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Volume No. 4173 Monday May 20, 2019 Sawr 30, 1398 www.outlookafghanistan.net Price: 20/-Afs Quote of the Day With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. Eleanor Roosevelt www.thedailyafghanistan.com Email: thedailyafghanist[email protected] Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019 Add: In front of Habibia High School, District 3, Kabul, Afghansitan Strength Yamamoto has said that holding all the elections concurrently would mean “committing suicide”. Yamamoto Calls for Separate Holding of Upcoming Elections KABUL - Munera Yousufuza, who was until re- cently serving as director of programs coordina- tion on cultural, political and social affairs in the Office of the Chief of Staff of the President, has been appointed as deputy defense minister. Sources in the Ministry of Defense have con- firmed that Ms. Yousufzada has been appointed as deputy defense minister for training affairs. She has previously served as deputy governor of Kabul, spokesperson of the Independent Directo- rate of the Local Governance and some other sen- ior governmental positions. News regarding the appointment of Ms. You- sufzada as deputy defense minister emerged late on Saturday which attracted mixed reactions among the people, mainly in social media. Reacting to criticisms regarding the appointment of the first woman as deputy defense minister, presidential spokesperson Shah Hussain Murta- zwi said similar ...(More on P4)...(2) KABUL - The head of the UN mis- sion in Afghanistan Tadamichi Yamamoto in a meeting with mem- bers of the Independent Election Commission in Kabul on Sunday called for the separate holding of the presidential, the provincial councils and the Ghazni parliamentary elec- tions, a source from the commission told TOLOnews. The three elections are scheduled to be held simultaneously on Septem- ber 28. Yamamoto has said that holding the elections at the same time would mean “committing suicide”. The UN Assistance Mission in Af- ghanistan (UNAMA) has rejected the remarks. Hours after the news broke, UNA- MA said a tweet that Mr. Yamamoto stresses the need for timely presi- dential elections and that the organi- zation respects the independency of the Independent ...(More on P4)...(1) Munera Yousufzada Becomes the First Afghan Woman to be Appointed as Deputy Defense Minister The Taliban has met in Qatar with Germany’s special representative for Afghanistan amid international efforts to end the nearly 18-year war. Taliban, German Envoys Meet in Qatar Amid Peace Push Committee Formed to Solve Tension Over Parliament Speaker DOHA - In a statement on May 19, the Taliban said Markus Pot- zel held talks with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s dep- uty leader who is leading the mili- tant group’s peace efforts. U.S. and Taliban negotiators have met for several rounds of peace talks since last year, and despite progress have been unable to fi- nalize a peace agreement. Sohail Shaheen, the spokesman for the Taliban’s political office in Qatar, said in a statement on May 19 that Potzel and Baradar discussed “various aspects” of a possible peace deal, and “efforts of Germany in this regard.” Potzel, the ambassador to Afghan- istan from 2014 to 2016, also met KABUL - A committee of 15 law- makers was formed on Sunday to solve the tension over the elec- tion of Mir Rahman Rahmani as Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga, the Lower House of the Parliament. Khan Agha Rezaee, Ajmal Rahm- ani, Mirdad Nijrabi, Nahid Farid and Humayun Harirod are the five members of the committee from Rahmani’s side while Khan Mohammad Wardak, Jawed Safi, Sayed Ahmad Khadim, Razia Mangal and Abdul Rasheed Azizi are from Kamal Nasir Osuli. Meanwhile, five MPs, including Abdul Qayum Sajjadi, Irfanullah Irfan, Fraidoon Mohmand, Sediq Ahmad Osmani, and Moham- madullah Batash, are the impartial members of the committee. The committee’s work did not yield any result on Sunday; there- fore, they decided to announce their decision on Monday. The lawmakers in the Wolesi Jirga, the Lower House of the Parlia- ment, on Sunday divided over ac- cepting the new Speaker Mir Rah- man Rahmani who was declared winner after a voting session on Baradar for talks on May 1. The latest talks between U.S. and Taliban representatives end- ed on May 9, with U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad saying that “steady but slow progress” was made. U.S. and Taliban negotiators have been trying to find agree- ment on four interconnected issues, including the Taliban breaking off ties with ...