INVITATION FOR BIDS   

1. The Ministry of Finance (MOF) on behalf of the Maldives Customs Service, now invites sealed Bids from eligible and qualified bidders for the Construction of South Regional Head Office Building(Addu City, Maradhoo).

2. Only a listed member of the National Contractors Registry (NCR) will be eligible to participate in this tender. Registration is not required for International bidders at this stage. However, international bidders shall submit the documents as per clause 13 of ‘Construction Industry Contractor’s Regulation’ at the time of submission. International bidders shall be responsible to ensure that they confirm with required registration under ‘Construction Industry Contractor’s Regulation’, Foreign Investment Registration and Foreign Direct Investment Policy requirements of Maldives prior to bid submission.

3. International Competitive Bidding (ICB) will be conducted in accordance with the Public Finance Regulation of Maldives. Qualifications requirements are stated in the Bidding Document.

4. Interested bidders shall registerwith the Ministry of Finance for this project from16^th March 2021 to 7^th April 2021. by: : (a) payment of a non-refundable Registration fee of MVR 1,500.00 (Maldivian Rufiyaa Thousand Five Hundred), through our online payment portal - Ban'deyri Pay (https://bandeyripay.finance.gov.mv/)  and, (b) e-mailing the following information  to the below given e-mail addresses:

• Name and Address of the Bidder
• Name, e-mail ID and telephone numbers of the Contact Person(s)
• Copy of the Payment/Transaction Receipt.

5. A complete set of bidding documents and related documentation is available from 17^th March 2021 on Finance website www.finance.gov.mv for downloading free of cost. The Employer shall not be liable for any information not received by the Bidder. It is the Bidder’s responsibility to verify the website for the latest information related to this Bid.

6. Any clarifications to the bid may be sent to thebelow given e-mail addresses on or before 1400 Hours Maldivian time on 28^th March 2021.

7. The Bidder shall furnish a bid security of MVR 85,000.00 (Eighty Five Thousand Maldivian Rufiyaa or equivalent in USD) for the project. The Bid security shall be valid for 148 days from the date of bid opening.  

8. Bids shall be valid for a period of 120 days from the date of Bid of Opening and shall be delivered to the Ministry of Finance at the address specified in the Clause 10 of this Invitation for Bids, on or before 10:00hrs, Maldivian time on 8^th April 2021 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.

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

National Tender,

Ministry of Finance,

Ameenee Magu, Male’, Maldives

Tel: (960) 3349125, (960) 3349147, (960) 3349106

Email: [email protected]

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