42, Isanov str., 720017, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Kyrgyz Republic
Project Implementation Unit of the Asian Development Bank
The Ministry of transport and roads of the Kyrgyz Republic has selected a contractor for road construction and rehabilitation works under the CAREC Corridors 1 and 3 Connector Road Project - Section 2B Epkin - Dyikan (Bashkuugandy) (km 89.5 - km 159.2).
The following 17 bidders submitted bids by the deadline which was 3:00 PM July 2017:
1. Shanghai Construction Group Co., Ltd., China
2. Tianjin Urban Construction Group Co., Ltd., China
3. Sinohydro - Sinohydro Bureau 16 JV, China
4. ОсОО ABK- Avtodor NS, Kazakhstan
5. China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited, China
6. China Civil Engineering Construction Corp, China
7. TODINI Costruzioni Generali Company, Italy
8. Xinjiang Communication Construction Group Co., Ltd., China
9. AzVirt Limited Liability Co, Azerbaijan
10. AzerTikinti Gurasdirma Service 23, Azerbaijan
11. China Gezhouba Group Company Limited, China
12. China Road and Bridge Corporation Limited, China
13. Xinjiang Beixin Road and Bridge Group Co., Ltd., China
14. China Railway No.5 Engineering Group, Китай
15. JV North-West Construction LLC- Farsel Insaat ve Ticaret A.S., Azerbaijan -Turkey
16. Alke Insaat Sanaye Ticaret ojse, Azerbaijan
17. Basis M (Hyungduk) Co., Ltd., Korea
Technical proposals of the following bidders were rejected as non-responsive.
№ Company and country Reason for rejection
1 Shanghai Construction Group Co., Ltd. (PRC) The bidder did not provide legalization of the power of attorney and registration documents on time as required by the item 11.2(g) ITB and the MOTR letter dated September 21, 2017.
2 Tianjin Urban Construction Group Co., Ltd., (PRC) The bidder did not provide legalization of the power of attorney and registration documents on time as required by the item 11.2(g) ITB and the MOTR letter dated September 21, 2017.
The bidder did not provide original performance security. Contact details of the local correspondent bank (Optima Bank) were provided. The bidder did not provide the original performance security as requested in the request for clarifications. Instead, the bidder confirmed that in their opinion, SWIFT message through the local Optima Bank was valid.
3 Sinohydro - Sinohydro Bureau 16 JV, (PRC) The bidder did not provide legalization of the power of attorney and registration documents on time as required by the item 11.2(g) ITB and the MOTR letter dated September 21, 2017.
4 Xinjiang Communication Construction Group Co., Ltd., PRC The bidder was on ADB sanction list which was valid until March 21, 2017. However, the expiration of the sanction list does not lift automatically the sanctions, nor does it give the right to participate in ADB projects until the company applies for reinstatement which was not done by the company. Therefore, the bidder was rejected.
5 AzerTikinti Gurasdirma Service 23, Azerbaijan The bidder did not provide any evidence of availability of USD 8, 000, 000. Only USD 1, 486, 013 was available with the bidder.
6 China Gezhouba Group Company Limited, PRC The bidder did not provide legalization of the power of attorney and registration documents on time as required by the item 11.2(g) ITB and the MOTR letter dated September 21, 2017.
7 China Road and Bridge Corporation Limited, PRC
The bidder did not provide legalization of the power of attorney and registration documents on time as required by the item 11.2(g) ITB and the MOTR letter dated September 21, 2017.
8 Xinjiang Beixin Road and Bridge Group Co., Ltd., PRC The bidder did not provide legalization of the power of attorney and registration documents on time as required by the item 11.2(g) ITB and the MOTR letter dated September 21, 2017.
9 JV North-West Construction LLC- Farsel Insaat ve Ticaret A.S., Azerbaijan - Turkey The bidder provided original of bid security from Fortress Bank, Cyprus. No information on a local correspondent bank was provided either with the bid or upon the request. Therefore, the bid was rejected.
10 Alke Insaat Sanaye Ticaret ojse, Azerbaijan The bidder did not provide legalization of the power of attorney and registration documents on time as required by the item 11.2(g) ITB and the MOTR letter dated September 21, 2017.
11 Basis M (Hyungduk) Co., Ltd., Korea The bidder did not provide a letter on Technical Proposal.
The bank security was provided not on the letterhead and was not signed. The bank security was issued not by a bank but by a subdivision of Dongrae cooperation for fishery and was not signed. The bid was rejected as substantively incomplete.
Financial proposals of the following responsive bidders were open February 16, 2018.
№ Company Country Bid price (USD) Bid price after correction of arithmetical errors including proposed discounts (USD)
1 China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation PRC 64 182 899.11 64 182 899.11
2 АVK - Аvtodor NS LLC Kazakhstan 62 201 630.37 62 220 589.74
3 Azvirt Limited Liability Company Azerbaijan 38 950 826.70 38 950 825.49
4 China Railway No.5 Engineering Group PRC 55 588 888.76 55 790 463.35
5 Todini Costruzioni Generali Company Italy 46 376 445.38
Discount offered 12,13%. 40 750 971.37
6 China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited PRC 50 500 369.00 50 500 369.00
According to the technical and financial evaluation of bids, Azvirt Limited Liability Company was found responsive least cost bidder with the bid price offered at USD 38, 950, 826.70
However, during the contract documents finalization meetings, Azvirt Limited Liability Company refused to extend the bid validity and sign the contract respectively.
Therefore, the contract was awarded the second-ranked company - Todini Costruzioni Generali Company, with the offered bid price at USD 40, 750, 971.37. The contract duration is 1080 days.