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EG-Cairo: ENPI — institutional capacity building of the Egyptian Water and Waste Water Regulatory Agency (EWRA) phase II, Egypt

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General Information
Country:   Egypt
City/Locality:   CAIRO
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:241793-2010
Publication Date:   Mar 29, 2011
Deadline:   Apr 13, 2011
Buyer:   THE PROGRAMME ADMINISTRATION OFFICE FOR THE SUPPORT TO THE ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT PROGRAMME (PAO-SAAP)
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   THE PROGRAMME ADMINISTRATION OFFICE FOR THE SUPPORT TO THE ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT PROGRAMME (PAO-SAAP)
CAIRO
Egypt

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Notice type: AP302 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: External aid and European Development Fund
EU Official Journal Publication: 157/2010, #241793-2010
Referenced Document Number: 60559-2010
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: Not defined


Update: Mar 29, 2011


Notice type: AP3EC - Additional information
Regulation of Procurement: External aid and European Development Fund
EU Official Journal Publication: 61/2011, #97663-2011
Referenced Document Number: 241793-2010
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: Not defined

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Location: Mediterranean partners — Egypt (EG)
Other: European neighbourhood
Service procurement notice
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
Main object:
90713100 Consulting services for water-supply and waste-water other than
for construction
1. Publication reference:
EuropeAid/129711/D/SER/EG.
Internet address:
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.ee-aa.net.eg
2. Procedure:
Restricted.
3. Programme:
ENPI.
4. Financing:
Financing agreement.
5. Contracting authority:
The Programme Administration Office for the Support to the Association
Agreement Programme (PAO-SAAP), on behalf of the Egyptian Ministry of
International Cooperation.
6. Nature of contract:
Fee-based.
7. Contract description:
To support the Egyptian Water and Wastewater Regulatory Authority in
establishing the required organisational structure, regulatory systems,
and management and human resources processes, by providing strong
technical assistance with the emphasis on assisting EWRA directly in the
implementation of its regulatory functions. Hence contributing to the
development of sustainable world class water and wastewater services in
Egypt, through providing the development basis for the EWRA to become an
effective economic and drinking water quality regulator.
8. Numbers and titles of lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no, 1 lot only.
9. Budget:
Maximum budget: 1 500 000 EUR.
10. Scope for additional services:
The contracting authority may, at its own discretion, extend the project
in duration and/or scope, subject to the availability of funding, up to a
maximum not exceeding the length and value of the initial contract. Any
extension of the contract would be subject to satisfactory performance by
the contractor.
Conditions of participation
11. Eligibility:
Participation is open to all legal persons (participating either
individually or in a grouping (consortium) of candidates) 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 item 29 below). Participation is also open to
international organisations. The participation of natural persons is
governed by the specific instruments applicable to the programme under
which the contract is financed.
12. Candidature:
All eligible natural and legal persons (as per item 11 above) or groupings
of such persons (consortia) may apply.
A consortium may be a permanent, legally-established grouping or a
grouping which has been constituted informally for a specific tender
procedure. All members of a consortium (i.e., the leader and all other
members) are jointly and severally liable to the contracting authority.
The participation of an ineligible natural or legal person (as per item
11) will result in the automatic exclusion of that person. In particular,
if that ineligible person belongs to a consortium, the whole consortium
will be excluded.
13. Number of applications:
No more than 1 application can be submitted by a natural or legal person
whatever the form of participation (as an individual legal entity or as
leader or member of a consortium submitting an application). In the event
that a natural or legal person submits more than 1 application, all
applications in which that person has participated will be excluded.
14. Shortlist alliances prohibited:
Any tenders received from tenderers comprising firms other than those
mentioned in the shortlisted application forms will be excluded from this
restricted tender procedure. Shortlisted candidates may not form alliances
or subcontract to each other for the contract in question.
15. Grounds for exclusion:
As part of the application form, candidates must submit a signed
declaration, included in the standard application form, to the effect that
they are not in any of the exclusion situations listed in Section 2.3.3 of
the 'Practical Guide to contract procedures for EU external actions'.
16. Subcontracting:
Subcontracting is not allowed.
17. Number of candidates to be shortlisted:
On the basis of the applications received, at least 4 and at most 8
candidates will be invited to submit detailed tenders for this contract.
If the number of eligible candidates meeting the selection criteria is
less than the minimum of 4, the contracting authority may invite the
candidates who satisfy the criteria to submit a tender.
Provisional timetable
18. Provisional date of invitation to tender:
7.10.2010.
19. Provisional commencement date of the contract:
26.1.2011.
20. Initial period of implementation of tasks:
Duration in months: 24.
Selection and award criteria
21. Selection criteria:
Same criteria for legal and natural person.