(More on P4)...(3) Saturday. Rahmani, who was competing for the seat with Pa- ktia MP Kamal Nasir Osuli, got 123 votes while his opponent got 55 votes. Following the rifts on the new speaker, some footages, appar- ently captured by some lawmakers, were released on social media showing angry MPs trying to stop the new speaker to take his seat. Other footage showed that a group of female lawmakers occu- pying the speaker’s seat and calling for an interim speaker and re-election for the position. Talking to TOLOnews, Kabul MP Ramazan Bashardost said the controversy in the parliament over the election of the new speaker can be solved ...(More on P4)...(4) The committee has 15 members, five members from Rahmani, five from Osuli and five impartial members. Publication of Award of Contract Project Name: G0081-AFG, Consultancy Services for Detailed Design of Part of Qaisar-Bala Murghab-Laman Ring Road Project. Grant No: G0081–AFG Name of NCB: De-mining of part of Qaisar-Bala-Murghab-Leman Ring Road Project (151km) Bid/Contract Reference No: Rebid/DS/MPW/QL-01/NCB Procuring Entity: Dongsung Engineering Co., Ltd. contracted with PMO/MPW for Consultancy Services for Detailed Design of part of Qaisar-Bala-Murghab-Leman Ring Road Project Scope of the Contract: Procurement for De-mining of part of Qaisar-Bala-Murghab-Leman Ring Road Project (151km) Duration of Contract: 2 months, 60 days Evaluation Currency: USD Contract Awarded recommendation: Name: Standard Demining Company (Afghanistan) Address in Afghanistan: Mamoreyat Square Arzan Qimat District 12, Kabul-Afghanistan. Bid price at bid opening: 570,000 USD Evaluated Bid Price (in evaluation currency): 570,000 USD Contract Price (in evaluation currency): 570,000 USD List of bidders who submitted Bids: 1. Standard Demining Company (Afghanistan) 2. United Asia Demining Company (Afghanistan) 3. Kabul Mine Clearance Company (Afghanistan) 4. Safe World Demining Company (Afghanistan) 5. ADC/AMDC JV (Afghanistan) List of responsive bidders, 1. Standard Demining Company (Afghanistan) List of Non responsive Bidders, 1. United Asia Demining Company (Afghanistan) Bid price at bid opening: 500,000 USD 2. Kabul Mine Clearance Company (Afghanistan) Bid price at bid opening: 429,911 USD 3. Safe World Demining Company (Afghanistan) Bid price at bid opening: 905,000 USD 4. ADC/AMDC JV (Afghanistan) Bid price at bid opening: 737,500 USD Reason for rejected bids: (i) The first lowest bid Kabul Mines Clearance Company is consider as disqualified due not meeting the annual turnover, No audit report, not meeting the financial resources and it is not meeting the requirements as per the bidding documents. Thus, the bidder is considered non-responsive. (ii) The second lowest bid United Asia Demining Company is also consider disqualified due to not meeting the annual turnover, not meeting the financial resources and No audit report and it is not meeting the requirements as per the bidding documents. Thus, the bidder is considered non-responsive. (iii) The two companies are evaluated and are high cost then the third company thus we did not go in detailed evaluation. This is to notify that Dongsung Engineering Co., Ltd intend to award the contract for Procurement for De-mining of part of Qaisar-Bala-Murghab-Leman Ring Road Project (151km) with IFB No. Rebid/DS/MPW/QL-01/NCB to Standard Demining Company Based in Afghanistan, at a total amount of 570,000 USD Five Hundred Seventy Thousand US Dollars only. The ground for protest is open, starting from date of announcement of this intention for award and will close within one calendar week. Protest shall not be accepted beyond the deadline. Protest must be addressed in writing to Dongsung Engineering Co., Ltd, Hawashanasi Road, Kabul, Afghanistan. This notice does not constitute a contract until deadline completion stipulated herein and completion of further processes.
