Construction of Urban Water Supply Facility in New Kabul City, Afghanistan.
UNOPS
Construction of Urban Water Supply Facility in New Kabul City, Afghanistan.
Invitation to bid
Reference:
ITB/2020/15675
Beneficiary countries or territories:
Afghanistan
Registration level:
Basic
Published on:
25-Aug-2020
Deadline on:
27-Sep-2020 12:00 0.00
Description
The works include Construction of Urban Water Supply Facility consisting of 1. Pul-e Charkhi Well Station, 2. Water transmission and distribution pipeline network and 3. Water pressure regulating reservoir in New Kabul City, Afghanistan.
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New amendment added #5: The ITB is further amended as follows:Deadline for the submission of bids is revised to read as follows: Sunday, 27 September 2020, 16:30hrs Kabul time (UTC + 4.30hrs).
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27-Sep-2020 09:02
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webservice@unops.org
New amendment added #4: The ITB is further amended as follows:Deadline for the submission of bids is revised to read as follows: Sunday, 27 September 2020, 16:30hrs Kabul time (UTC + 4.30hrs).
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27-Sep-2020 08:51
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webservice@unops.org
New clarification added: Below is the summary of requested clarifications and UNOPS responses to them as of 23 September 2020:Question 38: Could you please confirm that only Returnable Schedules should be signed and scanned, no need to sign other supporting documents?Answer 38: Only non-historical documents, i.e. those specifically prepared for the purposes of bid submission, including the Returnable Bid Schedules, shall be signed and stamped. Those documents that are historical in nature, i.e. existed prior to and regardless of this tender process, do not require signature and stamp. Examples of such historical documents include: copy of bidder’s valid Business License, Audited Financial Statements, supporting documents for RBS 9 (copies of previous contracts, completion certificates, etc.), supporting documents for RBS 11 (copies of bidder's QMS, HSSE, Social and Environmental Management Manuals, policies, certificates, etc.). Question 39: According to "Section_III_Annex_A - CRIDA Obstacle Report No._ 4302 - Page 29/38” detailed survey and re-design is recommended due to almost 5 obstacles on the proposed alignment of the project. Could you please confirm that re-survey and re-design are required after the project award?Answer 39: It is indeed possible that a re-survey and re-design of the transmission pipeline alignment may be required during the implementation of works.END OF CLARIFICATIONS.
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23-Sep-2020 08:23
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New clarification added: Below is the summary of requested clarifications and UNOPS responses to them as of 21 September 2020:Question 34: The Previous experience (RBS 9.1) section of the Qualification criteria, it states that “At least one [1] Urban Water Supply Facilities Project as a prime contractor that was executed successfully in Afghanistan, and the value of such similar experience shall be equal to or greater than USD 5 Million per project”. We completed the design and construction of the XXX Project, which consisted of the construction of Water Treatment Plant, Water Supply System, Construction of other Facilities, and Waste Water Treatment Plant. Water supply facility construction was a major part which's total value of water supply work, technicality and similarity of the water facility unit can meet the requirement of the subject tender, hence please clarify if we can participate using our XXX Project experience as similar project.Answer 34: Confirming the relevance or irrelevance of an experience is the prerogative of the Evaluation Panel. We cannot confirm or reject this based on the face value of an experience at this point of time. If you are confident that your past experience meets the requirement, you can proceed with bid submission. However, please note that you will still need to meet all other eligibility, qualification and technical criteria of the ITB, including but not limited to, participation in the mandatory pre-bid meeting. Question 35: Please clarify what is the minimum experience required for a JV partner (either lead partner or other partner) in this tender.Answer 35: There are no minimum experience requirements for each Joint Venture partner individually, as long as JV members can collectively demonstrate compliance to all ITB criteria.Question 36: Once again we would like to send request for the deadline amendment and site visit to qualify for the Construction of Urban Water Supply Facility in New Kabul City, Afghanistan. Our partner company (XXX) is really interested to bid for the subject project.Answer 36: Please refer to Answer 30 regarding deadline extension and Answer 26 regarding the possibility of conducting a new pre-bid meeting. Question 37: Could you please confirm that the following formula is correct?The CWC is calculated as follows: (Cumulative work capability) = (Highest annual turnover in any of the last five [5] years) – (Current commitments)Answer 37: It is hereby confirmed that this formula is correct.
