by mail. The methods of payment will be cash or wire transfer to the account of the tendering agent (account: CITIC International Tendering Co., Ltd; bank: Beijing Jingcheng Building Branch of China CITIC Bank; account number: 7110210182600030709). The tendering agent will mail the hardcopy of the Bidding Documents to the Bidders' addresses, and will not be responsible if the documents are lost or delayed during the mailing process.

6. 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.

7. Bidders must meet the following qualification requirements, and the details will be provided in the Bidding Documents:
Eligibility requirements:
Contract No. and Title: Lushan Earthquake Reconstruction and Risk Reduction Project – Hebei Emergency Shelter (YC-5)
Records of failed performance of any contracts: according to the fully settled disputes or lawsuits, the Bidder hasn't failed to perform any contracts over the last 5 years before the bid submission deadline. Fully settled disputes or lawsuits refer to disputes or lawsuits that have been solved in accordance with the dispute settlement mechanism in the contract, and for which there is no room or chance for the Bidder to appeal to a higher court.
Pending lawsuits: the total amount of pending lawsuits shall not exceed 50% of the net assets of the Bidder, and all the pending lawsuits will be counted as defeated lawsuits of the Bidder.
Declaration of environment-society-health-safety performance: the Bidder shall declare any contracts that have been suspended or terminated by the client or civil works contracts whose performance securities have been confiscated by the client for violating ESHS regulations over the past 5 years before the bid submission deadline.
Historical financial status: provide the audited balance sheets for the past 3 years (2018-2020), to reflect the financial stability and long-term profitability of the Bidder. Minimum requirement: the net assets (calculated as the difference between total assets and total liabilities) of the Bidder in the past 3 years shall be a positive value every year.
Average construction turnover per year: minimum average construction turnover per year shall be RMB 238 million based on the payments received from the ongoing or completed projects in the past 3 years (2018-2020).
Financial resources: the Bidder's financial resources (such as quick assets, line of credit, and other financing sources, but not including advance payment) must meet: 
(1) The minimum cash flow of RMB 23.80 million, and
(2) The total cash flow required for implementing this contract and other ongoing projects.

General experience: before the bid submission deadline, the Bidder shall have at least 5-year experience (November 2016 – November 2020) in contracting and subcontracting (the founding time of the company on the business license shall prevail).

Special experience: 
1. the Bidder, in the past 5 years (November 2016 – November 2021), as contractor, managing contractor, or sub-contractor, has successfully completed or substantially completed at least 2 contracts of municipal squares or parks similar to this contract, and the amount of each contract shall not be lower than RMB 107.90 million. These contracts shall have already been completed (with completion acceptance report or the client's proof), and shall be similar to the activities in this contract. Similarity refers to the scale, complexity, construction methods or technologies of the works and other features required in Chapter 6.
2. The contracts above or other contracts implemented by the Bidder within the period specified in Para.1 of Special Experience above shall at least include the following key works: 
1) Municpal park/square that is no less than 23,000m2 in area in a single contract;
2) Underground parking space or underground space structure that is no less than 18,000m2 in area in a single contract;
3) Earth excavation that is no less than 800,000m3 in a single municipal/building contract.

Qualification requirements:
(a) Before award, the level of the Bidder's construction company shall not be lower than Class-I qualification of general contracting for municipal works construction as well as Class-I qualification of general contracting for building construction engineering; and
(b) Effective Safety Production License for Enterprises.

8. Client: Ya'an City Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau
Address: No.132, Xikang Road East Section, Yucheng District, Ya'an City
Postcode: 625500
Tel: +86 0835-2241712
Fax: +86 0835-2224272
Contact person: Wu Qiang
Email: [email protected]
Tendering agent: CITIC International Tendering Co., Ltd
Address: 4th floor, Unit 17, Su Garden, Youyi Hotel, No.1, South Zhongguancun Avenue, Haidian District, Beijing City
Postcode: 100873
Tel: +86 10 68946980
Fax: +86 10 68940233
Contact person: Hu Ming
Email: [email protected]

9. Bids must be delivered to the address listed in this IFB before 09:30am (Beijing Time) December 28th 2021. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency. 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 09:30am (Beijing Time) on December 28th 2021.
Ya'an City Public Resources Trade Service Center
Address: No.456, Yazhou Avenue, Yucheng District, Ya'an City, Sichuan Province
Postcode: 625000
Contact person: Wu Qiang
Tel: 0835-7220461

10. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, whose amount should be RMB 2.02 million (RMB two point zero two million).

11. This IFB is published on www.chinabidding.cn and www.cebpubservice.com.