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NOTIFICATION

4 June 08

This is for the general information of all concerned that Ms. Ngawang Builders, CDB Registration No. 2374, Class B has completed the suspension period of one year with effect from 16^th May 2007 till 15^th May 2008.
Therefore, all the agencies concerned are requested to note the above decision of the CDB Secretariat taken in line with the provision of the CDB Manual 2001.

Executive Director

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NOTIFICATION

28 May 08

As announced in Bhutan Times vide Notification Letter No. MoWHS/CDB-3/07-08/560 dated April 22, 2008 upon the expiry of one month time extension i.e. 22 May 2008, 106 Firms have been de-registered (list attached) and 9 firms were given a week time to follow-up as their forms were pending with the Secretariat.

Executive Director

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NOTIFICATION

27 May 2008
This is for information for all class “C” and “Petty” contractors under Tsirang, Dagana and Sarpang Dzongkhags that Construction Development Board is conducting a 2-Day workshop/training on Construction Management and Tendering Procedures at Tsirang on 18^th and 19^th June 2008.

In this regard, those contractors who wish to participate in the workshop/training are kindly requested to register with Construction Development Board through Construction Association of Bhutan (CAB) immediately. For detail please contact at tele # 02-326035.

Executive Director

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NOTIFICATION

25 April 2008
This is for information for all class “C” and “Petty” contractors under Mongar, Lhuentse, Trashigang and Trashiyangtse Dzongkhag that Construction Development Board is conducting a 2-Day workshop/training on Construction Management and Tendering Procedures at Mongar on 29^th and 30^th April 2008.

In this regard, those contractors who wish to participate in the workshop/training are kindly requested to register with Construction Development Board through Construction Association of Bhutan (CAB) immediately. For detail please contact at tele # 02-326035.

Executive Director

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NOTIFICATION

22 April 2008
This is for information of all concerned that the CDB registration of following firms ( click here for the list) have expired on or before the 31^st December 2006. Therefore, based on the decision of the 44^th Meeting of Construction Development Board and approval of the Hon’ble Chairman, Construction Development Board accorded vide Note sheet No. MoWHS/CDB-3/07-08/558 dated 21^st April 2008, the following firms shall be de-registered. Any query in this regard must be made within one month.

Executive Director

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NOTIFICATION

2 April 2008
This is for the general information of all concerned that the 48^th Meeting of Construction Development Board held on the 3^rd March 2008 has suspended the CDB registration of Bhutan Engineering Company Pvt. Ltd. (BECPL) for a period 6 months with effect from the 25^th March 2008 till 24^th September 2008 in connection with offences committed by the firm during the execution of “Widening of Doebum Lam”. However, in order not to interrupt the ongoing contracts which otherwise would affect the Government’s planned activities, the Firm is permitted to complete and handover the ongoing works.

Therefore, all the agencies concerned are requested to note the above decision of the 48^th Meeting of CDB taken in line with the provision of the CDB Manual 2001.

Chairman, CDB

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NOTIFICATION

14 JANUARY 2008
As resolved during the 2^nd Annual Engineering Conference, the Excellence Award shall be awarded every year during the Annual Engineering Conference to any one construction project that demonstrates excellence in the field of construction quality, timely completion, technical and financial capacity, management and other positive qualities, irrespective of its class and category. The Annual Engineering Conference decided to institute the Construction Excellence Award every year in order to improve the quality of construction and enhance the image of those involved in the construction industry.

Therefore, procuring agencies are requested to kindly nominate those eligible projects completed in last five years that fulfill the above requirements for further assessment and scrutiny by the selection committee. The best project selected, shall be awarded the 2008 Construction Excellence Award during the 5^th Annual Engineering conference after physical verification and cross examination of CDB records of performance assessment. Nomination forms and selection criteria can be downloaded from CDB website www.cdb.gov.bt/publications.htm or can be obtained from the CDB Secretariat. Nominations, if any, should reach the CDB secretariat latest by 15^th February 2008.
Chairman, CDB

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NOTIFICATION

22 Oct. 2007
This is for information of all concerned that the Dzongkhag Courts of Zhemgang and Mongar had issued its final verdict on the 9^th August 2007 and July 2007 respectively, as follows

M/s. Nawang Builders (B), of Mr. Nawang Dorji has been sentenced to 6 months imprisonment and suspension of Construction License for one year (w.e.f 16^th May 2007) – for fronting;

Mr. Tshering Dorji, Proprietor M/s. Asiatic T&W Construction (C) ahs been sentenced to 2 years & 11 months – for tempering, forging of initials.

