Balţi District Heating

Item Description:

This Invitation for Tenders follows the General Procurement Notice for this project which was published in Procurement Opportunities, Moldova/8289 – GPN – 46112/May 27, 2016.

SA CET-Nord (the Employer), has received a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank) and a grant from the Eastern Europe Energy Efficiency and Environmental Partnership (E5P) Regional Fund, administrated by the Bank, towards the cost of Balti District Heating Project.

The Employer now invites sealed tenders from contractors for the following contract to be funded from the proceeds of the E5P grant: “Supply and installation of Individual Heating Substations (“IHS”)”

The contract will be implemented in Balti City – Republic of Moldova, and should be completed within 7 months following the contract signing date.

The contract consists in the design, supply, installation and commissioning of 169 IHS, with the following key parameters:

Output temperature of heating water at the limit of IHS at minus (-)18 ºC outdoor temperature: 80 ºC
Domestic warm water temperature at the limit of IHS : 55±5 ºC
Noise level of heat module equipment: max. 45 dB

All tenderers must meet the following particular qualification requirements:

Non-performance of a contract did not occur within the last 5 (five) years prior to the deadline for tender submission, based on all information on fully settled disputes or litigation.
All pending litigation does not represent more than 20% (twenty percent) of the Tenderer’s net worth and shall be treated as resolved against the Tenderer.
The tenderer has an average annual turnover as prime contractor (defined as billing for works in progress and completed) over the last 5 (five) years of not less than EURO 3,000,000 (three million) equivalent.
The tenderer has access to, or has available liquid assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit, and other financial means, other than any contractual advance payments, sufficient to meet the cash flow requirements for the contract for a period of 6 (six) months estimated at not less than EUR 450,000 (four hundred and fifty thousand) equivalent, taking into account the applicant’s commitments for other contracts.
Successful experience as prime contractor in the execution of at least 1 (one) contract of a nature and complexity comparable to the proposed contract within the last 5 (five) years prior to the tender submission deadline.

Tendering for contracts to be financed with the proceeds of a grant from E5P is open to firms from all countries. The proceeds of the grant will not be used for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for any import of goods, if such payment or import is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

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

Mr. Vadim Siretanu
SA CET-Nord
Str. Stefan cel Mare, 168,
MD-3121, Balti, Republica Moldova
Tel: +373 231 53 3 54
Fax: +373 231 53 3 51
Email: a.polovei@cet-nord.md

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