Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-09-28
Buyer: The Department of Works (DOW) on behalf of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Country: PG
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45221100: Bridge construction works
Submission deadline: 2017-01-05
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The project is the construction of 6 steel girder bridges on Ramu Highway of Madang Province under package 4. The bridge name and lengths are as follows: Gusap (L=35 m), Bora (L=80m), Dry Wara (L=35m), Mea (L=130m), Wasigo (L=35m) and Tapo (L=161m).
The works to be carried out include but are not limited to the following: Dismantling existing bridges and guardrails and transporting to stock yards designated by the Engineer, Construction of approach roads to new bridges inclusive of all earthworks, pavement and drains, Construction of river training work including bank and scour protection, Installing road appurtenant such as road signs, guardrails, road edges, marker posts etc., Construction of temporary diversions, Maintenance and operation of the existing roads and the diversions.
European Investment bank rules of origin will apply, and the tender is open to nationals of all countries.
Tenderers must submit a signed declaration, included in the Section IV Form ELI - 1: Tenderer’s Information Sheet a Works Contract.
Tenderers may submit only one tender per contract. Tenders for parts of a contract will not be considered. Any tenderer may state in its tender that it would offer a discount in the event that its tender is accepted for more than one contract. Tenderers may not submit a tender for a variant solution in addition to their tender for the works required in the tender dossier.
The successful tenderer will be asked to provide a performance guarantee of 10% of the amount of the contract at the signing of the contract. This guarantee must be provided together with the return of the countersigned Bill of Quantities no later than 28 days after the tenderer receives the Letter of Acceptance signed by the Contracting Authority. If the selected tenderer fails to provide such a guarantee within this period, the contract will be void and a new contract may be drawn up and sent to the tenderer which has submitted the next cheapest compliant tender.
Tenders must remain valid for a period of 270 days after the deadline for submission of tenders. In exceptional circumstances, the Contracting Authority may, before the validity period expires, request that tenderers extend the validity of tenders and the bid security for a specific period.
Whole of the Works will have a duration of 730 calendar days (24 Months) till the provisional acceptance and a 12 months liability period.
• Have all pending litigation be treated as resolved against the Tenderer and so shall in total not represent more than fifty percent (50%) of the Tenderer’s net worth calculated as the difference between total assets and total liabilities
• have a minimum average annual construction turnover of US$ 24.0 Million within the last three (3) years.
• have sufficient liquid asset and lines of credit of USD 6.4 Million to cover the running costs of the subject contract together with existing contract commitments
• have successfully completed at least two contracts of bridge construction of similar size and nature, within the last ten (10) years; each with a value of at least US$25.5 Million.
• Have experience for the above or other contracts executed during the period, a minimum construction experience in the following key activities: Construction of steel plate girder bridge/concrete decking of over 30m in length, Construction of steel pipe pile with more than 30 m length, Built cofferdam in the bed river, Construction of at least one bridge with more than 51 m span length (In case of JV one of the JV Member);
• have technical and supervisory personnel with minimum five (5) years experience on projects of similar nature;
• have available owned or leased construction plant and equipment of type, size/capacity and number sufficient to undertake and complete the Works within the specified contract period, including backhoe, clamshell bucket, vibro-hammer, hydraulic pile hammer, crawler crane, concrete batching plant portable and concrete breaker.