Notification of Intention to Award

Employer:  Ministry of Mines & Petroleum
Contract title: Financial Settlement of the Amu Darya Basin.
Country: Afghanistan
RFP No: MoMP-03-CS-QCBS-1404
Published Date: November 22, 2025, Closing Date: November 28, 2025, 12:00 PM
This Notification of Intention to Award (Notification) notifies you of our decision to award the above contract. The transmission of this Notification begins the Standstill Period. During the Standstill Period, you may:
a) request a debriefing in relation to the evaluation of your Bid, and/or
b) submit a Procurement-related Complaint in relation to the decision to award the contract.
1. The successful Bidder
Name:    Kudos Afghanistan
Address:     Kabul, Afghanistan
Contract price:    USD 77,000.00
2. Other Bidders. As the procurement method was Quality & Cost Based Selection (QCBS), however, the other Shortlist consultants’ names are broken down here.
No.    Name of Bidder    Bid price (USD)    Evaluated Bid price (if applicable) (USD)
1    SARB & Associates    USD 82,900    USD 82,900
3.Reasons why your Bid was unsuccessful
Kudos, Afghanistan, previously known as GTA, submitted the lowest responsive bid
4. How to request a debriefing
 DEADLINE: The deadline to request a debriefing expires on November 28, 2025, 12:00 PM (Kabul Time).
You may request a debriefing in relation to the results of the evaluation of your Bid. If you decide to request a debriefing, your written request must be made within three (7) Days of receipt of this Notification of Intention to Award.
Provide the contract name, reference number, name of the Bidder, contact details, and address the request for debriefing as follows:
Attention: Eng Ab, Sattar Title/position: Procurement Director.
Agency: Ministry of Mines & Petroleum
Email address:  procconsultantmomp@gmail.com, cc: absattar.pass@gmail.com
If your request for a debriefing is received within the 7 Business Days deadline, we will provide the debriefing within five (7) Business Days of receipt of your request, the debriefing may be in writing, by phone, video conference call, or in person. We shall promptly advise you in writing how the debriefing will take place and confirm the date and time.
5. How to make a complaint 
Period: Procurement-related Complaint challenging the decision to award shall be submitted by November 28, 2025, 12:00 PM.
Provide the contract name, reference number, name of the Bidder, contact details, and address the Procurement-related Complaint as follows:
Attention: Eng Ab, Sattar. Title/Position: Procurement Director.
Agency: Ministry of Mines & Petroleum
 Email address: procconsultantmomp@gmail.comabsattar.pass@gmail.com
At this point in the procurement process, you may submit a Procurement-related Complaint challenging the decision to award the contract. You do not need to have requested or received a debriefing before making this complaint. Your complaint must be submitted within the Standstill Period and received by us before the Standstill Period ends.
In summary, there are four essential requirements:
1. You must be an ‘interested party’. In this case, that means a Bidder who submitted a Bid in
this bidding process, and is the recipient of a Notification of Intention to Award.
2. The complaint can only challenge the decision to award the contract.
3. You must submit the complaint within the period stated above.
4. You must include, in your complaint, all of the information required by the Procurement Regulations of Afghanistan