Bidding documents should incorporate specific provisions requiring permanent local representative from foreign contractors to avoid construction delays. The performance of the contractors for the Birgunj ISWM and the Kavre Valley Water Supply Subproject was unsatisfactory in part because they had no local representative. The bidding documents should have included provisions requiring (i) the contractor’s representative to be a full-time employee of the bidder (in the case of a joint venture, the lead partner); (ii) the contractor’s representative to be at the work site for the duration of the contract; and (iii) termination of the contract in case the contractor fails to comply with these requirements.
Secondary Towns Integrated Urban Environmental Improvement Project