Construction of Gelephu - Tareythang roads and bridges on Southern East-West Highway Package-I; from Ch 0.0m to 3868.0m

Specific Procurement Notice Invitation for Prequalification Country: Kingdom of Bhutan Name of Project: Accelerating Transport and Trade Connectivity in Eastern South Asia (Access) – Bhutan Project Contract Title: Construction of Gelephu-Tareythang Road and Bridges Loan No./Credit No./Grant No: IDA 77560 (Credit)/IDAE4310 (grant) Prequalification Reference No : ACCESS/DOST/WD-1, ACCESS/DOST/WD-2 and ACCESS/DOST/WD-3 1. The Royal Government of Bhutan has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the proposed Accelerating Transport and Trade Connectivity in Eastern South Asia (ACCESS) – Bhutan Project , and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contracts for ACCESS/DOST/WD-1, ACCESS/DOST/WD-2, and ACCESS/DOST/WD-3 for the Construction of Gelephu-Tareythang Road and Bridges. 2. The Department of Surface Transport (DoST), Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MoIT), Royal Government of Bhutan, intends to prequalify contractors for the following work packages under the Gelephu-Tareythang Road Project involving the construction of 12,600 m of roadway and major bridge structures. The project comprises five major bridges with bridge lengths varying from 320 m to 1020 m, including PSC I-Girder and Cast-in-Situ Balanced Cantilever superstructures. The longest structure is the Mau River Bridge with a total length of 1020 m. The project corridor starts from Gelephu Town and terminates at Tareythang. The contract packages are described below: i. Package I: Segment 1 to 5 (km 0.000 to km 3.868) Construction of a 4-lane carriageway including earthworks, pavement, drainage, slope protection works, and associated ancillary works. The package also includes construction of the following two major bridges: Gelephu Bridge – PSC I-Girder Bridge of span configuration (2 × 40 m); and Mau River Bridge – Cast-in-Situ Balanced Cantilever Bridge of span configuration (4 × 60 m) + 2(60 + 2 × 90 + 60) + (3 × 60 m), including associated structures and