Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-01-19
Buyer: Ministry of Water and Irrigation
Country: JO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71520000: Construction supervision services
Submission deadline: 2016-03-20

Technical requirements: The Ministry of Water And Irrigation / Water Authority of Jordan (hereinafter referred to as “the Borrower”) have received a loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) as well as the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) towards the cost of the Wadi Arab Water System II. This International Invitation for Tenders relates to the contract for Consulting Services for Construction Supervision of Wadi Arab Water System II.
1. A raw water intake from the King Abdullah Canal (KAC) and low lift pump station located adjacent to the King Abdullah Canal (KAC) on the south side of Manshyeh village in the Jordan Valley, the intake pump station will include fine and coarse screens, low lift pumps, and chlorine dioxide generators.
2. A new water treatment plant (WTP) will be constructed on land to the east of Manshyeh village in the Jordan Valley at Elevation - 198 meters. The WTP will provide conventional treatment of the raw water.
3. A 25.6 km 1000 mm transmission pipeline will convey the treated water from the WTP to the Zabda Reservoir in the City of Irbid.
4. One pump station will be located within the WTP area, and three pump stations will be located along the transmission pipeline at approximate elevations of 26, 240, and 435 meters to lift the treated water to the Zabda Reservoir at elevation 625 meters.
5. The contract will also include an Operation and Maintenance (O&M) component that will commence prior to the Substantial Completion and continue for a period of 2 years.
The works will be procured under a single contract according to FIDIC red book conditions of contract.
The services to be provided under this assignment will include construction supervision and project administration of the above-mentioned contract. This assignment is expected to be implemented from June 5
A firm will be selected under Quality and Cost (QCBS) procedures as described in this RFP, based on a post-qualification process “single stage procurement process”. The post-qualification procedure will require the simultaneous submission of the qualification documents, the technical bid and the financial bid in three separate envelopes. In the first public session only the qualification documents will be opened and examined for completeness, inclusion of the required bid security and fulfillment of the qualification criteria. The Technical Proposals shall remain sealed until the evaluation of the Qualification Documents is completed. Financial Proposals remain sealed until the technical evaluation is completed.
(i) General Experience in delivering engineering supervision services for at least 8 (eight) water projects with a works value not less than US$ 10,000,000 per project in the last 10 years, starting 1
(ii) Specific Experience in delivering engineering supervision services for a minimum of 2 (two) projects with similar scopes each with a value of US$ 50,000,000 (fifty million) conventional and/or Design/Build Contracts in the last 10 years, starting 1
Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from, and inspect the Bidding Documents at:
A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased on the submission of an application to the above address, and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of 500 JOD to the Water Authority of Jordan.
A Bid Security of US$ 150,000 fulfilling the conditions indicated in the Bidding Documents must accompany all bids.
All bids must be delivered in closed envelopes bearing the mention “Bid Consulting Services for Construction Supervision of Wadi Arab Water System II not later than 14:00 on March 20