Procurement of 65 SDH for Afghan Telecom Company

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING (ICB)

For

Procurement of 65 SDH for Afghan Telecom Company

IFB No: NPA/MOCIT/97/G-2345/ICB

1. Ministry of Communication & information Technology/Afghan Telecom, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, intends to apply a contract from Afghan Telecom budget for the Procurement of 65 SDH.
2. The National Procurement Authority (NPA), acting on behalf of Ministry of Communication & information Technology/Afghan Telecom, invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders forProcurement of 65 SDH. The Bidders may bid for whole activities indicated in Part II, Section 5: Activity Schedule. Bidders shall quote for the complete requirement of activities as indicated in Section 5 on a single responsibility basis.
3. Bidding will be conducted through the International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures specified in the Procurement Law and Procurement Procedure of Afghanistan, and are open to all bidders from Eligible Source Countries as defined in the Bidding Documents.
4. Interested eligible bidders may download bid document in English version from NPA Website: www.npa.gov.af  or obtain by email from address: aziz.rodwal@aop.gov.af,   copy to: rafi.mansoor@aop.gov.af, Zabihulrahman.rahmani@aop.gov.af,b.haidari@afghantelecom.af,b.haidari@afghantelecom.afor receive by flash memory at the address given below from 08:00 AM to 04:00 PM on any working day from Saturday to Thursday
5. Bids must be delivered to the address below at or before 19 January2019, 10:00 AM (Kabul local Time). Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected unopened. Bids will be opened immediately after the deadline of bid submission at the same place of bid submission in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend in person at the address below at the afore-mentioned date and time
6. All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security as below:

7. A pre-bid Meeting will be held 05 January 2019, 10.00 AM (Local Time) at below Address:

Address:          Ministry of Communication & Information Technology, Afghan Telecom Corporation Main Office, Post and Parcel Building, 4th Floor, Mohammad Jan khan Watt, Kabul, Afghanistan

Attention:     Babrak Haidari

E-mail:b.haidari@afghantelecom.af.

Telephone:Mob. +93 (0) 749 416 409, (0) 786 222 303

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9. A margin of preference for certain activities performed domestically shall be applied. Additional details are provided in the Bidding Documents.
10.  Qualification Requirements of bidders for Post Evaluation Purpose are as below:

• The Bidder shall provide documentary evidence demonstrating to have liquid assets or available balance of at least 215,000 USD
• The minimum average of annual volume of services completed during the last Five (5) years shall be USD 944,400. calculated as total certified payments received for all completed contracts.
• The experience required to be demonstrated by the Bidder as a prime Contractor should include at least one contract in the same nature and complexity that has been executed during the last five (5) years in the following: USD 429,300.

11. The address referred to above is:

National Procurement Authority (NPA),

4th Floor, Administrative office of the president (AOP)

Pashtunistan, Watt, Kabul, Afghanistan.

Telephone:  +93-020-2147536

E-mail: aziz.rodwal@aop.gov.af,

CC:rafi.mansoor@aop.gov.af, Zabihulrahman.rahmani@aop.gov.af,b.haidari@afghantelecom.af

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