HR-Zagreb: ISPA — construction and rehabilitation of water supply and wastewater systems in the town of Karlovac

Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   Croatia
City/Locality:   ZAGREB
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:221369-2009
Publication Date:   Oct 22, 2009
Deadline:   Nov 10, 2009
Buyer:   CENTRAL FINANCE AND CONTRACTING AGENCY
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   CENTRAL FINANCE AND CONTRACTING AGENCY
ZAGREB  
Croatia
Email:   Click here

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 0708 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: PHARE, TACIS and countries of Central and Eastern Europe
EU Official Journal Publication: 152/2009, #221369-2009
Contract Nature: Works
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: Not defined


Update: Oct 22, 2009


Notice Type: 0708 - Additional information
Regulation of Procurement: PHARE, TACIS and countries of Central and Eastern Europe
EU Official Journal Publication: 204/2009, #292811-2009
Referenced Document Number: 221369-2009
Contract Nature: Works
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: Not defined

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Karlovačka County, Croatia
Works procurement notice
1. Publication reference: EuropeAid/127425/D/WKS/HR.
2. Procedure: Open.
3. Programme: ISPA.
4. Financing: ISPA 2005/HR/16/P/PE/001; Karlovac water and waste water
programme.
5. Contracting authority: Central Finance and Contracting Agency, Ulica
grada Vukovara 284, 10000 Zagreb, CROATIA.
Contract specifications
6. Description of the contract: This works contract includes all
necessary installation and civil works for the water supply system
comprising refurbishment and cleaning of the existing water wells at
Mekušje and Borlin, refurbishment of the Borlin reservoir, replacement of
9,5 km of pipes which are in the worst condition (group 6) and all
necessary installation and civil works for the wastewater system
comprising construction of the main collector sewers, holing-through under
rivers, drilling beneath railways and buildings, construction of pump
stations and secondary and tertiary sewers (integrated in 5 groups):
Group 1:
— Grad main lift station,
— main Grad collector (section 3) including holing-through beneath the
Korana River,
— connection of the south main collector to the WWTP,
Group 2:
— Gaza storm water pumping station,
— storm water discharge Gaza (section 4) — holing-through,
— reconstruction of the existing main discharge collector for use as storm
water retention volume (section 16),
— demolition of the building of the old PS Sanac (Gaza),
— draining PS Struga for rest water from the storm water retention pipe
(section 16),
— pressure pipe Ulica Gornja Gaza (section 15),
Group 3:
— pumping station Banija 2,
— collector Banija — Gaza (section 1 a), including holing-through beneath
the Kupa River,
— collector Gaza (sections 7 and 7a),
— holing-through of the collectors 1 a and 7 beneath the building of the
fire brigade pumping station Dreznik,
— main collector Dreznik (section 11), including holing-through beneath
the Kupa River,
Group 4:
— pumping station Banija 1,
— collector Banija (section 1b),
— collector PPK (section 6),
— rehabilitation of existing network (section 13),
Group 5:
— pumping station Mostanje,
— collector and sewer lines Svarca (sections 2c; 2b; 2a-2), including
holing-through beneath the Korana River,
— pumping station Svarca 1,
— sewer Mala Svarca (section 8),
Group 6:
— replacement of 9,5 km of pipes which are in the worst condition,
— refurbishment and cleaning of the existing water wells at Mekušje and
Borlin,
— refurbishment of the Borlin reservoir.
7. Number and titles of lots: Not applicable.
Terms of participation
8. Eligibility and rules of origin: Participation is open to all legal
persons participating either individually or in a grouping (consortium) of
tenderers which are established in a Member State of the European Union or
in a country or territory of the regions covered and/or authorised by the
specific instruments applicable to the programme under which the contract
is financed (see also heading 22 below). All works, supplies and services
under this contract must originate in 1 or more of these countries.
Participation is also open to international organisations. The
participation of natural persons is directly governed by the specific
instruments applicable to the programme under which the contract is
financed.
Since co-financing of this project is provided also by the EBRD,
participation of third countries is authorised with regard to this project
and in accordance with EBRD eligibility rules.
N.B. The extract of EBRD eligibility rules from the 'Procurement Policies
and Rules' document is available at the following website
(http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/finance/ppr.htm).
9. Grounds for exclusion: Tenderers must submit a signed declaration,
included in the tender form for a works contract, to the effect that they
are not in any of the situations listed in point 2.3.3 of the 'Practical
Guide to contract procedures for EC external actions'.