The following selection criteria will be applied to candidates. In the
case of applications submitted by a consortium, these selection criteria
will be applied to the consortium as a whole:
1) Economic and financial capacity of candidate:
In the case of the applicant being a public body equivalent information
should be provided:
1. the average annual turnover of the candidate must exceed 1 000 000 EUR
for the last 3 years (2007, 2008 and 2009).
2) Professional capacity of candidate:
1. at least 10 of the staff working for the candidate in year 2009 should
have experience in the fields related to this contract.
3) Technical capacity of candidate:
1. the candidate has worked successfully on at least 2 technical
assistance projects with a budget over 1 000 000 EUR in related areas in
the years 2007, 2008, 2009;
2. a minimum of 2 years track record of successful capacity building in
water sector regulations;
3. a minimum of 2 years direct experience of regulation, including that
related to integrated planning, tariff setting, drinking water quality
audit and customer service and annual information return audit with a
minimum of 2 years operational experience on annual information return
audit, a minimum of 2 years operational field inspection in relation to
drinking water quality audit and a minimum of 2 years experience in
advising on the development of regulatory approaches and associated policy
matters.
An economic operator may, where appropriate and for a particular contract,
rely on the capacities of other entities, regardless of the legal nature
of the links which it has with them. It must in that case prove to the
contracting authority that it will have at its disposal the resources
necessary for performance of the contract, for example by producing an
undertaking on the part of those entities to place those resources at its
disposal. Such entities, for instance the parent company of the economic
operator, must respect the same rules of eligibility and notably that of
nationality, as the economic operator.
If more than 8 eligible candidates meet the above selection criteria, the
relative strengths and weaknesses of the applications of these candidates
must be re-examined to identify the 8 best applications for the tender
procedure.
The only factors which will be taken into consideration during this
re-examination are:
criteria 3 of point 3: a minimum of 2 years direct experience of
regulation, including that related to integrated planning, tariff setting,
drinking water quality audit and customer service and annual information
return audit with a minimum of 2 years operational experience on annual
information return audit, a minimum of 2 years operational field
inspection in relation to drinking water quality audit and a minimum of 2
years experience in advising on the development of regulatory approaches
and associated policy matters.
22. Award criteria:
Best value for money.
Application
23. Deadline for receipt of applications:
20.9.2010 (14:00), local time.
Any application received after this deadline will not be considered.
24. Applications format and details to be provided:
Applications must be submitted using the standard application form, the
format and instructions of which must be strictly observed. The
application form is available at the following Internet address:
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/procedures/implementation/services/index_en.htm
Any additional documentation (brochure, letter, etc.) sent with an
application will not be taken into consideration.
25. How applications may be submitted:
Applications must be submitted exclusively to the contracting authority in
the following language — English:
— either by recorded delivery (official postal service) to:
The Programme Administration Office for the Support to the Association
Agreement Programme, 9, Abdel Kader Hamza Street, Office 401 and 402,
Garden City, 11461Cairo, EGYPT,
— or hand-delivered (including courier services) directly to the
contracting authority in return for a signed and dated receipt to:
attention: Ambassador Gamal Bayoumi, PAO Director. Tel. +202 27923438.
As in abovementioned address.
The contract title and the publication reference (see item 1 above) must
be clearly marked on the envelope containing the application and must
always be mentioned in all subsequent correspondence with the contracting
authority.
Applications submitted by any other means will not be considered.
26. Alteration or withdrawal of applications:
Candidates may alter or withdraw their applications by written
notification prior to the deadline for submission of applications. No
applications may be altered after this deadline.
Any such notification of alteration or withdrawal shall be prepared and
submitted in accordance with item 25. The outer envelope (and the relevant
inner envelope if used) must be marked 'Alteration' or 'Withdrawal' as
appropriate.
27. Operational language:
All written communications for this tender procedure and contract must be
in English.
28. Date of publication of contract forecast notice:
Date: 2.3.2010.
Notice number in OJ: 2010/S 42-060559.
29. Legal basis:
EC Regulation No 1638/2006 of the EP and of the Council — OJ L 310/1 of
9.11.2006.
30. Additional information
31. Date of dispatch of this notice:
4.8.2010.




Cancellation of a service tender procedure
(Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, 14.8.2010,
2010/S 157-241793)
1. Publication reference:
EuropeAid/129711/D/SER/EG.
2. Date of publication:
14.8.2010.
3. Programme:
ENPI.
4. Contracting authority:
The Programme Administration Office for the Support to the Association
Agreement Programme (PAO-SAAP), on behalf of the Egyptian Ministry of
International Cooperation, Cairo, EGYPT.
5. Other information:
Not applicable.
Notes:
Should a new tender procedure be launched for this project, a new
procurement notice will be published.
Natural or legal persons interested should not therefore send proposals or
requests for information at this stage.
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