Nepal Urban Governance and Infrastructure Project: Upgradation of Buttabari - Pyakurel Chowk Road, Birtamod

Specific Procurement Notice

Birtamode Municipality

Office of Municipal Executive

Province 1, Birtamode, Jhapa

Request for Bids

Works

(Without Prequalification)

Employer: Birtamode Municipality, Office of Municipal Executive, Province 1, Birtamode, Jhapa

Project: Nepal Urban Governance and Infrastructure Project (NUGIP)

Contract title: Upgradation of Buttabari – Pyakurel Chowk Road, Birtamode

Country: Nepal

Loan No. /Credit No.: IDA-6778-NP

RFB No: NP-DUDBC-273141-CW-RFB

1. The Government of Nepal has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Nepal Urban Governance and Infrastructure Project (NUGIP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Upgradation of Buttabari – Pyakurel Chowk Road, Birtamode. Bidding process will be governed by the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, July 2016, revised November 2020.
2. The Birtamode Municipality now invites electronic Bids from eligible Bidders for Upgradation of Buttabari – Pyakurel Chowk Road. The proposed road improvement work includes widening and improvement of existing mostly gravel road to a 6.258 Km double-lane carriageway width with provision footpath, green zone, traffic safety configurations and utilities complying the urban road standard. It comprises construction of a flexible pavement with granular sub-base, wet mix macadam, dense bituminous macadam and bituminous concrete layers. The proposed alignment will also have roadside drain, cross drainage structures (Box/pipe culverts), protection works and road furniture etc.

   Eligible bidders at least with the following key qualifications should participate in this bidding (refer Section III for other qualification criteria): 

Minimum average annual construction turnover of US$ 3.77 million, calculated as average of total certified payments received for contracts in progress and/or completed in last 5 years.

A minimum number of 2 road construction / reconstruction / upgradation / rehabilitation / improvement with asphalt concrete pavement works contracts each of minimum value US$ 4.02 million that have been satisfactorily and substantially completed as a prime contractor, joint venture member, management contractor or Subcontractor between 1st January 2017 and bid submission deadline.

3. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers- Procurement in Investment Projects Financing”, dated July 2016, revised November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information and inspect the Bidding document during office hours 10:00 to 17:00 hours at the address given below.

5. The Bidding document in English may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders till office hours 17:00 hrs. of 28 August 2022 upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of US$ 200.00 or NRs. 20,000.00. The method of payment will be direct deposit to the account number specified below.

Or

Bidder who chooses to submit their bid electronically may purchase the hard copy of the bidding documents as mentioned above or may download the bidding documents for e-submission from PPMO’s e-GP system www.bolpatra.gov.np/egp. Bidders, submitting their bid electronically, should deposit the cost of bidding document in the employer’s Rajaswa (revenue) account as specified below:

Information to deposit the cost of bidding document in Bank:

Name of the Bank: NIC Asia Bank, Birtamodee, Jhapa

Name of Office: Birtamodee Municipality, Office of Municipal Excecutive, Birtamodee, Jhapa

Office Account no.:- Dharauti 246CA50018870005 (Deposit Account)

         2462050028354002 (Revenue Account)

Office Code No.:- 801011205

6. Electronic bids must be delivered through PPMO’s e-GP system www.bolpatra.gov.np/egp on or before 12:00 hours of 29 August 2022. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address below on 14:00 hours of 29 August 2022.

7. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of USD 126,000.00 or NPR 15,700,000.00

8. The address referred to above is:

Birtamode Municipality, Office of Municipal Executive

Chief Administrative Officer,

Birtamode, Jhapa

Telephone Number: +977-023-535800/530244

Email address: ito.birtamodmun@gmail.com

Website address: https://birtamodmun.gov.np/