INVITATION FOR BIDS

1. The Government of the Republic of Maldives has received financing from the OPEC Fund for International development (OPEC) and intends to apply portion of the financing for eligible payments under the contract for the following works.

2. Ministry of Finance and Treasury (MOFT) on behalf of the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MEE), now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the works given below. Bidding is open to all bidders who fulfill qualification requirements given in Section 3 of Bid document, briefly stated below.

3. The Works include Construction/Installation of Water Supply Network with Boreholes, Water Collection Tanks, RO Plant Unit, Storage Tanks and an Office/Administration Building and other related works.

4. International competitive Bidding (ICB) will be conducted in accordance with the National Tender Board’s single stage two Envelope bidding procedure.

5. The Bidder shall be registered to submit a bid upon payment of a non-refundable Registration fee of MVR 1,500.00 (Maldivian Rufiyaa One Thousand Five Hundred) per tender from10^th March 2016 to 5^th May 2016 between 0830hrs and 1330hrs on all working days. A complete set of bidding documents in electronic format shall be available for download from the Ministry of Finance and Treasury website www.finance.gov.mv

6. The Bidder shall submit documentary evidence of no due payment to the Government of Maldives (Tax Clearance Report), obtained from Maldives Inland Revenue Authority. This document shall be dated no earlier than 10 (Ten) working days prior to the bid submission date.

7. The Bidder shall furnish a bid security of the amount specified in clause 1 of this Invitation for Bids which shall be valid for 28 days beyond the validity of the Bid. The amount of performance security shall be 10% of contract price. An advance payment of 15% of contract price will be provided upon submission of an advance payment guarantee.

8. A pre-bid meeting will be held on 5^th April 2016 1000 hrs Maldivian time at the Tender Evaluation Section Meeting Room of the Ministry of Finance and Treasury.

9. Bids shall be valid for a period of 120 days from the date of bid opening and shall be delivered to the Ministry of Finance and Treasury at the address specified in Clause 8 of this Invitation for Bids, on or before 1100 hrs Maldivian Time on 9^th May 2016, at which time they will be opened in the presence of the Bidders who wish to attend the bid opening. Late bids will be rejected.

10. Bidders may obtain further information from the following address:

Tender Evaluation Section

Public Procurement Division

Ministry of Finance and Treasury,

Ameenee Magu, Malé, Maldives,

Tel: (960) 3349101, (960) 3349102

Fax: (960) 3320706, (960) 3324432

E-Mail: [email protected]                    

Copy to: [email protected]

11. This Invitation for Bid is also published in the Ministry of Finance and Treasury website www.finance.gov.mv