Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-10-31
Buyer: Ministry of Education
Country: ME
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71520000: Construction supervision services
Estimated value: 171000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2023-12-13
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This contract will be financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and is subject to the EIB's guide to Procurement.
Supervision service on adaptation works of nine Vocational Education and Training (VET) schools in Montenegro
Main purpose of this tender process is procurement of supervision services on adaptation works of nine Vocational Education and Training (VET) schools.
The schools are located in the following cities: Podgorica, Cetinje, Budva, Bar, Rozaje, Plav, Bijelo Polje and Berane, Montenegro.
The Borrower (Montenegro, represented by the Minister of Finance on behalf of the Government as the representative of Montenegro) specified has received or has applied for financing from the European Investment Bank in an amount equal to EUR 18.000.000, toward the Montenegro Education Programme. The Borrower intends to apply a portion of the funds to eligible payments under the contract(s) for which the Contract Notice is issued. Additional funding is provided by National Budget and a grant from the Western Balkans Investment Framework.
The provision for incidental expenditure and expenditure verification costs, in amount specified in the ToR (i.e. 21.000 euro), are included in estimated total contract value.
The procurement procedure will be carried out in line with EIB Guide to Procurement for projects financed by the EIB (GtP) Accessible at: https://www.eib.org/en/publications/guide-to-procurement.htm
Purpose of this tender process is to provide consultancy/supervision and contract management services (as the Supervisor) over the execution of the works that are foreseen in the project documentation, under the project " Adaptation of 9 VET schools, Montenegro" in particular regarding quality, time and cost, on behalf of the Contracting Authority. The Consultant must fulfil certain Qualification Criteria in accordance with requirement to prove: Legal Capability; Financial Capability; Experience and Technical Capacity, further described within tender document.
Firms originating from all countries of the world are eligible to tender for service contracts. In addition, individuals or firms may not be eligible to tender in application of GtP section 1.4 on Ethical Conduct.
Alternative Proposals shall not be considered.  Maximum number of members in the JV shall be: Four (4). Bidders shall not have the option of submitting their Proposals electronically.
The Consultant is registered with the competent body responsible for registration of legal entities. The Consultant has duly performed all obligations on the basis of taxes and contributions in accordance with the law, i.e. the regulations of the country in which it has been registered;
The Consultant or its legal representative has not been convicted for any criminal act as members of an organized criminal group; that it has been convicted for commercial criminal offence, criminal offence against environment, criminal offence of receiving or offering bribe, criminal offence of fraud. Proposal offers received exceeding the stated contract value will be rejected.
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The Contracting Authority is the first level of review. If a Bidder wishes to make a Procurement-related Appeal, the Bidder should submit its Appeal following the procedures included in the tender documents, in writing (by the quickest means available, that is either by email or fax), to::

Eligibility requirements: The Consultant is registered with the competent body responsible for registration of legal entities. The Consultant has duly performed all obligations on the basis of taxes and contributions in accordance with the law, i.e. the regulations of the country in which it has been registered; The Consultant or its legal representative has not been convicted for any criminal act as members of an organized criminal group; that it has been convicted for commercial criminal offence, criminal offence against environment, criminal offence of receiving or offering bribe, criminal offence of fraud. Proposal offers received exceeding the stated contract value will be rejected.

Award value: 171000