ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN

جمهىری اسالمی افغانستان
وزارت اقتصاد
دفتر خذمات بازسازی و انکشافی افغانستان
د افغانستان اسالمی جمهىريت
د اقتصاد وزارت
د افغانستان د بيارغىنی او پرمختيايی خذماتى دفتر
Invitation for Bids(IFB)
Contract Title: Procurement of Works for Construction of Shabrghan City Ring Road (15.069) KM)
Contract No: MPW-1638-ICB
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Ministry of Economy
Afghanistan Reconstruction & Development Services
A R D S
The Ministry of Public Works (MPW) has received financing from Ministry of Finance (MoF) towards the cost of
the Procurement of Works for Construction of Shabrghan City Ring Road (15.069) KM).
This financing will be used for eligible payments under the contract named above.
The Afghanistan Reconstruction and Development Services Procurement Unit (ARDS-PU), acting on behalf of the
Ministry of Public Works (MPW) of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ("the Employer") invites sealed bids from
eligible Bidders for the Procurement of Works for Construction of Shabrghan City Ring Road (15.069) KM).
The successful bidder will be expected to complete the construction work within 24 Months from the date of
commencement of work.
(1) International Competitive Bidding (ICB) will be conducted in accordance with the Single Stage- One-
Envelope bidding procedure and is open to all eligible bidders.
(2) Bidder’s qualifications will be examined as part of the evaluation. Bidders must meet the following
minimum requirements:
A. Financial
(i)
(ii)
The Bidder shall have, during any of the last 5 years, an annual construction turnover as
prime contractor (calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or
completed) of at least US $ 35 million.
The bidder must demonstrate access to, or availability of, financial resources such as liquid assets,
line of credit, and other financial means, other than any contractual advance payment to meet (i)
cash flow requirement of US$ 8.6 million, and (ii) the overall cash flow requirement for this
contract and its current work commitment.
B. Experience
(i)
The bidder shall have at-least 5 years experience of roads and drainage/bridges construction
contracts prior to the bid submission deadline;

(ii)
The bidder shall have participated in at least one similar road construction contract within the
last 5 years, with a value of at least USD 26 million that have been successfully completed and
that are of a nature and complexity comparable to the proposed contract.
D. PERSONNEL
C. Litigation
The Bidder shall provide accurate information on any litigation or arbitration resulting from
contracts completed or under execution by it over the last ten years. Claims, arbitration or other
litigation proceedings pending or already resolved, with a possible impact of more than 50 per cent
of the Bidder’s net worth shall be a ground for declaring the Bidder not qualified for the award of
the contract.
The Bidder must demonstrate that it has the personnel for the key positions that meet the following requirements:
NO.
POSITION
TOTAL WORK SIMILAR
EXPERIENCE (YEARS)
IN SIMILAR WORKS
EXPERIENCE (YEARS)
1 Project Manager 15 10
2 Drainage /Minor Structures Engineer 12 6
3 Quality Control/Material Engineer 12 6
4 Measurement/Quantity Engineer 12 6
The Bidder shall provide details of the proposed personnel and their experience records in the relevant
Information Forms included in Section 4 (Bidding Forms). The Bidder shall propose one person for one role.
The personnel have to be professionals licensed by a recognized professional body and have a proven record
of successful accomplishment of tasks.
E. EQUIPMENT
The Bidder must demonstrate that it owns; leases or has immediate access
To in the event of a contract award in its favour the key equipment listed below: The Bidder shall provide further
details of proposed items of equipment using the relevant Form in Section 4 (Bidding Forms).
NO.
EQUIPMENT TYPE AND CHARACTERISTICS
MINIMUM NUMBER
REQUIRED
1 ASPHALT MIXING PLANT 125 TON/HR(BATCH TYPE WITH ELECTRONIC
CONTROLS AND VIBRATORY SCREENS
2 ASPHALT LEVELLING PAVER –up to 9m (AUTOMATIC SENSOR
CONTROL)
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3 PAVING MACHINE FOR GRANULAR PAVEMENT UP TO 9M 1
4 CRUSHER COMBINATION (JAW, CONE, IMPACT) 200T/HR. 1
5 CARTERPILLAR D9 TRACTOR OR MACHINE OF SIMILAR CAPACITY 3
6 EXCAVATOR CAPACITY>1.0 M3 3
7 MOTOR GRADER (ENGINE OUTPUT CAPACITY ABOVE150 KW) 3
8 WHEEL LOADER (120 HP, 2.0 CU.M. BUCKET) 3

9 DUMP TRUCKS (6 CU M) 15
10 VIBRATORY ROLLER (MINIMUM 8 -10 T STATIC WEIGHT) 2
11 PNEUMATIC TYRE ROLLER ( 200 – 300 KN) 2
12 TANDEM ROLLER ( 8-10 t Static weight) 2
13 WATER TRUCK (10000 L )CAPACITY 6
14 BITUMEN PRESSURE DISTRIBUTOR (1750/Hr) 1
15 POWER BROOM ( 1250/Hr) 1
16 MINI SMOOTH WHEELED ROLLER ( 3-5 T) 2
17 CONCRETE MIXERS (3 cum capacity) 4
18 ASPHALT MIXING PLANT 125 TON/HR(BATCH TYPE WITH ELECTRONIC
CONTROLS AND VIBRATORY SCREENS
19 ASPHALT LEVELLING PAVER –up to 9m (AUTOMATIC SENSOR
CONTROL)
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(3) To obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents, bidders should contact:
Afghan Reconstruction and Development Services, Procurement Unit (ARDS-PU)
Ministry of Economy, 4 th and 5 th Floor
Malik Asghar Square, Kabul, Afghanistan
Contact Person: Khayal Mohammad
Mail Address: khayal.mohammad@ards.org.af or tanka.prasad@ards.org.af
(4) A complete set of bidding Documents in English may be obtained by interested bidders, free of cost, by
downloading the same from the ARDS website www.ards.org.af or may obtain in CD from the ARDS office
(address given below). In case of any difficulty in downloading from website, interested bidders may contact
at e-mail address ards.procurement@ards.org.af.
(5) All bids must be accompanied by Bid Security of 1.2 million USD or an equivalent amount in a freely
convertible currency. Bid security shall remain valid for 28 days beyond the validity of bid, up to 148
days from the date of bid submission (up to 26 June 2013) as per ITB 19 of bid document.
(6) Bid submission time and place:
The bids must be submitted on or before: 29 January 2013 at 1400 hrs (Local Time) at the address given
below.
Afghanistan Reconstruction and Development Services, Procurement Unit (ARDS-PU)
Ministry of Economy Building, 4 th and 5 th Floor
Malik Asghar Square,
Kabul, Afghanistan
(7) Electronic submission of bid is not permitted. Late Bids will be rejected.
(8) The Bid Validity Period shall be 120 days.

(9) Bids will be opened immediately after the bid submission deadline, at the same place of bids submission,
in the presence of bidders who choose to attend the meeting.
(10) A margin of domestic preference is applicable.