IGMH seeks contractor to develop an oncology ward

Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) is seeking a contractor to develop an oncology ward.

In an announcement released on Monday, the hospital said a briefing regarding the project will be held at the hospital’s Procurement Meeting Room at 11:00am tomorrow morning. Following this meeting, attendees will get the opportunity to tour the space where the ward will be developed.

As per the announcement, parties submitting proposals will have make a payment of MVR 35,000 as bid security. In this regard, a guarantee or a cashier’s cheque issued by a bank operating in the Maldives must be submitted alongside the proposal as bid security.

IGMH said that no interest will be incurred from the bid security. They detailed that bid security will not be returned under circumstance where the bid successor refuses to sign the agreement or a proposal is taken back after submission.

The hospital said that proposals may only be submitted by registered parties with the Planning Ministry.  

Proposals must be submitted in two envelopes. The first envelope should contain the quotation whilst the second envelope must comprise of bid documents relevant to prequalification or technical qualification.

Both envelopes should have the sender’s name, announcement number and ‘Bid on Development of an Oncology Ward at IGMH’ written outside.

Questions regarding the bid can be forward to IGMH’s email [email protected] till 14:00pm on Wednesday. Answers to queries will be uploaded to the hospital’s website until next Sunday.

Submission of proposals will take place at IGMH’s Procurement Meeting Room at 11:00am on next Monday.

Those who fail to show up on time will be disqualified for submitting their proposals, as per IGMH.

IGMH’s oncology ward will be developed with financial assistance from Bank of Maldives (BML). The bank is set to provide MVR 3.5 million to finance the project – an initiative part of the series of 12 high impact monthly community initiatives to celebrate the bank’s upcoming 40th anniversary.