Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-01-27
Buyer: Railway Infrastructure Railways of Republic of Kosovo – INFRAKOS JSC
Country: XK
Region: LU000
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71520000: Construction supervision services
Estimated value: 1300000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2025-03-26
EU fund: eu-funds

Technical requirements: Exclusion grounds ap per section 1.5 of the EIB GtP.
EIB Anti-Fraud Policy and EIB Exclusion Policy and EIB’s definition of prohibited conduct as per the Covenant of Integrity.
Supervision services for the Works contract Under Red FIDIC
The Services will predominantly be provided in Fushe Kosove, with frequent presence also at the construction site located in the Republic of Kosovo.
Suitability of the Consultant to Pursue the Professional Activity:
The Consultant must be a registered firm or association/joint venture of firms (corporate services are required) having at least the following experience to complete the assignment: 
-	The minimum total permanent staff number, employed by the Consultant in the field of railways (design, supervision, other support services) must be at least 25 (twenty-five) for the three (3) years preceding the submission deadline. In case of a JV/consortium, the minimum permanent staff of the lead partner, in the field related to this contract, must be at least twenty-five (25) for the three (3) years preceding the submission deadline;
-	The   Consultant   must   demonstrate   availability   of   a   valid    ISO certification or internationally recognized equivalent (equivalency to be demonstrated by the Consultant), such as: Quality Management Certificate ISO  9001, Environmental Management Certificate   ISO 14001, Health and Safety Certificate ISO 45001.
-	The experience and financial record of any proposed sub-consultancy shall not be included in the evaluation.

Eligibility requirements: Suitability of the Consultant to Pursue the Professional Activity:
The Consultant must be a registered firm or association/joint venture of firms (corporate services are required) having at least the following experience to complete the assignment: 
-	The minimum total permanent staff number, employed by the Consultant in the field of railways (design, supervision, other support services) must be at least 25 (twenty-five) for the three (3) years preceding the submission deadline. In case of a JV/consortium, the minimum permanent staff of the lead partner, in the field related to this contract, must be at least twenty-five (25) for the three (3) years preceding the submission deadline;
-	The   Consultant   must   demonstrate   availability   of   a   valid    ISO certification or internationally recognized equivalent (equivalency to be demonstrated by the Consultant), such as: Quality Management Certificate ISO  9001, Environmental Management Certificate   ISO 14001, Health and Safety Certificate ISO 45001.
-	The experience and financial record of any proposed sub-consultancy shall not be included in the evaluation.
The Consultants must meet the following criteria:
a)	The average annual turnover must be at least EUR 2,000,000 (two million euro) for the last five financial years;
b)	Positive financial results in the last five years ( 2020, 2021, 2022 2023 and 2024), which shall be assessed as follows: (i) liquidity ratio shall be more than 1 (one) in each Year.
The above selection criteria will be applied to all Consultants. In the case of proposals submitted by a joint venture/consortium, the JV/consortium shall collectively meet criterion (a), while the lead partner shall meet not less than 60 per cent of criterion (a). All JV/consortium partners shall meet criterion (b) individually.
The experience and financial record of any proposed sub-consultancy included in the evaluation.
The Consultants must meet the following criteria:
-	The Consultant has implemented and completed, but not necessarily commenced, during the last ten (10) years up to the deadline for the receipt of applications indicated below: (i) at least two (2) service contracts in a field related to supervision services for railway construction or rehabilitation works projects (in both cases, with works implementation based on FIDIC Conditions of Contract or other international conditions of contract and using European technical standards), of a minimum value of EUR 1.0 million each, and shall demonstrate that it had a minimum participation of 50% in each of the contracts brought as reference; AND (ii) of the service contracts brought as reference in (i) above, at least one shall have been delivered in a country of the Western Balkans 6 (Turkey, Slovenia, Croatia, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania).
The underlying project relates to the phased rehabilitation of 101.2 km of single track, non-electrified rail line. The selected Consultant (each sole applicant or, in case of a JV/consortium at least the Lead member of the JV/consortium) shall have professional licenses, certificates, rights or equivalent for performance of the provided services for relevant projects in accordance with the laws of the country in which the Consultant is established. 
The Services will be provided to the end beneficiary of INFRAKOS JSC and is expected to entail full-time input/presence for part of the duration, as well as part-time inputs.
INFRAKOS JSC reserves the right to order additional services of the same nature from the selected Consultant should the need arise.
Payment for the Services shall be on time-based basis.
Tenders to be submitted to the Promoter's address.
Supervision services for the Works contract Under Red FIDIC
The Services will predominantly be provided in Fushe Kosove, with frequent presence also at the construction site located in the Republic of Kosovo.

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