M/s. Gayjur Construction of Minjur Dorji, Class C was sentenced to three years and one month compulsory imprisonment.

Executive Director

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CIRCULAR

October 4, 2007.

The 47^th Meeting of the Construction Development Board, in its continued effort to streamline the procurement system and curb fronting/collusion in the construction industry, has approved the following rules/criteria with regard to formation of Joint Venture (JV) among national contractors for procurement of works (RGoB Procurement only):

1.      Formation of Joint Venture (JV) shall be allowed only among construction firms/contractors registered with CDB in the same class.

2.      Construction firms/contractors shall be deemed eligible to form joint venture for bidding for any contract subject to conditions in terms of number of works permitted to be undertaken simultaneously. Subject to meeting the bid capacity, Contractor shall be allowed to undertake contract not more than the maximum ceiling prescribed by the CDB, irrespective of whether the contract is executed by the firm independently or on JV basis.

3.      For a joint venture to qualify, each of its partners shall meet at least 25 percent of minimum criteria as individual bidder while the lead partner shall meet at least 40 percent. However, either partner can use full turnover from the joint venture contracts for future biddings.

4.      The resources/figures (turnover, liquid asset, manpower, equipment etc.) for each of the partners of a joint venture shall be taken into account/added to determine the Bidder’s fulfillment of qualifying criteria.

5.      The prime contractor or the lead partner must have CDB registration for that particular category of work specified in the tender.

6.      A firm/contractor that has one of its ongoing projects completed up to 90% can participate in tendering for new work beyond the maximum allowable number of works it is permitted to undertake simultaneously. In such a case, supporting documents such as payment certificates, letter from procuring agencies etc. should be submitted along with the bidding document to prove completion of 90% or more.

7.      Award of work under circumstances such as above require that the balance 10% work is completed satisfactorily prior to new award. This is to ensure that contractors do not execute work simultaneously beyond the prescribed ceiling at any given point of time.

Therefore, all the procuring agencies and construction firms/contractors concerned are hereby requested to note the above for strict compliance during the procurement of works with immediate effect.

Kinzang Dorji
Zhabtog Lyonpo & Chairman, CDB

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NOTIFICATION

2nd July 2007
This is for general information of all concerned that, in light of the practical difficulties associated to check or assess the present maximum financial ceiling on allowable contract range for class B and C category of contractors, the Construction Development Board, during its 46^th. Board Meeting has decided to increase the financial ceiling to three times the existing ceiling as the upper limit for above categories of contractors. Therefore, class B and C contractors can now continue to bid for three number of works simultaneously, with maximum financial ceiling not exceeding Nu.45million and Nu.22.5 million, respectively.

Procuring agencies and construction firms registered under category B and C are therefore, requested to note the above, which comes into immediate effect.
Executive Director

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NOTIFICATION

28 June 2007
This is for information of all concerned that the Construction Development Board during its 46^th Board Meeting decided that Class C Construction Firms registered in W4 Category henceforth will no longer need to recruit electrical engineers (Diploma) otherwise required as mandatory requirement. However, they would be required to recruit engineers for the purpose of tendering and execution of works based on the requirement of the Procuring Agencies. This decision is made in consideration of the limited number of works under W4 Category and acute shortage of electrical engineers.

