International Engineering Bidding Form

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Contract bidding

1. The People's Republic of China applies for a loan from the World Bank to pay for the ______ project. Part of the loan will be used to pay for various contracts such as construction and construction, ______. All countries eligible for World Bank guidelines can participate in the tender.

2. China ______ Company invites qualified bidders to provide sealed bids and provide the labor, materials, equipment and services needed to complete the contract.

3. Eligible bidders can obtain more information from the following address, or refer to the bidding file:

China A Company



4. The first qualified bidder may obtain the bidding file from the above address after paying ______ dollars and submitting a written application.

5. Each bid must be accompanied by a bid bond and should be submitted to Company A no later than ______.

6. All tenders will be opened in ______ in the presence of the bidder's representative.

7. If a qualified foreign bidder wishes to form a joint venture with a Chinese domestic contractor, the request must be made 30 days prior to the bid deadline. The owner has the right to decide whether or not to agree to the selected domestic contractor.

8. The pre-bid meeting will be held in ____________.

Notice to bidders

I. Project Overview

Second, the source of funds

The People’s Republic of China applied to the World Bank for a loan to pay for the ______ project. Some of these loans will be used to pay for this contract. Only at the request of the Chinese government, the IFI will agree to payment according to the terms of the loan agreement. Except for China, no organization can obtain rights or obtain loans from a loan agreement.

World Bank loans are only used to pay for products and services provided by Switzerland and the World Bank member countries with which China has business relations.

The insufficient portion of the World Bank loan will be paid by the owner with funds provided by the Chinese government.

Third, funding requirements

All countries eligible under the Bank's Procurement Guidelines can bid.

All goods and services under this contract shall come from the above-mentioned eligible countries. All expenses under this contract are limited to the payment of such goods and services.

The source of goods and services is different from the nationality of the bidder.

In order to demonstrate that they are eligible to win the bid, the bidder shall provide the owner with the required certification to ensure the effective execution of the contract. To this end, the owner and China A company may request the bidder to update the qualification documents previously provided by the bidder before the announcement of the successful bidder. The materials provided by the bidder shall include:

A copy of the legal status certificate, the place of registration and the principal place of business. If it is a joint venture company, the materials of the joint venture should be provided.

Provide the qualifications and experience materials of the main contract executor.

Fill in the equipment needed to execute the contract plan.

Fill in the possible subcontractors.

The current case involving litigation by bidders.

Construction concept details.

The bidder may update the application for the qualification certificate and hand it over on the bidding date.

A joint venture consisting of two or more companies shall meet the following conditions:

The tender and the agreement after successful bidding are legally binding on all joint venturers.

A power of attorney is signed and submitted by the authorized signatory of all joint venturers, and one of the joint ventures is nominated as the sponsor.

The joint venture sponsor is authorized to assume responsibility for receiving guidance on behalf of any or all of the joint venture partners. The execution of the entire contract, including payment of funds, is handled only by the joint venture sponsor.

All joint venture partners are jointly responsible for the execution of the contract in accordance with the terms of the contract. This statement must be stated not only in the above power of attorney but also in tenders and agreements.

A copy of the agreement between the joint venture partners shall be included with the tender.

When domestic bidders, Sino-foreign cooperatives, and joint venture bidders apply for a 7.5% discount, materials that meet the standards shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 29.

Fourth, the bidding fee

The bidder bears all the costs required to prepare and submit his bid. Regardless of the bidding situation, the owner and its agent, China A, do not bear these costs.

V. On-site visit

Bidders are advised to visit the project site in order to obtain sufficient information to prepare bids and write contracts.

The cost of on-site visits shall be borne by the bidders themselves.

The owner or his agent, Company A, will prepare an on-site visit to the transportation, accommodation and accommodation agreement, and announce it to the bidder at the pre-bid meeting. The details are specified in Article 16.

The owner or his agent, Company A, will provide the passer with a permit to allow him to make arrangements at the project site. If the owner or his agent issues such a pass, causing the bidder or his agent or personnel to suffer personal injury, property loss or other damages, expenses, the owner or agent is not responsible.

