Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-06-24
Buyer: PUC ‘Vodovod i Kanalizacija’
Country: MK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71356200
Submission deadline: 2020-08-17

Technical requirements: This invitation for pre-qualification follows the general procurement notice for this project, which was published on 3 May 2019 on the Official Journal of the European Union (Ref. 2019/S 086-204758).
The Government of Republic of North Macedonia, represented by the Ministry of Finance (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Borrower’) and Public Enterprise ‘Vodovod i kanalizacija Skopje’ (‘ViK’) a municipal company in the City of Skopje, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Promoter’, has applied for a loans from the European Investment Bank — EIB (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Bank’) and loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development — EBRD administered by the Bank, towards the cost of the Skopje Wastewater Treatment Plant project. This invitation for pre-qualification relates to the contract for Design and Construction of Skopje Wastewater Treatment Plant.
This pre-qualification is open to all interested companies and advertised in the OJEU, in order to select the companies to be invited to the international restricted procurement procedure under this project.
This contract will include design and obtaining approvals according to the Republic of North Macedonia legislation, construction, testing, commissioning, development of process procedures, 24 months of trial operation prior the taking over and remedying defects during the defect notification period.
The contract will be implemented under the FIDIC conditions of contract for plant and design-build, First Edition 1999 (Yellow Book) and will entail the design and construction of Phase 1 (2035) of a wastewater treatment plant for the City of Skopje. The WWTP shall be an activated sludge plant comprising primary and secondary treatment for the removal of carbonaceous pollution and sized to cater for the needs of up to 650 000 PE. The design of the plant shall foresee, but not include, future upgrading to include tertiary treatment for nutrient removal, object of Phase 2 (2045). The plant will include facilities for the treatment of generated sludge comprising thickening, digestion, drying and incineration onsite. The treatment process shall further accommodate odour control and energy optimisation. The works shall also include connections to the trunk sewer system, including an inverted syphon beneath the River Vardar, flood protection works to the site, electrical works including substations, connections to the grid and back up generation facilities and training of the employer's staff in the operation and maintenance of the facilities.
The period of implementation of the contract is expected to commence in Q1 2021 with a duration of 72 months, including the following key activities:
The pass/fail methodology will be used by the Promoter for the evaluation of applications upon the criteria specified hereunder. On the basis of the applications received, between three and eight candidates, that substantially satisfies the criteria, will be invited to submit detailed tenders for this contract. If more than 8 (eight) eligible candidates meet the selection criteria, the relative strengths and weaknesses of the applications of these candidates will be re-examined to identify the 8 (eight) best candidates in accordance with the methodology set in para 22.7 of instruction to applicants. If the number of eligible candidates meeting the selection criteria is less than the minimum of 3 (three), the Promoter will decide to cancel the pre-qualification process and a new procurement procedure will be initiated.
Experience in Waste Water Treatment Design and Construction (or Supply and Installation) contracts in the role of prime contractor, JVCA member, subcontractor or management contractor for at least the last 15 (fifteen) years prior to the application submission deadline.
(a) Successful experience as a prime contractor, JVCA member, management contractor in the design and construction in at least 2 (two) urban wastewater treatment plants with a capacity of at least 300 000 PE which comprised, at minimum, primary and secondary (biological) level treatment. All the contracts shall have been successfully and substantially(1) completed within the last 15 (fifteen) years.
(b) Successful experience as a prime contractor, JVCA member, management contractor or subcontractor with main responsibility in the design and construction in at least 1 (one) urban wastewater treatment plant with value of the contract of at least EUR 40 000 000. All the contracts shall have been successfully and substantially completed within the last 15 (fifteen) years. For contracts under which the applicant participated as a joint-venture member or consortium member or sub-contractor, only the applicant’s share value shall be considered to meet this requirement.
(c) For the above or other contracts executed during the period above in point 2(a), the applicant shall demonstrate, a successful experience in the following key activities
— 1 (one) project which includes sludge incineration with a minimum capacity of at least 10 T DS/day.
(ii) Successful experience in operation and maintenance of 2 (two) urban waste water treatment plants with a capacity of at least 300 000 PE for a period of minimum 2 (two) years. Such experience may include trial operation ahead of taking over.
— 1 (one) project which includes sludge incineration with a minimum capacity of at least 10 T DS/day.
(iv) Successful experience as the prime contractor, leader of a JVCA or management contractor of at least 1 (one) urban wastewater treatment plants, carried out under the FIDIC Yellow Book (1999), Silver Book (1999) or Gold Book (2008) Conditions of Contract. This contract shall have been successfully and substantially completed, to issue of the taking over or commissioning certificate.