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21-Sep-2020 08:31
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New clarification added: Below is the summary of requested clarifications and UNOPS responses to them as of 20 September 2020:Question 31: In Amendment 2 it was stated as follows: “Schedule 14 of the Draft Measured Price Construction Contract is revised to include insurance values and terms, as reflected in Section_III_MP_Contract_Part2_(Schedules)_(Update1)”. There are no any insurance values in the "Section_III_MP_Contract_Part2_(Schedules)_(Update1)" Schedule 14. Could you please clarify insurance values?Answer 31: The file was double-checked and we confirm that all the necessary information is included in the subject Schedule. Please share the provided information with your insurance agent and they should be able to provide a quotation for all the required insurances.Question 32: BOQ Excel sheet, O&M Equipment tab, size of valves and flowmeter are not specified. Please advise. Answer 32: For the size of the O&M equipment (valves and flow meters) please see the equipment product description and then refer directly to the referenced Technical Specifications. In addition, for the design condition of the flow meters, please refer to Section 1509.2 also in the Technical Specifications.Question 33: BOQ Excel sheet, O&M Equipment tab, spare part list, item 1506: shall bidders make price for "transmission pumps" too? or is it intended for spare parts only?Answer 33: Spare parts only (for pumps and control panels (Category-I6)).
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20-Sep-2020 13:41
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New clarification added: Below is the summary of requested clarifications and UNOPS responses to them as of 14 September 2020:Question 26: If the pre-bid clarification meeting was mandatory, then please call for another meeting, because due to Covid-19 there were flight issues for International experts. So we would like to request for another pre-bid meeting. An early response would be highly obliged.Answer 26: Bidders were also provided with an option of participating in the pre-bid meeting online and many prospective bidders did so. Accordingly, UNOPS cannot conduct another pre-bid meeting. Question 27: We just downloaded the documents and we did not join the pre bid meeting. Will the bidder who did not attend the mandatory pre-bid meeting be disqualified?Answer 27: Please refer to Answer 8 above. Question 28: On UNGM Portal there are 26 Documents. But, the Tender Particular Section does not exist among these documents to check some details of project (e.g. Amount of Bid Guarantee). So, please advise/direct us for this Section of the Tender Document.Answer 28: Tender Particulars can be accessed only in UNOPS eSourcing system, through which you requested this clarification. Please navigate through the eSourcing in order to see the respective tender's particulars. Question 29: The BOQ in MS Excel Format is Encrypted and some rows and cells are hidden to read the specification of item/material. Is it possible to Upload a PDF Version of BOQ with clear and readable Rows/Cells for our reference only.Answer 29: Please zoom in the MS Excel file adequately; if you are still unable to see the full text on specific cells, then click on the respective cell and you will be able to see the full text on the ‘Formula Bar’.Question 30: As per our estimation, the project deadline needs to be extended for at least one week or 10 days. Is there any possibility for this extension?Answer 30: No further extension of bid submission deadline shall be provided.
