Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-09-28
Buyer: The Department of Works 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: CSTB No.3649: Construction of three (3) Bridges (Pasik/Ogama/Potohu) along the Sepik Highway of the East Sepik Province - Package 3
The project is the construction of 3 steel girder bridges on Sepik Highway of East Sepik Province under Package-3. The bridges’ name and lengths are follows: Pasik (L=30m), Ogama (L=30m) and Potohu (L=20m).
The works to be carried out include but are not limited to the following: Construction of three (3) steel girder bridges, 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, etc.
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.
The Works will have a duration of 487 calendar days (16 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 positive net worth calculated as the difference between total assets and total liabilities; and
• have a minimum average annual construction turnover of US$ 7,000,000.0 within the last three (3) years.
• have sufficient liquid asset and lines of credit of US$ 2,200,000.0 to cover the running costs of the subject contract together with existing contract commitments
• have successfully completed at least two (2) contracts of bridge construction of similar size and nature, within the last ten (10) years; each with a value of at least US$ 8,500,000.
• Have successfully completed within the last 10 Years at least the following key works: Construction of steel plate girder bridge/concrete decking of over 30m in length, Construction of steel pipe pile with more than 10 m length, Construct of cofferdam in the river bed, Construction of at least one bridge with more than 30 m span length (In case of JV one of the JV Member);