Rural Works Department Tender

The required prior work experience for the bidder includes having satisfactorily completed at least one similar work of an agreement of value not less than 25% of the amount put to bid. The experience certificates of similar work are considered for a period of five years before the last date of receipt of tender. For similar works completed, the bidder must have achieved a minimum annual financial turnover of 50% of the amount put to bid, with at least 50% of this turnover being from civil engineering construction works. The bidder should also have completed similar works with a value of not less than 25% of the contract price. The available bid capacity is calculated based on the maximum value of civil engineering works executed in any one year during the last five financial years, updated to the price level of the current financial year. The lead partner in a joint venture must meet not less than 50% of the qualification criteria, while each of the remaining partners must meet not less than 25% of all the qualifying criteria. The joint venture must collectively satisfy the requirements of the criteria, with the relevant figures for each partner added together to arrive at the joint venture total capacity, which shall be 100% or more. The turnover will be indexed at the rate of 8% per year, updated to the price level of the current financial year in which bids are invited.