Procurement of Waste Collection Vehicles, Landfill Equipment, Cars and Waste Containers

Item Description:

This Invitation for Tenders follows the General Procurement Notice for this project which was published on the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank) website, Procurement Notices (http://www.ebrd.com) on February 11, 2019.

State Institution (SI) “Khojagii Kommunalii Nazdi Makomoti Ijroiyai Hokimiyati Davlatii shahri Kulob (Municipal Services under the Executive body of state power of the city of Kulob) hereinafter referred to as “the Purchaser”, intends to use part of the proceeds of a loan from the Bank towards the cost of KULOB SOLID WASTE PROJECT.

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

KUSW-OT-G01: Procurement of Waste Collection Vehicles, Landfill Equipment, Cars and Waste Containers

• Lot № 1. Side loading waste collection trucks with body capacity not less than 20 m³, 16 m³ and 10 m³;
• Lot № 2. Rear loading waste truck with body capacity not less than 16 m³, Skip loader and Skips 6 m³
• Lot № 3. Street watering truck;
• Lot № 4. Pickup truck 4×4 and Bus for the Purchaser’s operational staff
• Lot № 5. Waste containers 560 – 600 l
• Lot № 6. Wheel Loader

The Lots will be implemented concurrently and should be completed within 4 months from signing of the contract/s.

Tenders are invited for one or more lots.  Each lot must be priced separately. Tenders for more than one lot may offer discounts and such discounts will be considered in the comparison of tenders.

Tendering for contracts that are 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 minimum criteria summarised below and further detailed in the tender documents:

• The Tenderer shall have a minimum average annual construction turnover (calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed), for 2016-2018 years of:
  • Lot № 1: USD 1,400,000
  • Lot № 2: USD 800,000
  • Lot № 3: USD 200,000
  • Lot № 4: USD 300,000
  • Lot № 5: USD 400,000
  • Lot № 6: USD 350,000
• The Tenderer must demonstrate the current soundness of his financial position and prospective long-term profitability and must demonstrate access to, or availability of, financial resources such as free funds on current account, lines of credit dedicated to this project execution, or other similarly highly liquid financial means, in the amount not less than 80% of the tender price per each lot to which the Tenderer applies. The Tenderer must demonstrate that the funds required for this project are free of its other commitments or sufficient to cover the overall cash flow requirements for this Contract and its current commitments. Alternatively, if the payment arrangements with a manufacture provide for less financing necessary from the supplier, the respective agreement shall be provided as an evidence of the sufficiency of funding.
• The Tenderer shall demonstrate that it has successful experience as a Supplier in at least 2 (two) contracts within the last 3 (three) years, i.e. 2016 – up to the tender closing date, that have been successfully and substantially completed and that are similar to the proposed Goods. The similarity shall be based on the physical size, complexity, methods/technology or other characteristics as described in Section VI, Supply Requirements. The value of each of the referred contracts shall be not less than:
  • Lot № 1: USD 250,000
  • Lot № 2: USD 150,000
  • Lot № 3: USD 30,000
  • Lot № 4: USD 50,000
  • Lot № 5: USD 100,000
  • Lot № 6: USD 70,000
• The Tenderer, or any partner in a JVCA, shall not have a consistent history of litigation and/or arbitration resulting in awards against the Tenderer, or any partner in a JVCA, from 2016 and till the tender submission deadline. This determination shall be based solely on fully settled disputes or litigation.  A fully settled dispute or litigation is one that has been resolved in accordance with the Dispute Resolution Mechanism under the respective Contract, and where all appeal instances available to the Tenderer have been exhausted. All pending litigation shall in total not represent more than 20% (twenty percent) of the Tenderer’s net worth and shall be treated as resolved against the Tenderer.
• Joint ventures, consortiums or associations (JVCA) shall meet the following minimum qualification requirements:
  • The Lead Partner shall meet at least 60% of the minimum qualification criteria for average annual turnover and financial resources; and demonstrate successful experience as Supplier in at least one similar contract;
  • Each partner of JVCA shall meet at least 40% of the minimum qualification criteria for average annual turnover and financial resources;
  • All partners shall be jointly and severally liable;
  • Lead partner (a Representative) shall have the original of power of attorney as authority to conduct all business for and on behalf of any and all the partners of the joint venture/consortium during tender process and, in the event of the Contract, during contract execution.
• Tenderers wishing to tender for more than one lot shall meet cumulative (combined) qualification criteria for average annual turnover and financial resources and successful experience (cumulative requirements as Supplier could be demonstrated by separate contracts or by contracts of higher value in which case 2 contracts per lots won’t be necessary if such contract’s value equals a sum of few contracts requirements).

Tender documents may be obtained from the office at the address below upon payment of a non-refundable fee of 100 USD in dollars or its equivalent in Tajik Somoni according to the exchange rate of National Bank of Tajikistan at the payment date to the following bank account:

Upon receiving appropriate evidence of payment of the non-refundable fee, the documents will be promptly dispatched by courier, however, no liability can be accepted for loss or late delivery. If requested the documents can also be dispatched electronically after the presentation by the prospective tenderer of appropriate evidence of payment of the non-refundable fee. In the event of any discrepancy between electronic and hard copies of the documents, the hard copy shall prevail.

All tenders must be accompanied by a tender security as follows:

• Lot № 1: USD 8000
• Lot № 2:  USD 4500
• Lot № 3: USD 1000
• Lot № 4: USD 1500
• Lot № 5: USD 3500
• Lot № 6: USD 2500

or its equivalent in Tajik Somoni according to the exchange rate of National Bank of Tajikistan at the date of such tender security issuance.

Tenders must be delivered to the office at the address below on or before 15-00 (local time) 24 July 2019, at which time they will be opened in the presence of those Tenderers’ representatives who choose to attend.

Organisation: State Committee on Investments and State Property Management

Street Address: Shohtemur 27

Floor/Room number: 1st floor

City: Dushanbe

Postal Code: 734025

Country: Republic of Tajikistan

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 also inspect and acquire the tender documents at, the following office:

Attention: Rustam Negmatov – Head of PIU
Purchaser: State Institution “Khojagii Kommunalii Nazdi Makomoti Ijroiyai Hokimiyati Davlatii shahri Kulob Street
Street Address: Khudoyor Nazarov 15
City:  Kulob
Postal Code: 735360
Country: Republic of Tajikistan
Email address: piu-kulobswp@mail.ru