Realization of the Wastewater Treatment Plant for the localities of Nasrallah and Menzel M’hiri in the governorate of Kairouan

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Invitation For Tenders

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).

The National Sanitation Utility “ONAS“, hereinafter referred to as “the Employer”, intends using part of the proceeds of loans from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the African Development Bank (AFDB) towards the cost of The Small cities Sanitation Program for less than 10.000 inhabitants – Phase I (PAPC-I) to finance the realization of the wastewater treatment plant for the localities of Nasrallah and Menzel M’hiri in the governorate of Kairouan.

The demanded works under the present public procurement consist of:

• Construction of wastewater treatment plant with the capacity of 2000 m³ per day and 1000 kg DBO₅/d as well as the treated wastewater transfer system.

-Only natural or legal persons capable of obliging them selves may participate who present the guarantees, in particular technical and financial, and the references necessary for the proper performance of the obligations that will be made, which are not in a state of bankruptcy or liquidation, judicial or, for foreigners, in a similar situation provided for by the law of their country.

-The supply, transport, assembly and testing services of mechanical, electromechanical and electrical equipment must been trusted to a specialized company.

-The company specializing in civil engineering works must have an approval for road works and various networks: VRD0 category 5 or VRD 3 category 5 at least for Tunisian companies, or equivalent approvals for foreign companies according to the law of their native country.

-The services of civil engineering works can been trusted to a Tunisian or foreign company specializing in civil engineering works, in solidarity group with the company responsible for supply, transport, assembly and testing of mechanical, electromechanical and electric equipment.

(Following invitation to tenders: 27/2023)

The eligibility criteria except the country of origin of the companies and the selection procedures will be in accordance with the procurement framework for operations financed the African Development Bank, October 2015 Edition, which are available at the Bank’s website at: http://www.afdb.org.

Interested companies can obtain additional information at the address mentioned below during the following office hours (8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time).

Companies wishing to participate in this call for tenders can withdraw the file from the central order office at the headquarters of the national sanitation office located at 32 rue Hédi Nouira 1001 Tunis République and this (from Monday to Friday) against payment  in the amount of three Hundred (300 D) Dinars non-refundable or its equivalent in convertible currency.

The technical offer and the financial offer are placed in two separate closed and sealed envelopes and in two copies (original and copy). These two envelopes, the provisional bond or the bank guarantee that replaces it, the administrative documents and supporting documents accompanying the offer will be placed in a third closed and sealed envelope indicating the reference of the above-mentioned call for tenders and its subject.

Any offer that does not include the provisional deposit or does not comply with the above-mentioned conditions will be rejected.

The amount of the provisional guarantee is equal to Three hundred fifty thousandTunisian Dinars (350 000. 000 TND) or One hundred and four thousands Euros (104000. 000 €).

The envelopes containing the offers (technical and financial) must addressed to in the name of the President Director General of ONAS by post and registered or by rapid-post or direct delivery against an acknowledgment of receipt and reach the central order office of “ONAS” located at 32 rue Hédi NOUIRA 1001 Tunis, Republic of Tunisia no later than 27 July 2023 at 10:00 am (local time in Tunis)

The period during which the tenderers will remain committed by their offers is 120 days from the day after the deadline for receipt of the tenders.

The central order office stamp is authentic.

Any offer received after this deadline will be rejected.

The opening of the bids for technical and financial bids will be carried out in a single public meeting at the head office of ONAS on 27 July 2023 at 10:15 am at the opening room of the bids. The representatives of the bidders must be provided with duly signed powers of attorney.

ONAS main desk registering mails

For the attention of ONAS CEO

32 rue Hédi NOUIRA 1001 Tunis, Republic of Tunisia
Phone : (00216) 71 346100
Fax: (00216) 71 350 411
E-Mail: boc @ onas.nat.tn

‘’All documents submitted must be in French’’

NOTICE OF EXTENSION OF THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF TENDERS

THE REALIZATION OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT FOR THE LOCALITIES OF NASRALLAH AND MENZEL MHIRI IN THE GOVERNORTE OF KAIROUAN

Project Name: Small cities Sanitation Programme

The National Sanitation Utility “ONAS“ informs suppliers who have withdrawn the tender documents and those interested in the international tender no. 27/2023 relating to the realization of the wastewater treatment plant for the localities of Nasrallah and Menzel M’hiri in the governorate of Kairouan that the deadline for the receipt of tenders, scheduled for
27 July 2023 is postponed to 30 August 2023 at 10:00.

The opening of the technical and financial bids will be carried out in a single public session on 30 August 2023 at 10:15 in the head office of ONAS located at 32 Hédi Nouira 1001 Tunis, Republic of Tunisia.