Rehabilitation of the water distribution network of the Center of Biougra

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This Invitation for Tenders follows the General Procurement Notice for this project which was published on the EBRD website, Procurement Notices (http://www.ebrd.com) on 04 March 2019.

The National Office for Electricity and Drinking Water (“L’Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau Potable” or “ONEE”), here in after referred to as “the Employer”, intends using part of the proceeds of a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank or the “EBRD”) towards the cost of ONEE Water Supply Project.

The Employer now invites sealed tenders from Contractors for the following contract to be funded from part of the proceeds of the loan: Rehabilitation of the water distribution network of Center of Biougra.

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:

• The tenderer must have an average annual turnover of at least Six Million Two hundred and Twenty-Five thousand Moroccan Dirhams excluding tax (MAD 6,250,000), which is the total of  effected payments received for on-going and / or completed contracts during the last three (03) years (2015-2016-2017).

• Experience as principal contractor for at least two (2) contracts of similar work type and nature in the past five (05) years that include:

–  installation of minimum 6 km of drinkable water main under pressure pipeline with the diameter equal to or higher than 75 mm.

The tender documents (only French version) can be obtained free of charge from the tenders office of the ONEE-Branche Eau at the address below.

The same documents can be downloaded from the public procurement portal at: https://www.marchespublics.gov.ma.

All tenders must be accompanied by a tender security of Sixty thousand Moroccan Dirhams (MAD 60,000). This should be consistent with paragraph 17.1 of the Instructions to Tenderers or its equivalent in a convertible currency.

A project site visit is scheduled for 16/04/2019 at 10 hours (local time) at the Center of ONEE-Branche Eau at Biougra. It is highly recommended for perspective tenderers to attend the site visit.

Tenders must be delivered to the office at the address below on or before Monday 20/05/2019 at 10 h 00 min (local time), at which time they will be opened in the presence of tenderers representatives who choose to attend.

Tenders will be opened in the presence of tenderers representatives who choose to attend at the opening on Monday 20/05/2019   at 10 h00 min (local time) at the address below.

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

Office National de L’Electricité et de l’Eau Potable – Branche Eau (ONEE-Branche Eau)
Direction Régionale du Sud
Adresse: Bureau d’ordre de la Direction Régionale de Sud:
Rue 18 Novembre Q.I – Agadir
Tél : 0528.84.20.77/ 0528.84.20.55
Fax : 0528.82.34.00