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Volume No. 4173 Monday May 20, 2019 Sawr 30, 1398 www.outlookafghanistan.net Price: 20/-Afs
Quote of the Day
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
Eleanor Roosevelt
www.thedailyafghanistan.comEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 0093 (799) 005019/777-005019Add: In front of Habibia High School,
District 3, Kabul, Afghansitan
Strength
Yamamoto has said that holding all the elections concurrently would mean “committing suicide”.
Yamamoto Calls for Separate Holding of Upcoming Elections
KABUL - Munera Yousufuza, who was until re-cently serving as director of programs coordina-tion on cultural, political and social affairs in the Office of the Chief of Staff of the President, has been appointed as deputy defense minister.Sources in the Ministry of Defense have con-firmed that Ms. Yousufzada has been appointed as deputy defense minister for training affairs.She has previously served as deputy governor of Kabul, spokesperson of the Independent Directo-rate of the Local Governance and some other sen-ior governmental positions.News regarding the appointment of Ms. You-sufzada as deputy defense minister emerged late on Saturday which attracted mixed reactions among the people, mainly in social media.Reacting to criticisms regarding the appointment of the first woman as deputy defense minister, presidential spokesperson Shah Hussain Murta-zwi said similar ...(More on P4)...(2)
KABUL - The head of the UN mis-sion in Afghanistan Tadamichi Yamamoto in a meeting with mem-bers of the Independent Election Commission in Kabul on Sunday called for the separate holding of the presidential, the provincial councils and the Ghazni parliamentary elec-tions, a source from the commission told TOLOnews.The three elections are scheduled to be held simultaneously on Septem-ber 28. Yamamoto has said that holding the elections at the same time would mean “committing suicide”.The UN Assistance Mission in Af-ghanistan (UNAMA) has rejected the remarks. Hours after the news broke, UNA-MA said a tweet that Mr. Yamamoto stresses the need for timely presi-dential elections and that the organi-zation respects the independency of the Independent ...(More on P4)...(1)
Munera Yousufzada Becomes the First Afghan Woman to be Appointed as Deputy Defense Minister
The Taliban has met in Qatar with Germany’s special representative for Afghanistan amid international efforts to end the nearly 18-year war.
Taliban, German Envoys Meet in Qatar Amid Peace Push
Committee Formed to Solve Tension Over Parliament Speaker
DOHA - In a statement on May 19, the Taliban said Markus Pot-zel held talks with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s dep-uty leader who is leading the mili-tant group’s peace efforts.U.S. and Taliban negotiators have met for several rounds of peace talks since last year, and despite progress have been unable to fi-nalize a peace agreement.Sohail Shaheen, the spokesman for the Taliban’s political office in Qatar, said in a statement on May 19 that Potzel and Baradar discussed “various aspects” of a possible peace deal, and “efforts of Germany in this regard.”Potzel, the ambassador to Afghan-istan from 2014 to 2016, also met
KABUL - A committee of 15 law-makers was formed on Sunday to solve the tension over the elec-tion of Mir Rahman Rahmani as Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga, the Lower House of the Parliament. Khan Agha Rezaee, Ajmal Rahm-ani, Mirdad Nijrabi, Nahid Farid and Humayun Harirod are the five members of the committee from Rahmani’s side while Khan Mohammad Wardak, Jawed Safi, Sayed Ahmad Khadim, Razia Mangal and Abdul Rasheed Azizi are from Kamal Nasir Osuli. Meanwhile, five MPs, including Abdul Qayum Sajjadi, Irfanullah Irfan, Fraidoon Mohmand, Sediq Ahmad Osmani, and Moham-madullah Batash, are the impartial members of the committee.The committee’s work did not yield any result on Sunday; there-fore, they decided to announce their decision on Monday.The lawmakers in the Wolesi Jirga, the Lower House of the Parlia-ment, on Sunday divided over ac-cepting the new Speaker Mir Rah-man Rahmani who was declared winner after a voting session on
Baradar for talks on May 1.The latest talks between U.S. and Taliban representatives end-ed on May 9, with U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad saying that “steady but slow progress” was made.U.S. and Taliban negotiators have been trying to find agree-ment on four interconnected issues, including the Taliban breaking off ties with ...(More on P4)...(3)
Saturday. Rahmani, who was competing for the seat with Pa-ktia MP Kamal Nasir Osuli, got 123 votes while his opponent got 55 votes. Following the rifts on the new speaker, some footages, appar-ently captured by some lawmakers, were released on social media showing angry MPs trying to stop the new speaker to take his seat. Other footage showed that a group of female lawmakers occu-pying the speaker’s seat and calling for an interim speaker and re-election for the position. Talking to TOLOnews, Kabul MP Ramazan Bashardost said the controversy in the parliament over the election of the new speaker can be solved ...(More on P4)...(4)
The committee has 15 members, five members from Rahmani, five from Osuli and five impartial members.