Bidding file

6. Content of the bidding file

A set of bidding documents for sale to bidders can be obtained for ______ dollars, including the following sections:

Volume one bidder notice

Contract Terms: General Terms and Conditions

Volume II technical specification

Volume 3 tender forms and attached files; tender guarantees; engineering scales; appendices.

Volume four drawings

The bidding file also includes the subsidiary files issued before the bid opening in accordance with Article 8 and the minutes of the pre-bid meeting held in accordance with Clause 16.

Eligible bidders can also purchase more copies of the file and the fee will not be refunded.

Project contractors, producers, suppliers and others who wish to obtain tender files should not contact China Company A directly and should obtain it from qualified bidders.

If the file is returned without damage within the specified time limit, whether it is part of the tender or otherwise, the bidder’s qualification fee can be refunded:

If the tender is submitted, ______% of the fee will be refunded;

If the tender is not submitted, the file will be returned before the deadline for submission of the bid, and _____% of the fee will be refunded.

It is hoped that the bidder will carefully read the contents of the bid file. The bidder is responsible for the risks caused by non-compliance with the file regulations. Bids that do not meet the requirements of the file will be rejected.

The four volumes of the tender file are bound together, and the bidder should carefully check whether the page is missing and whether the attached file is complete.

Seven, the interpretation of the bid file

Potential bidders may notify Company A to request an explanation of the file in writing or by telex at the following address:

address:

The owner or his agent, Company A, responded to the request for the interpretation of the file 28 days before the deadline for submitting the tender.

A written response will be circulated to all eligible bidders who have obtained the tender file.

Eight, the tender file amendment

Before the deadline for submitting bids, the owner may issue an appendix to modify the bid file according to his or her wishes or in response to the request of the potential bidder's explanation file.

The appendix will be sent by mail, telex or telegram to each qualified bidder holding the bidding file. These files are binding on them. Potential bidders should immediately use telex or telegram to inform the company’s appendix. To.

In order to allow the bidder to have time to consider the appendix file when preparing the bid, the owner or his agent company A may extend the bidding period in accordance with the provisions of Article 19.

Bidding preparation

Nine, tender text

All correspondence between the tender and the bidder and the owner and his agent, Company A, is in English. Some supplementary files or brochures in the bidder's bids may be in another language, but the paragraphs related to the bid must have an English translation. In the translation of tenders, the English version shall prevail.

X. The files that make up the tender

The tender prepared by the bidder shall include the following components:

The bidding form and the attached file bidding guarantee price list of the engineering scale supplementary information catalogue qualification certificate materials and other materials provided by the quotation requirements should always use the form, engineering scale and catalogue in this file volume three. Provisions use the alternative bid bond format)

The tender file described in clause 6 and the appendix issued under clause 8 are considered to be part of the tender. The bidding documents that are not required to be signed and submitted in accordance with the provisions of Articles 17 and 18 shall be returned to the issuer before the expiration of the tender period, but shall not be combined with the tender.

The tenderer shall submit with the tender a preliminary plan written in the form required by Article 14 of the terms of the contract.

According to the contract, the successful bidder may be required to discuss the revision of the plan.

Eleven, bid price

Unless otherwise expressly provided in the contract, the contract includes all the works described in Clause 1, based on the unit price and total price of the project provided by the bidder.

Regardless of whether the quantity of work is indicated or not, the bidder shall indicate the unit price and the total price for each item in the engineering scale. For projects that are not marked with unit price and total price, the owner will not pay the construction, and the price is deemed to have been included in other unit price and total price in the engineering scale.

The duties, taxes and other taxes payable by the contractor 28 days prior to the submission of the tender shall be included in the unit price and total price and the total bid price. The owner should also consider this when evaluating and comparing the tender.

According to the terms of the contract, the unit price and total price proposed by the bidder can be adjusted during the execution of the contract.

The bidder shall complete Table 3 - Price Adjustment Clause - and provide such supporting documentation along with the submission as required by the terms of the contract.

