published: 18 May 2026
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS: no later than 10:00 a.m. on May 26, 2026.
CJSC “Kumtor Gold Company” invites interested parties to participate in tender with unlimited participation, using a two-envelope procedure, for conducting research works on stability assessment and displacement forecasting of the Kumtor mine waste rock dump movement in the Chong-Sarytor valley towards the Kumtor River and associated infrastructure facilities.
| Submission Format: | The tender application and other documents forming part of the tender submission shall be signed by a duly authorized person having the right to sign the tender letter and to assume obligations under the contract. The said documents shall bear the company seal and be submitted in electronic PDF format.
The authority of the person signing the tender application shall be confirmed by a power of attorney or duly certified copies of constituent, corporate, or other documents evidencing such authority. Prior to preparing the tender submission, the bidder shall review the Instructions for Preparation of Tender Proposal (for Suppliers), attached as Appendix 1 to the tender documentation, and ensure full compliance with the requirements set forth therein. |
| Procedure for Submission of Proposals
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Bidders shall submit a tender application prepared in the Russian language and duly completed in strict accordance with the requirements of the tender documentation. The application shall be accompanied by the necessary copies of supporting documents as required under the tender conditions.
The letter of tender and accompanying documents shall be submitted electronically to the following email address: NIR-otval-2026@kumtor.kg no later than 10:00 a.m. on May 26, 2026. Applications received after the specified deadline shall not be considered. The bidder shall submit a financial proposal containing the price of the tender (price offer), as well as other documents and information necessary for the proper execution of the research assignment on stability assessment and displacement forecasting of the Kumtor mine waste rock dump movement in the Chong-Sarytor valley towards the Kumtor River and related infrastructure facilities, in full compliance with the Terms of Reference provided by the Client. |
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The size of a single email containing the tender proposal shall not exceed 25 MB.
In the event that the total size of the attached documents exceeds 25 MB, the tender submission shall be divided into several emails. In such case, the subject line of each email shall indicate the name of the bidder and the relevant part of the tender submission, for example: 1. “Qualification and Technical Proposals (Bidder’s Name)” – Part 1 2. “Qualification and Technical Proposals (Bidder’s Name)” – Part 2 3. “Tender Proposal and Cost Estimate (Bidder’s Name)” – Part 3 4. “Financial Proposal (Bidder’s Name)” – Part 4, and so on as required Given that download links to documents stored in cloud services typically have limited validity periods, submission of tender documentation via cloud storage links is discouraged. It is recommended that documents be submitted directly as email attachments. |
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The tender application shall include the following documents: |
– Letter of tender;
– Tender Security Declaration; – Declaration of Integrity; – Scanned copies of original financial statements for 2023–2025; – Commercial Proposal (the validity period of the proposal shall be 60 days); – Prepared cost estimates and other necessary supporting documents; – Certificates confirming absence of outstanding tax liabilities and social insurance contributions. |
| Evaluation Criteria: | A tender proposal shall be deemed responsive if it is submitted with a complete set of documents required by the tender documentation and is duly prepared in accordance with the established requirements. |
| Supplier Requirements: | 1. At least 5 years of practical experience in engineering services related to conducting research works (R&D) in the fields of mineral processing, metallurgy, and development of technological regulations.
2. Availability of intellectual resources, including research personnel with at least 3 years of relevant experience, as well as designers, environmental specialists, and other qualified experts. 3. Preferably, availability of a production base for manufacturing equipment for filtration of mineral processing and metallurgical products. |
| Procedure for Submission of Financial Proposal | Stage 2: Financial Proposal |
| The financial (commercial) proposal shall be submitted as a file placed in a password-protected archive. The template of the financial (commercial) proposal is attached as Appendix 7 to the tender documentation. The password to the archive shall be provided by the bidder only upon request of the authorized representative of the Client appointed to conduct the tender.
The archive password shall contain at least 8 (eight) characters, including at least one digit, one special character, and at least one uppercase and one lowercase letter. The financial (commercial) proposal shall be prepared on the bidder’s official letterhead, addressed to CJSC “Kumtor Gold Company”, and shall include mandatory information on the cost of services, deadlines for performance of the works, and payment terms in accordance with the requirements of the tender documentation. Requests for passwords to archives containing financial (commercial) proposals shall be made only in respect of those bidders whose tender applications have been found compliant with the qualification and technical requirements of the tender. |
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| Proposals with the subject line: “Conducting comprehensive research on filtration using samples from the Kumtor deposit” shall be submitted to the following email address: NIR-otval-2026@kumtor.kg no later than 10:00 a.m. on May 26, 2026. | |
| The Client reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals, as well as to cancel the tender process at any time before awarding the Contract, without incurring any obligations to the respective participants. | |
| The participation proposal must be prepared on the official letterhead. | |
| Proposals submitted after the specified deadline will not be accepted or considered.
By submitting a proposal, the Participant thereby expresses agreement with all terms specified in the Company’s requirements. Each participant may submit only one tender proposal. The validity period of the tender proposal must be at least 60 calendar days. No changes to the proposal are allowed during its validity period. |
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| The bidder selected through the tender shall, prior to signing the contract, provide a contract performance security in the form of a declaration. | |
| In the event of an advance payment, the successful bidder shall provide a bank guarantee securing the advance payment in an amount not less than the advance payment. | |
| All inquiries regarding this tender shall be submitted by email to: aibek.berdigulov@kumtor.kg | |
| Requests for clarification of the tender requirements shall be submitted no later than 3 (three) calendar days prior to the deadline for submission of proposals.
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