Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-02-16
Buyer: Ministry of Transport and Comunication — Macedonia
Country: MK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work
Submission deadline: 2018-03-07
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Construction of drinking water treatment plant for the regional water supply system Lipkovo, a reservoir for the inhabited area of Lipkovo and supply to the existing network of the inhabitted area of Lipkovo, Municipality of Lipkovo
The bid guarantee should be submitted in original form and in the procedures conducted electronically.
The bank guarantee should be issued from a bank acceptable for the Contracting Authority, using the bid guarantee form for such purpose which is provided in Annex 6 to the tender documentation. The Contracting Authority can charge the bid guarantee if the economic operator:
The guarantee must have validity period of at least 14 days from the day of expiry of the bid validity. Any bid that does not include a bid guarantee, or contains a guarantee for the bid that is not in accordance with the conditions stipulated in the tender documentation, such bid will be discarded by the Contracting Authority as unacceptable. In extraordinary cases, the Contracting Authority can request the bidders to prolong the validity period of the bid guarantee. The bid guarantee of the unsuccessful economic operators shall be returned within 7 days upon the conclusion of the public procurement contract with the most advantageous economic operator. The bid guarantee of the economic operator whose bid is selected as most advantageous shall be returned thereto upon the signing of the public procurement contract and submitting of a guarantee for qualitative performance of the contract. The bid guarantee shall be submitted in the archive of the Ministry of Transport and Communications by the day and hour determined as a bid submission deadline at the latest.
The condition for signing a contract with the most advantageous economic operator is the provisioning of a guarantee for high-quality performance of the contract in the amount of 10 % of the value of the public procurement contract.
The guarantee for high-quality performance of the contract should be submitted in original form. Copies shall not be accepted.
The guarantee for high-quality performance of the contract shall be valid until the full contract implementation.
Upon the selection of most advantageous bidder, the Contracting Authority shall additionally determine the final date of the guarantee validity.
The bidder selected as most advantageous one shall submit the guarantee for high-quality performance of the contract to the Contracting Authority within 10 working days upon the contract conclusion. The guarantee for high-quality performance of the contract shall be submitted within the determined period, as follows: by mail or personally in the headquarters of the Contracting Authority.
The guarantee for high-quality performance of the contract shall be charged if the contractor fails to fulfil any of the obligations from the public procurement contract within the due date.
The guarantee for high-quality performance of the contract shall be returned to the Contractor within 14 days as of the day of the full implementation of the public procurement contract and after the contractor submits the bank guarantee for guarantee term to the Contracting Authority.
— the payment shall be effectuated via signed and verified temporary situations or via signed and verified situation by the authorized person of the contractor and the Supervisory Engineer, submitted to the Contracting Authority upon actually performed work, and
— the payment shall be effectuated within 270 days upon receiving signed and verified temporary situations or via signed and verified completed situation by authorized person of the contractor and the supervisory Engineer, submitted in the archive of the Contracting Authority upon actually performed work.
Group of tenderers shall also have the right to submit a tender without the obligation to be associated in the appropriate legal form.