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14-Sep-2020 15:27
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New clarification added: Below is the summary of requested clarifications and UNOPS responses to them as of 12 September 2020:Question14: Should JV Partner provide similar project documents if the leading partner is able provide the requested similar project?Answer 14: No. A JV bidder can use the details of only one member, as long as it is sufficient to demonstrate compliance with the respective tender requirement.Question 15: Is JV Partner required to Provide Business License or just the leading Partner is required to submit the Business License?Answer 15: All JV partners shall provide copies of their Business Licenses. At least the lead party’s Business License shall be from the Ministry of Commerce of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.Question 16: Will the JV Partner provide the Annual Turnover Documents of its own portion of percentage or the leading partner only provides the Annual Turnover Documents?Answer 16: Percentages do not matter, as long as tender requirements are met by the JV partners collectively. If the required Annual Turnover can be met by one of the JV partners only, there is no need for other partner(s)' documents.Question 17: Do both Leading and Follower JV Partner sign the entire proposal forms or only the JV form?Answer 17: The only form that must to be signed by all JV partners is the JV form (Returnable Schedule 4). The rest of Returnable Bid Schedules need to be signed only by the Lead Party of the JV.Question 18: Does the Invoice payment occur in USD or AFN Currency?Answer 18: The currency of payment shall be the same as the currency of Contract, i.e. United States Dollars.Question 19: What is the required amount as liquid assets (bank statement)?Answer 19: This requirement is already covered in the ITB. Please read the ITB carefully.Question 20: We have received the Pre-Bid Meeting Minutes, but not participated in pre-bid meeting and site visit. As the deadline for submission is extended, is there a chance for us to participate in bidding of subject project?Answer 20: Please refer to Answer 8 above. Question 21: As required similar contract is 5M and Average Turnover in Last Five Years is 10M, in the case of JV, is there any limit for each partner to fulfil the requirement?Answer 21: Please refer to Answer 12 and Answer 16 above. Question 22: We have missed the deadline for registering in the pre-bid meeting, and we couldn't participate in the pre-bid meeting. I kindly request you to give us an opportunity so that we submit a bid. We are going to proceed through joint venture for this tender and we have got similar experience. That is why we are so interested to participate.Answer 22: Please refer to Answer 8 above. Question 23: Can you please share names of participants in the mandatory Pre-Bid meeting? Answer 23: This is not possible. Question 24: We attended in pre-bid meeting and we need to make JV to cover project requirements. Please confirm availability of our company is enough on behalf of potential JV disregarding who is the JV leader. Answer 24: Availability of your company in the JV shall be sufficient for bidder eligibility purposes. For the JV leadership however possession of valid Business License from Afghan Government is a must. Question 25: We are one of the companies that participated in other two events for this requirement that had occurred for Pre-Qualifications. Now as we've been informed that Pre-Bid conference that was Mandatory was missed. We are requesting to give us the chance for bidding, as already we are well acquainted with the specifications, drawings and other requirements. Already we have a foreign expert with us and started the work on the Technical Proposal that is nearing finalisation. We have also requested for Bid Security and already the charges have been deducted from our account. I did not see this clause that the Pre-Bid meeting was mandatory. Now, please come up with a solution and give us a chance to bid. Answer 25: Please refer to Answer 8 above.
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14-Sep-2020 15:16
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New clarification added: Below is the sammary of requested clarifications and UNOPS responses to them as of 08 September 2020:Question 10: Earthworks for Water Transmission Pipeline. The length of water transmission in BoQ and Drawings are different. 2. Quantity of pavement, RCC and asphalt are not mentioned in the BoQ, so we must rate it from Drawing. Quantity of asphalt concrete is different between the BoQ and Drawing. How do we price these?Answer 10: In the case of any discrepancy between the BOQ and the Drawings for any items, payments will be made based on the verified actual quantities per the specific unit rate of the item.Question 11: Bill of Quantities, category D, 1.22, 1.23 and 1.24 are related to removal and relocation of RCC T- walls and electrical poles. These items are not in the drawings and their sizes and quantities are not in the BoQ. How do we price these?Answer 11: Please provide unit rate cost for the listed items in the BOQ. Please note that the actual quantities and sizes of the RCC T-walls and electrical poles will be determined when the final transmission alignment is confirmed.Quesstion 12: In Schedule 9 it says " At least one [1] Urban Water Supply Facilities Project as a prime contractor that was executed successfully in Afghanistan or similar geographic and seasonal weather setting during the last ten [10] years and awarded by an international organization such as UNOPS/UN agencies and other international bilateral or multilateral organizations." & "The average minimum annual turnover of the bidder for the last Five [5] years shall be at least USD 10 Million (sum of annual turnover for past five years divided by five". Our question is: Should each memeber of the JV meet the above requirements? or if one member that has even implemented larger projects is enough for both members and the JV meets the requirement?Answer 12: As long as one of the JV members meets the requirements, it is sufficient. Tender requirements are set for a bidder as a whole, not individually for each member of a consortia or a Joint Venture that constitutes a bidder. Question 13: Bill of Quantities, Category F2, Earthworks, has pavement and asphalt concrete. Quantities for these works are not determined in the BoQ. If water conveyance pipeline has pavement and asphalt concrete, please determine its quantity. Answer 13: As per the Drawings, please provide a unit cost to include all required activities and components.