Therefore, all Class C contractors are requested to note the above change which comes into effect immediately
Executive Director

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NOTIFICATION

4th June.2007
This is for general information of all the procuring agencies concerned that the following construction firm, viz. M/S. Ashis Construction, bearing CDB Registration No 3092, Class Petty, is deregistered with immediate effect, for breach of contract agreement. Despite repeated reminders, the firm has failed to fulfill the contractual obligation signed between him and the Department of Urban Development and Engineering Services, for “Construction of Guard House and Conversion of Ground Floor Parking Space into Office & Store”, at MoW&HS, Thimphu.    Executive Director

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NOTIFICATION

9th May. 2007
1.      This is for general information of all the Procuring Agencies concerned that the following construction firms viz. M/s Asiatic T.W Construction (CDB Registration No. 2285, Class C) and M/s Nawang Builders (CDB Registration No. 2374, Class B) have reportedly been involved in a procurement related dispute. Therefore, all concerned are requested not to entertain their participation in any tendering of works. The suspension of CDB Registration of above firms shall come into effect with immediate effect until court verdict is passed.

2.      This is for the general information of all concerned that M/s Yangki Tobjur Construction bearing CDB registration No. 3741, class petty is cancelled with immediate effect for misrepresentation of facts and non compliance with relevant regulations during the procurement of Construction of Patrol Road Drain at Pasakha Industrial State.

Executive Director

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ANNOUNCEMENT

                                                              Time Extension ..30,April,2007
Further to our earlier announcement dated 22.3.2007, regarding the notice inviting proposal from eligible national consultant for updating and finalizing the CDB Manual, this is to inform all concerned that the time for Submission of the above is Extended till 14.05.2007, upto 12:00 noon.
Executive Director

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CIRCULAR

23. April.2007
In order to enhance professionalism and to provide the Procuring Agencies with a means of identifying consultant's technical ability to perform the required services, all consultancy firms engaged in construction related activities shall be registered with the CDB as announced in the media during Jan-Feb 2007. Consultancy services for works shall be invited only from CDB registered Consultants/Consultancy Firms with effect from 1st July 2007. Therefore,all the Procuring Agencies concerned are requested to kindly ensure possession of a valid CDB Certificate during the procurement of Consultancy Services.
Zhabtog Lyonpo.

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ANNOUNCEMENT

MoWHS/CDB-17/tt/06-07/585                                                                                                  Dt:-23/04/2007
Further to our earlier announcement dated 23rd January 2007, all the Consultancy Firms engaged in construction related activities who wish to participate in the public procurement are reminded to register with CDB immediately.

Kindly note that firms not registered with CDB shall not be eligible for participating in public procurement with effect from 1^stJuly 2007.

Executive Director

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ANNOUNCEMENT

MoWHS/CDB-17/tt/06-07/388                                                                                              23 Jan 2007

To encourage professionalism and to protect the interests of the client, the Construction Development Board (CDB) shall henceforth register all consultancy firms related to construction industry who wish to provide professional services in Bhutan.

All consultancy firms related to construction Industries who wish to compete for government or corporate contracts in Bhutan are required to register immediately with CDB.

The non-registered firms shall no longer be recognized by any of the Government and corporate agencies from July 2007 for purpose of offering of consultancy services related to construction industry in the country.

For requirements, different types of consultancy services related to construction industry and guidelines for registration, kindly visit CDB's website or collect it from the CDB office.
Executive Director

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NOTIFICATION

MoWHS/CDB-3/2006-07/310                                                                                        7 December 2006

This is for information of concerned that the CDB registration of the following construction firms has expired on 31 December 2005, as per the CDB Secretariat's record. Since these firms are believed no longer active, its is decided to deregister, if not revalidated/revalidation criteria not fulfilled, within one month after this notification. This decision is based on the 44th Meeting of CDB and further approval of the Hon'ble Chairman, Construction Development Board. The list of firms may be downloaded from here :

Expired list 31/12/2005 ( excel format)
Expired list 31/12/2005 ( pdf format)

Executive Director

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ANNOUNCEMENT

MoWHS/CDB-52/tt/2006-07/301                                                                                 November 27, 2006

This is for the information of all concerned that the 2^nd Annual Engineering Conference had decided to institute the Construction Excellence Award with a view to improve the quality of construction in the country and thereby enhance the image of those involved in the construction industry. As resolved during the conference, the excellence award shall be awarded to any one project that demonstrates excellence in the field of construction quality, timely completion, technical and financial capacity, management and other positive qualities, irrespective of its class and category.

