INVITATION FOR BIDS

IFB No. ICB/062/MOD-2021 
Date: 1 July 2021

1.	The  National Procurement Commission (NPC) – Ministry of Finance (MoF) on behalf of Ministry of Defense is inviting construction companies to submit Bids for the:  

NEW CONSTRUCTION OF F-FDTL’S MILITARY BARRACKS AT METINARO, ICB/062/MOD-2021

2. The Location of the project is in the Metinaro.

3. The bidding shall be conducted through International Competitive Bidding with Single Stage - Two Envelopes Procedure, wherein the Technical Bid and Price Bid shall be submitted together in separately sealed envelopes.

4. Interested bidders may obtain further information by sending email to the following email address: icb062-mod21@cna.gov.tl   

5. Participation in this bidding process is open to all interested international and national bidders. The attention of interested bidders is drawn to the qualification criteria detailed in the Bidding Document, which include:
• Cash flow capacity of USD 600,000.00 and its current works commitment.  
• Experience: Two similar contracts satisfactorily completed/substantially completed  as a prime contractor, joint venture member , management contractor during the last Seven (7) years with a contract value of at least US$  1.200,000.00
• Personnel: The Bidder must demonstrate that it has the personnel for the key positions that meet the following requirements:

- Position:	Team Leader/ Project Manager, Educational Qualification: Civil Engineer/ Architect or Master’s Degree Construction Project Management,	Total Number of Years of Experience: 7 Number of Years of Experience in Similar Works: 5 
		
- Position: Architect (Building), Educational Qualification: Architect,  Total Number of Years of Experience: 5,  Number of Years of Experience in Similar Works: 3

- Position: Civil /Structure Engineer, Educational Qualification:	Civil/Structure Engineer, Total Number of Years of Experience: 5	Number of Years of Experience in Similar Works: 3

- Position: Mechanical / Electrical Engineer,	Educational Qualification: Mechanical/Electrical Engineer /equivalent, Total Number of Years of Experience: 	5, Number of Years of Experience in Similar Works: 2

- Position: Quality Assurance/ Materials Engineer, Educational Qualification: Professionally qualified materials engineer/ equivalent,  Total Number of Years of Experience: 	5 Number of Years of Experience in Similar Works:2

• Equipment: The Bidder must demonstrate that it has the key equipment listed below:

Type of Equipment	            Minimum Number of Units
Truck :	                                     3
Excavator :                  	             1
Roller:	                                     1
Stamper/Compactor machine:	     2
Concrete Mixer:	                             4
Generator 3 –phase-15 KVA:	     2

The bidder will submit the technical proposal (site organization, method statement, Mobilization Schedule, construction schedule and Local Development Statement) based on requirement of the bidding document.

The maximum technical score is 100 points and the passing score for bidder qualification is 75 points.

6. The Bidding Document, in English language, may be obtained free-of-charge by interested Bidders on the submission of a written application by email to the address above.

7. A pre-bid meeting will be held on 15th July 2021 at 10:00 hours local time at the address specified above or due to COVID-19, the pre-bid meeting for the above mentioned project will be held virtually using zoom through the following link:

https://us05web.zoom.us/j/6062885019?pwd=SU9IOHU4TTh5TUJwMkdKKzA4bGhndz09  

            Meeting ID: 606 288 5019
            Passcode: cna2020  

8. The bids must be received in the Tender Box located at National Procurement Commission Office, Avenida de Balide, Patrimonio Estado (Ex. Dempal), Dili, Timor-Leste the no later than 16:00 hours local time on 12th August 2021. Late bids will be rejected.

The Bidders has the option of submitting their Bids electronically through email specified above IFB line no. 4 and The Bidders will submit the Technical Bid and Price Bid (Password Protected) in non- editable PDF format through separate email. If the file size is more than 10 MB of Technical bid or Price bid, the Bidder will send through multiple emails with no attachment size is bigger than 10 MB.

9. The bid must be accompanied by a bid security (in the form of Bank Guarantee) of USD 18,000.00 (Eighteen Thousand United States Dollar) valid for 118 days from the last date of bid submission;

10. Technical Bids will be opened immediately after the closing time for the submission of the bids at the same address specified for Bid Submission above in the presence of bidders who wish to attend.

11. The Employer will not be responsible for any cost or expenses incurred by the Bidder in connection with preparation or delivery the Bids.

Hermingardo Albano Soares
Director, National Procurement Commission