3.	The bidding shall be conducted with Single Stage-Two Envelopes Procedure, wherein the Technical Bid and Price Bid shall be submitted together in separately sealed envelopes.
4.	Participation in this bidding process is open to all interested international and national bidders. The attention of interested bidders is drawn to the key qualification and award criteria detailed in the Bidding Document, which include:
a.	Historical Financial Performance
Submission of audited financial statements or, if not required by the law of the Bidder’s country, other financial statements acceptable to the Employer, for the last three (3) years to demonstrate the current soundness of the Bidder’s financial position. As a minimum, the Bidder’s net worth for the last three (3) years calculated as the difference between total assets and total liabilities should be positive.
b.	Average Annual Construction Turnover
For Single Entities/Joint Ventures
Minimum average annual construction turnover of US$9,100,000.00 calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed, within the last three (3) years.
In case of JV, all Partners Combined must meet the requirement, one Partner must meet the 40% of the Requirement and each Partner must meet the 25% of the Requirement.
c.	Financial Resources
For Single Entities/Joint Ventures
The Bidder must demonstrate access to financial resources defined in FIN-3, less its financial obligations for its current contract commitments defined in FIN-4, meet or exceed the total requirement for the Subject Contract of $ 1,500,000.00. 
In case of JV, all Partners Combined must meet the requirement, one Partner must meet the 40% of the Requirement and each Partner must meet the 25% of the Requirement.
d.	Contracts of Similar Size and Nature
Participation as a prime contractor or joint venture partner in at least two similar Road and Bridge Construction Contracts that have been successfully or substantially completed between 1st January 2017 and bid submission deadline and that are similar to the proposed works, where the value of the Bidder’s participation under each contract exceeds US$ 3,600,000.00.  
The similarity of the contracts shall be based on Section 6, Works’ Requirements and Scope of Works, specify the minimum key requirements in terms of physical size, complexity, construction method, technology and/or other characteristics.
In case of JV, all partners combined must meet the requirement.
e.	Construction Experience in Key Activities
For the above and any other contracts that have been successfully or substantially completed as prime contractor or joint venture member between 1st January 2017 and Bid submission deadline, a minimum construction experience in the following key activities successfully completed in one contract: 
1.	Excavation and Embankment: 60,000.00 m3
2.	Aggregate Base/Subbase: 17,000 m3 
3.	Asphaltic Wearing Course: 29,000.00 m2
4.	Reinforced Concrete Pipe Culvert: 500.00 LM
5.	Stone Masonry: 18,000 m3
5.	The minimum passing score for bidder qualification is 75 points. The Bidder must submit all the qualification document as required in the Bidding Document.