Rural Works Department Tender

The required prior work experience for the bidder includes work performed as a prime contractor or sub-contractor on construction works of a similar nature and volume over the last five years. The bidder needs to provide a certificate from the Engineer-in-charge for the similar work experience. Specific roles have specific experience requirements: - Road Manager: Graduate in Civil Engineering with 2 years of experience in road/bridge works. - Bridge Engineer: Graduate in Civil Engineering with 5 years of experience in road/bridge works, if the length of the bridge is more than 15m. - Maintenance Engineer: Diploma in Civil Engineering with 3 years of experience in road/bridge works. - Works Supervisor: Matric or equivalent with 5 years of experience in road/bridge works. The bidder should 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 available bid capacity is calculated as (A*N*M - B), where A is the maximum value of civil engineering works executed in any one year during the last five financial years, updated at 8% per year to the price level of the preceding current financial year. The bidder is required to invest money from their own resources, which shall be no less than 25% of the contract value. For a Joint Venture firm, the lead partner shall meet not less than 50% of the qualification criteria, and each of the remaining partners shall meet not less than 25% of all the qualifying criteria. However, specific values and percentages of similar works completed are not consistently mentioned, except that the bidder's annual financial turnover should have at least 50% from civil engineering construction works, and they should invest at least 25% of the contract value from their own resources.