INVITATION FOR BIDS

Supply and Installation of i) 220 D/C KV Shindand-Adraskan-Herat Transmission Line ii) 220/20 KV Substations at Shindand& Adraskan, Herat Province, Afghanistan

RE-Bid(MEW/008-92/ICB)

IFB No: MEW/008-92/ICB Date: April 20, y

1. The Ministry of Energy and Water, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has received fund from Ministry of Finance toward the cost of the Supply and Installation of i) 220 D/C KV Shindand-Adraskan-HeratTransmission Line ii) 220/20 KV Substations at Shindand& Adraskan, Haret Province, Afghanistan and intends to apply part of these funds to payments under the contract for Supply and Installation of i) 220 D/C KV Shindand-Adraskan-Herat Transmission Line ii) 220/20 KV Substations at Shindand& Adraskan, HeratProvince, Afghanistan.

2. The scope of the facilities in the Contract to be provided includes Herat Province (Shindand and Adraskan).

3. Ministry of Energy and Water now invites sealed Bids from eligible and qualified Bidders for:Supply and Installation of i) 220 D/C KV Shindand-Adraskan-Herat Transmission Line ii) 220/20 KV Substations at Shindand& Adraskan, Herat Province, Afghanistan.

4. The estimated completion period for this works is 36 months.

5. QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: Qualification requirements for bidders, including members of joint ventures, subcontractors or vendors:

(A) Historical Non- Performance Contract:

Non-performance of a contract did not occur within the last Five (5) years prior to the deadline for application submission, based on all information on fully settled disputes or litigation. A fully settled dispute or litigation is one that has been resolved in accordance with the Dispute Resolution Mechanism under the respective contract, and where all ap-peal instances available to the bidder have been exhausted.

All pending litigation shall in total not represent more than fifty percent (50%) of the Bidder’s net worth and shall be treated as resolved against the Bidder.

(B) Financial Situation:

(a) Submission of audited balance sheets or if not required by the law of the bidder’s country, other financial statements acceptable to the Employer, for the last Three [3] years to demonstrate the current soundness of the bidders financial position and its prospective long term profitability. As a minimum, a Bidder’s net worth calculated as

the difference between total assets and total liabilities should be positive.

(b) Minimum annual turnover of USD 20.5million, calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed, within any of the last Five (5) years.

(c) The Bidder must demonstrate access to, or availability of, financial resources such as liquid assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit, and other financial means, other than any contractual advance payments to meet: 3.7 Million USDand (a) the overall cash flow requirements for this contract and its current commitments.

(C) Experience:

(a) General Experience: Experience under contracts in the role of contractor within any of the last six [6] years prior to the applications submission deadline.

(D) Specific Experience:

(I) Participation as a contractor, in at least two (2) contracts within the last Ten (10) years, with a value of at least USD 25.5 million for each contract, that have been successfully and substantially completed and that are similar to the proposed Plant and Installation Services.

(II) For the above or other contracts executed during the period stipulated in D (I) above, minimum experience in the following key activities:

(i) 220 KV Double Circuit Shindand-Adraskan-Herat Transmission Line

1. The bidder must have executed/constructed 220 KV Transmission Line or Transmission Line of higher Voltage rating of length not less than 125 Kms. in length. The value of transmission Line executed shall not be less than USD 20 million.

(ii) 220/20 KV 2x10 MVA Substation at Shindand& Adraskan

i. The bidder must have executed/constructed at least one No of 220/20 KV Substation valuing not less than USD 5.00 million& the completion period prescribed in the requisite Contract. The bidder must furnish copy of the requisite Contract along with completion certificate duly signed by the competent authority, failing which the bid of the bidder shall be considered non-responsive & no claim in this regard shall be considered.

ii. The bidder must have installed 20 KV switchgear on 220/20 KV Power Transformer.

iii. The bidder must have executed civil works pertaining to EHV substations & amounting to not less than USD 2 million & submit its proof along with the bid.

iv. The manufacturer of Transformers, whose Transformers are offered by the bidder, must have got Type Tests including Short Circuit Test, conducted on 220/20 KV Power Transformer of 10 MVA or higher rating from an International Test House such as KEMA or CESI.

The Type Test Certificates/ Reports including Short Circuit Test, conducted on 220/20 KV Power Transformer of 10 MVA or higher rating, shall be enclosed along with the Bid failing which the bidder’s claim in this regard shall not be taken authentic & the bid shall be considered non-responsive.

The proof on account of above items shall be submitted along with the bid failing which or submission of the same after opening of bids; the bid shall be considered non-responsive.

6. Personnel

The Bidder must demonstrate that it will have the personnel for the key positions that meet the following requirements:

(I) 220 KV Double Circuit Shindand-Adraskan-Herat Transmissions Line

S.NoPosition

Requirement

1. Designer for 220 KV transmission Line or transmission Line of higher voltage rating

4 Nos.

2. Erector for erection of 220 KV Transmission Line on Latticed type Towers or of higher voltage Level

4 Nos.

3. Electrical Engineer or Mechanical Engineer for Stringing works Latticed Type Towers meant for 220 KV Transmission Line or Transmission Line of higher voltage rating.

