Rehabilitation and upgrade of the distribution network of the center Imintanout tranche (Province of Chichaoua)

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Kingdom of Morocco
Rehabilitation and upgrade of the distribution network of the center Imintanout tranche (Province of Chichaoua).
Performance Improvement Programme Component – Sub-project 3 – Lot 8
INVITATION FOR TENDERS N°101/DR2/2016.

This Invitation for Tenders follows the General Procurement Notice of this project which has been published on the EBRD website, Procurement Notices (www.ebrd.com) on 19/05/2016.

The National Office of electricity and potable water, hereinafter referred to as “the Employer”, intends using part of the proceeds of a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank) to cover the cost of ONEE Water Supply Project.

The Purchaser now invites sealed tenders from Contractors for the following contract to be funded from part of the proceeds of the loan: The Rehabilitation and upgrade of the distribution network of the center Imintanout – priority tranche (Province of Chichaoua).

Tendering for contracts to be financed with the proceeds of a loan from the Bank is open to firms from any country. The proceeds of the Bank’s loan 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.

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 four Million Moroccan Dirhams excluding tax (4 000 000.00 million MAD), which is the total of effected payments received for on-going and / or completed contracts during the last three (03) years (2013-2014-2015).

• The minimum amount of cash and / or cash facilities (cash engagement only) net of other contractual commitments which the tenderer must have is: Two Million Moroccan Dirhams (2 000 000.00 million MAD).

• Experience as principal contractor in the context of at least two (2) cases of similar work type and nature in the past ten (10) years that include:

-Rehabilitation, or renewal, construction, or performance improvement of drinking water systems with at least 2000 m length and a diameter of at least 63 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. The drawings, on CD, are available at the tenders office of the ONEE-Branche Eau and are part of the tender documents .

All tenders must be accompanied by a tender security of Sixty thousand dirhams (60000,00 DH) or its equivalent in a convertible currency.

Tenders must be delivered to the office at the address below on or before Thursday 19th January,2017 at 10.00 AM (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 Thursday 19th January, 2017 at 10:30 AM (local time) at the address below.

A project site visit is scheduled for Tuesday, 06th December 2016 10 AM (local time) at the center of ONEE-Branche Eau at THE MIXTE AGENCY OF CHICHAOUA. It is highly recommended for prospective tenderers to attend the site visit.

Prospective tenderers may obtain further information from, 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 Tensift
Address : Bb Med V, Angle rue Badr, Guéliz BP 631 Marrakech
Phone: + 212 (0) 5 24 43 93 46 – 5 24 42 07 31
Fax: +212 (0) 5 24 43 91 09