The Ministry of Sustainable Development, Project Management Unit, now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified Bidders for the Supply of LED Street Lights for St. Kitts and Nevis.
Consideration will be limited to firms or joint ventures of firms which are legally incorporated or otherwise organised in, and have their principal place of business in an eligible country and are either:
- more than 50% beneficially-owned by a citizen or citizens and/or bona fide resident or residents of an eligible country, or by a body corporate or bodies corporate meeting these requirements; or
- owned or controlled by the Government of an eligible country provided that it is legally and financially autonomous and operated under the commercial law of an eligible country and otherwise meets the eligibility requirements of the CDB Guidelines for Procurement (2006).
Eligible bidders will be required to submit full qualification information with their bids establishing their eligibility to bid and qualification to perform the contract if the bid is accepted. Tender and qualification information are to be submitted in the English Language on the prescribed forms inserted in the Bid Documents. Submissions that do not provide the information required or that do not demonstrate the prospective contractor’s ability to perform satisfactorily, will not qualify and will not be considered for further evaluation.
Bid documents will be available for inspection at the first address below, from January 23, 2019, on week days between 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.Requests for a complete set of bidding documents may be made by personal application or in writing either in hardcopy or via e-mail. Written applications must be clearly marked: “Request for Bid Documents for the Supply of LED Street Lights for St. Kitts and Nevis – Street and Flood Light Retrofitting Project”. Applicants who request that documents be forwarded in hardcopy to them must submit an account number from a local courier agent that accepts freight collect charges. The documents will be promptly dispatched, but under no circumstance will GSKN or the Project Management Unit, Ministry of Sustainable Development, be held responsible for late delivery, loss or damage to the documents.
Hard copies of Bids with related sample must be submitted in sealed envelopes, with the name and address of the bidder, and be clearly marked “Tender for Supply of LED Street Lights for St. Kitts and Nevis – Street and Flood Light Retrofitting Project” and must be delivered to the second address below no later than March 6, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. (St. Kitts and Nevis time). Bids will be opened publicly immediately after the deadline for submission of bids, in the presence of Bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at the second address below. Qualification information only must be submitted simultaneously to the third address below.
Each bid must be accompanied by the required Bid Securing Declaration. Late bids will be rejected.
GSKN reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, and to annul the process and reject all bids, at any time prior to award of contract, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected prospective bidder(s) or any obligation to inform the affected prospective bidder(s) of the grounds for GSKN action. GSKN will not defray any costs incurred by any bidder in the preparation of bids.
- Address for Inspection, Collection and Clarification of Bidding Documents
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Sustainable Development
Top Floor, Total Concept Building
Bladen Commercial Development
Basseterre
St. Kitts
869-467-1255/1057
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- Address for Bid Submission and Bid Opening
Beverly Harris
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Sustainable Development
Top Floor, Total Concept Building
Bladen Commercial Development
Basseterre
St. Kitts
869-467-1255/1057
One (1) sample shall be submitted to the Supervising Consultant at the following address no later than March 11, 2019 (bid documents not required):
Don McLean
DMD and Associates Ltd.
#12-17358 104A Ave
Surrey, BC, Canada, V4N 5M3
- Address for Qualification Information Only
Procurement Officer
Caribbean Development Bank
P.O. Box 408
Wildey
St. Michael
Barbados, W.I. BB11000
246-431-1600