Therefore, procuring agencies are requested to kindly nominate those eligible projects completed in last five years that fulfill the above requirements for further assessment and scrutiny by the selection committee. The best project selected, shall be awarded the Construction Excellence Award during the 4^th Annual Engineering conference, after physical verification and cross examination of CDB records of performance assessment. For nomination form and selection criteria, kindly visit CDB’s website www.cdb.gov.bt or collect from the CDB office. The nomination should reach the CDB secretariat latest by 31^st December 2006.

Executive Director,CDB

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ANNOUNCEMENT

MoWHS/CDB-3/2006-07/271                                                                                       10 November 2006

1.   This is for information of all contractors/construction firms whose CDB registration validity expires on 31 December 2006 that renewal must be processed with the Secretariat at least one month prior to its expiry date. It may kindly be noted that the practice of issuing Provisional Certificate to contractors who fulfilled the renewal criteria substantially has since been stopped based on the decision of the 45^th Meeting of CDB. Therefore, in order to avoid any impediments in the business due to delay in renewal or due to non fulfillment of renewal criteria vis-à-vis incomplete documents, the Secretariat would like to urge submission of applications with complete documents well ahead of time.

2.    This is to inform all concerned that the Secretariat shall suspend issuance of New CDB registration/certificate from 1^st December 2006 till end of February 2007. This is to enable timely renewal of the mass CDB certificates that expire as on 31^st December 2006 and to avoid any inconveniences and delays to new applicants in the process.

Executive Director

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NOTIFICATION

MoW&HS/CDB-3//2006-2007/222                                                                            18/10/06

This is for information of all concerned that the Construction Development Board during its 45^th Board Meeting resolved that Class A and B construction firms henceforth will no longer need to submit documentations on track records along with revalidation applications. It was decided that all such information required to assess fulfillment of criteria on track records would be checked using CDB database information. This calls for timely submission of Bidding Reports and Contract Completion Reports by the procuring agencies concerned and submission of copies of Work Order and such other documents to prove activeness of a firm/participation in tenders by the contractors well ahead of time to enable the Secretariat to update its database.

Therefore, all Class A and B contractors are requested to note the above change which comes into effect immediately. They must ensure that the above reports in particular the Bidding Report Forms duly filled in are submitted by the procuring agencies soon after the work is awarded, to the CDB Secretariat. In order to avoid any undue delays during revalidation of CDB certificate due in December, construction firms may also submit the reports directly to the Secretariat after obtaining such reports from the procuring agencies concerned.

Executive Director

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NOTIFICATION

23- August-2006

In super session to our Notification # MoWHS/CDB-03/kg/05-06/1589 published in the June 11, 2006 issue of Bhutan Times, all concerned are requested to kindly note that Construction Development Board (CDB) shall be the authority to review complaints against procurement decisions made by the procuring agencies. The following procedure shall be followed henceforth:

1.      Procuring agencies shall declare the evaluation result 3 (three) working days prior to issue of letter of acceptance to the successful bidder, so as to give opportunity to unsuccessful bidders who wish to represent any grievances.

2.      In the event of submission of any grievances within three days after declaration of results the issue of letter of acceptance shall be withheld till the matter is resolved.

3.      Grievances if any shall be submitted to the procuring agencies concerned first for redress.

4.      If in the opinion of contractor, clarification provided by the procuring agency is not satisfactory or the procuring agency has not responded to the appellant within 7 (seven) days, CDB shall be appealed with full justification of the contention in pursuance to the rules and regulations in force.

5.      The CDB Secretariat shall then review, verify, investigate the matter as necessary and convey its findings/decisions for compliance upon approval of the Chairman, CDB.

Chairman, CDB

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NOTIFICATION

MoWHS/CDB-02/kg/05-06/                                                                                        July 13, 2006

This is for the information of all the Contractors that although it is mandatory on the part of contractors to maintain a registered office space to run their business, it is noticed that some firms do not comply with this basic requirement of Construction Development Board. Recent attempts to contact contractors at the address provided in the application forms have been unsuccessful.

Therefore, all the contractors / construction firms are reminded to ensure maintaining registered office space (HO) with proper postal address. Change in address of office, if any, should be brought to the notice of the CDB Secretariat soon after the change in order to avoid any unnecessary delays during the revalidation process.