— statement of the economic operator that, within the last 5 years, it has not had any legally effective judgment for participation in a criminal organization, corruption, fraud or money laundering, pronounced against it,

Eligibility requirements: — statement of the economic operator that, within the last 5 years, it has not had any legally effective judgment for participation in a criminal organization, corruption, fraud or money laundering, pronounced against it, — confirmation that it is not subject to an open bankruptcy procedure by a competent authority of the country of registration of the economic operator, — confirmation that it is not subject to an open liquidation procedure by a competent authority of the country of registration of the economic operator, — confirmation for paid taxes, contributions and other public dues issued by a competent authority in the country where the economic operator is registered, — confirmation from the Registry of penalties for committed criminal acts of the legal entities that it was not pronounced with a second penalty prohibiting the participation in the public procedures, the public procurement contract award procedures and the public private partnership procedures, — confirmation from the Registry of penalties for committed criminal acts of the legal entities that they were not pronounced with a second penalty for temporary or permanent prohibiting for performing certain activity, and — confirmation that there is no legally effective judgment imposing a misdemeanour sanction involving prohibition to perform a profession, activity or duty, or prohibition to perform a specific activity, imposed against it from the country of registration of the economic operator, The statement referred to in Indent 1, Subitem 2.5.1 is prepared in an electronic form and signed with an electronic signature by the economic operator, and the same should not be verified by a competent authority. The confirmation referred to in Indent 2, Subitem 2.5.1, that there are is open bankruptcy procedure, and the confirmation referred to indent 3 of subitem 2.5.1, that there is no open liquidation procedure, as well as the confirmations of the registry of penalties for committed criminal acts referred to in Indents 5 and 6 of Subitem 2.5.1, are issued by competent authorities in the country where the economic operator is registered. The Central Registry of RM is the competent authority for issuing such confirmations in the Republic of Macedonia. The confirmation referred to in Indent 4, Subitem 2.5.1. for paid taxes, contributions and other public dues isissued by a competent authority in the country of registration of the economic operator. The Public Revenues Office is the competent authority in the Republic of Macedonia for issuing of this confirmation. The confirmation referred to in Indent 7, Subitem 2.5.1. is issued by the competent authority of the country where the economic operator is registered. The Central Registry of RM is the competent authority for issuing of this confirmation in the Republic of Macedonia. The documents referred to in Subitem 2.5.1 must not be older than 6 months counted backwards from the final deadline for submission of the tenders. The documents proving the personal standing are submitted in original or a copy verified by the economic operator. f the Contracting Authority has any doubts regarding the documents proving the personal standing of the economic operator, it can request information directly from the competent bodies that have issued the documents proving the personal standing. If the country where the economic operator is registered does not issue the documents referred to in Subitem 2.5.1 or if the documents do not include all cases stipulated above, the economic operator shall be obliged to submit a statement, verified with a competent authority, declaring that: — there are no open bankruptcy procedures against it, — there are no open liquidation procedures, that the economic operator has paid all taxes,contributions and other public dues to the state, — that no second penalty prohibiting the participation in public procurement procedures, contract award procedures or public private partnership procedures was pronounced against the economic operator, — that no second penalty for temporary or permanent prohibitionfor performing a certain activity was pronounced against the economic operator, and — that no legally effective judgment for a misdemeanour sanction — prohibition to perform a profession, activity, or duty, that is, atemporary prohibition to perform a certain activity in the country of registration of the tenderer was pronounced against the economic operator. The Contracting Authority shall exclude from the procedure for awarding a public procurement contract, any economic operator that: — within the last 5 years has had a legally effective judgment pronounced against it for participation in a criminal organization, corruption, fraud or money laundering, — is subject to a bankruptcy procedure or a liquidation procedure, — has unpaid taxes, contributions or other public dues, — has been pronounced with a second penalty prohibiting the participation in public procedures, public procurement contract awarding and public private partnership contracts; has been pronounced with a second penalty for temporary or permanent prohibition for performing of acertain activity, — has a misdemeanor sanction involving prohibition to perform a profession, activity or duty, or temporary prohibition to perform a specific activity, and — gives false information or fails to submit the data requested by the Contracting Authority. The criteria for proving the capability to perform a professional activity of the economic