Construction of a new 400 kV Power Line between TPP Maritsa Iztok 2 (substation Maritsa Iztok) and substation Plovdiv

Item Description:

This Invitation for Tenders follows the General Procurement Notice (Ref 835-GPN-17149) for this Project which was published on the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (“the Bank”) website, Procurement Notices (http://www.ebrd.com) on October 13, 2014 and most recently on January 19, 2018.

Elektroenergien Sistemen Operator (ESO) EAD (“the Employer”), intends using part of the proceeds of a grant with funds from the Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund (KIDSF) under Grant Agreement 036В for the Construction of a new 400 kV Power Line between TPP Maritsa Iztok 2 (substation Maritsa Iztok) and substation Plovdiv (“the Project”).

The Employer now invites sealed tenders from contractors for the following Contract to be funded from part of the proceeds of the Grant and with Employers financial resources:

Construction of a new 400 kV Power Line between TPP Maritsa Iztok 2 (substation Maritsa Iztok) and substation Plovdiv.

The new 400 kV overhead power transmission line (OHTL) between substation Maritsa Iztok and substation Plovdiv will be built on an approved route with effective Detailed Development Plan (DDP) according to Order No РД-02-15-35/11.04.2017 issued by the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works of Bulgaria. The route starts from tower 445A of existent 400 kV Vezhen double circuit OHTL and ends at the line gantry tower of substation Maritsa Iztok. Connectivity between both end substations will be provided using the unoccupied conductor triad of 400 kV Vezhen double circuit OHTL in the section between towers 445A and 453A (substation Plovdiv).

The scope to be performed by the Contractor under the Contract shall comprise the manufacture, factory testing, packing, transportation, insurance, unloading, storage on site, construction works, erection, anticorrosion protection, on-site testing, submission of documentation, commissioning, defect notification period and warranty period services of the new 400 kV Power Line between TPP Maritsa Iztok 2 (substation Maritsa Iztok) and substation Plovdiv.

Tendering for the Contract to be financed with the proceeds of KIDSF Grant will be subject to the Bank’s Procurement Policies and Rules and will be open to firms from any country. The proceeds of the KIDSF Grant will not be used for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, of 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 or under a law of official regulation of the Purchaser’s country.

To be qualified for the award of a Contract, tenderers must satisfy the minimum criteria specified in the Tender Document.

Tender documents may be obtained from the address below upon payment of a non-refundable fee of one hundred and fifty (150) EUR or equivalent in BGN:

•  By bank transfer to the following bank account:

Bank:                        UniCredit Bulbank АD

7 Sveta Nedelya Square, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria

Beneficiary:              ESO EAD

In EURO IBAN:        BG93 UNCR7000 1521 4085 73

In BGN   IBAN:         BG23 UNCR7000 1521 4085 72

BIC:                            UNCRBGSF

Or

• In cash in its equivalent in BGN at the pay office of ESO EAD, Sofia.

VAT is included in the fee for Tender Documents.

Upon receipt of appropriate evidence of payment of the non-refundable fee, the documents will be promptly 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.

All tenders must be accompanied by a tender security of three hundred thousand (300,000.00) EUR.

Tenders must be delivered to the office at the address below on or before 01 February 2019, 14:00 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), edition 2017 available at:

http://www.ebrd.com/work-with-us/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:

Yordanka Ivanova

Elektroenergien Sistemen Operator EAD 

201, Tsar Boris III Blvd.

1618 Sofia

Bulgaria

Fax: +359 2 9626 129

E-mail: pmu@eso.bg