Twelve, bidding and payment currency

The bidder shall quote the unit price and the total price in RMB. If the bidder pays the engineering investment provided outside of China in other currencies, it shall be stated in the foreign currency demand in Table 1 that a few percent of the bid price will be used for such foreign currency expenditure, regardless of whether the bidder’s country currency or its optional Currency; all in dollars. If the bidder uses a currency other than a portion of the foreign currency demand and wants the owner to pay in the same currency, the percentage of the bid price should be stated. This ratio remains unchanged during the contract period. When the contract terms are converted and the bid price is calculated, the various currencies in different ratios are converted at the exchange rate specified in the following article.

The exchange rate used by the bidder to exchange currency is the official selling price announced by the Bank of China 30 days before the last date of submission of the tender. If the exchange rate of a currency is not published, the bidder should provide the exchange rate and indicate its source.

The exchange rate used in the bid preparation is applicable to the payment of the contract period.

Bidders should specify the amount of foreign currency and local currency required in Table 1 for foreign currency and local currency requirements and appendices. The bidder should explain how to use these currencies for, but not limited to, the following:

foreign currency

Foreign personnel directly employed by the project;

Social fees, insurance and medical expenses for foreigners and their travel expenses to and from China;

Temporary or permanent materials required for the project to be imported;

Depreciation of equipment required for the project, including spare parts;

Insurance and shipping costs for imported equipment, materials and spare parts;

General management fees, foreign expenses incurred local currency

Local labor;

Local procurement of materials;

other service;

General management fees, domestic expenses.

The owner can ask the bidder to explain the foreign currency demand and provide proof that the unit price and the required part of Table 1 are reasonable.

The bidder shall indicate the amount of the estimated contract payment in Table 2, and attach the expected workload during the course of the project.

Thirteen, the effectiveness of tenders

The tender shall remain valid and acceptable for a period of 6 months from the end of the specific tender period.

Under special conditions, the owner or his agent may require the bidder to extend the validity of the tender before the end of the validity period of the original tender. Both the owner's request and the bidder's reply should be in writing or by telex or telegram. The bidder can reject such a request and will not lose its bid bond. The bidder who promised such a request shall not change his bid, but is required to postpone the validity period of his bid bond. The provisions for the return and loss of the tender guarantee in Clause 14 apply equally to the extension period.

14. The bidder shall submit a RMB tender guarantee with his bid, the amount of which is not less than 2% of the bid price.

The tender guarantee may be in the form of a secured cheque, bank draft, irrevocable letter of credit or letter of guarantee issued by the following institutions, depending on the wishes of the bidder:

Bank of China;

Any overseas correspondent bank of the Bank of China;

Other Chinese and foreign banks operating in China;

The bidder will affirm the other foreign banks acceptable to Company A before submitting the bid.

The letter of guarantee can also be a payment guarantee from an insurance company or a bond company in the same place. Bank guarantees and payment guarantees must be in the form of samples included in this file; other forms must be agreed in advance by the owner or his agent, Company A. The validity of the letter of credit, bank guarantee and tender guarantee shall be one month longer than the validity of the tender.

If the bidder agrees to extend the validity period of the tender in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 13, the validity period of the tender guarantee shall be extended to one month after the end of the validity period of the tender.

Any bids that do not have an acceptable bid bond will be rejected by Company A.

The tender guarantee for unsuccessful tenders will be returned as soon as possible, no later than 30 days after the end of the validity period of the tender.

A successful bidder's bid bond will be returned after it has commenced the project and provided a performance bond as required.

The bid bond will be lost in the following cases:

The bidder withdraws the bid within the validity period of the bid; or the successful bidder has not signed or provided the necessary performance bond.

Fifteen, alternative options

The bidder can provide a basic tender that fully meets the requirements of the tender file. According to their own wishes, the bidder can also propose options in addition to the basic bids in the following items:

Start loan

Before starting construction work, provide interest-free loans, which can be equivalent to 10% of the bid price. The costs or deposits incurred by the owner are calculated in accordance with Article 28.

