Upgrading of supporting facilities (Repair of office building, chlorination plant, garage, storage)

Item Description:

This Invitation for Tenders follows the General Procurement Notice for this project which was published on European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank) website, Procurement Notices (http://www.ebrd.com) on 8^th of June 2018.

Municipal Enterprise of Kara Suu city “Kara Suu – Taza Suu”, hereinafter referred to as “the Employer”, intends using part of the proceeds of a loan from the Bank towards the cost of Kara Suu Water Project.

The Employer now invites sealed tenders from contractors for the following Contract[s] to be funded from part of the proceeds of the loan:

Only firms and joint ventures that have been pre-qualified for the proposed Contract(s) are invited to submit a tender.

Tendering for contracts to be financed with the proceeds of a loan from the Bank is open to firms from any country.

To be qualified for the award of a Contract, tenderers must satisfy the following minimum criteria:

• Historical financial performance

The audited balance sheets for the last 3 years shall be submitted and must demonstrate the soundness of the Tenderer’s financial position, showing long-term profitability. Where necessary, the Employer will make inquiries with the Tenderer’s bankers.

• Average Annual Turnover

The Tenderer shall have an average annual turnover as prime contractor (defined as billing for works in progress and completed) over the last 3 years of not less than 240,000.00 Euros equivalent.

• Financial Resources

The Tenderer shall demonstrate that it has access to, or has available, liquid assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit, and other financial means sufficient to meet the construction cash flow for the contract for a period of 4 (four) months, estimated as not less than 40,000.00 Euros equivalent.

• Experience

The Tenderer shall demonstrate that it has successful experience as prime contractor in the execution of at least three projects of a nature and complexity comparable to the proposed contracts within the last 3 years, each with a value of at least 150,000.00 Euros, for repair works and 120,000.00 Euros for construction works that have been successfully and substantially completed and that are similar to the proposed Work. In addition, the Tenderer shall have the following specific experience: construction of a minimum of 1 office building and 1 building repair.

• History of non-performing contract

Non-performance of a contract did not occur within the last 3 (three) years prior to the deadline for    application submission, based on all information on fully settled disputes or litigation.

• Pending Litigation

All pending litigation shall in total not represent more than 30 percent of the Tenderer’s net worth and shall be treated as resolved against the Tenderer.

Tender documents may be obtained from the office at the address below upon payment of a non-refundable fee of 20 (twenty) Euros or equivalent in the national currency (Kyrgyz soms) (at the rate issued by the National Bank of Kyrgyzstan at the date of payment), which should be paid to:

Beneficiary name: Municipal Enterprise “Kara-Suu Taza-Suu”

Bank name: Demir Kyrgyz International Bank Osh Datka branch, Osh city       

Account name: EUR-1180000100524441

SWIFT (BIC): DEMIKG22                       

SWIFT (BIC): RZBAATWW

Correspondent bank: Raiffeisen Bank International AG

Upon receipt of appropriate evidence of payment of the non-refundable fee, the documents will promptly be dispatched by courier; however, no liability can be accepted for their loss or late delivery. In addition, if requested, the documents can be dispatched electronically after presentation by the prospective Tenderer of an appropriate evidence of payment of the non-refundable fee. In the event of discrepancy between electronic and hard copies of the documents, the hard copy shall prevail.

Tenders must be delivered to the office at the address below on or before 10^th of January 2019, 14:00 hrs (local time), at which time they will be opened in the presence of those tenderers’ representatives who choose to attend.
The applicable procurement rules are the Bank’s Procurement Policies and Rules (PP&R) which can be located at:

http://www.ebrd.com/news/publications/policies/procurement-policies-and-rules.html

A register of potential tenderers who have purchased the tender documents may be inspected at the address below.

Prospective tenderers may obtain further information from, and inspect and acquire the tender documents at, the following office:

Mr. Altynbek Shamshiev, Head of Project Implementation Unit

Mayor’s Office of the Town of Kara-Suu; 2, Koushbakov str., 2^nd floor, Accounting room

Kara-Suu, 723300, Kyrgyz Republic

Tel: 996 (556) 65 28 65

Fax: n/a           

Email: mihan551@mail.ru