SARAWAK ENERGY BERHAD

From: Corporate Procurement Division

Group Governance Ior Procurement & Contracts
Kuching 93700
Sarawak Malaysia

Our ReI.: PUR 19/13/WAK Date: 12 June 2013

To: UPK Registered Tenderers
Head VIIB, Class III or above,
Sub-Head 2b or above &
Sub-Head 5c or above &
CIDB G3 or above, Category ME (E04 & E05)
Menara Sarawak Energy,
No. 1, The Isthmus,
93050 Kuching, Sarawak

Dear Sir/Madam,

TENDER FOR HT/LT OVERHEAD LINES MAINTENANCE AND BONDING WORKS IN
KUCHING, WESTERN REGION

TENDER REF.: PUR 19/13

You are cordially invited to tender Ior services listed in the attached schedule.
Please reIer to Tender Document Ior the instructions & conditions to tender. Tenders are to be submitted
in sealed plain envelope marked:

1. ~CONFIDENTIAL - TENDER FOR HT/LT OVERHEAD LINES MAINTENANCE
AND BONDING WORKS IN KUCHING, WESTERN REGION
2. Tender Ref.: PUR 19/13
3. Closing date and time: 3 1uly 2013 at 3.00 p.m.

addressed to:

The Chief Executive Officer,
Sarawak Energy Berhad,
c/o The Officer-In-Charge,
Tender Box, 8
th
Floor,
Menara Sarawak Energy,
No. 1, The Isthmus,
93050 Kuching, Sarawak

or hand-delivered to:

The Officer-In-Charge
Tender Box, 8
th
Floor,
Sarawak Energy Berhad,
Menara Sarawak Energy,
No. 1, The Isthmus,
93050 Kuching, Sarawak

and to reach the Tender Box addressed above on or beIore 3 1uly 2013 at 3.00 p.m.

Yours IaithIully,



(Nazry Bin Haji Abdul Latip)
for CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

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SECTION I: INSTRUCTIONS TO PERSONS TENDERING


1. The Tenderer must be a registered Contractor with the Iollowing:-

a) UPK under Works Head VIIB, Class III under the Iollowing sub-heads;
2b or above (Ior Overhead Line works up to 33kV) and
5c or above (Ior Aerial Cable works up to 11kV)

b) CIDB Grade G3 or above, Category ME, E04 (Low Voltage Installation) &
E05 (High Voltage Installation)

Tenderers are required to submit prooI oI UPK and CIDB registrations together with their
tender submission.

2. This tender is Ior HT/LT OVERHEAD LINES MAINTENANCE AND BONDING
WORKS IN KUCHING, WESTERN REGION

This tender comprises the Iollowing diIIerent aspects oI work:-

Works relating to maintenance and bonding works Ior HT & LT overhead lines
and aerial cables on all types oI poles including HT PU poles

The speciIications Ior this tender cover the Iollowing areas:

i. Zone Kuching
Kuching City South including Kuching urban area covering Kuching City
with Sarawak river acting as the boundary between Kuching urban area
and Petra Jaya area; East bound extends up to Serian HT line and 7
th
Mile
roundabout; Kota Samarahan/Batu Kitang area covering the whole Kota
Samarahan area including Kpg. Meranek, & Kpg. Tambey with Batang
Samarahan acting as the boundary between Asajaya zone. Along
Kuching/Serian Road this zone extends up to 12
th
Mile area and along
Kuching/Bau upto Batu Kitang bridge including Jalan Stephen Yong.

ii. Zone Petra 1aya
Kuching City North including Petra Jaya area, East bound up to
Bako/Muara Tebas; North bound up to Damai/Santubong/Buntal and
Matang lines; West bound up to P.195 Bau 2
nd
33kV Ieeder, Batu
Kawa/Bau Road.

A minimum of TWO (2) Competent Persons with CAC Competency Certificate for
High Voltage Overhead Lines (OH) up to 33kV are required for this tender.

"The Tenderer must tender for the whole work by filling GENUINE unit rates in the
Schedule(s) of Rates and the Tenderer is not allowed to submit the unit rates in the
Schedule of Rates which is considered as manipulative to the Company. The
Company reserves the right to reject, any tender submission for any acts of fraud or
considered as manipulative

The Tenderer must tender Ior the whole work by Iilling the Schedule(s) oI Rates.


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3. The Tender must be made on the accompanying Form oI Tender with all the blanks therein
and all the Schedules oI Rates duly Iilled in ink and signed. Tender rates must include all
incidental and contingent expenses.

4. No alteration is to be made in the Form oI Tender or in the Schedules thereto except in
Iilling up the blanks as directed. Any amendments in Iilling up the blanks must be made
with the Tenderer`s authorised signature/ initial and the Tenderer`s Company stamp. II
these instructions were not Iully complied with, the tender shall be rejected.

5. The Tenderer, however is at liberty to add any Iurther details that he may deem desirable
and, in the event oI his so doing, must print or type such details and annex the added
matter to the tender submitted by him. Such additional details shall not be binding upon
the Company unless they are approved by the Company and incorporated in the contract.

