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INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) ICB Procurement Entities Ministry of Energy and Water “MEW” Funded By Asian Development Bank (WB) Item Description Rehabilitation of Lower Kokcha Irrigation, Zone I: Sharawan Canal (SHRC), LKIP/SHRC 0+000 to 66+000 km Canal Civil Works Ref. No NPA/MEW/96/W-1924/ICB: Bid Security The Bids must be accompanied with Bid Security in the form of a Bank Guarantee provided in the Bidding Documents at the amount of USD 255,000.00 (two hundred fifty-five thousand USD only) and valid for 208 days after the bids submission deadline. Deadline for Bid Submission April 03, 2018, 10:00 hours. (Kabul, Local Time), Electronic submission of Bid is not allowed. Late bid will be reject. Address for Bid Submission National Procurement Authority, Procurement Facilitation Directorate (NPA/PFD) Administrative office of the President, Geodesy and Cartography Building Meeting Room, Kabul, Afghanistan. Website A complete set of Bidding Documents in English may be obtained by interested bidders free of cost by downloading from the NPA website www.npa.gov.af and IFB, from the websites of www.mew.gov.af, Or may be obtained in a flash memory from the NPA office (Address given above). In case of any difficulty in downloading from website, interested bidders may contact at e-mail address: [email protected], cc: [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected] I s l a m i c R e p u b l i c o f A f g h a n i s t a n A d m i n i s t r a t i v e O f f i c e o f t h e P r e s i d e n t N a t i o n a l P r o c u r e m e n t A u t h o r i t y ه ر ا د ا م ت ر ا د ت ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ت س ر ر ا د ت ت ی ه س تwww.thedailyafghanistan.com facebook.com/The.Daily.Afghanistan Email: [email protected] Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 February 19, 2018 Back Page Jalalabad Kandahar Ghazni Mazar Herat Bamiyan Kabul Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Clear Clear 26°C 14°C -1°C 7°C 3°C 3°C 15°C -3°C 23°C 17°C 8°C 8°C 12°C 21°C Daily Outlook Weather Forcast Add: In front of Habibia High School, District 3, Kabul, Afghanistan www.outlookafghanistan.net facebook.com/The.Daily.Outlook.Afghanistan Email: [email protected] Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 Add: In front of Habibia High School, District 3, Kabul, Afghanistan MAIMANA - Officials in north- western Faryab province say a number of gunmen affiliated with Vice-President Gen. Abdur Rashid Dostum surrounded the airport in an attempt to capture a Wolesi Jirga member. The officials said the armed men were loyal to Nizamuddin Qaisa- ri, Dosutm’s representative for uprising groups, had ringed the PESHAWAR - Pakhtuns have accepted the creation of Pakistan but not a life of slavery, the Pakh- tunkhwa MilliAwami Party (Pk- MAP) chief says. “We would never accept being treated as slaves,” Mahmood Khan Achakzai told a public gath- ering in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Satur- day. Peace in Pakistan was linked to stability in Afghanistan, said the veteran ...(More on P4)...(7) Maimana Airport -- only 1.5 kilo- metres from the police headquar- ters. They allegedly tried to arrest MP FathullahQaisari. An official, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan News Qaisari arrived at the air- port from Kabul on Saturday. A number of commanders support- ing him were at the airport to wel- come ...(More on P4)...(8) Peace in Pakistan Tied to Stability in Afghanistan Dostum-Linked Gunmen Try to Capture Lawmaker India-Iran Sign 9 MoUs, Agree on Chabahar, Afghanistan & More NEW DELHI - India and Iran have agreed to ex- pand connectivity beyond Chabahar Port, not only to link it with a Railway line to Zahidan, but to con- nect it with the 7,200-km-long International North- South Transport Corridor (INSTC) — a multi-mode network for moving freight between India, Iran, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Central Asia and Europe. In a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, it was noted that Iran will hold an early meeting of the INSTC Coordination Meeting in Tehran. In a joint statement issued by the two countries here at the end of delib- erations, both sides while recognising the challenges of terrorism, also expressed the need to identify and address conditions conducive to terrorism as well as extremist ideologies. Both countries also agreed to intensify and diversify the existing high-level engagement and decided to convene within this year the meeting of the India- Iran Joint Commission and all its working groups, Foreign Office Consultations as well as a dialogue between institutions on defence and national secu- rity of the two countries. President Rouhani also ac- knowledged the aspiration of India to play a greater role in international fora. On the topic of Afghanistan, both sides stressed the significance of strengthening India-Iran-Afghanistan trilateral consultations and coordination, including suitably supplementing ...(More on P4)...(10) On the topic of Afghanistan, both sides stressed the significance of strengthening India-Iran-Afghanistan trilateral consultations and coordination, including suitably supplementing their cooperation on Chabahar. They also called upon the countries in the region to come forward for enhancing regional connectivity and take steps to do away with the obstacles on land transit. ,, ,, Achakzai ن ا غ ف ا د ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ س ا ن ا ت س ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ م ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ج ی ـ ـ ـ ـ ت ی ر و ه ت س ر ی ر و ه ج د ت س ر ی و ل ی ر ا د ا و ر ا چ د س ا ی ر و ه ج ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ م ـ ـ ـ ـ ن ا غ ف ا ی ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ـ ن ا ت س ر و م ا ه ر ا د ا ی م و ت س ر ی ر و ه ج ت س رPul-I-Khumri Taxi Drivers Want Enforcement of Traffic Laws PUL-I-KHUMRI - Some taxis drivers in Pul-i-Khumri, the capi- tal of northern Baghlan province, have demanded enforcement of traffic laws to prevent the use of illegal transportation and ban of non-custom paid vehicles in the city. They said the use of private ve- hicles for transport purpose had badly affected the business of tax- ies in Pul-i-Khumri. The taxi drivers added vehicles belonged to the provincial traffic officials most of the time violated traffic laws Haroon, a taxi driver, told Pa- jhwok Afghan News according to the traffic laws taxies should transport passengers but there the case was different as many private and non-paid custom ve- hicles had been attracting passen- gers and they taxi drivers had to face financial losses. Ishaq, another taxi driver, said he experienced over the past five years ...(More on P4)...(9) Interior Ministry Unveils 4-Year Plan to Speed up Reforms KABUL - The MoI has worked on the plan for four months in order to map out the way forward for the ministry and the police over the next four years. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Sunday unveiled its four-year strategic plan that will boost re- forms in the ministry and within the structures of the Afghan Na- tional Police (ANP). Key measures in the plan include the fight against corruption, the need for professional training of Afghan police forces and system- atic reforms in certain sectors. “Combating corruption, reforms in the ministry of interior, the es- tablishment of an effective system and better training of police are among key priorities of the four- year plan,” said the minister of interior, Wais Ahmad Barmak, at the launch of the plan on Sunday. The new plan is expected to be rolled out from Kabul and Herat provinces and within four years, the plan will be extended to all provinces across Afghanistan. ...(More on P4)...(11)
