Padma Bridge Proposals Received

Eleven international companies have applied for pre-qualification (PQ) for the river training contract connected with the Padma Bridge project in Bangladesh.

They are: Penta-Ocean Construction Company Ltd. of Japan PAG Joint Venture of Denmark China Communication Construction Company Ltd. of China Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co. Ltd of Korea China Gezhouba group Company Limited of China Padma RTC JV Van Oord Dredging International Boskalis International bv. of Netherlands Jan De Nul N.V of Belgium Sinohydro Corporation Limited of China Changjiang survey Planning Design and research Co Ltd of China Bangladesh Check Technology Ltd and China International Water and Electric Corporation of China and STX-Samwhan Joint Venture of Korea.

The tender evaluation committee accepted the PQ applications until 4:00 pm on Thursday October 8.

Evaluation of the applications will take about a month after which the committee will submit them to the World Bank for a ‘no objection’. After World Bank clearance the first stage tender will then be invited.

The tender documents require the design consultant to propose appropriate standards and criteria for the design and construction of river-training works using all available and relevant international standards and codes of best practice for river-training works and stabilization of soft riverbanks. The experience of the Jamuna bridge project will be a standard for the Padma Bridge project.