As per the TDS

As per the TDS

The Procuring Entity is [state name of the Procuring Entity]

The Name of the Tender is:

Tender Ref:

Lot No(s):

[if there is more than one(1) lot, individual lots are to be identified in conformity with Section 6: Bill of Quantities]

The Procuring Entity is:
Project Director
Expansion of Teletalk’s Mobile Broadband Network in Coastal, Hill tracts and other Hard to Reach Areas -Project,
Teletalk Bangladesh Limited
Address: House# 39, Road# 116, Gulshan-1, Dhaka-1212.
Telephone: +8802-222296898
Website: www.teletalk.com.bd

The Name of the Tender is:
“Construction of Infrastructure for Installation of Solar Panels at BTS/ Transmission HUB sites (Construction in Islands, Haor & Other Hard to Reach areas)” under WP-06

Re-Tender Ref: As mentioned in Tender Invitation Notice

Lot No(s): Lot-4: Construction of Infrastructure for Solar systems in different Haors and hard to reach areas under Brahmanbaria, Habiganj, Lalmonirhat, Tangail, Shariatpur, Khulna, Bagerhat, Satkhira districts and/or anywhere in Bangladesh
 

The source of public funds is

[state source, GoB or other source of funds].

The source of public funds is

GoB, Social Obligation Fund (SOF) of BTRC

Tenderers from the following countries are not eligible

[state the name of countries]

Tenderers from the following countries are not eligible

Any countries with which Bangladesh has no diplomatic relations.

Tenderers shall have the following up to date valid License

[state “none” if not applicable or state ABC/BC/C Category Electrical Supervisory License from Bangladesh Electrical Licensing Board or Category 1.1/1.2/ 1.3/1.4/1.5 License of Gas Companies or any other, as applicable]

Tenderers shall have the following up to date valid License

none

Materials, Equipment and associated services from the following countries are not eligible:

[state the name of countries]
 

Materials, Equipment and associated services from the following countries are not eligible:

Any countries with which Bangladesh has no diplomatic relations.
 

The minimum number of years of general experience of the Tenderer in the construction works as Prime Contractor or Subcontractor or Management Contractor shall be [state number] years.

[Determination of general experience shall be subject to factors like market situation, complexity, value and nature of procurement. For example, it may be three (3) years for common type of procurement; years counting backward from the date of publication of IFT in the newspaper.] 

The minimum number of years of general experience of the Tenderer in the construction works as Prime Contractor or Subcontractor or Management Contractor shall be 3 (Three) years.

[Determination of general experience shall be subject to factors like market situation, complexity, value and nature of procurement. For example, it may be three (3) years for common type of procurement; years counting backward from the date of publication of IFT in the newspaper.] 

The minimum specific experience as a Prime Contractor or Subcontractor or Management Contractor in construction works under public sector of at least [state number] contract(s) of [state the nature, complexity and methods/construction technology] successfully completed within the last [state number] years, each with a value of at least Tk. [state amount].

[The minimum ‘number’, ‘years’ and ‘value’ stated above will depend upon the market situation, complexity, value and nature of procurement., size and type of construction work. The Procuring Entity should make its own judgement based upon its experience in the sector and construction industry. For example, it could be one (1) contract of similar nature having contract price between 50% and 80% of the official cost estimate of the current tender, during the last three (3) years or five (5) years or ten (10) years or twenty(20) years considering any specific procurement requirements (whichever appropriate but it shall be mutually exclusive from the requirement of ITT 13.1(a)); years counting backward from the date of publication of IFT in the newspaper]

[for Tenders where the package contains more than one (1) lot, this qualification requirements, only when applicable, shall be mentioned separately for each lot in the package] 

The minimum specific experience as a Prime Contractor or Subcontractor or Management Contractor in construction works under public sector of at least 1 (one) contract of Construction of any kind of RCC civil works anywhere in Bangladesh successfully completed within the last 10 (Ten) years, each with a value of at least Tk. 250 Lakh.

The minimum capacity shall be: [60%-75% of the official cost estimate]

The following formulae shall be used to calculate the Tender Capacity

Assessed Tender Capacity = (A*N*1.25-B)

Where

A=Maximum value of Works performed in any one year during last five years
N= Completion time of the proposed work in years
B= Value of Existing commitments and works to be completed during the next N Years

For Tenders where the package contains more than one (1) Lot, this qualification requirement shall be mentioned separately for each lot in the package.

Note 1: In case the value of N is less than 12 (twelve) months the value of N shall be considered as 01 (one) 

The minimum capacity shall be: Tk. 340 Lakh.

The following formulae shall be used to calculate the Tender Capacity

Assessed Tender Capacity = (A*N*1.25-B)

Where

A=Maximum value of Works performed in any one year during last five years
N= Completion time of the proposed work in years
B= Value of Existing commitments and works to be completed during the next N Years

For Tenders where the package contains more than one (1) Lot, this qualification requirement shall be mentioned separately for each lot in the package.