Tenderers and, if they are legal entities, persons who have powers of
representation, decision making or control over them, are informed that,
should they be in 1 of the situations mentioned in:
— Commission Decision (2008/969/EC, Euratom) of 16.12.2008 on the Early
Warning System (EWS) for the use of authorising officers of the Commission
and the executive agencies (OJ L 344, 20.12.2008, p. 125),
— Commission Regulation (2008/1302/EC, Euratom) of 17.12.2008 on the
central exclusion database — CED (OJ L 344, 20.12.2008, p. 12),
their personal details (name, given name if natural person, address, legal
form and name and given name of the person with powers of representation,
decision-making or control, if legal person) may be registered in the EWS
and CED, and communicated to the persons and entities listed in the
abovementioned decision and regulation, in relation to the award or the
execution of a procurement contract or a grant agreement or decision.
10. Number of tenders: Tenderers may submit only 1 tender for whole of
the works. Tenders for parts of the works will not be considered. Any
tenderer may state in their tender that they would offer a discount.
Tenderers shall not submit a tender for a variant solution in addition to
their tender for the works required in the tender dossier.
11. Tender guarantee: Tenderers must provide a tender guarantee of 350
000 EUR when submitting their tender. This guarantee will be released to
unsuccessful tenderers once the tender procedure has been completed and to
the successful tenderer(s) upon signature of the contract by all parties.
12. Performance guarantee: The successful tenderer will be asked to
provide a performance guarantee of 10 % of the amount of the contract at
the signing of the contract. This guarantee must be provided together with
the return of the countersigned contract no later than 30 days after the
tenderer receives the contract signed by the contracting authority. If the
selected tenderer fails to provide such a guarantee within this period,
the contract will be void and a new contract may be drawn up and sent to
the tenderer which has submitted the second best admissible tender.
13. Information meeting and/or site visit: A site visit for the
wastewater part of the works will take place on 17.9.2009 in Karlovac. It
is strongly recommended that interested tenderers attend this site visit.
The site visit will start at 10:00 local time, at the following address:
Karlovac City Hall, Banjavčićeva 9, 47000 Karlovac, CROATIA.
A site visit for the water supply part of the works will take place on
18.9.2009 in Karlovac. It is strongly recommended that interested
tenderers attend this site visit. The site visit will start at 10:00 local
time, at the following address:
Karlovac City Hall, Banjavčićeva 9, 47000 Karlovac, CROATIA.
A clarification meeting will be held on 18.9.2009 (14:30), local time at
the following address:
Karlovac City Hall, Banjavčićeva 9, 47000 Karlovac, CROATIA.
The minutes of the clarification meeting and the site visit will be
published at EuropeAid (http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/cgi/frame12.pl) and
CFCA websites (http://www.safu.hr/hr/natjecaji?categorv=10&tvpe=&status=&pg
=l&sid=2078405902e6115e00eb8b1513540515).
14. Tender validity: Tenders must remain valid for a period of 90 days
after the deadline for submission of tenders.
15. Period of implementation of tasks: The time for completion of all the
works shall be 17 months from the commencement date, including winter and
high flood periods.
Defect notification period will be 12 months commencing upon the issue of
the taking over certificate.
Selection and award criteria
16. Selection criteria: The minimum selection criteria for a sole
tenderer include:
Economic and financial capacity of candidate:
1. They must be a registered firm or natural person capable of carrying
out the specified works.
2. The tenderer must have an annual turnover for each of the last 3 years
(last 3 years should be understood as 2006, 2007 and 2008), equivalent to
45 000 000 EUR.
3. The tenderer must have access to sufficient credit and other financial
facilities to cover the required cash flow for the duration of the
contract. In any case, the amount of credit available must exceed the
equivalent of 5 000 000 EUR.
4. The tenderer must carry out at least 70 % of the contract works with
their own resources, which means that they must have the equipment,
materials, human and financial resources necessary to enable them to carry
out that percentage of the contracted works.
