ITB For the Procurement of Works for Expansion and Reconstruction of Kabul Indoor Cricket Academy

Construction | 2024-12-28

The Procurement Management Department, acting on behalf of the Afghanistan Cricket Board, now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for the Kabul Indoor Cricket Academy Expansion & Reconstruction with reference number ACB/ICC/PRO/W/ FACILITY & TURF MANAGEMENT/2024/AFG/NCB-015. The Project completion period is 100 Calendar days which includes a slack period of 10 days for flood/adverse weather conditions and resolving Construction etc.

Procurement Management Department

NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING

Invitation to Bids (ITB)

For

Procurement of Works for: Kabul Indoor Cricket Academy Expansion & Reconstruction 

ITB No: ACB/ICC/PRO/W/ FACILITY & TURF MANAGEMENT/2024/AFG/NCB-015.

Date: 12- December-2024

1. This Invitation for Bids follows the General Procurement Notice for this Project that appeared in Development Business published on 12- December 2024

2. The Afghanistan Cricket Board has a budget from the International Cricket Council (ICC) towards the cost of the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this grant/budget to payments under the Contract.

3. The Procurement Management Department, acting on behalf of the Afghanistan Cricket Board, now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for the Kabul Indoor Cricket Academy Expansion & Reconstruction with reference number ACB/ICC/PRO/W/ FACILITY & TURF MANAGEMENT/2024/AFG/NCB-015. The Project completion period is 100 Calendar days which includes a slack period of 10 days for flood/adverse weather conditions and resolving Construction etc.

4. Bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive Bidding (NCB) procedures specified in the ACB’s Procurement Guidelines and is open to all bidders from Eligible Sources as defined in the Bidding Documents.

5. Interested eligible bidders (Construction companies) who had some work experience) may obtain further information (BOQ) & NCB documents from the Procurement Management department of ACB, by requesting through email and must attach their valid business licenses to the email.

• Attn: Hamid Rashidy,
• (Email: hamid.rashidy@afghancricket.af;
• Cc: Procurement.manager@afghancricket.af 
• Mobile No: 93(0) 796165830/0788575859), and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 AM to 04:00 PM from Saturday to Wednesday (Except public holidays).
• Note: email requests may not be responded to during non-official hours or holidays.

6. Qualifications requirements include:

• a)          The minimum required annual volume of construction works or Similar work for the successful bidder in any of the last Seven Years shall be equal to at least Five (5) contracts each in the amount of 600,000 Afghanis, or equivalent to 3,000,000 AFN for the whole 7 years
• b)        For JV Experience as prime contractor in the construction of at least one work of nature and complexity equivalent to this work during the last Seven (7) years total of more than 3,000,000AFN.
• c)           Proposals for the timely acquisition (own, lease, hire, etc.) of the essential equipment as given in the bidding document.
• d)           Project Manager with Six years of experience in works of an equivalent nature and volume, including no less than three years as a Manager. N/A
• e)           Bank Statement/Liquid assets and/or credit facilities, net of other contractual commitments and exclusive of any advance payments which may be made under the Contract 1,500,000 Afghani.

For detailed post-qualification verification please refer to Section I - Instructions on Bidders and Section II- Bid Data Sheet of the bidding documents.

7. A complete set of Bidding Documents in English may be obtained free of charge by interested bidders on the submission of a written Application to the address mentioned below. The Bidding Documents shall be collected by the bidders from the address below.

8. The bidders or their authorized representatives are invited to attend a pre-bid meeting which will take place on 25 December 2024, at 10:00 AM in the Afghanistan Cricket Board at the address given below to explain the procedure of proper preparation and submission of the  bid, clarify issues and to answer questions on any matter that may be raised at that stage, if any of the company couldn’t attend to the pre-bid meeting the company may be disqualified or has no right to ask for clarifications after bid-opening

9. Bids must be delivered to the address below at or Ground before 10:00 AM of  28 December -2024 (if this date is announced as an official holiday, then bids must be submitted the next working day at the same time and venue). Electronic bidding shall not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected.  Bids will be opened physically in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend in person at the address below at 10:00 AM of  28 December -2024.

10. All bids shall be accompanied by a “Bid Security” of the amount of 200,000 Afghanis via the Bank.

11. The address referred to above is:

• Mr. Hamid Rashidy
• Procurement Coordinator
• Kabul International Cricket Ground, Khan Abdul Ghani Khan Road, Kabul, Afghanistan.
• Email: hamid.rashidy@afghancricket.af , Cc: procurement.manager@afghancricket.af
• Mobile No: +93-796165830