November 19, 2025
Bid Notice
< R25BK01163652 (B20250600-00)>
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) invites sealed bids from eligible Bidders for Composite Interstage
Fuselage Non-Destructive Testing Machine for Next-Generation Launch Vehicle. The following is an outline of the
requirements, and potential Bidders are requested to carefully review the following instructions and to submit
their Proposals in accordance with the guidelines and requirements as contained in the Request for Proposal
(RFP).
1. Main Scope
- Item: Composite Interstage Fuselage Non-Destructive Testing Machine
- Estimated Price: EUR 2,119,800
- Method of Contract: an open competitive bid (Contract through Negotiation)
2. Qualification of Bidder
- Bidders shall be qualified under Article 12 (Requirement to Participate in Competitive Tender by Law) of the
ENFORCEMENT DECREE OF THE ACT ON CONTRACTS TO WHICH THE STATE IS A PARTY of Republic of Korea, and
Bidders must be a manufacturer or supplier whose principal place of business is outside the Republic of Korea.
- Bidders shall be in possession of all the necessary certificates, permits, authorizations, licenses, in effect as of
the Bid Closing Date and up to the completion of the service.
- The qualifying statement for the above requirements and supporting materials shall be provided in the
Proposal. Additional qualifying evidence may be requested to substantiate Bidder’s claim during the evaluation.
- The qualification of the Bidder is at the Korean evaluation committee’s discretion, and any Bidder shall not raise
any objection regarding the Korean evaluation committee’s decision thereupon.
- A Bidder who submits a price proposal exceeding the estimated price announced in this Bid Notice shall be
excluded from qualification for negotiation as a Qualified Bidder in the price evaluation.
3. Registration of Intent
- Registration: submittal by formal letter of intent with proof of qualification
- A Bidder shall inform KARI of its intent within 7 days after this bid notice, by 16:00(KST) on November 26, 2025
at the address provided in this bid notice. A registration of intent shall be made to the contact information
indicated in this notice by e-mail, registered post or courier.
4. Distribution of RFP and Submission of Proposal
- Distribution of RFP: KARI will provide the RFP package by email to Bidders who submitted their formal letter of
intent in time, and the Bidder shall inform KARI of the receipt of the RFP package within twenty-four (24)
hours after the receipt of the RFP package.
- Bid Closing Date and Time: December 31, 2025 2:00pm Korean Local Time
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The proposal submitted after the designated date and time shall be considered as invalid.
- Proposals shall include,
i) Registration for Bid (Appendix 1-1) & Bidder’s Information (Appendix 1-2)
ii) Hard copies in A4 size (without price proposal) – six (6) copies in addition to one (1) original
iii) Hard copies in A4 size (price proposal) – One (1) original proposal sealed separately
iv) Soft copies – Two (2) sets of readable documents (PDF preferred) in USBs without price proposal
v) and Bid bond
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If a proxy submits the proposals, one (1) power of attorney letter signed by the Bidder, a copy of his
identification, business registration certificate, employment certificate, a copy of exclusive agency
agreement (if applicable) are required to be presented.
- Submission of Proposal: by hand-delivery or via appropriate courier service such as DHL or FedEx to the
following address before the Bid Closing Date and Time.
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In case a bidder submits the proposal by a courier service, the bidder is required to inform KARI of such fact
by e-mail.
Korea Aerospace Research Institute
Overseas Contracts Team
169-84 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34133, Korea
Attention: Seo Yoo-Min
Tel : +82-42-860-2615 / E-mail: yoomin@kari.re.kr
- The Bid currency is EUR; other currencies are also acceptable.
- The proposal shall be made in English.
5. Bid Bond
- Bidder shall establish a bid bond in favor of KARI before the Bid Closing Date and Time. The total amount of the
bid bond shall be at least five percent (5%) of total bid price and shall be valid for six (6) months after Bid Closing
Date.
- The currency of bid bond is EUR (However, other currency can be allowed).
- The Bid Bond shall be in the form of a surety bond issued by the Seoul Guarantee Insurance Company, in the
form of an irrevocable standby letter of credit or bank guarantee by first class international bank, cash or other
means of guarantee acceptable to KARI. In case of surety bond, it shall be advised through “the Seoul Guarantee
Insurance Company”. In case of cash, bank guarantee, or the irrevocable standby letter of credit, it shall be
advised through “Woori Bank” (Daejeon Banking center at 29 Munye-ro, Seo-gu, Daejeon, 35241 Korea, Tel:+82-
42-488-9704, Ext.312, Fax: +82-505-003-7932, e-mail: jinny@wooribank.com). The bond shall be available by
KARI’s request on the Seoul Guarantee Insurance Company or by KARI’s draft at sight drawn on the bank,
accompanied by the statement of KARI stating that the Bidder has refused to enter into a contract with the
terms and conditions in the Request for Proposal as amended, if any, that the Bidder has hindered fair bidding
by fraud or misrepresentation, or that the Bidder has withdrawn its Proposal after the Bid Closing Date.