Alternatives can also be proposed in addition to the basic tender. In order to take into account the alternatives in the bid evaluation, each plan should be accompanied by a price breakdown showing the increase or decrease in the bidder's estimate compared to the basic bid price submitted to the owner. The basic quotation will be compared and evaluated. Alternatives for evaluating the lowest bidders will be considered. If the alternative is acceptable to the owner, the contract will be written. Alternatives that are not priced or do not provide sufficient detail are not acceptable.

The alternative technical solution should be accompanied by the necessary information for a comprehensive evaluation, including design calculations, drawings, methods and materials not covered in the original technical specifications, process specifications, and a list of price lists and alternatives for alternatives. price.

The owner only considers the alternatives that provide additional financial, economic and technical benefits based on the basic quotation.

XVI. Pre-bid meeting

It is recommended that the bidder or his official representative participate in the pre-bid meeting held in _____ on ______________.

The meeting was designed to answer possible questions and give bidders an opportunity to check the situation on the spot.

The questions submitted by the bidder in writing or by telex or telegram request to arrive at Company A one week before the meeting.

The minutes of the meeting, including the questions and answers, will be promptly provided to the participants of the eligible bidders who have requested the bidding file.

If the bidding file listed in clause 6 is to be modified according to the pre-bid meeting, it shall be carried out by the owner or its agent A through the appendix specified in clause 8 of the issuing, and not by the pre-bid meeting record.

XVII. Bidding format and signature

The bidder shall prepare one original and two copies of the tender specified in Clause 10, and indicate the “original” and “copy” respectively. If there is a difference between the two, the original shall prevail.

The original and two copies of the tender shall be typed or printed with an ink book that cannot be erased and signed by one or more persons entitled to oblige the tenderer to abide by the contract. A written power of attorney should be included with the tender to prove the authorization. Each page of the tender with the entry and the revised content must have the abbreviated signature of the person signing the tender.

The complete set of tenders should not be altered, written or smeared between the lines, unless the instructions of the agenda or the correction of the bidder's mistakes, but the corrections in this case should have the abbreviated signature of the person with the bookmark.

Each bidder can only submit one bid, excluding the alternatives submitted under clause 5.

The bidder can only vote once for a contract.

Eighteen, tenders and marks

The bidder shall place the original and the two copies of the tender in an inner envelope and an outer envelope, respectively, and indicate "original" and "copy" on the envelope.

Both the inside and outside envelopes should be marked with the following address:



Indicate the following:

Bidding for the construction of contract projects _______ project

Do not open before ___year__month__day__

The name and address of the bidder should be indicated on the inner envelope so that the bidder can be returned without opening the bid in case of a false bid. There should be no information on the foreign envelope that involves the bidder.

If the outer envelope does not indicate the relevant matters as required. Company A is not responsible for any failure of the tender to be disposed of or opened in advance. The tender opened in advance will be rejected by the owner or its agent, Company A, and will be returned.

19. Deadline for submission of tenders

The tender shall be sent to Company A at the above address before ___Year__月__日__.

The owner or his agent may extend the deadline for submitting bids by issuing an appendix to clause eight, but at least seven days before the original deadline, all eligible bidders who have requested the bid file shall be notified by telex or telegram. In this case, the rights and obligations of the owner and the bidder under all original terms are postponed until the end of the new term.

Twenty, overdue tender

The bids received by Company A after the deadline for submitting bids will not be opened and will be returned to the bidders.

Twenty-one, tender modification and cancellation

The bidder may modify or revoke the bidder after submitting the bid, as long as the revised file and the notice of withdrawal are delivered to Company A before the deadline for submitting the bid.

The bidder's revised file or notice of withdrawal shall be prepared, sealed, marked and issued in accordance with the provisions of the relevant tender submission. The notice of withdrawal may be sent by telex or telegram, but then a signed confirmation shall be submitted and the date on the postmark shall not be later than the deadline for submission of the tender.

