National Competitive Bidding Clause Samples

National Competitive Bidding. (a) Goods and services (other than consultants’ services) estimated to cost less than $250,000 equivalent per contract may be procured under contracts awarded in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 3.3 and 3.4 of the Procurement Guidelines. (b) Works estimated to cost less than $5,000,000 equivalent per contract may be procured under contracts awarded in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 3.3 and 3.4 of the Procurement Guidelines. (c) Before issuing any invitation to bid, the Borrower shall prepare and furnish or cause to be prepared and furnished to the Bank for approval, appropriate model bidding documents. Once approved by the Bank, the Borrower shall use, or cause to be used, said model bidding documents, as approved for bidding under the Project. Any change or departure from the model approved shall require Bank’s prior approval. (d) All bidders, irrespective of whether they are foreigners or Colombians, will be treated equally and, particularly, no preference will be granted to any bidder or group of bidders for bid evaluation purposes. Bidders shall be allowed to submit their bids by hand or through the post office or private mailing services. There shall not be any requirement for any bidder to show evidence of the bidder's registration in any public registry, chamber of commerce or similar entity, whether in Colombia or elsewhere, or to appoint a representative domiciled in Colombia, unless and until such bidder is awarded the corresponding contract. (e) Bids shall be opened in a public meeting to which bidders and their representatives shall be allowed to attend if they so wish. Date, time and place for the opening meeting shall be set forth in the bidding documents. Bid opening shall coincide with, or take place promptly after, the final date and time of the period for bid submission stipulated in the bidding documents. (f) Each bid shall be evaluated and the corresponding contract awarded to the responsive bidder who meets appropriate technical and financial standards of capability and whose bid has been determined to be the lowest evaluated bid. Such determination shall be made exclusively on the basis of the specifications, conditions and evaluation criteria stipulated in the bidding documents. If any factor additional to the amount or amounts of each bid is to be considered in bid evaluation, such factor or factors and the quantified manner on which they will be applied for purposes of determining the lowest evaluated bid ...

National Competitive Bidding. Goods estimated to cost less than $250,000 equivalent per contract and works estimated to cost less than $500,000 equivalent per contract, may be procured under contracts awarded on the basis of National Competitive Bidding.

National Competitive Bidding. The Borrower and ADB shall ensure that, prior to the commencement of any procurement activity under national competitive bidding, the Borrower’s national competitive bidding procedures are consistent with the Procurement Guidelines. Any modifications or clarifications to such procedures agreed between the Borrower and ADB shall be set out in the Procurement Plan. Any subsequent change to the agreed modifications and clarifications shall become effective only after approval of such change by the Borrower and ADB.

National Competitive Bidding. (a) Works estimated to cost less than $3,000,000 but more than $250,000 equivalent per contract; and (b) goods and non-consultant services (including training-related expenses) estimated to cost less than $250,000 but more than $50,000 equivalent per contract may be procured under contracts awarded on the basis of National Competitive Bidding.

National Competitive Bidding. Works estimated to cost less than US$5,000,000 equivalent per contract, up to an aggregate amount not to exceed US$150,000,000 equivalent, and goods estimated to cost less than US$250,000 per contract, up to an aggregate amount not to exceed US$1,000,000 equivalent, may be procured under contracts awarded on the basis of National Competitive Bidding and the following additional provisions: (i) the format of the bidding documents shall be consistent with the Bank’s standard bidding documents; (ii) tenders shall be advertised in national and provincial newspapers of wide circulation with a bid submission deadline of thirty (30) days from advertisement; (iii) qualification criteria shall be stated in the bidding documents; (iv) government-owned enterprises shall be subject to the same bid and performance security requirements as other bidders and shall not be eligible to bid for contracts unless they: (a) are legally and financially autonomous; (b) operate under the provisions of the Borrower’s commercial code; and (c) are not selected by the supervising or reporting ministry or governmental agency; (v) bidding will be open to qualified bidders who are registered in the MPO qualification system and who satisfy the qualification criteria indicated in the bidding documents; (vi) foreign bidders shall not be precluded from bidding; (vii) all bids shall be submitted in sealed envelopes and shall be accepted whether mailed or hand-carried; (viii) all bids shall be opened at the same time in public; (ix) the time for the bid openings shall be the same as for the deadline for receipt of bids or promptly thereafter; (x) prospective bidders may submit one bid in two (2) envelopes provided said envelopes shall be opened at the same time; (xi) all bids shall be evaluated on the basis of price and other criteria disclosed in the bid documents, and no provision for preferential treatment for national companies shall apply; (xii) contracts shall be awarded to the lowest evaluated responsive bidder; (xiii) bids shall be solicited and contracts shall be awarded on the basis of unit prices proposed by the bidders and not on offering discounts (or increases) on unit rates that are published or stated in the bidding documents; (xiv) no bidder shall be requested or permitted to modify his, her or its bid after the bid’s closing date shall have elapsed; (xv) price negotiations with the lowest evaluated responsive bidder shall be prohibited; and (xvi) before rejecting all bids and...