6 . Incomplete tender submission will be rejected.

7. II the Tenderer has any doubt as to the meaning oI any portion oI the General Conditions
or oI the SpeciIications, he shall when submitting his tender, set out in his covering letter,
the interpretation on which he relies.

8. The Tenderer is to submit with his tender in order oI the relevant clauses, a statement oI
any departures Irom the SpeciIications.

9. The rates oIIered in the tender should be without consideration oI the details/departures
Irom the SpeciIications. II there is addition or deduction oI the tender rates by virtue oI
the Company adopting those details/departures, then such additional/reduced sum should
be stated in the annexed documents.

10. The Company will not be responsible Ior any expenses or losses, which may be incurred
by any Tenderer in the preparation oI his tender.

11. For local tenders with estimated tender sum oI above RM 2,000,000.00, the amount oI
Bid Bond/ Earnest Money, required to accompany the tender, shall be 2 oI the tender
sum subject to a maximum oI RM 100,000.00 (Ringgit Malaysia One Hundred
Thousand).

Bid Bond shall be either in the Iorm oI Banker's Guarantee or Bank DraIt/ Cashier Order.

Bank DraIt shall be issued by a bank licensed to operate in Malaysia. Banker`s Guarantee
shall be issued in accordance with the Company`s standard Iormat (Form PUR/4) by a
bank licensed to operate in Malaysia or such other Iormat as approved by the Company.

12. All contracts exceeding RM 50,000.00 (Ringgit Malaysia FiIty Thousand) must include a
PerIormance Bond Ior 10 oI the contract sum.

The PerIormance Bond shall be either in the Iorm oI Banker's Guarantee or Bank DraIt/
Cashier Order.

Bank DraIt shall be issued by a bank licensed to operate in Malaysia. Whereas, a
Banker`s Guarantee shall be issued in an acceptable Iormat similar to the sample Iormat
(Form PUR/5) by a bank licensed to operate in Malaysia.

The PerIormance Bond shall be irrevocable and valid Ior the duration oI the contract
period including the deIect liability/ maintenance period, iI any.

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Within 21 days Irom the date oI our letter oI acceptance oI your oIIer, the successIul
Tenderer will be required to Iurnish the necessary PerIormance Bond to the Company
Iailing which the successIul Tenderer will deem to have withdrawn Irom the oIIer and
Clause 13 as stated below shall be imposed.

13. II the Tenderer withdraws or modiIies his tender during the bid validity period or aIter
having been awarded the contract, the Company shall impose the Iollowing sanctions:

Bid Bond shall be IorIeited.

Where there is no Bid Bond involved, the Iollowing penalties will be imposed:

i. 20 loading oI the tender prices shall be imposed on all oI the Tenderer`s
Iuture tenders` submission Ior a period oI two consecutive years Ior the 1
st

oIIence.

ii. Barring the Tenderer Irom tendering Ior a period oI three consecutive years Ior
the 2
nd
oIIence.

iii. For any subsequent oIIence, the Tenderer, whether participating in his own
name or using a company as a guise or using non-participating partners oI
shareholders in any company whatsoever shall not be allowed to participate in
any Iuture tenders and his name and/ or the oIIending company shall be
permanently struck oII Irom the Company`s Contractor/ Supplier Register.

14. The tender must remain valid and open Ior acceptance Ior a period oI Iour (4) months
Irom the closing date oI the tender.

15. The Contract shall be Ior one-year period and can be renewed on annual basis up to a
maximum oI three years depending on the perIormance oI the Contractor. However,
please take note that the total tender sum (i.e. total contract value) shall also be used to
determine the expiry oI the Contract as provided under Clause 23 oI the 'General
Conditions oI Contract. Should the Contract expire upon reaching the total contract
value, the Contract can be renewed Ior another year up to a maximum oI two (2) times
depending on the perIormance oI the Contractor.

16. Bumiputra Tenderers are required to submit certiIied copies oI Trade Registrations
showing the proportion oI Bumiputra participation in the companies and the names oI the
directors oI the companies.

17. The Tenderer should supply evidence to show the competence to undertake the works
speciIied together with details oI competent staII, which is to be provided by completing
Schedule B.

When the Tenderer intends to employ more competent staII, this should be separately
mentioned in the Schedule.

18. The tender marked "Confidential" is to be submitted in a sealed envelope which shall be
clearly marked "TENDER FOR HT/LT OVERHEAD LINES MAINTENANCE
AND BONDING WORKS IN KUCHING, WESTERN REGION (Tender Ref. PUR
19/13)" but shall bear no writing on the outside oI the envelope which would enable the
Tenderer to be identiIied.



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The sealed envelope shall be addressed to:

The Chief Executive Officer,
Sarawak Energy Berhad,
c/o The Officer-In-Charge,
Tender Box, 8
th
Floor,
Menara Sarawak Energy,
No. 1, The Isthmus,
93050 Kuching, Sarawak

Or shall be hand delivered to:

The Officer-In-Charge
Tender Box, 8
th
Floor,
Sarawak Energy Berhad,
Menara Sarawak Energy,
No. 1, The Isthmus,
93050 Kuching, Sarawak

On or before 3 1uly 2013 at 3.00 p.m.