Note 1: In case the value of N is less than 12 (twelve) months the value of N shall be considered as 01 (one) 

The minimum amount of financial resources as liquid asset or working capital or credit line(s) or specific credit commitment or in any combination of them, of the Tenderers shall be Tk [state amount]

[usually the required liquid asset is the equivalent of 2-6 months payment flow at the average construction rate (straight line distribution), accessible or available after considering the financial requirements of existing commitments. The actual period will depend on the speed with which the Procuring Entity will pay the Contractor’s monthly certificate, allowing time to prepare an invoice, for the Project Manager’s time to certify it, and at least one-month contingency for preparing the cheque a

making actual payment.

Example:

Contract Price: Tk 4 Cr.

Contract period: 12 months

Assuming work time: 1 month

Invoice period: 0.25 month

Certification Time: 0.25 month

Contingency Time: 0.5 month

Therefore, the minimum required liquid asset will be Tk 0.66 Cr., i.e. 2 months cash flow based on the above assumptions.]

[for Tenders where the package contains more than one (1) lot, this qualification requirements shall be mentioned separately for each lot in the package]

[The formula for setting the LA is as follows:

LA = T/N xE, where E=Official Cost Estimate, T = Average Time interval in months for paying interim bill, usually 2-3 and N= Duration of Construction in months).]

For Lot-4: The minimum amount of financial resources as liquid asset or working capital or credit line(s) or specific credit commitment or in any combination of them, of the Tenderers shall be Tk. 150 Lakh.

The required average annual construction turnover under public sector shall be greater than Tk [insert amount] over the last [state number] financial years or best [state number] years in the last [state number] financial years.

[ the required average annual construction turnover is recommended to be equal to the estimated annual cash flow for the proposed Contract; however, the multiplier may vary from 0.4 to 0.75 the larger the Contract size the lesser the multiplier should be. The period may be best three (3) years in the last five (5) years or best five (5) years in the last ten (10) financial years]

Example:

Estimated Contract Price:                                     Tk 4 Cr.
Contract period:                                                    12 months
Estimated Annual Cash Flow:                              Tk 4 Cr.
Required average annual construction turnover: Tk 2 Cr., using a multiplier of 0.5.

[for Tenders where the package contains more than one (1) lot, this qualification requirements shall be mentioned separately for each lot in the package]

[The formula for setting the AACT is as follows:
AACT = E/N xF, where E=Official Cost Estimate, F = Multiflying Factor, (F=0.4-0.75 and N= Duration of Construction in years, (N≥1).]
 

For Lot-4: The required average annual construction turnover under public sector shall be greater than Tk.500 Lakh. over the last three (3) financial years or best three (3) years in the last seven (7) financial years.

A Construction Project Manager, Engineer, and other key staff shall have the following qualifications and experience supported by CVs following the Form e-PW2A-5.

[qualification of an alternative Construction Project Manager may also be requested]

[for Tenders where the package contains more than one (1) lot, this qualification requirement may be necessary for each lot in the package, subject to the nature of the control required over each package]

A Construction Project Manager, Engineer, and other key staff shall have the following qualifications and experience supported by CVs following the Form e-PW2A-5.

Tenderers shall own or have proven access to hire or lease of the major construction equipment, in full working order as follows:

[for Tenders where the package contains more than one (1) lot, this qualification requirement may be necessary for each lot in the package, subject to the nature of the control required over each package]

Tenderers shall own or have proven access to hire or lease of the major construction equipment, in full working order as follows:

Tenders are allowed to form Joint Ventures to participate in this tendering process.

Or,

Tenders are not allowed to form Joint Ventures to participate in this tendering process.

[Delete the other option keeping the applicable option]

[Joint Ventures shall not be allowed if the Estimated Cost is below BDT 3 Crore.]

The value of non-judicial stamp for execution of the Joint Venture Agreement shall be Tk 300 only

Tenders are allowed to form Joint Ventures to participate in this tendering process.

The value of non-judicial stamp for execution of the Joint Venture Agreement shall be Tk 300 only

Maximum number of partners in the JV shall be [insert number or insert “not limited”]

The minimum qualification requirements of Lead Partner, other Partner(s) and requirements by summation of a JV shall be as follows:

[it is suggested that the Procuring Entity adheres to the above proportion of minimum qualifying requirements to meet the specific procurement needs. Percent share of business of the JV partners shall not be considered in determining the qualifications of a JV]

Maximum number of partners in the JV shall be [insert number or insert “not limited”]

The minimum qualification requirements of Lead Partner, other Partner(s) and requirements by summation of a JV shall be as follows:

[it is suggested that the Procuring Entity adheres to the above proportion of minimum qualifying requirements to meet the specific procurement needs. Percent share of business of the JV partners shall not be considered in determining the qualifications of a JV]

The Nominated Subcontractor(s) named [insert name(s)] shall execute the following specific components of the proposed Works:

[state the components of the proposed works; if not applicable state ‘none’]

The Nominated Subcontractor(s) named [insert name(s)] shall execute the following specific components of the proposed Works:

none

Tenderers shall submit with its Tender the following additional documents: [state list of documents, if any]

list any additional document not already listed in ITT 23.1 that must be submitted with the Tender.