4 Nos.

4. Civil Engineer for Laying Foundation Blocks for the Latticed Type Towers meant for 220 KV Transmission Line or Transmission Line of higher voltage rating

4 Nos.

5. Commissioning Engineer Transmission Line of 220 KV Level or of higher voltage Level.

3 Nos.

6. Expert in explosives 2 Nos.

(II) 220/20 KV 2x 10 MVA Substations at Shindand& Adraskan

S.No

PositionRequirement

Designer for 220 KV Substation or Substation of higher voltage rating

AErector (expert in erection, testing & commissioning- 220 KV Level or higher voltage Level) for the following specialized fields:

4 Nos.

i) Power Transformers of rating not less than 10 MVA

4 Nos.

ii) 20 KV Switchgear 4 Nos.B. Civil Engineer for the following specialized

fields:i) Laying Foundation Blocks for the following;ii) Gantry Structures as well as Equipment, Rail Track, , etc.

4 Nos.

iii) Laying Earthing mat. 4 Nos.C. PLCC Engineer 1 No.D. Illumination & Fire Protection Scheme

Expert4 Nos.

(Two Nos. each)

E. Commissioning Engineer for S/S of 220 KV Level or higher voltage Level.

4 Nos.

The Bidder shall provide details of the proposed personnel and their experience records in the relevant Forms included in Section IV, Bidding Forms.

7: Equipments:

The Bidder must demonstrate that it will have access to the key Contractor’s equipment listed hereafter:

S.No Equipment Requirement

A 220 KV Double Circuit Transmission Line

i) Trucks for Transportation of material 5 Nos.(meant for Substation Line also)

ii) Compressor with set of Dies 6 sets

iii) Winch for stringing 6 Nos.

iv) Crane 4 Nos

v)

B 220/20 KV 2x10 MVA Substation

1. Filtration Plant of Adequate capacity 2 Nos.2. Testing equipment as under:a. Oil testing kit 2 Nos.b. Primary injection Kit for testing of

CTs.2 Nos.

c. Secondary Injection Kit for testing of relays

2 Nos.

d. Galvanometer 2 Nos.e. Variacs, Multimeters etc 4 Nos eachf. Crimping Tool for crimping of Lugs

meant for cables having conductor cross sectional area up to 630 mm2

4 Nos

g. 10 KV Meggar 4 Nos

The Bidder shall provide further details of proposed items of equipment using the relevant Form in Section IV.For detailed qualification requirements, please refer to the Section III Bid Data Sheets of the bidding documents.

8. Bidding will be conducted by International Competitive Bidding in accordance with the procurement rules of the Government of Afghanistan and are open to all bidders from eligible source countries as defined in bidding document.

9. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from Ministry of Energy and Water, Procurement Directorate and inspect the bidding documents at the address given below from 0800 to 1600 hrs Saturday to Wednesday. Interested Bidders may obtain a complete set of Bid Documents in Englishat a chargefrom the MEWProcurementDirectorate (address given below). In case of any difficulty, interested Bidders may contact at e-mail address h_stanik@yahoo.com and jabarkhel2007@gmail.com.

10. Pre Bid Meeting: 7 th November 2015 at 10:30 AM

11. Bids must be delivered to the address below at or before 10:00 hrs on 25th November 2015. Electronic bids shall not be permitted.All bids must be accompanied by a bid security of Bid Security for USD $800,000.00or an equivalent amount in a freely convertible currency.Late bids will be rejected. Bid Security must be from an Afghanistan based bank otherwise the bidder’s bid will be rejected, and declared non responsive. Bid Security validity periodis 148 days from the bid opening date.

Bid Security issued by Afghan Banks will only be acceptable. Bid security issued by foreign banks will be declared invalid, and bids will be declared non responsive, Bids security issued by foreign banks will be acceptable, if its corresponding bank located inside Afghanistan can certify it validity.

Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at the address below at 10:00 hrs (Kabul Local time) on the same day.

12. Bids should be valid for a period of 120 days from the bid submission deadline date.

13. Bidders are required to submit with their bids a signed and stamp copy of the bidding documentations package provided to the bidder including all technical documents and any other documents subsequently provided prior to the bid submission date and time, failure to adhere to this requirement, the bidders bid shall be declared nonresponsive.

Bids shall be addressed to:Procurement Directorate, (MEW/008-92/ICB),1th Floor, Ministry of Energy and Water, Darulaman Road, Sanatorium,Kabul, Afghanistan.

Attention: Eng. Waliullah Jabarkhel & Mr. Hizbullah StanikzaiProcurement Directorate, (MEW/008-92/ICB),1th Floor, Ministry of Energy and Water, Darulaman Road, Sanatorium,Kabul, Afghanistan.

E-mail (for clarifications only) to Email: h_stanik@yahoo.com and jabarkhel2007@gmail.com Phone: +93 (0) 0777238320