Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-07-15
Buyer: Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company
Country: ZM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71520000: Construction supervision services
Submission deadline: 2017-08-16

Technical requirements: Consultancy Services for Preparation of Functional Designs, Tendering and Construction Supervision for the Proposed New Ngwerere and Chunga Wastewater Treatment Plants in Lusaka, Zambia
European Investment Bank, 98-100, boulevard Konrad Adenauer, L-2950 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and KfW Group, Palmengartenstrasse 5-9, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
LWSC with the support of EIB and KfW will engage the services of a competent consulting firm to prepare functional designs and tender documents, procurement of design-build works Contractor, and supervision of the construction of two WWTPs, following the FIDIC Yellow Book form of contracting.
The consultancy services assignment will be delivered in two phases. Phase 1 will cover topographic and geotechnical surveys, prequalification of works Contractors, functional design including Environmental Impact Assessment, tender documents, and the procurement of design-build works Contractor. Phase 2 will cover the supervision of the implementation of the Design and Works of the two (2) New Wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) by the appointed Contractor, following the FIDIC Yellow Book form of contracting. It is expected to require approximately 24 months construction plus a 12 months defects notification period and operation and training assistance after completion of construction (36 months including the DNP). During Phase 2 the Consultant will continue to provide overall project management, construction supervision, monitoring and quality assurance of construction works and accompanying measures.
The Contracting Authority may, at its own discretion and subject to the availability of funding, extend the scope and duration of the project to cover complementary and/or additional services.
In case of complementary services, the extension shall be up to a maximum not exceeding 50% of the initial contract value. In case of additional services, such extension shall be up to a maximum not exceeding the length and value of the initial contract.
Participation is open to all legal or natural persons participating either individually or in a grouping (consortium) of candidates. Participation is also open to international organizations. There are no nationality restrictions.
The consultancy assignment is for a period of no longer than Forty Eight (48) months plus a maximum of Twenty Four (24) months to oversee the training after construction. This period may be extended, with the prior approval of EIB. See also item 7 above.
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 unless specified otherwise. The selection criteria will not be applied to natural persons and single-member companies when they are sub-contractors.
The annual turnover (individual company or consortium overall) of the candidate must be of at least EUR 3,500,000 for each of the last three (3) years for which accounts have been closed.
(a) Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) in the last year for which accounts have been closed must be at least 1. In case of a consortium this criterion must be fulfilled by the leader of the consortium.
Note to candidates: In the application form, please make sure to include the actual year for which the data is provided.
(a) The number of the permanent staff of the candidate (individual company or consortium overall) currently working in fields related to this contract must be at least 15 for each of the last three (3) years (2014, 2015, 2016).
(a) The candidate (individual company or consortium altogether) has successfully implemented, during the last 5 years (must have been successfully completed i.e. final payment made by the client at any time during the period from January 2012 up to the deadline of submission of applications as indicated under item 23 below), at least 3 projects for/including Topographic and Geotechnical Surveys, preparation of Functional Design and Environmental and Social Impact Assessment and preparation of Tender Document for design-build works based on FIDIC Yellow Book contracts, of Waste Water Treatment Plants with capacity at least 150,000 P.E with secondary treatment.
(b) The candidate (individual company or consortium altogether) has successfully implemented, during the last 5 years (must have been successfully completed i.e. final payment made by the client or taking over certificate issued at any time during the period from January 2012 up to the deadline of submission of applications as indicated under item 23 below), at least 3 project for/including Supervision of the implementation of Design Build Contracts for Construction of Waste Water Treatment Plants with capacity of at least 70,000 m3/day, including training of the operational staff.