The same also applies when change in other particulars such as key personnel and minimum mandatory equipment corresponding to their class takes place.

This notification is issued for strict compliance by contractors based on the decision of the 44^th Meeting of Construction Development Board and approval of the Chairman of the Board.

Executive Director, CDB

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CIRCULAR

MoWHS/CDB-02/kg/05-06/                                                                                   July 5, 2006

The 44^th Meeting of the Construction Development Board, in its continued effort to curb fronting and collusion in the construction industry, has decided to limit the number of works that Class ‘A’ contractor(s) can undertake at a time to ‘five’ different contracts subject to meeting the Bid Capacity Criteria.

All the agencies and construction firms concerned are hereby requested to note the upper limit of five in the number of works for Class ‘A’, and comply strictly in the procurement of works with immediate effect.

Chairman, CDB

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NOTIFICATION

MoWHS/CDB-3/ct/05-06/                                                                                  July 11, 2006

This is for information of all concerned that the CDB registration of the following firms has expired on 30 June 2005, as per our record. Since these firms have not been active, it has been decided to deregister if not revalidated within one month after notification. The decision is based on 44^th Board Meeting of CDB and further approval of the Hon’ble Chairman, Construction Development Board accorded vide Notesheet No. MoWHS/CDB-3/ct/05-06/26 dated 27^th June, 2006. click here for the list.

Executive Director

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Announcement

MoWHS/CDB-17/ks/05-06/                                                                                    16^th May 06

The following firms have failed to revalidate their CDB certificates even after time extension till 31^st December 2005. Therefore, as decided during 44^th meeting of CDB, the following firms shall be downgraded w.e.f. 1^st June 2006, if criteria for revalidation is not met.

Sl.No.

Name of firm

Name of owner

Classification

CDB #

1

Perfection Engineers

Jigme Tenzin

C

2413

2

G.D.Ghallay Construction

Mr. G.D. Ghallay

C

2238

3

Karma Samdrup Construction

Mr. Karma Samdrup

C

2315

4

Kamal Construction

Sobit Chhetri

C

1372

5

G.D Construction

Geden Dorji

C

2179

6

Pema Construction

Pema

C

1205

7

Sangay Penjor Construction

Sangay Penjor

C

1732

8

YTS Construction

Kuenga Tshering

C

2083

9

Druk Construction

N.B Pokwal

C

2230

Executive Director, CDB

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NOTIFICATION

MoWHS/CDB-17/kg/05-06/1400                                                                                                   11 April 2006

the undue delay in collecting the CDB Certificates by the following firms is treated as disintrest in engaging in construction activities and therefore their CDB registration will be cancelled with immediate effect as per approval granted by the Hon'ble Chairman, CDB vide note sheet # MoWHS/CDB-17/ks/05-06/1398 dated April 6,2006.

Sl.No.

Name of firm

Name of owner

Certificate made ready on

1

Yangki Construction

Karma Yangki

23^rd March 2005

2

Pema Khandu Construction

Mr. Pema Khandu

28^th October 2003

3

Rinchen P. Construction

Rinchen Penjor

18^th October 2004

4

Pema Construction

Pema Damtshi

16^th July 2004

5

Phuntsho Construction

Kezang Phuntsho

14^th June 2005

6

Tenzin Wangyel Construction

Mr. Tshagay

25^th March 2005

Executive Director

NOTIFICATION

MoWHS/CDB-3/06/05-06                                                                                               1 April 2006

This is for information of all concerned that the CDB registration of the following firms have expired on or before 31st December,2004, as per our records. Since these firms have not been active,it has been decided to be deregistered if not revalidated within one month after notification in Kuensel. The decision is based on the approval of the Hon'ble Chairman, Construction Development Board accorded vide Notesheet No.MOWHS/CDB-3/ct/05-06/1352 dated 29th March, 2006.

>>> click here for the list of contractors <<<

Executive Director

Announcement

March 16, 2006

Further to our earlier announcement of December 10, 2005 issue of Kuensel, all the Agencies concerned are reminded to nominate Projects that demonstrates excellence in the field of construction for the 'Construction Excellence Award' as instituted during the 2nd Annual Engineering Conference. The projects nominated must demonstrate excellence in quality and aesthetics, timely completion, technical and financial capacity, management and other positive qualities. The nominations should reach the CDB Secretariat latest by March 31st, 2006.