National Competitive Bidding. (a) The following may be procured under contracts awarded in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 3.3 and 3.4 of the Guidelines: (i) Goods, including computers and printers, and processing equipment for rural processing plants and enterprises, estimated to cost less than $250,000 equivalent per contract, up to an aggregate amount not to exceed $3,300,000 equivalent. (ii) In respect of the GEF-assisted Project Counties, grassland conservation equipment under Part A.2 of the Project, estimated to cost less than $250,000 equivalent per contract, up to an aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000 equivalent. (iii) Works for the construction of enterprise workshops, estimated to cost less than $10,000,000 equivalent per contract, up to an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,050,000 equivalent. (b) The procedures to be followed for National Competitive Bidding under Part C.1 of this Section shall be those set forth in the Law on Tendering and Bidding of the People’s Republic of China promulgated by Order No. 21 of the President of the People’s Republic of China on August 30, 1999, with the following clarifications required for compliance with the Guidelines: (i) All invitations to prequalify or to bid shall be advertised in a newspaper of national circulation in China and such advertisement shall be made in sufficient time for prospective bidders to obtain prequalification or bidding documents and prepare and submit their responses. In any event, a minimum of thirty (30) days shall be given to bidders between the date of advertisement in such newspaper and the deadline for submission of bids, and the advertisement and bidding documents shall specify the deadline for such submission. (ii) Qualification requirements of bidders and the method of evaluating the qualification of each bidder shall be specified in detail in the bidding documents. (iii) All bidders shall be required to provide security in an amount sufficient to protect the Borrower, in case of breach of contract by the contractor, and the bidding documents shall specify the required form and amount of such security. (iv) The time for opening of all bids shall be the same as the deadline for receipt of such bids. (v) All bids shall be opened in public; all bidders shall be afforded an opportunity to be present (either in person or through their representatives) at the time of bid opening, but bidders shall not be required to be present at the bid opening. (vi) No bid may be rejected solely on the ba...

National Competitive Bidding. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph 2 below, goods and works shall be procured under contracts awarded on the basis of National Competitive Bidding, subject to the additional procedures specified in Part F of this Section.

National Competitive Bidding. The Beneficiary and ADB shall ensure that, prior to the commencement of any procurement activity under national competitive bidding, the Beneficiary’s national competitive bidding procedures are consistent with the Procurement Guidelines. Any modifications or clarifications to such procedures agreed between the Beneficiary and ADB shall be set out in the Procurement Plan. Any subsequent change to the agreed modifications and clarifications shall become effective only after approval of such change by the Beneficiary and ADB.

National Competitive Bidding. The Recipient shall ensure that, prior to the commencement of any procurement activity under national competitive bidding, the Recipient’s national competitive bidding procedures to be utilized for the purposes of this Project are consistent with the Procurement Guidelines. Any modifications or clarifications to such procedures agreed between the Recipient and ADB shall be set out in the Procurement Plan. Any subsequent change to the agreed modifications and clarifications shall become effective only after written approval of such change by the Recipient and ADB.