Tender Details

Service Contract Of EWA Meter Reading Units

Tender Number: 453/2024/BTB (2024-066-RP-CSD)

PA Ref Number: 2024-066-RP-CSD

Tender Description

The purpose of this tender is to outsource EWA meter reading services to suitable services provider in accordance with the scope of work, terms & conditions, and specifications mentioned in the tender documents.

Issued by
Electricity and Water Authority
Internal/External
External
Invitation Method
Public (LOCAL GCC)
Initial Bond
BD 1000
Bid Validity / Initial Bond Validity Period (Days)
180 days
Tender Fees
BD 100
Contract Duration
2 Year
Is Alternate Bid Allowed
Yes
Publish Date
Monday, 03 June 2024
Purchase Before
Thursday, 13 June 2024
Closing Date
Sunday, 23 June 2024
Opening Date
Monday, 24 June 2024

Additional Notes

The purpose of this tender is to outsource EWA meter reading services to suitable services provider in accordance with the scope of work, terms & conditions, and specifications mentioned in the tender documents.

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 تهدف هذه المناقصة للحصول على أفضل العروض التنافسية  للإستعانة بمصادر خارجية لخدمات قراءة عدادات هيئة  الكهرباء والماء لمزود الخدمة المناسب وفقاً لنطاق العمل، والشروط، والأحكام، والمواصفات المذكورة في وثائق المناقصة
,Vendor shall follow and meet the following Mandatory/Essential Requirements. Offers not complying to the following shall be rejected and not considered for Evaluation.

Mandatory/Essential Requirements: 
SCHEDULE OF GUARANTEES 
This schedule of guarantee must be duly filled by the vendor and signed to support the offer. Failure to comply with Schedule of guarantees will lead to disqualification.

The schadule of Guarantee includes the following:

1.      Initial Set Up Time (Time required providing the required number of qualified resources following the contract awarding – Requirements: One week)

2.      Resource Advisory Time (Requirements: The vendor commits to inform EWA, if any staff that will leave the project ONE month in advance.)

3.      Service Level (Requirements: The vendor agrees to the service levels stipulated in section 3.5 of this document)

4.      Service level Penalties (Requirements: The vendor agrees to the service level penalties stipulated in section. 3.6 of this documents)

5.      1st Month Training Costs (Requirements: The vendor will not charge EWA for the 1st month training cost any employee assigned to the EWA project. This period is equivalent to the time spent providing the employee the required theoretical and on the job training to properly carry out the job)

6.      Resource Deployment (EWA strongly promotes Bahrainization, therefore the vendor shall deploy 100% Bahraini Nationals to commence stipulated tasks in SOW)

7.      Staff Salary Payments (The vendor guarantees that the staff salaries will be paid before end of each month)

8.      Private Medical Insurance (The vendor commits to provide private medical insurance to employees assigned to EWA project)



How to Participate?

  • Those who are capable and wish to participate in the above tender have to purchase the Tender Documents online through the Bahrain Tender Board’s portal https://etendering.tenderboard.gov.bh starting from Monday, 03 June 2024
  • Bidders are requested to enclose with their bids the Initial Bond for the amount specified above or at the rate of 1% of the tender value whichever amount is lesser, provided that no initial bonds value shall be less than BD 100/-. (Except for the Two-envelope tenders).
  • For Two-envelope tenders, bidders, are requested to enclose with their bids the Initial Bond for the amount specified above.
  • The initial bond should be in the form of a Certified Cheque, Bank Guarantee, Insurance Policy or Cash (or as specified in the Tender Documents) valid for the duration specified above.
  • The bids deposit place: (As Mentioned in the Tender Documents)
  • This tender is subject to the provisions of the Tender Law issued by the Legislative Decree No. 36 of 2002, its amendments, and its Implementing Regulations issued by the Decree No. 37 of 2002.
  • In addition, these conditions have to be considered:
    • Enclose copy of a valid Commercial Registration Certificate (CR) in line with the tender's subject.
    • Enclose copy of a valid certificate of compliance with the employment percentages for Bahraini manpower (Bahranization Certificate) issued by the Ministry of Labour.
  • This advertisement is considered supplementary to the tender documents. In case of any discrepancy between the Advertisement and the Tender Document, the Tender Document prevails.
  • Small and Medium Enterprises are eligible to obtain 10% preference in the financial evaluation stage, when submitting the "SMEs Classification Certificate" during bidding for this tender. The certificate is awarded by Ministry of Industry Commerce and Tourism to the SMEs and can be obtained when applying on the SMEs Registration System which can be reached via the following link: https://www.moic.gov.bh/en/eServices/sme
  • Vendors who are not registered in the Tender Board's e-tendering system shall be required to register through the below-mentioned link, and for assistance please contact the Tender Board through email helpdesk@tenderboard.gov.bh or call on Tel No. +97317566617.
  • For Registration

Inquiries

For further inquiries please contact on:

Electricity and Water Authority
  17995555