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14-Sep-2020 14:01
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New clarification added: Below is the sammary of requested clarifications and UNOPS responses to them as of 07 September 2020:Question 6: For similar projects, can you accept the following types of Water supply projects:1. Water supply project for Afghan National Army Garrison awarded by US Army?2. Water supply project awarded by USAID?3. Water supply project awarded by the Government of Afghanistan?Answer 6: The US Army and USAID are eligible international organizations. In the case of a similar project executed for the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, you need to provide evidence that the construction works were supervised or monitored by an independent third-party organization.Question 7: PRE-BID CLARIFICATION MEETING AND SITE INSPECTION1. The bidder's subsidiary/subcontractor has attended the Pre-Bid Meeting. Is the Bidder whose subsidiary attended the Pre-Bid Meeting eligible to submit a bid under this ITB?2. The bidder's subsidiary/subcontractor shall attend the Site-Inspection. Is the Bidder whose subcontractor/subsidiary attends the Site Inspection eligible to submit a bid under this ITB?Answer 7: To become eligible, you need to form a Jonit Venture with the subject company that had participated in the pre-bid meeting. Hiring them as subcontractor shall not make you eligible for bid submission. As for site inspection, it wasn't mandatory. Question 8: Due to confusion for site visit and pre-bid clarification meeting, we have missed to participate in subject project's mandatory pre-bid clarification meeting. Is there a chance for us to participate in this bidding process? Answer 8: No. You are not eligible to submit a bid, if you have missed to participate in the mandatory pre-bid clarification meeting.Question 9: Reference to ITB/2020/15675- RETURNABLE BID SCHEDULE 9, (PART I) – PREVIOUS SIMILAR CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE, we have the following questions:1. Can we use Turkey as a similar geographic condition?2. Can we use Potable Water Line Project as a similar Project?3. Can we use the Irrigation system water collecting and transfer line project as a similar project?4. Do you accept the Turkish government as an international bilateral or multilateral organization for subject tender?Answer 9: Part 1: If the project in Turkey was implemented in an area that has similarly severe winters and hot summers, we shall consider it as "similar geographic condition". Part 2: If the portable water line project involved an Urban Water Supply Facilities construction, it can be considered as similar project.Part 3: No. Irrigation project cannot be considered as "similar project". Part 4: In the case of a similar project executed for the Government of Turkey, you need to provide evidence that the construction works were supervised or monitored by an independent third-party organization.