According to the provisions of Article 24, any tender cannot be modified after the deadline.

The withdrawal of the time between the deadline for submitting the tender and the expiration of the tender will expire the tender guarantee in accordance with Clause 14.

Bid opening and bid evaluation

Twenty-two, opening the bid

The owner or his agent A company will open the bid at the office ______ current meeting place ______ at the ___ year __月__日______, and the bidder representative who participated in the bid opening should sign in.

The tender submitted for the withdrawal notice in accordance with Article 21 will no longer be opened. The owner or his agent will check whether the tender is complete, whether the required bid bond is provided, whether the file is signed and whether it is organized.

At the time of bid opening, the bidder's name, bid price and amendment, bid bond, notice of withdrawal, and other matters that the owner or his agent considers appropriate to be announced will be announced.

The owner or his agent will prepare a bid opening meeting record based on his own records and will submit it to the World Bank along with the bid evaluation report as soon as possible.

Twenty-three, process confidentiality

After the public bid opening, information such as the inspection, interpretation, evaluation and comparison of the tender and suggestions for the award shall not be known to the bidder or other persons unrelated to the bid evaluation process before awarding the bid to the successful bidder.

If the bidder attempts to influence the owner during this process, his bid will be rejected.

Twenty-four, the interpretation of the tender

To help inspect, evaluate, and compare bids, the owner and company A can ask the bidder to explain their bid, including a breakdown of the unit price. The request for explanation and the corresponding response should be in writing or by telex or telegram. Unless the provisions of Article 26 are required to correct the teaching calculation errors found by the owner during the bid evaluation process, the price or other tender elements shall not be modified.

Twenty-five, determine whether it meets the requirements

Before the bid evaluation, the owner and company A will determine whether each bid meets the requirements of the bidding file.

The bids that meet the requirements are in compliance with all the conditions and specifications of the bidding file without substantial deviation or reservation. Substantial deviation refers to the substantial impact on the scope, quality, management of the project, or inconsistent with the bidding file, and has substantial restrictions on the rights of the owner and the obligations of the bidder in the contract. Correcting such deviations or reservations will have an unfair influence on the competitiveness of other investors who submit tenders that meet the requirements.

The bids that do not meet the requirements of the bidding file will be rejected by the owner and company A.

Twenty-six, correct the error

The bids that are judged to actually meet the requirements will be checked by the owner for any errors in teaching calculations.

The following errors will be corrected by the owner:

When the number is different from the amount indicated by the text, the text shall prevail, unless the text clearly indicates the number;

When the unit price is different from the total price obtained by multiplying the unit price by the quantity, the unit price shall prevail, unless the owner believes that there is a serious error in the unit price. In this case, the unit price is quoted as the standard, and the unit price is corrected.

The owner can correct the wrong amount in the tender according to the above steps. If the correction is obtained by the bidder, it will be binding on the bidder. If the bidder believes that the corrected amount will cause difficulties, the bid may be withdrawn. However, the withdrawal of bids puts the bidders at risk of losing the bid bond.

Twenty-seven, converted into a currency

The bid price refers to the amount that should be paid to the bidder in a different percentage in a different currency. In order to evaluate and compare bids, the owner can convert the amount expressed in different currencies into RMB at the RMB selling price of the Bank of China.

Twenty-eight, evaluation and comparison of tenders

The owner and company A only evaluate and compare those bids that are judged to meet the requirements of the bidding file. Only the basic quotation is evaluated, and the contract with the lowest evaluation is awarded.

In the bid evaluation, the owner determines the bid price of each bid by adjusting the following quotations:

Correct the error according to Article 26;

Remove temporary fees and related terms. If a temporary fee occurs, it is included in the incidental event in the engineering scale. Should include competitive overtime costs;

Converted into a currency;

Estimate the start-up loan fee according to Article 28;

Appropriate adjustments to other quantity changes, deviations or alternative quotes that are not reflected in the bid price and the above adjustments;

Other owners believe that there are potentially significant factors affecting the execution of contracts, prices and payments, including the effects of unbalanced, unrealistic unit prices in tenders.