Technical and professional capacity of candidate:
5. The tenderer must have, as a prime contractor, completed at least 3
projects (each project with a minimum value of 5 000 000 EUR) or 1 project
with a minimum value of 15 000 000 EUR. The project(s) must have been
carried out in the period of 17 months, comprising all necessary
installation and civil works for the construction of a main sewerage
network and the laying of water supply lines, construction of pumping
stations and holing-through under rivers over the last 5 years (last 5
years shall be understood as the period: 1.1.2005 up to the deadline for
submission of tenders);
the tenderer will have to provide the contracting authority with copies of
the respective certificates of final acceptance signed by the concerned
supervisors/contracting authorities of the project(s) stating that the
works were implemented successfully and within the deadline. However, for
project(s) completed in the last 12 months, a copy of the provisional
acceptance certificate will be considered as sufficient;
every tenderer will have to provide the contracting authority with a table
enumerating all projects to be implemented within the next 17 months and
to specify the value and duration of each of them.
6. Tenderer's key personnel: contractor's representative/project manager,
6 site managers (1 site manager for each group of the works according to
clause 6 with the experience relevant for the particular group of the
works), at least 10 main foremen (for each team as civil works,
micro-tunnelling, mechanical works, electrical works) and 1
quality-control expert must have at least 7 years experience in relevant
positions and in relevant works;
at least 1 surveying engineer who has at least 5 years experience in
mapping of sewer lines and preparing as-built drawings of sewer network
and collector lines.
N.B: The project will require 6 groups of works according to clause 6 and
at least 10 teams to work in parallel in 2 shifts.
7. Tenderer's key personnel (contractor's representative/project manager,
site manager for each group of the works, main foremen for each team,
surveying engineer and quality-control expert) must submit CVs and
reference certificates with years of experience as required under
selection criterion number 6 above (such as employer's certificate,
affidavit, extract from official employment such as work books).
The joint venture/consortium as a whole (all members together) and the
lead member must satisfy the following minimum qualifying criteria:
Economic and financial capacity of candidate:
1. The joint venture/consortium must be a registered firm or natural
person legally capable of carrying out the specified works.
2. The joint venture/consortium as a whole must have an annual turnover
for each of the last 3 years (last 3 years should be understood as 2006,
2007 or 2008) equivalent to 45 000 000 EUR (lead member of a joint
venture/consortium must have an annual turnover for each of the last 3
years equivalent to 20 000 000 EUR).
3. The lead member of joint venture/consortium must have access to
sufficient credit and other financial facilities to cover the required
cash flow for the duration of the contract. In any case, the total amount
of credit available must exceed the equivalent of 5 000 000 EUR.
4. The joint venture/consortium as a whole must carry out at least 70 % of
the contract works by its own resources, which means that it must have the
equipment, materials, human and financial resources necessary to enable it
to carry out that percentage of the contracted works. The lead member of a
joint venture/consortium, must have the ability to carry out at least 50 %
of the contract works by its own means, as defined in sub-clause 12 of the
instructions to tenderers. Other members of a joint venture/consortium
(i.e. not the lead member) must have the ability to carry out at least 10
% of the contract works by their own means, as defined in sub-clause 12 of
the instructions to tenderers.
Technical and professional capacity of candidate:
5. The joint venture/consortium as a whole must have completed at least 3
projects (each project of a minimum value of 5 000 000 EUR) or one project
with a minimum value of 15 000 000 EUR. The project(s) must have been
carried out in the period of 17 months, comprising all necessary
installation and civil works for the construction of a main sewerage
network and the laying of water supply lines, construction of pumping
stations and holing-through under rivers over the last 5 years (last 5
years shall be understood as the period: 1.1.2005 up to deadline for
submission of tenders);
the tenderer will have to provide the contracting authority with copies of
the respective certificates of final acceptance signed by the concerned
supervisors/contracting authorities of the project(s) stating that the
works were implemented successfully and within the deadline. However, for
project(s) completed in the last 12 months, a copy of the provisional
acceptance certificate will be considered as sufficient;
every tenderer will have to provide the contracting authority with a table
enumerating all projects to be implemented within the next 17 months and
to specify the value and duration of each of them.
6. Tenderer's key personnel: contractor's representative/project manager,
6 site managers (1 site manager for each group of the works according to
clause 6 with the experience relevant for the particular group of the
works), at least 10 main foremen (for each team as civil works,
micro-tunnelling, mechanical works, electrical works) and 1
quality-control expert must have at least 7 years experience in relevant
positions and in relevant works;
at least 1 surveying engineer who has at least 5 years experience in
mapping of sewer lines and preparing as-built drawings of sewer network
and collector lines.
N.B: The project will require 6 groups of works according to clause 6 and
at least 10 teams to work in parallel in 2 shifts.