Executive Director

March 21, 2006

NOTIFICATION

This is for the general information of all concerned that the CDB Registration # 2506 of M/s Kinley Construction is suspended with immediate effect till September 11, 2006 for misrepresentation of facts during the procurement of works for Phuentsholing City Corporation.

Executive Director

Announcement

22/Feb/2006

The Certificate of M/s Sonam Tshering Construction bearing CDB Number 1922 is suspended with immediate effect for misrepresentation of fact during re-validation of CDB Certificate. The firm is suspended till he furnish evidences of recruitment of a new engineer as per CDB criteria

Executive Director (CDB).

NOTICE INVITING TENDER

Construction Development Board, Ministry of Works & Human Settlement invites Sealed Bids from eligible national bidders registered with the Construction Development Board as Class “C” (W3 Category) for the following work at Gyelpozhing, Mongar:

1.   Name of work Construction of CDB Regional Office

2. Construction period 12 months

3. Date of sale of Bidding Document
Commences on the 7^th February 2006 from the Office of CDB, Thimphu

on payment of Nu. 1000 for a complete set

4. Last date of submission 2 pm of 7^th March 2006 in CDB office

5. Bid security    Nu. 100000.00 in the form of cash warrant, demand draft or unconditional bank guarantee from reputed financial institute in the name of Executive Director, CDB, Thimphu .

6. Date of opening of Tender 2.30 pm of 7^th March 2006 at the conference hall of the MoWHS, Thimphu in presence of bidder who chose to attend.

7. Validity of Bid 90 days

For further information please contact CDB, Thimphu at phone numbers 02 333502/ 02 326035

Executive Director

To download the forms and drawings click the link below:

Forms

1. Cover Cover

2. Check List Check List

3. Section I Instruction to Bidders

4. Section II Condition of Contract

5. Section II Technical Specifications

6. Section IV Bid Form & Bank Guarantee Form

7. Section V Bill of Quantities

BOQ - Civil

BOQ - Electrical - General Abstract of Cost

BOQ - Electrical - Abstract of Cost

8. Section VI Agreement Original Copy

9. Section VII Performance Bank Guarantee

10.Supplementary Information Supplementary Information

11. Section X Bid Evaluation Guidelines

Drawings

1. Structure Drawing

2. Architect Drawing

3. Electrical Drawing

Announcement

This is to inform all the concerned that the office of the Construction Development board (CDB) is shifted from BCCI premises to a new building above Rapten Apartment, Lower Motithang with effect from 1^st January 2006.

Inconvenience caused, if any, is highly regretted.

click here for the map

Announcement
This is for the information of all concerned that the 2^nd Annual Engineering Conference held from 16^th to 18^th March 2005 had decided to institute the Construction Excellence Award with a view to improve the quality of construction in the country and thereby enhance the image of those involved in the construction industry. As resolved during the conference, the excellence award shall be awarded to any one project that demonstrates excellence in the field of construction quality, timely completion, technical and financial capacity, management and other positive qualities, irrespective of its class and category.

Therefore, procuring agencies are requested to kindly nominate those eligible projects that fulfill the above requirements, for further assessment and scrutiny by the selection committee. The best project selected, shall be awarded the Construction Excellence Award during the next Annual Engineering Conference, after further physical verification and cross examination of CDB records of performance assessment.

Chairman, CDB

MoWHS/CDB-3/kg/05-06                                                              November 29, 2005

NOTIFICATION

This is for the information of all concerned that CDB,, in its exercise to update its records of Construction firms, has observed that the expiry of CDB Certificates of the following firms have exceeded 18 months.

Sl.No. CDB. No. Name of the Firm Proprietor

1 2528 M/S REE-ZANG CONSTRUCTION Mr. Sangay Dukpa

2 2818 D.N Construction Mr. Dawa Norbu

3

MoWHS/CDB-17/ks/05-06/ 16th May 06

Classification

CDB #

C

2413

Executive Director, CDB

Certificate made ready on

MoWHS/CDB-17/ks/05-06/ 16^th May 06