Invitation for Bids

Government of Nepal (GoN)

Ministry of Urban Development

Department of Local Infrastructure Development

Shreemahal, Pulchowk, Lalitpur

Date of publication: 31st August, 2025

Invitation for Bids No: IFB No.: ICB/TB/BG-2025/26

1. Trail Bridge Section/ DoLID has received budget from Government of Nepal for Procurement of Bulldog grips and intends to apply part of the funds to cover eligible payments under the Contract for Procurement of "Bulldog Grips (ICB/TB/BG-2025/26)".

2. Department of Local Infrastructure Development (DoLID) invites electronic bids from eligible bidders for the procurement of Bulldog grips under International Competitive Bidding - Single Stage Two Envelope.

Bidding is open to all eligible Bidders from all countries.

3. Under the Single Stage, Two Envelope Procedure, Bidders are required to submit simultaneously two separate sealed envelopes, one containing (i) the Technical Bid and the other (ii) the Price Bid, both in turn enclosed in one sealed envelope as per the provision of ITB 23 of the Bidding Document separately for separate package. For the procurement of Bulldog grips, IFB No. ICB/TB/BG-2025/26, Single entity bidder must be a manufacturer of Bulldog grips. In case of JV, Partner-in-charge must be the manufacturer of Bulldog grips.

4. Eligible Bidders may obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents at the office of DoLID, Shreemahal, Pulchowk or may visit PPMO egp system www.bolpatra.gov.np/egp.

5. Bidder must submit their bid electronically by downloading the bidding documents for e- submission from PPMO's e-GP system www.bolpatra.gov.np/egp. Bidders should deposit the cost of bidding document as mentioned in the table-1 below in the following Revenue account (Rajaswa khata).

Information to deposit the cost of bidding document in Bank:

Name of the Bank: Nepal Bank Limited, Gabahal, Lalitpur

Name of Office: Department of Local Infrastructure, Shreemahal, Pulchowk

Office Code No.: 347023401

Office Account No.: 00101000000001001001

Rajaswa (revenue) Shirshak No.: 14229

6. Pre-bid meeting shall be held on 25th September, 2025 at DoLID/Trail Bridge Section, Shreemahal, Pulchowk at 2:00 pm.

7. Electronic bids must be submitted through PPMO's e-GP system www.bolpatra.gov.np/egp on or before 12:00 noon on 15th October, 2025. Bids received after this deadline will be rejected.

8. The bids will be opened in the presence of Bidders' representatives who choose to attend at 1:00 pm on 15th October, 2025 at the office of DoLID, Shreemahal, Lalitpur. Bids must be valid for a period of as mentioned in the table below from the date of bid opening and must be accompanied by a bid security or scanned copy of the bid security in pdf format in case of e-bid, which shall be valid for 30 days beyond the validity period of the bid.

9. If the last date of purchasing and/or submission falls on a government holiday, then the next working day shall be considered as the last date. In such case the validity period of the bid and bid security shall remain the same as specified for the original last date of bid submission.

10. The name and identification of the contract is as follows:

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Contract No.

ICB/TB/BG-2025/26,

Procurement of 13,26, 32, 36 and 40 mm diameter Bulldog Grips

Table-1

Bid validity/Security period after last date of bid submission

Bid validity 90 days and bid security validity 120 days

Bid Security amount

USD 5000 (NRs. 7,10,000 for domestic bidders)

Bid document purchase amount (Nrs.)

5,000

Source: Annapurna Post