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Press, Volume C, Issue 29638, 7 October 1961, Page 19

TEN9EHS INDUS BASIN PROJECT West Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority ADVANCE NOTICE OF INTENT To INVITE TENDERS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF FIXEDWHEEL GATES In connexion with the construction of a number of large canals and appurtenant structures to be undertaken as part of the Indus Basin Project in West Pakistan the above Authority intends to call for tenders for the furnishing of fixed-wheel gates, frames, guides and hoists. The gates and appurtenant equipment will ■ be installed in regulating structures to control and regulate flow ot water in the canals. The procurement of the gates and appurtenant equipment will be financed through the Indus Basin Development Fund which wui be administered by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank). . The work will consist of furnishing all labour, services materials, plant, equipment and supplies required to supply, f ob. manufacturers’ plant the required gates. Toe gates’ will be of the fixed-wheel type. 24 and 12 feet in width and with heights varying from approximately 10 to 18 feet. Gates higher than 12 feet will be fabricated in sections for field assembly at the site. Each gate Is to be furnished complete with gate frame, guides, counterweight frame and manually operated, cable-drum hoist. Approximately 29 gates will be required in the initial Tender covering gates for the TrimmuSidhnai Link Canal, and additional gates of similar type will be procured for other link canals periodically in the future. Invitations to submit Tenders, along with Specifications for the work, will be issued only to firms presenting satisfactory evidence of having successfully produced equipment of a similar nature. Those firms who wish their names to be included on a list to receive the Contract Documents and Specifications are requested to submit the following information to the Authority’s Consultants. Tipton and Kalmbach Inc at Post Office Box 589. Lahore. West Pakistan, with a copy to their office at 831 14th street, Denver 2, Colorado, U.SA. 1. Name of Company or Firm. 2. Country of Domicile. 3. Full address, name and title of person to whom future correspondence should be directed. 4. Record of experience on similar work in the form of a ‘’brochure," list of equipment fabricated and other data of a similar nature The above information should be sent airmail to reach the offices of the Authority’s Consultants oh or before October 30, 1961. The firms who have expressed an interest in the work by submitting the required information and satisfactory evidence of competency will subsequently receive the Contract Documents and Specifications and an invitation to submit a Tender for furnishing the gates, frames guides and hoists for each link canal as the Contract Documents and Specifications are issued. Project Director (Links), West Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority. 2168 INDUS BASIN PROJECT West Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority ADVANCE NOTICE OF INTENT TO INVITE TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CANALS AND APPURTENANT WORKS The above Authority advertised in December, 1960, regarding the construction of a number of large canals in West Pakistan. Their construction will be financed through the Indus Basin Development Fund, the operation of which will be administered by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank). The Authority plans to call for two separate construction tenders on the previously advertised Sidhnai-Mailsi-Bahawal Link Canal instead of a single tender as oreviously contemplated. One tender will be called for the Sidhnai-Mailsi portion of tlie canal and a second tender will be called for the MailsiBahawal portion. Ail contractors who have made previous application and who have been prequalified to receive invitations to tender on the Sidhnai-Mailsi-Bahawal Link Canal will be sent invitations to tender on both the Sic&mai-Mailsi Link Canal and the Mailsi-Bahawal Link Canal. No further request or application from such prequalified contractors will be necessary. In view of the above change It has been decided that additional contractors not already prequalified by the Authority will be permitted to submit information of their qualifications for undertaking the proposed construction of the MailsiBahawal Link Canal in application for prequalification. The Mailsi-Bahawal canal will have a length of 13 miles. It will require the excavation of about 4.1 million cubic yards of earth compaction of 1.7 million cubic yards of embankment and the construction of 11 structures such as regulators, bridges and aqueducts. The capacity of the canal will be 3900 cubic feet per second and it will be brick lined over most of its length. The Authority plans to call for tenders for the construction of the Mailsi-Bahawal Link early in 1962. Only contractors who have been prequalified by the Authority will be invited to submit tenders for this purpose. Contractors who wish their names to be included on a list to receive the document for prequalification are requested to submit the following information on or before November 15. 1961, to the Authority’s Consultants Tipton and Kalmbach. Inc., at Post Office Box 589, Lahore, West Pakistan, with a copy to their office at 831 . 14th street. Denver 2, Colorado. USA.: 1. Name of Company or Firm with full address. 2. Name and title of person to whom future correspondence should be directed. The Interested contractors wil! then be furnished with a document describing the work and setting forth the informa- . tlon required from them by the Authority In order to evaluate their qualifications for undertaking the proposed canal construction. Project Director (Links), West Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority-. 2036 WAIMAIRI COUNTY COUNCIL HOUSE PAINTING Tenders are invited for the exterior painting of four ' Council houses, and roof painting of buildings in the Council Yard. Conditions and specifications may be obtained at the Council Offices. Tenders endorsed “House Painting” addressed to "The Chairman” will be received up to 4 pun. on Thursday, October 19, 1961. at the Council Offices, cnr. Clyde and Jeffreys roads. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. J. T. L. COUPES, County Engineer. < 2150 1