DEVELOPMENT OF DESIGN AND ESTIMATE DOCUMENTATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FACILITY “TAILINGS TRANSFER POND AND TAILINGS STORAGE FACILITY OF THE KUMTOR MINE MILL HISTORICAL TAILINGS PROCESSING COMPLEX”

published: 12 February 2025

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION SUBMISSION: no later than 17:00 hrs. on March 03, 2025.

Kumtor Gold Company CJSC invites to participate in the open selection for provision of the services:
Development of design and estimate documentation for the construction of the facility “Tailings Transfer Pond and Tailings Storage Facility of the Kumtor Mine Mill Historical Tailings Processing Complex” according to the Terms of Reference.

Submission format:

Proposals, including documents, appendices, and quotations, shall be signed by a person authorized to sign the commercial proposal and contractual obligations. Documents shall be sealed and submitted in PDF format. The authority of the signatory shall be confirmed by a power of attorney or certified copies of relevant documents.

Procedure for submitting proposals.

Selection Participants shall submit a Commercial Proposal in Russian and/or English in accordance with the Terms of Reference, attach the required copies of documents and send them in electronic format by e-mail to tailingsdum-25@kumtor.kg no later than 17:00 hrs. on March 03, 2025.

Potential Selection Participants may officially request additional documents required to prepare a commercial proposal. Documents shall be provided based on a signed Confidentiality Agreement (the Agreement form is attached).

Commercial proposal shall contain the following documents:

• Estimate documentation/calculation (cost breakdown) of services.
• Description of the scope of services.
• Payment terms.
• Schedule of services.
• Company’s
• References for services in the design of tailings facilities of processing enterprises in the mining and processing area.
• Registration/statutory documents, licenses, certificates.

For residents of the Kyrgyz Republic:

Documents required:

1. Letter confirming interest in participation.
2. Detailed information about the company:

• necessary permits, licenses of design organization for construction design and construction (not lower than I level of responsibility) and qualification certificates, diplomas of specialists engaged for rendering services.
• reference list of at least 3 successfully realized similar engineering projects for the last 10 years (copies of contracts on previously performed works).
• information on availability of resource base (designers with at least 3 years of experience, economists and other specialists, office equipment, necessary software, etc.).
• recommendations, feedback.

3. Scanned copy of the certificate of registration of a legal entity.
4. Scanned copy of the document defining the main type of activity (Charter), as well as scanned copy of the resolution on appointment as a manager.
5. Scanned copies of the original financial statements for 2021-2022-2023:

• Accounting balance sheet.
• Profit and loss statement.
• Cash flow statement.
• Capital flow statement.
• Unified tax declaration.

6. Certificate of absence of arrears on tax payments and insurance contributions to state authorities as of the last reporting date.

For non-residents (participants from other countries):

Documents required:

1. Letter confirming interest in participation.
2. Detailed information about the company:

• necessary permits, licenses of the design organization for construction design and construction and qualification certificates, diplomas of specialists engaged for rendering services.
• reference list of at least 3 successfully realized similar engineering projects for the last 10 years (copies of contracts on previously performed works).
• information on availability of resource base (designers with at least 3 years of experience, economists and other specialists, office equipment, necessary software, etc.).
• recommendations, feedback.

3. Scanned copies of registration and constituent documents of the procurement participant.
4. Scanned copies of the original financial statements.
5. Scanned copies of qualification documents.

Proposal with the subject line: “Development of design and estimate documentation for the construction of the facility “Tailings Transfer Pond and Tailings Storage Facility of the Kumtor Mine Mill Historical Tailings Processing Complex” shall be sent by e-mail to tailingsdum-25@kumtor.kg no later than 17:00 hrs. on March 03, 2025. 

The Customer shall have the right to accept or reject any or all proposals, as well as to cancel the open selection process at any time prior to the award of the Contract, without incurring any obligation to the relevant participants.

The cost of services specified by the Selection Participant shall include all expenses, including taxes, duties, fees, and other payments levied in accordance with the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic, and other expenses for fulfilling contractual obligations, considering the period of services, related services specified in the Contract.

Evaluation criteria: the winning proposal will be the one that meets the qualification and technical requirements and has the lowest estimated cost.

Commercial proposal on the official letterhead, indicating the terms (schedule) of work, payment terms with attached estimate documentation/calculation (breakdown of costs).

Competitive proposals submitted by the Selection Participants later than the specified deadlines shall not be accepted and shall not be considered.

By submitting its proposal, the Participant expressly agrees to all the terms and conditions specified in the Company’s requirements.

Each Selection Participant can submit only one competitive proposal.

Validity of commercial proposal shall be at least 60 calendar days.

Competitive proposals may not be amended after the deadline for submission.

The winning Selection Participant shall provide a bank guarantee in the amount of 5% of the total Contract cost before signing the Contract. In case of advance payment, the winning company shall provide a bank guarantee for the advance payment not less than the amount of the advance payment.

All questions regarding this competition shall be sent by email to gulnur.shirdakova@kumtor.kg.

Requests for clarification of the selection terms and conditions shall be sent 5 calendar days prior to the deadline for proposal submission.

More details on the selection terms and conditions and qualification requirements are given in the attached Terms of Reference file, which is an integral part of the announcement.

Please Click on the links below to download the related documents:

REQUEST FOR COMMERCIAL PROPOSALS

CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT