Contract Award Notice: Improvement Works of Shadibar e Olya Irrigation Scheme Located at Shadibar e Olya Village and Shadibar e Sofla Irrigation Scheme Located at Shadibar e Sofla Village in Enjil District of Herat Province

Name:

Crystal Afghan Construction Company

Address:

Khosh hal Khan, Street of Masjede Emam Azam, Kabul, Afghanistan

Contract price:

29,173,486.90 Afghanis

Name of Bidder

Bid price

Evaluated Bid price (if applicable)

Khudai Noor Barak CC

29,291,300.85

29,291,300.85

Bakhtar Pairoz CC

29,990,044.10

29,990,044.10

Idrees Obaid CC

30,593,258.20

30,593,258.20

Kavoshgaran R and CC

31,261,973.00

31,291,942.50

Tawsea Wa Takamol C & RB Co

32,971,404.45

33,331,404.45

National Gold CC

37,643,068.25

37,643,068.25

New United CC

46,431,462.83

46,431,376.00

The main reason for the non-responsive bidders are:

1. High Price

DEADLINE: The deadline to request a debriefing expires at midnight on 30-March-2021 at 12:00 AM local time.

You may request a debriefing in relation to the results of the evaluation of your Bid. If you decide to request a debriefing your written request must be made within three (3) Business Days of receipt of this Notification of Intention to Award.

Provide the contract name, reference number, name of the Bidder, contact details; and address the request for debriefing as follows:

Attention: [MohammadullahSahil]

Title/position: [Procurement Director]

Agency: [Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Live Stock]

Email address: mohammadullah.sahil@mail.gov.af

If your request for a debriefing is received within the 3 Business Days deadline, we will provide the debriefing within five (5) Business Days of receipt of your request. If we are unable to provide the debriefing within this period, the Standstill Period shall be extended by five (5) Business Days after the date that the debriefing is provided. If this happens, we will notify you and confirm the date that the extended Standstill Period will end.

The debriefing may be in writing, by phone, video conference call or in person. We shall promptly advise you in writing how the debriefing will take place and confirm the date and time.

If the deadline to request a debriefing has expired, you may still request a debriefing. In this case, we will provide the debriefing as soon as practicable, andnormally no later than fifteen (15) Business Days from the date of publication of the Contract Award Notice.

Period:  Procurement-related Complaint challenging the decision to award shall be submitted by midnight, [30-Mar-2021] (12:00 AM).

Provide the contract name, reference number, name of the Bidder, contact details; and address the Procurement-related Complaint as follows:

Attention: [Mohammadullah Sahil]

Title/position: [Procurement Director]

Agency: [Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Live Stock]

Email address: [mohammadullah.sahil@mail.gov.af]

At this point in the procurement process, you may submit a Procurement-related Complaint challenging the decision to award the contract. You do not need to have requested, or received, a debriefing before making this complaint. Your complaint must be submitted within the Standstill Period and received by us before the Standstill Period ends.

Further information:

For more information see the Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (Procurement Regulations)[https://policies.worldbank.org/sites/ppf3/PPFDocuments/Forms/DispPage.aspx?docid=4005] (Annex III). You should read these provisions before preparing and submitting your complaint. In addition, the World Bank’s Guidance “How to make a Procurement-related Complaint” [http://www.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/products-and-services/brief/procurement-new-framework#framework] provides a useful explanation of the process, as well as a sample letter of complaint.

In summary, there are four essential requirements:

You must be an ‘interested party’. In this case, that means a Bidder who submitted a Bid in this bidding process and is the recipient of a Notification of Intention to Award.

The complaint can only challenge the decision to award the contract.

You must submit the complaint within the period stated above.

You must include, in your complaint, all the information required by the Procurement Regulations (as described in Annex III).

DEADLINE: The Standstill Period is due to end at midnight on 30-Mar-2021 at 12:00AM (local time).

The Standstill Period lasts ten (10) Business Days after the date of transmission of this Notification of Intention to Award.

The Standstill Period may be extended as stated in Section 4 above.