operators are as follows: — the economic operator should be registered as a legal entity for performing the activity related to the subject of the public procurement contract or should belong to an appropriate professional association in accordance with the regulations of the country where it is registered, and — the economic operator should possess an A License for a contractor of first category facilities, in accordance with the Law on Construction (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” nº 130/09, 124/10, 18/2011, 36/2011, 54/2011, 13/2012, 144/2012, 25/2013, 79/2013, 137/2013, 163/2013, 27/2014, 28/2014, 42/2014, 115/2014, 149/2014, 187/2014, 44/2015, 129/15, 217/15, 226/15, 30/16, 31/16, 39/16, 71/16 and 132/16). — balance sheet statement certified by a competent authority, i.e. revised balance sheet or excerpts from the balance sheet statement, in cases when the publication of the balance sheet is prescribed by law in the country where the economic operator is registered, and — statement of the overall turnover of the company (data from the profit and loss account issued by a competent authority, i.e. revised profit and loss account) for the past 3 years. In order to qualify as capable of carrying out the relevant public procurement contract in terms of its economic and financial status, the economic operator must fulfil the following minimum requirements: — minimum total revenue of MKD 200 000 000 in the past 3 years cumulatively (2014, 2015, 2016). In order to qualify as capable of carrying out the relevant public procurement contract in terms of its technical or professional ability, the economic operator must fulfil the following minimum requirements: — at least 3 implemented contracts for performed same or similar works in the last 5 years, of which at least 1 signed and implemented contract for performed same or similar work in the last 5 years in an amount not less than MKD 50 000 000 with calculated VAT, — the economic operator must have at least 20 employees or engaged persons, of whom: 3 civil engineers holding an A authorization for a performance engineer of whom 1 civil engineer holding an A authorization for a performance engineer in the area of “construction”, and 1 civil engineer holding a B authorization for a performance engineer, — the economic operator must have employed or engaged at least 1 professional for safety at work with Certificate for passed professional exam, — the economic operator must possess: 2 dredgers, 1 pick hammer, 1 movable compressor, 1 vibrating roller, 2 vibro frog-boards, 3  pervibrators, 2 tippers. — reference list of works carried out in the last 5 years by submission of certificates for satisfactory performance of the most important works, including the value, time and location of performance of the works and statements whether the works have been performed in accordance with the rules of business and whether they have been properly completed in accordance with Item 2.4.4 Indent 1, — the economic operator shall submit a statement for the engaged technical personnel, irrespective of whether they directly belong to the economic operator, as well as evidence for 3 civil engineers holding an A authorization for a performance engineer of whom at least 1 civil engineer holding an A authorization for a performance engineer in the area of “construction”, and 1 civil engineer holding a B authorization for a performance engineer in accordance with Item 2.4.4 Indent 2, — the economic operator must submit a statement that it has employed or engaged at least 1 professional for safety at work, by enclosing a certificate for passing the professional exam in accordance with Item 2.4.4 Indent 3, — the economic operator shall submit a statement that it has at its disposal: 2 dredgers, 1 pick hammer, 1 movable compressor, 1 vibrating roller, 2 vibro frog-boards, 3 pervibrators, 2 tippers in accordance with Item 2.4.4 Indent 4, — notification on the elements of the contract that the economic operator intends to delegate to a subcontractor, whereby the economic operator must state in the bid information about the part of the contract that it intends to delegate to subcontractors (firm, head office, single tax number and the like).
— balance sheet statement certified by a competent authority, i.e. revised balance sheet or excerpts from the balance sheet statement, in cases when the publication of the balance sheet is prescribed by law in the country where the economic operator is registered, and — statement of the overall turnover of the company (data from the profit and loss account issued by a competent authority, i.e. revised profit and loss account) for the past 3 years. In order to qualify as capable of carrying out the relevant public procurement contract in terms of its economic and financial status, the economic operator must fulfil the following minimum requirements: — minimum total revenue of MKD 200 000 000 in the past 3 years cumulatively (2014, 2015, 2016).
— balance sheet statement certified by a competent authority, i.e. revised balance sheet or excerpts from the balance sheet statement, in cases when the publication of the balance sheet is prescribed by law in the country where the economic operator is registered, and — statement of the overall turnover of the company (data from the profit and loss account issued by a competent authority, i.e. revised profit and loss account) for the past 3 years.
In order to qualify as capable of carrying out the relevant public procurement contract in terms of its economic and financial status, the economic operator must fulfil the following minimum requirements: — minimum total revenue of MKD 200 000 000 in the past 3 years cumulatively (2014, 2015, 2016).