Tenderers shall submit with its Tender the following additional documents:

1) Tender document signatory Authorization (if any)
2) For Joint venture (JV), the details JV agreement mentioning Authorized signatory.
3) Total Project Gantt Chart.
4) list any additional document not already listed in ITT 23.1 that must be submitted with the Tender.
 

Income Tax Assessment Year shall be [insert assessment year];

[The Assessment Year (AY) shall be the immediate past Assessment Year of the Financial Year in which the Tender is invited. For example, if the Tender is invited in the Financial Year 2025-2026, the AY shall be 2023-2024] 

Income Tax Assessment Year shall be 2023-2024

The required audit reports on the financial standing, such as profit and loss statements and balance sheet shall be for the past [insert number] years.

[This requirement is not applicable whenever a Tenderer is not showing working capital]

[years may be one or two. In exceptional circumstances PE may require beyond one or two years]

The required audit reports on the financial standing, such as profit and loss statements and balance sheet shall be for the past three (3) years.

The Tender Validity period shall be [state days] days.

[normally 60 to 150 days; shorter or longer period may be authorised by HOPE or Authorized officer to suit the requirements of particular Procurement activity].

The Tender Validity period shall be 120 days.

The amount of the Tender Security shall be Tk. [ state amount]

in favour of [state the name of the beneficiary]

[not exceeding three (3) percent of the official cost estimate cost but as a fixed amount]

[for more than one lot in a package, the Tender Security for each lot may be determined on different percentage basis and , should be mentioned separately]

The amount of the Tender Security shall be Tk. 10.00 Lakh

in favour of Project Director, Expansion of Teletalk’s Mobile Broadband Network in Coastal, Hill tracts and other Hard to Rech Areas -Project

Performance Security shall not be required.

Or,

Performance Security shall be provided by the successful Tenderer in BDT currency, at the rate of [___ percent] of the contract price.

[Delete the other option keeping the applicable option]

[• Up to Contract Price of 1.00 Crore BDT, Performance Security shall not be required. 
The Performance Security shall be required at a rate 5% of the contract price, if the contract price is above BDT 1 Cr.]

Performance Security shall be provided by the successful Tenderer in BDT currency, at the rate of five (5) percent of the contract price.

The successful Tenderer shall furnish the Performance Security, where applicable for the due performance of the Contract within seven (7) working days of issuance of the Notification of Award (NoA).as per Rule 123(7) of the PPR 2025.

The successful Tenderer shall furnish the Performance Security, where applicable for the due performance of the Contract within seven (7) working days of issuance of the Notification of Award (NoA).as per Rule 123(7) of the PPR 2025.

If no frontloading or unbalanced is found in the Tenderer’s price, the Procuring Entity shall deduct at the rate of [five (5) or ten (10) percent ] from each interim payment certificate as Retention Money.

[• Up to Contract Price of 1.00 Crore BDT, Money to be retained from each IPC shall be ten (10) percent of the Contract Price.

[• Money to be retained from each IPC shall be five (5) percent of the Contract Price, when the Contract Price is above BDT 1.00 Crore]

If frontloading or unbalanced is found in the Tenderer’s price, the Procuring Entity shall deduct at the rate of

[please mention the rate ] from each interim payment certificate as Retention Money if such recommendation is made by the TEC as per ITT Sub Clause 65.4.

[• Up to Contract Price of 1.00 Crore BDT, Money to be retained from each IPC shall be maximum twenty-five (25) percent of the Contract Price.

[• Money to be retained from each IPC shall be maximum twenty (20) percent of the Contract Price, when the Contract Price is above BDT 1.00 Crore].

The Procuring Entity shall deduct at the rate of five (5) percent from each interim payment certificate as Retention Money.

The Adjudicator proposed by the Procuring Entity is [insert name and address]. The hourly fee shall be Tk [state amount] and the reimbursable expenses shall be limited to [state nature of reimbursable expenses, and limitations in value, if any]

The biographical data of the Adjudicator is:

[provide relevant information, such as education, experience, age, nationality, and present position; attach additional pages as necessary]

The Adjudicator proposed by the Procuring Entity is

President, IEB or his nominated IEB member. The hourly fee shall be Tk. [as per IEB rules] and the reimbursable expenses shall be limited to Hundred (100) percent of total fee.

The biographical data of the Adjudicator is: None

Lot-4: Construction of Infrastructure for Solar systems in different Haors and hard to reach areas under Brahmanbaria, Habiganj, Lalmonirhat, Tangail, Shariatpur, Khulna, Bagerhat, Satkhira districts and/or anywhere in Bangladesh

Lot-4: Construction of Infrastructure for Solar systems in different Haors and hard to reach areas under Brahmanbaria, Habiganj, Lalmonirhat, Tangail, Shariatpur, Khulna, Bagerhat, Satkhira districts and/or anywhere in Bangladesh