Cai Lon – Cai Be Irrigation Project Phase 1: Tender Results

Two joint ventures won the construction packages XL01 and XL02 of Phase 1 of the Cai Lon – Cai Be Irrigation System project, with combined winning bids of over VND 2,300 billion; the project has a total investment of VND 3,309.5 billion.

Key points

• XL01 (Cai Lon sluice): package price VND 1,874.278 billion, winning bid VND 1,733.568 billion.
• XL02 (Cai Be sluice and connecting dyke): package price VND 585.175 billion, winning bid VND 575,934,771,000.
• Both packages use adjustable unit-price contracts with a 25-month implementation period.
• The contracts for both packages were signed on 10 October 2019 in Can Tho City.

Tender results for packages XL01 and XL02

Package XL01, Construction, supply and installation of equipment for the Cai Lon sluice, had a package price of VND 1,874.278 billion. The winning joint venture is Trung Chinh Trading and Construction Co., Ltd (Trung Chinh) – Lilama 10 JSC – Trung Nam 18 E&C Construction JSC – Hai Duong Dyke Construction and Rural Development JSC – Thanh Tuan Construction Survey and Construction Co., Ltd – Hoa Hiep Co., Ltd. The winning bid is VND 1,733.568 billion; the contract is an adjustable unit-price contract with an implementation period of 25 months.

Package XL02, Construction, supply and installation of equipment for the Cai Be sluice and the dyke connecting the Cai Lon and Cai Be sluices to National Highway 61, had a package price of VND 585.175 billion. Through open tendering, the procuring entity selected the joint venture of Tran Tran One Member Co., Ltd – Trung Chinh – Truong Phat Co., Ltd – Thai Quang Construction Investment JSC – Dai An Construction Investment JSC – Mechanical and Installation JSC 276, with a winning bid of VND 575,934,771,000. This package also uses an adjustable unit-price contract with an implementation period of 25 months.

According to the contractor selection results above, Trung Chinh took part in a joint venture bid and won both packages.

Scale of Phase 1

According to the contractor selection plan approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on 16 August 2019, Phase 1 of the Cai Lon – Cai Be Irrigation System project has a total investment of VND 3,309.5 billion and comprises 11 packages: 3 non-consulting, 5 consulting and 3 construction packages.

According to MARD, Phase 1 will build the Cai Lon sluice (grade I structure), the Cai Be sluice (grade II) and the dyke connecting the two sluices to National Highway 61 (grade III). This phase also carries out a livelihood-model component and non-structural activities in Kien Giang and Hau Giang provinces, for which the two provinces’ departments of agriculture and rural development are the investors.

Cai Lon sluice

The Cai Lon sluice will be built across the Cai Lon River bed with a total length of 470 meters, comprising 11 sluice bays of 40 meters each with a sill elevation of -3.5 to -6.5 meters, and two ship locks of 15 meters wide each with a sill elevation of -5 meters, running in opposite directions.

Cai Be sluice

The Cai Be sluice will be built across the Cai Be River bed with a total length of 85 meters, comprising 2 bays of 35 meters each with a sill elevation of -5 meters, and a ship lock 15 meters wide with a sill elevation of -4 meters.

Connecting dyke and auxiliary works

The dyke connecting the two sluices to National Highway 61 has a total length of 5.843 km, divided into two sections: 1.031 km from the Cai Lon sluice to the Cai Be sluice, and 4.812 km from the Cai Be sluice to National Highway 61. The dyke crest is 9 meters wide at an elevation of 2 meters.

The project also includes auxiliary works: a power supply system, a lighting system for the works, monitoring equipment, an operation house, and riverbank reinforcement embankments.

According to our research, on 10 October 2019 the investor and the winning joint ventures signed the contracts for packages XL01 and XL02 in Can Tho City.

Source: baodauthau.vn