In order to qualify as capable of carrying out the relevant public procurement contract in terms of its technical or professional ability, the economic operator must fulfil the following minimum requirements: — at least 3 implemented contracts for performed same or similar works in the last 5 years, of which at least 1 signed and implemented contract for performed same or similar work in the last 5 years in an amount not less than MKD 50 000 000 with calculated VAT, — the economic operator must have at least 20 employees or engaged persons, of whom: 3 civil engineers holding an A authorization for a performance engineer of whom 1 civil engineer holding an A authorization for a performance engineer in the area of “construction”, and 1 civil engineer holding a B authorization for a performance engineer, — the economic operator must have employed or engaged at least 1 professional for safety at work with Certificate for passed professional exam, — the economic operator must possess: 2 dredgers, 1 pick hammer, 1 movable compressor, 1 vibrating roller, 2 vibro frog-boards, 3  pervibrators, 2 tippers. — reference list of works carried out in the last 5 years by submission of certificates for satisfactory performance of the most important works, including the value, time and location of performance of the works and statements whether the works have been performed in accordance with the rules of business and whether they have been properly completed in accordance with Item 2.4.4 Indent 1, — the economic operator shall submit a statement for the engaged technical personnel, irrespective of whether they directly belong to the economic operator, as well as evidence for 3 civil engineers holding an A authorization for a performance engineer of whom at least 1 civil engineer holding an A authorization for a performance engineer in the area of “construction”, and 1 civil engineer holding a B authorization for a performance engineer in accordance with Item 2.4.4 Indent 2, — the economic operator must submit a statement that it has employed or engaged at least 1 professional for safety at work, by enclosing a certificate for passing the professional exam in accordance with Item 2.4.4 Indent 3, — the economic operator shall submit a statement that it has at its disposal: 2 dredgers, 1 pick hammer, 1 movable compressor, 1 vibrating roller, 2 vibro frog-boards, 3 pervibrators, 2 tippers in accordance with Item 2.4.4 Indent 4, — notification on the elements of the contract that the economic operator intends to delegate to a subcontractor, whereby the economic operator must state in the bid information about the part of the contract that it intends to delegate to subcontractors (firm, head office, single tax number and the like).
In order to qualify as capable of carrying out the relevant public procurement contract in terms of its technical or professional ability, the economic operator must fulfil the following minimum requirements: — at least 3 implemented contracts for performed same or similar works in the last 5 years, of which at least 1 signed and implemented contract for performed same or similar work in the last 5 years in an amount not less than MKD 50 000 000 with calculated VAT, — the economic operator must have at least 20 employees or engaged persons, of whom: 3 civil engineers holding an A authorization for a performance engineer of whom 1 civil engineer holding an A authorization for a performance engineer in the area of “construction”, and 1 civil engineer holding a B authorization for a performance engineer, — the economic operator must have employed or engaged at least 1 professional for safety at work with Certificate for passed professional exam, — the economic operator must possess: 2 dredgers, 1 pick hammer, 1 movable compressor, 1 vibrating roller, 2 vibro frog-boards, 3  pervibrators, 2 tippers.
— reference list of works carried out in the last 5 years by submission of certificates for satisfactory performance of the most important works, including the value, time and location of performance of the works and statements whether the works have been performed in accordance with the rules of business and whether they have been properly completed in accordance with Item 2.4.4 Indent 1, — the economic operator shall submit a statement for the engaged technical personnel, irrespective of whether they directly belong to the economic operator, as well as evidence for 3 civil engineers holding an A authorization for a performance engineer of whom at least 1 civil engineer holding an A authorization for a performance engineer in the area of “construction”, and 1 civil engineer holding a B authorization for a performance engineer in accordance with Item 2.4.4 Indent 2, — the economic operator must submit a statement that it has employed or engaged at least 1 professional for safety at work, by enclosing a certificate for passing the professional exam in accordance with Item 2.4.4 Indent 3, — the economic operator shall submit a statement that it has at its disposal: 2 dredgers, 1 pick hammer, 1 movable compressor, 1 vibrating roller, 2 vibro frog-boards, 3 pervibrators, 2 tippers in accordance with Item 2.4.4 Indent 4, — notification on the elements of the contract that the economic operator intends to delegate to a subcontractor, whereby the economic operator must state in the bid information about the part of the contract that it intends to delegate to subcontractors (firm, head office, single tax number and the like).