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    This document provides general instructions to bidders for Kuwait Oil Company tenders. It outlines 23 points including requirements that bidders must be on the invited bidders list, bids can only be submitted by registered Kuwaiti or foreign companies, joint venture bids will be rejected, clarifications may be provided, bids must be completed accurately in English, the lowest bid will not necessarily be accepted, bid bonds and performance bonds are required, and the Company owns the copyright of all tender documents.

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    This document provides general instructions to bidders for Kuwait Oil Company tenders. It outlines 23 points including requirements that bidders must be on the invited bidders list, bids can only be submitted by registered Kuwaiti or foreign companies, joint venture bids will be rejected, clarifications may be provided, bids must be completed accurately in English, the lowest bid will not necessarily be accepted, bid bonds and performance bonds are required, and the Company owns the copyright of all tender documents.

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    This document provides general instructions to bidders for Kuwait Oil Company tenders. It outlines 23 points including requirements that bidders must be on the invited bidders list, bids can only be submitted by registered Kuwaiti or foreign companies, joint venture bids will be rejected, clarifications may be provided, bids must be completed accurately in English, the lowest bid will not necessarily be accepted, bid bonds and performance bonds are required, and the Company owns the copyright of all tender documents.

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    GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE BIDDER

    GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE BIDDER

    KUWAIT OIL COMPANY (K.S.C.)


    (Register of Commerce No. 21835)

    GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE BIDDER

    This document shall be read in conjunction with all other parts of the tender documents.

    1. The Company will only accept bids from bidders invited to participate in the tender.
    The Company will reject any bid submitted by a bidder whose name does not exactly
    match that on the bidders’ list. Therefore, bidders must verify the correctness and the
    accuracy of the name that appears on the bidders’ list, and must promptly bring to the
    attention of the Company, in writing, any discrepancy in the name.
    2. The Company will only enter into a contract with Kuwaiti companies registered with
    the Kuwait Ministry of Commerce, or with non-Kuwaiti companies registered in their
    country of origin with the registrar of companies and/or under the relevant prevailing
    laws that apply to registration of companies. The non-Kuwaiti company may directly
    purchase the tender document, submit a bid, and sign a contract.
    3. Any bid made by a joint venture, consortium, association, or partnership will be
    rejected unless submitted by one single corporate body nominated as the sole bidder and
    the sole contracting party.
    4. The bidder shall access the Company website and obtain documents referred to in, but
    not attached to the tender by following the string: www.kockw.com; eBusiness
    Commercial Documents. However, missing drawings, sketches and the like must be
    sought in writing from the concerned Team Leader Contracts. Where any pages of the
    tender are duplicated or missing or the reproduction not clear or any doubt exists as to
    the full extent and meaning of any description or the breakdown of the Contract Price or
    attachments to the Form of Tender or any part of this tender contain any errors, the
    bidder shall notify the Company in writing before submission of the bid and the
    Company may issue clarifications or amendments if necessary.
    5. The bidder shall not discuss the contents of the tender with any Company employee.
    Any question regarding the contents of the tender must be raised at the pre-bid meeting
    or by writing to the concerned Team Leader Contracts. The Company may issue any
    clarifications that result from the questions raised and these shall be made available to
    all bidders. The Company may, at any time prior to the bid closing date, issue