Publication of Award of Contract
Project Name: G0081-AFG, Consultancy Services for Detailed Design of Part of Qaisar-Bala Murghab-Laman Ring Road Project. Grant No: G0081–AFG Name of NCB: De-mining of part of Qaisar-Bala-Murghab-Leman Ring Road Project (151km) Bid/Contract Reference No: Rebid/DS/MPW/QL-01/NCB Procuring Entity: Dongsung Engineering Co., Ltd. contracted with PMO/MPW for Consultancy Services for Detailed Design of part of Qaisar-Bala-Murghab-Leman Ring Road Project Scope of the Contract: Procurement for De-mining of part of Qaisar-Bala-Murghab-Leman Ring Road Project (151km) Duration of Contract: 2 months, 60 days Evaluation Currency: USD Contract Awarded recommendation: Name: Standard Demining Company (Afghanistan) Address in Afghanistan: Mamoreyat Square Arzan Qimat District 12, Kabul-Afghanistan. Bid price at bid opening: 570,000 USD Evaluated Bid Price (in evaluation currency): 570,000 USD Contract Price (in evaluation currency): 570,000 USD List of bidders who submitted Bids:
1. Standard Demining Company (Afghanistan) 2. United Asia Demining Company (Afghanistan) 3. Kabul Mine Clearance Company (Afghanistan) 4. Safe World Demining Company (Afghanistan) 5. ADC/AMDC JV (Afghanistan)
List of responsive bidders, 1. Standard Demining Company (Afghanistan)
List of Non responsive Bidders, 1. United Asia Demining Company (Afghanistan) Bid price at bid opening: 500,000 USD 2. Kabul Mine Clearance Company (Afghanistan) Bid price at bid opening: 429,911 USD 3. Safe World Demining Company (Afghanistan) Bid price at bid opening: 905,000 USD 4. ADC/AMDC JV (Afghanistan) Bid price at bid opening: 737,500 USD
Reason for rejected bids: (i) The first lowest bid Kabul Mines Clearance Company is consider as disqualified due
not meeting the annual turnover, No audit report, not meeting the financial resources and it is not meeting the requirements as per the bidding documents. Thus, the bidder is considered non-responsive.
(ii) The second lowest bid United Asia Demining Company is also consider disqualified due to not meeting the annual turnover, not meeting the financial resources and No audit report and it is not meeting the requirements as per the bidding documents. Thus, the bidder is considered non-responsive.
(iii) The two companies are evaluated and are high cost then the third company thus we did not go in detailed evaluation.
This is to notify that Dongsung Engineering Co., Ltd intend to award the contract for Procurement for De-mining of part of Qaisar-Bala-Murghab-Leman Ring Road Project (151km) with IFB No. Rebid/DS/MPW/QL-01/NCB to Standard Demining Company Based in Afghanistan, at a total amount of 570,000 USD Five Hundred Seventy Thousand US Dollars only. The ground for protest is open, starting from date of announcement of this intention for award and will close within one calendar week. Protest shall not be accepted beyond the deadline. Protest must be addressed in writing to Dongsung Engineering Co., Ltd, Hawashanasi Road, Kabul, Afghanistan. This notice does not constitute a contract until deadline completion stipulated herein and completion of further processes.