6. Nullification of Bid
- This bidding may be nullified in accordance with Article 39(4) of ENFORCEMENT DECREE OF THE ACT ON
CONTRACTS TO WHICH THE STATE IS A PARTY and Article 44 of ENFORCEMENT RULE OF THE ACT ON
CONTRACTS TO WHICH THE STATE IS A PARTY.
7. Evaluation of Proposal
- Evaluation of technical part: 70 points, evaluation of price: 30 points
- Unless otherwise specified herein, any necessary standards and procedures for the execution of the Contract
shall be in accordance with the “Standards of Execution of Contract by Negotiation” (the Ministry of Strategy
and Finance’s established rules on contracts) and the RFP.
- According to the “Standards of Execution of Contract by Negotiation” and the RFP, both technical part and price
part are evaluated. Through the evaluation of technical proposal, a Bidder who gets score exceeding eighty five
percent (85%) of score in technical part will be selected as Qualified Bidder. After the evaluation of technical
proposal, the Qualified Bidders shall be evaluated by price part. The Qualified Bidders’ technical part evaluation
score and bidding price evaluation score are put together. Top scorer will be the Successful Bidder and the
Qualified Bidders’ rank will be decided in accordance with the ranking of total score (if the total score is the
same, the Bidder with higher score in technical part is preferred to others). Notwithstanding the technical part
evaluation, the bidders whose proposed price exceed the estimated price shall not be considered.
- The Qualified Bidders may attend the evaluation of price proposal on the date and time informed by e-mail and
in case a deputy who is designated by Qualified Bidder attends above process, he or she shall submit a power of
attorney letter signed by Qualified Bidder, employment certificate, and his/her certified identification to KARI. If
Qualified Bidders or any deputy cannot attend the evaluation of price proposal, a KARI’s employee who is not
connected to this bidding will attend and monitor the evaluation of price proposal.
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The exchange rate to be applied to the price evaluation shall be applied to the 1
st basic exchange rate of
KEB Hana Bank on the date of bid notice.
8. Remarks
- The Bidder shall have a full understanding of all matters necessary for this Bidding including the RFP prior to
making a bid and shall be responsible for any and all disadvantages arising from insufficient understanding of
matters necessary for this Bidding.
- Bidder shall prepare the Proposal in truth. In case that any content of the Proposal is founded to be false later,
KARI may terminate or cancel the Contract even after the Contract is executed.
- All documents submitted in response to the RFP including the Proposal for this Bidding shall not be returned.
- All expenses incurred by Bidder in connection with its Proposal for this Bidding are for its own account and KARI
will not disclose the evaluation result of Bidder’s Proposal.
- If any Bidder is bankrupted or insolvent as of the date of this bid notice, such Bidder shall not be allowed to
participate in this Bidding.
- Bidders are required to keep confidential any data and information acquired in the Contract award. If any
Bidder violates it, such Bidder may assume civil and criminal liability, sanction for inappropriate business entity,
and other disadvantages (such as penalty for security violation, subtraction of evaluation scores in future
biddings, etc.).
- The RFP and Contract shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the Republic of Korea.
9. Point of Contact for Bidding
Contractual matters
Technical matters
Overseas Contracts Team
Korea Aerospace Research Institute
169-84 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu,
Daejeon, 34133, Korea
Attn. : Seo Yoo-Min
Tel. : +82-42-860-2615
e-mail : yoomin@kari.re.kr
Launch Vehicle Structures Team
Korea Aerospace Research Institute
169-84 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu,
Daejeon, 34133, Korea
Attn. : Kim Kwang-Soo
Tel : +82-42-860-2306
e-mail : kskim@kari.re.kr
Appendix 1-1. Registration for Bid
Registration for Bid
Date: , 2025
To: Overseas Contracts Team,
Korea Aerospace Research Institute
Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
1. Bid No. :
2. Bid due date:
We hereby register to apply for a competitive bid as stated above.
Bidder's Name (Company name):
Representative’s Name & Title :
Representative’s Signature (or Company Seal)
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Appendix 1-2. Bidder’s Information
BIDDER'S INFORMATION
I. General Information
1. Company
2. Name of County
3. Address
Telephone
Facsimile
4. Type of
Business
□Manufacturer □Supplier □Others --------
(specify)
5. Business
Status
□Corporation incorporated under laws of the state of ---
□Individual □Partnership □State-owned
□Non-profit organization □Joint venture with---------
6. Date of Incorporation
. Ownership
Ⅱ
7. Name of Owner, or
Representative
8. Mailing Address
Telephone
Facsimile
. Agent in Korea
Ⅲ
9. Company
10. Name of Owner
or Representative
11. Business
Address
Telephone
Facsimile
. Others
Ⅳ
12. Authorized Person(s)
to sign any Documents
TITLE
Name
Signature
I, as legally authorized representative of the applicant, certify that the above information is true and
correct
. Date:
. Name in full & Signature:
