News

Date: 11 March 2024

Grant No.

and Title: Loan 3843/Grant 0672-MON: Improving Access to Health Services for Disadvantaged Groups Investment Program – Tranche 1

Contract No.

and Title: CW01a: Design and Build of Ground Source Heat Pump for Family Health Centers

Deadline for

Submission of

Bids: 22 April 2024 at 3:00 PM (Ulaanbaatar time)

1. The Government of Mongolia has received financing from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Japan Fund for the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JFJCM) toward the cost of "Improving Access to Health Services for Disadvantaged Groups Investment Program" – Tranche 1. Part of this financing will be used for payments under the Contract named above. Bidding is open to Bidders from eligible source countries of ADB.

2. The Ministry of Health (“the Employer”) invites sealed bids from eligible Bidders for the construction and completion of Design and Build of Ground Source Heat Pump for Family Health Centers (“the Facilities”).

3. Open competitive bidding with International advertisement will be conducted in accordance with ADB’s Single-Stage: One-Envelope procedure and is open to all Bidders from eligible countries as described in the Bidding Document.

4. Only eligible Bidders with the following key qualifications defined in the Bidding Document may participate in this bidding.

· Historical Financial Performance:

Submission of audited financial statements or, if not required by the law of the Bidder’s country, other financial statements acceptable to the Employer, for the last three (3) years (2020, 2021, and 2022) to demonstrate the current soundness of the Bidder’s financial position. As a minimum, the Bidder’s net worth for the last year calculated as the difference between total assets and total liabilities should be positive.

· Average Annual Construction Turnover:

Minimum average annual turnover of US$ 788,000.00 calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed, within the last three (3) years (2020, 2021, and 2022).

· Financial Resources:

The Bidder must demonstrate that its financial resources, less its financial obligations for its current contract commitments, meet or exceed the total requirement for the Subject Contract of US$ 98,000.00;

· Contracts of Similar Size and Nature:

Participation as a contractor, Joint Venture partner, or subcontractor, in at least one contract that has been satisfactorily or substantially completed within the last five (5) years (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022) and that is similar to the proposed contract, where the value of the Bidder’s participation exceeds US$ 473,000.00. The similarity of the Bidder’s participation shall be based on the ground source heat pumps.

· Experience in Key Activities

- Design experience of ground source heat pump (GSHP) system

- Experience in designing building utilities (both of electricity and mechanical design) at least 800 sq meters(m2)

- Experience in design, supply, installation and commissioning of the ground source heat pump with capacity 40kW

- Experience in conducting underground heat research

- Obtained ISO9001 quality management system

5. To obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents, Bidders should contact:

Employer Ministry of Health

Attention Mrs. Byambasuren.N, Project Procurement Officer

Street Address Olympic Street 2, Extension of Government Building VIII, Ministry of Health

Floor/Room No. Floor 3, Room No. 304

City Ulaanbaatar

ZIP Code 11000

Country Mongolia

Telephone +976 11 329369

E-mail Address procurement@hsdp.org

6. To purchase the bidding documents in English, eligible bidders should

· write to address above requesting the Bidding Documents for CW01a: Design and Build of Ground Source Heat Pump for Family Health Centers, and

· pay a nonrefundable fee of US$ 100 or equivalent to MNT 350,000 by direct deposit to the Bank account stated below:

For foreign transfers: For domestic transfers:

Payee’s Name: Improving Access to Health Services for Disadvantaged Groups Investment Program Payee’s Name: Improving Access to Health Services for Disadvantaged Groups Investment Program

Payee’s

Address: Government Building-8, Olimpic Street-2, Ulaanbaatar-48, Mongolia- 210648 Payee’s Address: Government Building-8, Olimpic Street-2, Ulaanbaatar-48, Mongolia- 210648

Bank Name: State Bank of Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Bank Name: State Treasury

Payee’s Account

No. 106000076051 (USD) Payee’s Account No. 100900011878 (MNT)

SWIFT CODE: CZNBKRSE

Account No. 7968USD019

7. Deliver your bid

· to the address at Room No.203, Floor 2, Extension of Government Building VIII, Ministry of Health, Olympic Street 2, Ulaanbaatar 11000, Mongolia

· on or before the deadline 22 April 2024 at 3:00 PM (Ulaanbaatar Time). The Employer shall not consider any Bid that arrives after the deadline for submission of bids, in accordance with ITB 22. Any bid received by the Employer after the deadline for submission of Bids shall be declared late, rejected, and returned unopened to the Bidder.

· together with a Bid Security as described in the Bidding Document.

Bids will be opened promptly after the deadline for bid submission in the presence of Bidders’ representatives who choose to attend.