Eastern Cape, South Africa Launches Tender for Gali River Bridge Construction

en.Wedoany.com Reported - On October 4, the Eastern Cape Department of Transport in South Africa issued a construction tender for the Gali River Bridge. The project is located at the Gali River crossing on Road DR08592 in the Lady Frere area, with tender number SCMU10-26/27-0018. The project adopts an open tender method, with a bid submission deadline of 11:00 on November 2, and a mandatory site inspection requirement is set.

The scope of works includes the construction of a construction camp and office and testing facilities for the Employer's Engineer, traffic accommodation and necessary temporary road widening, as well as earthworks, subbase structural layers, concrete, precast culverts, localized road works, gabion protection, and stormwater drainage facilities. The project also includes the opening and rehabilitation of borrow pits, organization of construction materials, and associated civil works along the route.

Bidding enterprises must possess a CIDB 7CE grading and have completed at least 2 similar bridge projects in the Southern African Development Community region within the past 10 years, each with a contract value of no less than ZAR 15 million. The project manager must have no less than 10 years of relevant experience and professional registration qualifications, and the construction health and safety officer must have no less than 5 years of experience and corresponding registration and training qualifications.

The tender documents set clear requirements for localized procurement, with a minimum local production proportion of 100% for steel and steel components. The project also requires contractors to organize SME subcontracting, use local material suppliers, and implement local labor utilization targets.

The bid evaluation adopts a mechanism combining price and specific goals, with price accounting for a maximum of 80 points and specific goals accounting for a maximum of 20 points; the relevant goals cover black ownership, women's ownership, and the enterprise's registration or office location in the Eastern Cape. Bidders are also required to complete registration on the Central Supplier Database, tax compliance, and construction industry-related registration.