Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2020-12-28
Buyer: Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure
Country: RS
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 71320000
Estimated value: 5000000 EUR

Technical requirements: This contract will be financed by European Investment Bank (EIB) and is subject to the EIB's Guide to Procurement.
Services (including purchase of necessary equipment under the tendering procedure of the EIB, organised by the contractor) for the implementation of a VTS and voice VHF communication systems along the Danube and Sava rivers in the Republic of Serbia including coastal base-stations (rehabilitation and installation of new equipment), IT for the data center and backup location and one VTS command and control center.
Services include: detailed design and preparation of technical documents (design, software specifications, test plan, etc.), acquisition, installation and commissioning of supplies, software development, installation and integration, pilot operation, training and support of administration and operating personnel.
Serbian Inland Waterway Infrastructure Finance Contract between the Republic of Serbia and European Investment Bank (Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia — International Contracts, No 02/2019) — 40 % EIB and 60 % state budget of the Republic of Serbia.
The Republic of Serbia, alongside the Danube and Sava rivers, and in the data-centre and the VTS Centre that will be located in Belgrade.
Participation is open to all natural persons and firms (participating either individually or in a grouping — consortium — of tenderers) originating from all countries of the world.
All eligible natural and legal persons (as per item 4 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 partners of a consortium (i.e., the leader and all other partners) are jointly and severally liable to the contracting authority.
The participation of an ineligible natural or legal person 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.
No more than one application or tender can be submitted by a natural or legal person whatever the form of participation (as an individual legal entity or as leader or partner of a consortium submitting an application/tender). In the event that a natural or legal person submits more than one application or tender, all applications or tenders in which that person has participated will be excluded.
In case of lots, the candidates or tenderers may submit only one application or tender per lot. Contracts will be awarded lot by lot and each lot will form a separate contract.
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 2.6.10.1. of the PRAG, Version August 2020, as well as in the Guide to Procurement for projects financed by the European Investment Bank, September 2018 (https://www.eib.org/attachments/strategies/guide_to_procurement_en.pdf), section 1.4 (Ethical Conduct), section 1.5 (Conflict of Interest), and section 3.6 (Prohibited Conduct — Covenant of Integrity – template available in EIB Guide to Procurement, Annex 3), Anti-fraud policy of the European Investment Bank (http://www.eib.org/infocentre/publications/all/anti-fraud-policy.htm) and Section 3.8 Environmental and Social Covenant (E&S Covenant template is available in EIB Guide to Procurement, Annex 7).
Pursuant to its Sanctions Policy, the Bank shall not provide finance, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of an individual or entity that is subject to financial sanctions imposed by the EU, either autonomously or pursuant to the financial sanctions decided by the United Nations Security Council on the basis of article 41 of the UN Charter.


Award value: 5000000