19. Prior to dropping in the Tender Box, the tender must be stamped by the Company`s
representative with the date and time oI submission.

20. Tenders received prior to the time oI opening will be securely kept unopened. Tenders
received aIter the time oI opening will be rejected. The Company shall not be held
responsible Ior premature opening oI tenders not properly addressed or identiIied.

21. The Company does not bind itselI to accept the lowest or any Tender, in part oI in whole
nor to assign any reason Ior the rejection oI any Tender.

22. The Tender or any Tenderer who has not conIormed with the Ioregoing instructions may
not be considered.

23. The oIIicial currency Ior this Contract shall be the Ringgit Malaysia (RM) and all rates
and prices shall be quoted in this currency.

24. Tenders determined to be substantially responsive will be checked by the Company Ior
any arithmetic errors in computation and summation. Errors will be corrected by the
Company as Iollows:

(a) Form oI Tender took precedence over the unit rates.

(b) In the Form oI Tender, tender sum in words took precedence over that in Iigure.

(c) In the event oI discrepancy, the unit rates should be adjusted, across the board, based
on the percentage diIIerence between the tender sum in the Form oI Tender and that
based on the unit rates.





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25. Tenderers who require clariIication oI the tender document may contact the Company
through:

The Manager (Corporate Procurement)
Sarawak Energy Berhad,
8
th
Floor, Menara Sarawak Energy,
No. 1, The Isthmus,
93050 Kuching,
Sarawak
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SECTION IV: SPECIFICATIONS FOR HT/LT OVERHEAD LINES
MAINTENANCE AND BONDING WORKS


1.0 SCOPE OF WORK

This SpeciIication covers the LT, 11KV & 33KV overhead lines on all types oI poles
including HT PU poles/33KV lattice towers Ior
a) overhead line maintenance
b) earthing and bonding rectiIication works Ior SEN/CSEN Earthing System in
accordance with the requirement as contained in the Steel Pole Design and
Construction Manuals.

The scope oI works in this tender includes :-

a) Cleaning and inspection oI pole top Iittings & equipment
b) Replacement oI deIective items such as disc insulators, pin insulators, lightning
arrestors, ABFI, ABI etc
c) Other repair and maintenance works as may be speciIied elsewhere in the Schedule
oI Rates
a) Erection oI bonding wire on existing HT poles
b) Installation oI additional local earth to improve steel pole Iooting resistance
c) Installation oI multiple earth Irom overhead earth wire (OHEW), Guard wire and
LT neutral on wood poles
d) Bonding Ior cable armours and exposed GI pipes
e) Bonding oI street lighting column and bracket to LT neutral
I) Bonding HT/LT steel poles to bonding wire
g) Bridging across at LT neutral open points
h) Installation oI LT skip pole guard

2.0 COMPETENCY AND CONTRACTOR PASS
All Contractor`s site supervisors who are working Ior the Company and in the
Company`s premises must be competent persons, holding the relevant valid competency
certiIicate issued by SESCo Competency & Authorization Committee (CAC) beIore
they can commence work on site.

Tender submission will not be considered for adjudication for those tenderer(s),
who do not submit a list of minimum number of TWO (2) competent persons
holding relevant valid competency certificate issued by SESCo Competency &
Authorization Committee (CAC) for the following :

i) HV OH lines

The Contractor shall have all their competent persons issued with the Company`s
relevant contractor pass and will be required to produce the pass on site when requested
by the Company`s Representative. For the Iirst oIIence where the Contractor or
Contractor`s workers Iail to comply with this requirement, 'STOP WORK notice and a
letter oI warning will be issued to the Contractor.

For the second oIIence, apart Irom issuing 'STOP WORK notice and warning letter to
the Contractor, the Contractor can be suspended Ior one week, up to a maximum oI
three months period iI necessary, pending on the jurisdiction oI the Authorized
Officer. The Company reserves the right to employ other contractor(s) to carry out the
Works Ior that period and the Company shall be entitled to recover Irom the Contractor
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any oI the cost thereoI or deduct the same Irom any monies due or that become due to
the Contractor.

For the third and subsequent oIIence, apart Irom issuing 'STOP WORK notice, the
Company reserves the right to terminate the Contract and to bar the Contractor Irom
participating in any distribution service tender Ior a period oI one year.

3.0 SUPERVISION OF WORKS

The Contractor shall provide eIIicient supervision oI the Works, and appoint competent
supervisors who can interpret drawings, understand explanation and carry out directions
given by the Company's Representative.

The minimum number of TWO (2) supervisors having CAC certificates for:

a) High Voltage Overhead Lines up to 33kV

Any orders or instructions which the Company's Representative may give to the
Contractor`s competent persons shall be deemed to have been given to the Contractor.
The Contractor shall provide a complete list oI competent workers and Iill in all their
names in Schedule B: Schedule oI Skilled Technicians and Labourers