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14-Sep-2020 13:39
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webservice@unops.org
New clarification added: Below is the sammary of requested clarifications and UNOPS responses to them as of 07 September 2020:Question 6: For similar projects, can you accept the following types of Water supply projects:1. Water supply project for Afghan National Army Garrison awarded by US Army?2. Water supply project awarded by USAID?3. Water supply project awarded by the Government of Afghanistan?Answer 6: The US Army and USAID are eligible international organizations. In the case of a similar project executed for the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, you need to provide evidence that the construction works were supervised or monitored by an independent third-party organization.Question 7: PRE-BID CLARIFICATION MEETING AND SITE INSPECTION1. The bidder's subsidiary/subcontractor has attended the Pre-Bid Meeting. Is the Bidder whose subsidiary attended the Pre-Bid Meeting eligible to submit a bid under this ITB?2. The bidder's subsidiary/subcontractor shall attend the Site-Inspection. Is the Bidder whose subcontractor/subsidiary attends the Site Inspection eligible to submit a bid under this ITB?Answer 7: To become eligible, you need to form a Jonit Venture with the subject company that had participated in the pre-bid meeting. Hiring them as subcontractor shall not make you eligible for bid submission. As for site inspection, it wasn't mandatory. Question 8: Due to confusion for site visit and pre-bid clarification meeting, we have missed to participate in subject project's mandatory pre-bid clarification meeting. Is there a chance for us to participate in this bidding process? Answer 8: No. You are not eligible to submit a bid, if you have missed to participate in the mandatory pre-bid clarification meeting.Question 9: Reference to ITB/2020/15675- RETURNABLE BID SCHEDULE 9, (PART I) – PREVIOUS SIMILAR CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE, we have the following questions:1. Can we use Turkey as a similar geographic condition?2. Can we use Potable Water Line Project as a similar Project?3. Can we use the Irrigation system water collecting and transfer line project as a similar project?4. Do you accept the Turkish government as an international bilateral or multilateral organization for subject tender?Answer 9: Part 1: If the project in Turkey was implemented in an area that has similarly severe winters and hot summers, we shall consider it as "similar geographic condition". Part 2: If the portable water line project involved an Urban Water Supply Facilities construction, it can be considered as similar project.Part 3: No. Irrigation project cannot be considered as "similar project". Part 4: In the case of a similar project executed for the Government of Turkey, you need to provide evidence that the construction works were supervised or monitored by an independent third-party organization.
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14-Sep-2020 13:34
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webservice@unops.org
New amendment added #3: The ITB is further amended as follows:Deadline for the submission of bids is revised to read as follows: Sunday, 27 September 2020, 12:00pm Kabul time (UTC + 4.30hrs);Deadline for the submission of clarification requests is revised to read as follows: Tuesday, 22 September 2020, on or before 23:59hrs Kabul time (UTC +4.30hrs);Schedule 14 of the Draft Measured Price Construction Contract is revised to include insurance values and terms, as reflected in Section_III_MP_Contract_Part2_(Schedules)_(Update1).Minutes of the pre-bid meeting along with UNOPS presentation are placed in the document upload section for bidders' easy reference.
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10-Sep-2020 07:55
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New amendment added #2: The ITB is further amended as follows:Group Site visit date and time is revised to read as follows: Wednesday, 09 September 2020, 09:30am to 12:30pm Kabul time (UTC + 4.30hrs);
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06-Sep-2020 16:10