In the bid evaluation, the cost incurred by each bidder to the owner according to the different starting loans required by the provisions of Article 15 shall be calculated based on the annual interest rate of 9% and shall be added to the bidder's bid price.

Owner and Company A reserve the right to accept or reject any changes, deviations and alternative offers. Changes, deviations, alternative quotations, and other factors that exceed the requirements of the bidding file, or factors that will give the owner unintended benefits, are not considered in the bid evaluation.

The price adjustment clauses applicable during the contract execution period are not considered in the bid evaluation.

If the bidder's quotation is far from the engineer's estimate of the actual cost of the contractual project, the owner will require the successful bidder to bear the cost himself and increase the performance bond submitted under Clause 34 so that the owner can avoid successful bidders. Loss caused by mistakes in the execution of the contract in the future.

Twenty-nine, domestic bidders offer

Domestic bidders are eligible to enjoy the 7.5% discount during the bid evaluation process:

Registered in China;

Chinese nationals have majority ownership;

Do not subcontract more than 50% of contracted projects to foreign bidders.

Domestic or foreign companies that are jointly or jointly invested, are eligible to enjoy the benefits as long as the following conditions are met:

Domestic partners meet the above eligibility criteria;

According to the arrangement, the domestic partners complete at least 50% of the contract works;

Without foreign participation, domestic partners are not eligible for contract works in technical or financial terms.

The following programs are required to implement the offer:

After the comprehensive evaluation of the bids in accordance with Article 28, the eligible bids are divided into the following groups:

Group A: the bids of domestic bidders meet the above criteria; and the tenders of joint venture bidders meet the above criteria;

Group B: Bids of other bidders.

In the further evaluation and comparison, the amount equivalent to 7.5% of the bid price will be added to the bid price of the B group bid.

Award

Thirty, award criteria

According to Article 31, the Owner and Company A will submit the contract to the bidder who meets the requirements of the bidding documents and the lowest price after the evaluation of Articles 28 and 29, and the bidder has the ability and resources to be effective. Execution contract. The Owner and Company A do not guarantee a minimum quotation or any bid will be accepted.

Thirty-one, the rights of the owners

Notwithstanding clause 30, the owner reserves the right to accept or reject any bid; cancel the bid at any time prior to award, reject all bids, and bear no responsibility for the bidders affected thereby, and is not obliged to inform the bidder Behavioral motives.

Thirty-two, award notice

Before the end of the validity period of the tender specified by the owner, the owner will use the telex or telegram to inform the successful bidder that the tender has been accepted. The registered letter should specify the amount that the owner will pay to the contractor after considering the construction, completion and maintenance of the project. .

The award notice forms part of the contract.

After the successful bidder submits a performance bond in accordance with Clause 34, the owner immediately informs other bidders that their bid was unsuccessful.

Thirty-three, signing a contract

Within 28 days after the successful bidder is notified, the owner will send the agreement provided by the two bidding files, and the agreement agreed by both parties has been written.

Within 28 days after receiving the agreement, the successful bidder will sign and seal the agreement and return the agreement to the owner. After the owner's signature agreement comes into effect, it will also be given to the contractor.

34. Performance bond

Within 28 days after receiving the acceptance certificate, the successful bidder shall submit a letter of guarantee to the owner in accordance with the terms of the contract to ensure that the contract will be executed. The letter of guarantee can be in the format provided in the bid file or in a format acceptable to other owners.

If the successful bidder submits a bank guarantee, the letter of guarantee should be issued by a local bank, or a foreign bank through a local agent, or a foreign bank that the bidder believes the owner can accept.

If the bond is in the form of a bond, the bond shall be issued by a bond company or insurance company that the bidder considers acceptable to the owner.

If the successful bidder fails to comply with the requirements of Articles 33 and 34, it will constitute sufficient reason for the owner to cancel the award, and the bidder will also lose the bid bond.

In this case, the owner can award the bid to the lowest bidder. If there are no other bidders, you can re-tender.