Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Kyrgyz Republic

Notification of contract awards for major overhaul of access roads

Notification of contract awards for major overhaul of access roads under Loan 3730-KGZ and Grant 0621-KGZ of the CAREC Corridors 1 and 3 Connector Road Project, Phase II – Additional Financing, financed by the Asian Development Bank

 

The Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Kyrgyz Republic has completed the selection of contractors for the major overhaul of access roads under the CAREC Corridors 1 and 3 Connector Road Project, Phase II – Additional Financing, financed by ADB: Lot 1 – major overhaul of roads with a total length of 14.38 km in Tonsky region and the city of Balykchy (Contract No. CAREC/C1&3/ICB/CW3/Lot-1), and Lot 2 – major overhaul of roads with a total length of 23.01 km in Kochkor region (Contract No. CAREC/C1&3/ICB/CW3/Lot-2).

 

The following 3 Bidders submitted their bids by the deadline, which was 3:00 pm (local time), April 14, 2026:

 

1. Hebei Beifang Highway Engineering Construction Group Co. Ltd. (PRC) – Lot 1 and Lot 2
2. Kyrgyz Zhol Kurulush LLC (Kyrgyz Republic) – Lot 1
3. China Road and Bridge Corporation (PRC) – Lot 1 and Lot 2

 

During the evaluation of the technical proposals, the bid of the following bidder for Lot 1 was acknowledged as technically non-responsive and rejected.

 

No.	Company and Country	Reason for rejection
1	Kyrgyz Zhol Kurulush LLC (Kyrgyz Republic) – Lot 1	Material omissions in qualification documentation and an incomplete technical proposal, including: 1. Litigation and financial qualification information/forms not submitted; 2. Construction experience forms not submitted; 3. Key personnel CVs (PER-2) not submitted; 4. Site organization, method statement, mobilization schedule and construction schedule not adequately submitted/substantiated. The Price Bid was returned unopened.

 

The financial proposals of the technically responsive bidders were opened on June 3, 2026, as follows.

 

Lot 1 – CAREC/C1&3/ICB/CW3/Lot-1

Lot 2 – CAREC/C1&3/ICB/CW3/Lot-2

According to the technical and financial evaluation of the bids, China Road and Bridge Corporation was acknowledged as the lowest evaluated substantially responsive bidder for both contracts:

Lot 1 at USD 4,900,306.10 and

Lot 2 at USD 4,073,876.31,

in each case including physical contingencies (10%), 2% Sales Tax and 12% VAT. ADB issued its no-objection to the award recommendation on June 30, 2026.

The contract period for each Lot is 18 months, starting on September 1, 2026 and ending on March 1, 2028.