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New clarification added: Below is the sammary of requested clarifications and UNOPS responses to them as of 06 September 2020: Question 1: Reference to ITB/2020/15675 schedule No. 9 both parts we have below questions:(Part I), required information for previouse similar construction experiances. the requirement is that the bidder has must completed the project value of 5 Million USD in last 10 years, so is this for both partners of the JV or the JV have completed the 5 million USD project in last 10 years? please answer.(Part II) required infomration for average annual construction turnover during last 5 years should be 10 Million USD, so please specify that is it applicable on both companies making JV or JV should complete the required turnover for last 5 years.Answer 1: (Part I) The JV members must demostrate that at least one of the JV members had executed a similar project valued 5M USD or higher in the last 10 years.(Part II) This requirement will be cumulative for the JV members, i.e. the sum of average annual construction turnovers of the JV members will be summed together in order to calculate the average annual construction turnover of the JV.Question 2: We express our extreme interest for the Construction of Urban Water Supply Facility in New Kabul City, Afghanistan (ITB/2020/15675). We have got the news regarding this tender just today. Since we have only 11 days left to the bid submission deadline, it seems difficult to prepare a responsive bid within this short time. Therefore, we kindly request to extend the deadline. Answer 2: UNOPS will look into this and if deemed necessary, the bid submission deadline shall be extended in due course.Question 3: I hope you are doing well, we have missed the deadline in order to register for the pre-bid meeting and site visit, is there any possibility so that we participate for the pre-bid meeting tomorrow? Answer 3: Following the principle of fair and equal treatment of all the prospective bidders, we cannot allow this. Question 4: In the "Bidder Information Form", you have requested for OneUNOPS / ATLAS vendor ID. Is it mandatory to obtain this ID in addition to UNGM registration? If so, how can we obtain this ATLAS vendor ID? Answer 4: If you do not already have OneUNOPS/ATLAS vendor ID, leave this section blank. Question 5: The Pre-bid meeting date has been scheduled to occur on Septermber 07, 2020 while the Pre-bid meeting details indicate that the meeting is scheduled for September 02, 2020. Please provide your response and clarification in this regard.Answer 5: The meeting shall occur on September 07, 2020. "Details" section has been amended to reflect the correct information.
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06-Sep-2020 14:56
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webservice@unops.org
New amendment added #1: The ITB is hereby amended as follows: The ITB title is updated to read as follows: "Construction of Urban Water Supply Facility in New Kabul City, Afghanistan".Pre-bid meeting (In-person and virtual) date and time is revised to read as follows: Monday, 07 September 2020, 09:00am to 12:00pm Kabul time (UTC + 4.30hrs);Group Site visit date and time is revised to read as follows: Tuesday, 08 September 2020, 09:30am to 12:30pm Kabul time (UTC + 4.30hrs);Deadline for interested bidders to register for the pre-bid meeting and site visit: Thursday, 03 September 2020, on or before 12:00pm (noon) Kabul time (UTC +4.30hrs);Section II (Returnable Bid Schedules) as well as Annexes E, F and G of the ITB are replaced with updated versions.
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30-Aug-2020 09:13
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webservice@unops.org
New amendment added #1: The ITB is hereby amended as follows: The ITB title is updated to read as follows: "Construction of Urban Water Supply Facility in New Kabul City, Afghanistan".Pre-bid meeting (In-person and virtual) date and time is revised to read as follows: Monday, 07 September 2020, 09:00am to 12:00pm Kabul time (UTC + 4.30hrs);Group Site visit date and time is revised to read as follows: Tuesday, 08 September 2020, 09:30am to 12:30pm Kabul time (UTC + 4.30hrs);Deadline for interested bidders to register for the pre-bid meeting and site visit: Thursday, 03 September 2020, on or before 12:00pm (noon) Kabul time (UTC +4.30hrs);Section II (Returnable Bid Schedules) as well as Annexes E, F and G of the ITB are replaced with updated versions.
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30-Aug-2020 09:12
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webservice@unops.org
New amendment added #1: The ITB is hereby amended as follows: The ITB title is updated to read as follows: "Construction of Urban Water Supply Facility in New Kabul City, Afghanistan".Pre-bid meeting (In-person and virtual) date and time is revised to read as follows: Monday, 07 September 2020, 09:00am to 12:00pm Kabul time (UTC + 4.30hrs);Group Site visit date and time is revised to read as follows: Tuesday, 08 September 2020, 09:30am to 12:30pm Kabul time (UTC + 4.30hrs);Deadline for interested bidders to register for the pre-bid meeting and site visit: Thursday, 03 September 2020, on or before 12:00pm (noon) Kabul time (UTC +4.30hrs);Section II (Returnable Bid Schedules) as well as Annexes E, F and G of the ITB are replaced with updated versions.
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30-Aug-2020 09:12
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webservice@unops.org