7. Tenderer's key personnel (contractor's representative/project manager,
site manager for each group of the works, main foreman for each team,
surveying engineer and quality-control expert) must submit CVs and
reference certificates with years of experience as required under
selection criterion number 6 above (such as employer's certificate,
affidavit, extract from official employment such as work books).
17. Award criteria: The sole award criterion will be the price. The
contract will be awarded to the lowest compliant tender.
Tendering
18. How to obtain the tender dossier: The tender dossier is available
from Central Finance and Contracting Agency, Ulica grada Vukovara 284
(Business centre Almeria, building C), 10000 Zagreb, CROATIA, upon payment
of 700 EUR in favour of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Croatia
at the Bank Account in Privredna Banka Zagreb d.d.:
Giro account: 702000-132344-91,
SWIFT CODE: PBZG HR 2X,
Purpose of payment: For tender dossier,
or Croatian currency countervalue of the relevant amount due in euro in
favour of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Croatia, in
accordance with provisions of the current Foreign Exchange Act of the
Republic of Croatia, at the Bank Account in Croatian National Bank:
Žiro — račun: 1001005-1863000160,
Model: 64,
Poziv na broj: 9733 – 20157 – MB (uplatitelja),
Svrha: uplata za natjecajnu dokumentaciju.
The aforementioned payment excludes courier delivery.
The tender dossier is also available for inspection at the premises of the
contracting authority, address as in point 5 above. Tenders must be
submitted using the standard tender form included in the tender dossier,
whose format and instructions must be strictly observed. Tenderers with
questions regarding this tender should send them in writing to:
Central Finance and Contracting Agency, Ulica grada Vukovara 284 (Business
centre Almeria, building C), 10000 Zagreb, CROATIA. E-mail:
procurement@safu.hr
(mentioning the publication reference shown in item 1) at least 21 days
before the deadline for submission of tenders given in item 19. The
contracting authority must reply to all tenderers' questions at least 11
days before the deadline for submission of tenders. Eventual
clarifications to the tender dossier will be published on the EuropeAid
website at https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/europeaid/online-services/
index.cfm?do=publi.welcome and also on the contracting authority website
at: http://www.safu.hr
19. Deadline for submission of tenders: 26.10.2009 (12:00), local time,
at the Central Finance and Contracting Agency, Ulica grada Vukovara 284
(Business centre 'Almeria', building C), 10000 Zagreb, CROATIA at the
reception office.
Any tender received after this deadline will not be considered.
20. Tender opening session: 26.10.2009 (14:00), local time, at the
premises of the Central Finance and Contracting Agency, Ulica grada
Vukovara 284 (Business centre 'Almeria', building C), 10000 Zagreb,
CROATIA.
21. Language of the procedure: All written communications for this tender
procedure and contract must be in English.
22. Legal basis: Council Regulation (EC) No 1267/1999 of 21.6.1999, as
last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2112/2005 of 21.11.2005.


EuropeAid/127425/D/WKS/HR
Karlovačka County, Croatia
Corrigendum No 1 to works procurement notice
(Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, 11.8.2009,
2009/S 152-221369)
Central Finance and Contracting Agency, Ulica grada Vukovara 284 (Business
centre Almeria, building C), 10000 Zagreb, CROATIA. E-mail:
procurement@safu.hr
Instead of: 19. Deadline for submission of tenders:
26.10.2009 (12:00), local time, at the Central Finance and Contracting
Agency, Ulica grada Vukovara 284 (Business centre 'Almeria', building C),
10000 Zagreb, CROATIA at the reception office.
Any tender received after this deadline will not be considered.
20. Tender opening session:
26.10.2009 (14:00), local time, at the premises of the Central Finance and
Contracting Agency, Ulica grada Vukovara 284 (Business centre 'Almeria',
building C), 10000 Zagreb, CROATIA.
read: 19. Deadline for submission of tenders:
10.11.2009 (12:00), local time, at the Central Finance and Contracting
Agency, Ulica grada Vukovara 284 (Business centre 'Almeria', building C),
10000 Zagreb, CROATIA at the reception office.
Any tender received after this deadline will not be considered.
20. Tender opening session:
10.11.2009 (14:00), local time, at the premises of the Central Finance and
Contracting Agency, Ulica grada Vukovara 284 (Business centre 'Almeria',
building C), 10000 Zagreb, CROATIA.
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