Airport construction works – nec3 priced bill of quantities contract with r100m pi insurance

Refurbishment of Passenger Loading Bridges at OR Tambo International Airport for a period of 12 months. The works are Refurbishment for Passengers Loading Bridges at OR Tambo International Airport. The completion date for the whole of the works is 30 March 2028. The starting date is 01 November 2026.

Closing date: 16 October 2026 at 12:00

Starting date: 01 November 2026

Completion date for whole of works: 30 March 2028

Defects date: 52 weeks after Completion of the whole of the works

No briefing or site visit dates are stated.

Employer: Airports Company South Africa SOC Limited (reg. no: 1993/004149/06)

Address: O R Tambo International Airport, ACSA Admin. Building, 3rd Floor North Wing Offices, Kempton Park, 1627

Project Manager: TBA (same address)

Supervisor: TBA (same address)

Insurance contact:

• Name: Nokulunga Masiza
• Telephone: +27 (0)11 723 1400
• Mobile: +27 (0)79 512 0532
• Email: [email protected]

Returnable documents:

• C1.1 Form of Offer and Acceptance: signed offer with total price (exclusive and inclusive of VAT) and bidder details.
• C1.2b Contract Data provided by the Contractor: completed contractor data.
• Pricing Data (Part C2): priced bill of quantities.
• Performance bond: unconditional, on-demand, from an accepted bank or insurer, in the form in Annexure B.
• Proof of insurance as required.

Submission method: not stated in the document. Closing time: 12:00 on 16 October 2026 (from tender record).

Disqualification risks:

• Failure to provide bonds, guarantees, proof of insurance or other required documentation within two weeks of receiving the completed agreement constitutes repudiation.
• Failure to notify the employer in writing within five working days of receipt of the agreement of any reason for non-acceptance makes the agreement binding.

Evaluation method not stated in the document. The contract is a priced contract with bill of quantities (NEC3 main Option B). No preference point system (80/20 or 90/10) is mentioned. No minimum qualifying score is stated.

Scope: Refurbishment of Passenger Loading Bridges (PLBs) at OR Tambo International Airport.

Contract period: 12 months.

Works to be done one PLB at a time; commissioning and testing per PLB.

Site access: 14 hours, 7 days a week.

The Employer is not willing to take over the works before the Completion Date.

The Contractor must submit a first programme within 2 weeks of the Contract Date, and revised programmes at intervals no longer than 2 weeks.

The period for reply is 1 week.

The law of the contract is the law of the Republic of South Africa; language is English.

The Contractor must implement and maintain a quality management system as stated in the Works Information.

A quality plan must be submitted for acceptance within 2 weeks of the Contract Date.

The Project Manager may instruct correction of any failure to comply with the quality plan; such instruction is not a compensation event.

Pricing: Priced contract with bill of quantities, measured in accordance with the 6th edition of the Standard System of Measuring Building Works (ASAQS), amended as stated in Part C2.1 Pricing Assumptions.

Payment: Assessments between the 20th day of each successive month; payments made within 5 weeks.

Performance bond: unconditional, on-demand, from an accepted bank or insurer, in the form in Annexure B. Must remain valid until end of contract period; if it expires earlier, must be extended four weeks prior to expiry, otherwise the Employer may claim the full amount and retain as cash security.

Delay damages: PLB handover R5,000 per day; Commissioning and Testing R3,000 per day; whole of works 0.05% of contract value per day, up to 10% maximum.

Limitation of liability: Neither party liable for indirect or consequential loss; Contractor's total liability limited to total losses incurred and/or repairs to damages caused, with excluded matters listed.

Insurance: Employer arranges Contract Works, Public Liability (R100,000,000), Lateral Support (R50,000,000), SASRIA (R500,000,000 aggregate), and Professional Indemnity (R25,000,000 aggregate, shared across ACSA contracts). Contractor must familiarise itself with these policies and may arrange additional cover at its own cost.

No specific eligibility or pre-qualification requirements (e.g., CSD, tax clearance, B-BBEE, CIDB) are stated in the document.

The Contractor must comply with the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act No. 130 of 1993 and common law liability for people falling outside the scope of the Act.

The Contractor must implement a quality management system and submit a quality plan for acceptance within 2 weeks of the Contract Date.

Safety file approval is a key date condition.

Safety file approval is a key date condition.

The Contractor must comply with the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act No. 130 of 1993 and common law liability for people falling outside the scope of the Act.

Weather data for compensation events: cumulative rainfall, number of days with rainfall more than 10 mm, number of days with minimum air temperature less than 0 degrees Celsius, and number of days with snow lying at 09:00 South African Time, recorded at OR Tambo International Airport, supplied by the National Weather Bureau of SA, with assumed values for ten-year return weather data in Annexure A.

Contract form: NEC3 Engineering and Construction Contract (April 2013) with main Option B (Priced contract with bill of quantities), dispute resolution Option W1, and secondary options X5 (Sectional Completion), X7 (Delay damages), X15 (Limitation of liability for design), X18 (Limitation of liability), X20 (Key performance indicators), and additional conditions Z1 to Z24.

Key terms:

• Delay damages: PLB handover R5,000 per day; Commissioning and Testing R3,000 per day; whole of works 0.05% of contract value per day, up to 10% maximum.
• Limitation of liability: Neither party liable for indirect or consequential loss; Contractor's total liability limited to total losses incurred and/or repairs to damages caused, with excluded matters listed.
• Additional conditions cover interpretation, subcontracting, acceleration, defects date extension, quality management, compensation events, termination, performance bond, cession, joint and several liability, ethics, confidentiality, liens, and intellectual property.
• Dispute resolution via adjudication (with panel of adjudicators) and arbitration under the Association of Arbitrators (Southern Africa).
• The Contractor must provide proof of payment to subcontractors within 5 days of request; failure allows the Employer to pay subcontractors directly.
• Time is of the essence.
• The Contractor warrants fitness for purpose of the works.
• The Contractor must not cede, delegate or assign without written consent.
• Joint ventures are jointly and severally liable.
• Business rescue proceedings are grounds for termination.
• The Employer may terminate if delay damages reach the stated limits.

The Employer is not willing to take over the works before the Completion Date.

Access to the site is available 14 hours, 7 days a week.

The Contractor must submit a first programme within 2 weeks of the Contract Date, and revised programmes at intervals no longer than 2 weeks.

The period for reply is 1 week.

The law of the contract is the law of the Republic of South Africa, and the language is English.

No evaluation criteria are stated in the document. The contract is a priced contract with bill of quantities; no scoring or preference point system is mentioned.