Procurement of Plant, Design, Supply, Installation, testing & commissioning of 500kV Transmission Line Materials and Products

National Procurement Authority Invites Tenders for Procurement of Plant, Design, Supply, Installation, testing & commissioning of 500kV Transmission Line. Tendersontime, a leading business leading Tender Notice Portals is the first agency to report this notification.

The services under this assignment will generally include:

   Procurement of Plant, Design, Supply, Installation, testing & commissioning of 500kV Transmission Line from Sheberghan to Dasht-e-Alwan (Pul-e-Khumri)

The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has received a grant from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) toward the cost of Energy Supply Improvement Investment Program – Tranche 1 and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this Grant to payments under the contract for the scope described below under item 2. No nationality restrictions apply, other than any restrictions arising from ITB 4.7.

The National Procurement Authority on behalf of Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) (“the Employer”) now invites sealed Bids for a turnkey contract: Procurement of Plant, Design, Supply, Installation, testing & commissioning of 500kV Transmission Line from Sheberghan to Dasht-e-Alwan (Pul-e-Khumri). The towers will be designed and constructed for double circuit.

The project comprises: 500 kV single circuit transmission line from Sheberghan to Dasht-e-Alwan (near Pul-e-Khumri) Substation. The towers will be designed and constructed for double circuit. The project is part of a larger network of 500-kV transmission network under planning and construction including 500/220/20 kV substations at Dasht-e-Alwan (Pul-i-Khumri) and 220/20 kV substation at Sheberghan, although not tendered out as part of this package but the contractor will need to schedule and align its activities and works with this project so that all projects are completed simultaneously

The Scope of Works includes the following deliveries and services: Design, manufacture, testing, supply, insurance, packing for export, shipment, delivery to site, unloading, provision of access roads, civil works and erection and installation of equipment, testing on completion, commissioning, setting to work and documentation.

International competitive bidding will be conducted in accordance with ADB's Single Stage, One-Envelope bidding procedure is open to all Bidders without nationality restrictions. For this procedure, bidders will submit bids in one envelope containing both the Price Proposal and the Technical Proposal. The envelopes will be opened in public at the date and time advised above and in the bidding document. The Bids will be evaluated, and following approval by ADB, the Contract will be awarded to the Bidder whose Bid has been determined to be the lowest evaluated substantially responsive Bid.

Only eligible bidders with the following key qualifications, summarized from the bidding document, should participate in the bidding. Bidders are requested to refer to Section 3 of the bidding documents for a full range of criteria prior to submitting a bid. In case of any discrepancies between this invitation for bid and the bidding documents, the bidding documents shall prevail.

Minimum average annual turnover of US$ 90,000,000.00 calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed, within the last three (3) years.

The Bidder must demonstrate access to, or availability of, financial resources such as liquid assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit, and other financial means, other than any contractual advance payments to meet: a) the following cash-flow requirement, US$ 25,000,000.00 and b) the overall cash flow requirements for this contract and its current works commitment

On or before the deadline 5 February 2017, 10:00 hours (Kabul local time)

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