SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE
ALBANIA
Secondary and Local Roads Project

 

Project ID No.: ALB – 0027

Project ID No.: ALB – 0028

 

Contracts/Bids No.:     CWC/NCB/2011/WL – Rec 73

                                    CWC/NCB/2011/WL – Rec 74

                                    CWC/NCB/2011/WL – Rec 75

 

This invitation for bids follows the general procurement notice for this project that appeared on ADF’s web page and Albanian newspapers on January 28, 2010.

 

The Government of Albania has received financing from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) toward the cost of the Secondary and Local Roads Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contracts for the civil works as given in the paragraph below.

 

The Albanian Development Fund now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the following tenders:

 

1. CWC/NCB/2011/WL – Rec 73, Reconstruction of road from Sopot to Kernaje, Kukes Region (6,5 km). The construction period is 12 months.

 

2. CWC/NCB/2011/WL – Rec 74, Reconstruction of road from Rruga Nacionale to Dajç, Shkoder Region (7,4 km). The construction period is 12 months.

 

3. CWC/NCB/2011/WL – Rec 75, Reconstruction of road from Tropoje to Buçaj, Kukes Region (4,91 km). The construction period is 12 months.

 

In the case of a bidder submitting bids for more than one tender, it should indicate so in each respective bid and show that it meets qualification requirements for cumulative number of submitted bids. All bids and combination of bids shall be received by the same deadline and opened and evaluated simultaneously so as to determine the bid or combination of bids offering the lowest evaluated cost to the Employer (ADF).  If a bidder submits a bid for more than one contract and he was the lowest evaluated responsive bid for more than one contract, then he will only be awarded the combination of contracts that he would meet the qualification criteria combined for all these contracts. If he cannot meet the qualification

criteria combined for all the contracts and he submittcriteria combined for all the contracts and he submitted the lowest evaluated responsive bid, then the Employer will award only those contracts that he meets the qualification criteria provided that the combination of award will result in the lowest evaluated cost to the Employer for all three contracts.

 

For the contract or contracts that the lowest evaluated responsive bidder will not be awarded the contract or contracts due to lack of meeting the combined required qualification, the next lowest evaluated responsive bidder will be awarded the contract or contracts taken into consideration the application of the above procedure applied on the lowest evaluated responsive bidder in case he is not meeting the required qualification criteria for the combination of contracts.  

Bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive Bidding (NCB) procedures specified in the Guidelines: Procurement of Goods and Works under IDB Financing, June 2005, are open to all eligible bidders as defined in the guidelines. NCB will be opened to domestic firms only.

 

Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the bidding documents from the Albanian Development Fund at the address below during office hours from 09:00 to 16:00, local time. A complete set of bidding documents in English language may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of 15,000 ALL or an amount in a freely convertible currency.

 

The method of payment will be cash, cashier’s check, oThe method of payment will be cash, cashier’s check, or direct deposit to the Albanian Development Fund account number: 0100404651 Raiffeissen Bank – Tirana, Albania, SWIFT code: SGSBALTX, IBAN AL 10202110130000000100404651. The Bidding Documents will be sent by airmail for overseas delivery and surface mail or courier for local delivery.

 

All bids must be accompanied by a bid security of:

 

For CWC/NCB/2011/WL – Rec 73       4,000,000 (four million) ALL

For CWC/NCB/2011/WL – Rec 74       5,300,000 (five million three hundred thousand) ALL

For CWC/NCB/2011/WL – Rec 75      3,500,000 (three million five hundred thousand) ALL

 

or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency, and be delivered or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency, and be delivered to the address below by 10:00 hrs (Albanian time) on August 8, 2011. They will be opened immediately thereafter, in the presence of bidders’ representatives, who choose to attend, at the address below. Late bids will be rejected.

 

Albanian Development Fund Rr. “Sami Frasheri”, Nr. 10

Meeting room 5th floor

Tirana, Albania

Tel: +355 4 22 35 597/8

Fax: +355 4 22 34 885

E-mail: adf@albaniandf.org

Web site: www.albaniandf.org