Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-05-03
Buyer: European Investment Bank
Country: LU
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71242000 | 72224000: Project management consultancy services
Submission deadline: 2016-06-03
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The purpose of PPI Programme is to support the preparation and implementation of technically, financially, economically, environmentally and socially sound investment projects in Timor-Leste’s eligible selected sectors in accordance with the Strategic Development Plan (SDP) and EU priorities, supporting and extending existing donor programmes as appropriate. Specific results will include pre-feasibility studies, feasibility studies and financial affordability analysis, detailed designs, budget and financing plans, tender documents, supervision of work and other technical assistance studies and services, for investment projects in the eligible infrastructure sectors.
The experts’ team will include, among others, resident experts in energy, environment, social and transport sectors.
The Assignment will be divided into three phases where the Tenderer will provide a common technical and financial proposal for Phase I, Phase II and Phase III. Phase II and Phase III will be considered as an option to the Phase I scope of services.
On conclusion of Phase I, the Client and Contracting Authority may exercise the option to award Phase II of the Assignment to the Consultant. The Client and the Contracting Authority also reserve the right to (i) not exercise the option to execute Phase II; and / or (ii) re-tender Phase II of the Assignment on a competitive basis.
On conclusion of Phase II, the Client and Contracting Authority may exercise the option to award Phase III of the Assignment to the Consultant. The Client and the Contracting Authority also reserve the right to (i) not exercise the option to execute Phase III; and / or (ii) re-tender Phase III of the Assignment on a competitive basis.
The scope of services for PPI Consultant consists of a full and comprehensive Feasibility and Implementation Study, including an Identification Phase (Phase I), a detailed feasibility study (Phase II) containing the development of the chosen technical solution, technical studies and support to the procurement for specific studies, input to detailed ESIA, elaboration of a risk analysis and a procurement plan, and development of a costs estimate and assessment of the project bankability.
The Contracting Authority may, at its own discretion and subject to the availability of funding, extend the scope and duration of the contract 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 interested legal and natural persons - participating either individually or in a grouping (consortium) of candidates, without nationality restrictions. Participation is also open to international organisations.
All eligible natural and legal persons (as per item 11 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 members of a consortium (i.e., the leader and all other members) are jointly and severally liable to the Contracting Authority.
The participation of an ineligible natural or legal person (as per item 11) 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 can be submitted by a natural or legal person whatever the form of participation (as an individual legal entity or as leader or member of a consortium submitting an application). In the event that a natural or legal person submits more than one application, all applications in which that person has participated will be excluded.
Any tenders received from tenderers comprising firms other than those mentioned in the short-listed application forms will be excluded from this restricted tender procedure. Short-listed candidates may not form alliances or subcontract to each other for the contract in question.
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 below: