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Americares Foundation Tanzania is seeking a qualified contractor for the construction of Septic tank and Soak away pits to serve ward toilets at Kibondo District Hospital. Please refer to the Terms and Conditions (below) in preparing your proposal.
Specifically, the main tasks that the selected contractor will have to successfully complete are:
- Mobilization and demobilization of personnel, equipment and materials to Kibondo District Hospital
- Site preparation, setting up of the equipment and clearing of site after completion of construction works.
- Construction of septic tank and soak away pits with its chambers
- Trench excavation for pipe laying and backfill of sewer line of about 80m
- Construction of 6 inspection chambers
- Casting of pipeline marker post painted and labeled pipe size, dimension of 10cm x 7cm x 50cm
- Liaise with Americares Tanzania, Kibondo District Hospital, and Kibondo District Council staff frequently and provide regular updates on progress and challenges.
Delivery Information/Instructions:
- In terms of location, all construction works will be done at Kibondo District Hospital.
- All materials must be new and cannot be refurbished or reclaimed.
- Timeline for project completion: No later than 30 calendar days after acknowledgment of receipt of the first installment.
- Americares will provide 60% advance payment of the full cost upon signing of the contract and final 40% after completion and inspection of work.
- Americares staff must be present during completion of works to sign off on work
- Quote must be valid for 30 days from time of submission.
- Require the CV of the head engineer(s) who would be overseeing the work.
- Require vendors to list three past complete projects and the telephone number and email address of a client for each of those projects who is willing to provide a reference
- Require vendors to have business and workers insurance.
- The quotation should be submitted on company letterhead and signed
Evaluation criteria
- Request bid documents from: GKashasha@americares.org
- Offers will be evaluated based on their responsiveness to the specification, qualifications and experience of the vendor, price, after sale service, delivery time and related criteria.
Submission Deadline:
The quote must be submitted to Americares Tanzania Office not later than 23rd May 2022
Quotations submitted after the deadline will not be considered. Offer should be submitted electronically. Please, note that before sending your quote by e-mail you must sign, scan and send the quote as an attachment in PDF format to infotanzania@americares.org.