    General Instruction to Bidder (KPC Tenders) Page 2 of 5


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    clarifications or addenda and these shall become an integral part of the tender and may
    be incorporated into any resulting Contract.
    6. The bidder shall be properly complete and clearly type the bid in the English language.
    The bidder shall fill in all blank spaces and shall explain and initial any corrections,
    alterations, erasures or interlineations. Where any section of the tender document is in
    Arabic, that section shall be completed in Arabic. A partial or incomplete bid may result
    in rejection of the bid.
    7. The Company shall not consider any alterations, additions or deletions introduced by
    the bidder in the tender documents or in the Form of Tender and its attachments. Any
    bid which contains alternative proposals to that required by the tender document, unless
    expressly asked for, or which fails to comply with any of the requirements of this tender
    may be rejected.
    8. The bidder must write the bid price on the Form of Tender in figures and in words and
    must complete the attachments to the Form of Tender. The currency of the bid price and
    payment shall be in Kuwaiti Dinars unless otherwise specified in the Particular
    Instructions to the Bidder.
    9. The bidder is deemed to have fully informed itself of all matters which may in any way
    affect the performance and/or cost of the Works/Services, including but not limited to
    the form and nature of the Site; access to the Site; the full extent and character of the
    Works/Services; the contents and terms of all the tender documents and its attachments;
    and any information provided at or subsequent to the pre-bid meeting and the Site visit.
    10. The bidder is deemed to have adequate knowledge of the requirements of the
    Company’s HSE Management System which shall be obtained on CD from the Contract
    Team.
    11. The successful bidder will not be permitted by the Ministry of Social Affairs and
    Labour to import labour for the execution of this Contract if the Contract Period or Date
    for Completion (excluding the Defects Liability Period) is less than eight (8) months, in
    which case the bidder must have sufficient manpower available locally under its
    sponsorship to perform the Works/Services under the Contract.
    12. Where a Site visit forms part of this invitation to bid, the bidder’s representatives who
    propose to visit the Site must wear safety helmets and safety boots and overalls (boiler
    suits), without which they will not be permitted to enter the Site.

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    13. The bidder shall sign the Form of Tender and each of its attachments. The person or
    persons signing for the bidder must have the authority to bind the bidder, proof of which
    must be submitted with the bid. The name of each signatory shall be typed or otherwise
    clearly printed below each signature. In the event where the signatory is a representative,
    the bid must be accompanied by a power of attorney in favour of the signatory.
    14. The bidder shall place its bid in a special envelope unmarked package securely sealed
    with sealing wax and shall clearly mark it with the tender number and tender title as
    detailed in the Particular Instructions to the Bidder.
    15. The bidder shall deposit the envelope or package containing the bid in the Contracts Bid
    Box located in the Contracts Teams Building before the time and on the date stated in
    the tender. Bids received after the bid closing time shall not be considered. After
    submission of a bid no changes, amendments or reduction in the quoted prices shall be
    made unless found necessary by the Company.
    16. Any invited bidder who decides not to participate in the tender is required to submit to
    the concerned Company Team Leader Contracts, prior to the bid closing date, its reasons
    for not participating.
    17. All costs incurred by the bidder incidental to or arising from the preparation of the bid,
    Site visits and pre-bid meetings shall be borne by the bidder and shall be at no cost to the
    Company.
    18. The Company does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any bid.
    19. The bidder acknowledges that the Company is the author of all documents comprising
    this tender and the copyright in all such documents vests in the Company, and except
    where reasonably necessary for contract administration purposes, the bidder shall not
    use, reproduce, transmit or store the tender documents in any form or by any means
    without the Company’s prior written permission.
    20. The bidder shall submit a Bid Bond in the value specified in the Particular Instructions
    to the Bidder, valid for 90 days from the bid closing date and worded generally in
    accordance with the attached specimen. The Bid Bond shall be in the form of an
    unconditional bank guarantee issued by a bank licensed to carry out banking business in
    Kuwait. The Company will not entertain the bid in the event of failure to submit a Bid
    Bond. The Company may request the bidder to extend the validity of the Bid Bond at no
    extra cost to the Company. The Company shall return the Bid Bond to all the bidders

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    including the successful bidder after the Company has entered into a contract with the
    successful bidder.
    21. The successful bidder must submit a Performance Bond in the value specified in the
    Particular Instructions to the Bidder, for the due performance of the Contract as security
    by way of an unconditional bank guarantee issued by a bank licensed to carry out
    banking business in Kuwait, made payable to Kuwait Oil Company. The Performance
    Bond wording shall be generally in accordance with the attached specimen, which shall
    be valid for the entire Contract Period or Date for Completion inclusive of the Defects
    Liability Period as the case may be.
    22. In case the successful bidder does not provide the Performance Bond and signs a
    contract with the Company within ten (10) days of being informed of its bid having been
    accepted, the bidder may be deemed to have withdrawn and its Bid Bond may be
    confiscated.
    23. Where specified in the Particular Instructions to the Bidder, The bidder must ensure that
    the Bid Bond and the Tender Fee submitted to the Company bear the exact name of the
    bidder.

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