Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-06-17
Buyer: Old Royal Capital Cetinje
Country: ME
Region: MEZZZ
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services
Submission deadline: 2025-07-29
Award criteria: price
EU fund: eu-funds

Technical requirements: Scope of procurement is provision of supervision of Works which will be executed under the FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction (Red Book) edition 1999 Fee based Contract for "Supervision Services for Construction Works". The scope of the Works to be supervised includes construction and reconstruction of a water supply network, construction of the new reservoir Sandin vrh 1 and booster station Sandin vrh 2, as well as reconstruction of the pumping station Višnjica and the breaking chamber Velja Gora. The contract shall be procured based on the templates of the PRAG PRAG (ePRAG EXACT External Wiki EN EC Public Wiki (europa.eu) and provision of the EIB Guide to Procurement (EIB GtP): https://www.eib.org/en/publications/20240132guidetoprocurementforprojectsfinancedbytheeib.
Indicative scope of Works on the project “Supervision of Works for Improvement of the Water Supply System in the Old Royal Capital Cetinje, Montenegro” includes the following elements:
•	Construction of transmission and distribution mains of diameter DN32 to DN400, with approximate length of 92 km (to be implemented within 5 phases), incl. including house connections and installation of flow meters
•	Construction of the new reservoir Sandin vrh 1 and booster station Sandin vrh 2 (6th phase)
•	Reconstruction of the existing water supply network
•	Reconstruction of the transmission main from BC Lašor to the reservoir Zagrablje
•	Reconstruction of the pumping station Višnjica and the breaking chamber Velja Gora
Works will be implemented according to FIDIC Red Book (1999 ed).
The supervision of Works shall be implemented in compliance with the requirements of the Montenegrin legislation and relevant EU requirements. The Consultant must particularly consider licensing and permits requirements in the Law on Construction of Structures in Montenegro in force.
The services shall be provided in Montenegro/ Old Royal Capital Cetinje.
An economic operator (i.e. candidate or tenderer) may, where appropriate and for a particular contract, rely on the capacities of other entities, regardless of the legal nature of the links which it has with them. If the economic operator relies on other entities, it must in that case prove to the contracting authority that it will have at its disposal the resources necessary for the performance of the contract by producing a commitment by those entities to place those resources at its disposal. Such entities, for instance the parent company of the economic operator, must respect the same rules of eligibility and notably that of nationality as the economic operator relying on them and must comply with the selection criteria for which the economic operator relies on them. Furthermore, the data for this third entity for the relevant selection criterion should be included in a separate document. Proof of the capacity will also have to be provided when requested by the contracting authority.
With regard to technical and professional criteria, an economic operator may only rely on the capacities of other entities where the latter will perform the tasks for which these capacities are required. 
With regard to economic and financial criteria, the entities upon whose capacity the economic operator relies, become jointly and severally liable for the performance of the contract.
The following selection criteria will be applied to candidates. In the case of request to participate submitted by a consortium, these selection criteria will be applied to the consortium as a whole if not specified otherwise. The selection criteria will not be applied to natural persons and single-member companies when they are sub-contractors.
The candidate shall not use previous experience which caused breach of contract and termination by a contracting authority as a reference for selection criteria.
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In the case of request to participate submitted by a joint venture, all the members must satisfy collectively the criteria for economic, financial and professional capacity, for which purpose the relevant figures for each of the partners shall be added to arrive at the consortium’s total capacity, and the lead partner shall meet not less than 50 percent of all the qualifying criteria for financial and technical capacity.
A substantially responsive request to participate is one that meets the requirements in the Contract Notice and the request to participate form without a material deviation or reservation or omission. A material deviation, reservation, or omission is one that:
(a) if accepted, would: 
(i)  affect in any substantial way the fair, impartial and equal evaluation of the candidates; or
(ii) limit in any substantial way, inconsistent with the Contract Notice, the Contracting Authority’s rights and interests; or
(b) if rectified, would unfairly affect the competitive position of other candidates presenting substantially responsive request to participate.
A.	Economic and financial capacity (based on item 3 of the request to participate form). In case of candidate being a public body, equivalent information should be provided. The reference period which will be taken into account will be the last three years for which accounts have been closed.
1.	The average annual turnover of the candidate for the last three years for which accounts have been closed must exceed 500,000 EUR; and
2.	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 each member.
Financial data to be provided by the candidate in the request to participate form must be expressed in EUR. If applicable, where a candidate refers to amounts originally expressed in a different currency, the conversion to EUR shall be made in accordance with the InforEuro exchange rate of July 2025, which can either correspond to the month and year of the publication of the present contract notice or the month and year corresponding to the deadline for submitting requests to participate, which can be found at the following address: http://ec.europa.eu/budget/graphs/inforeuro.html.

Eligibility requirements: An economic operator (i.e. candidate or tenderer) may, where appropriate and for a particular contract, rely on the capacities of other entities, regardless of the legal nature of the links which it has with them. If the economic operator relies on other entities, it must in that case prove to the contracting authority that it will have at its disposal the resources necessary for the performance of the contract by producing a commitment by those entities to place those resources at its disposal. Such entities, for instance the parent company of the economic operator, must respect the same rules of eligibility and notably that of nationality as the economic operator relying on them and must comply with the selection criteria for which the economic operator relies on them. Furthermore, the data for this third entity for the relevant selection criterion should be included in a separate document. Proof of the capacity will also have to be provided when requested by the contracting authority.
With regard to technical and professional criteria, an economic operator may only rely on the capacities of other entities where the latter will perform the tasks for which these capacities are required. 
With regard to economic and financial criteria, the entities upon whose capacity the economic operator relies, become jointly and severally liable for the performance of the contract.
The following selection criteria will be applied to candidates. In the case of request to participate submitted by a consortium, these selection criteria will be applied to the consortium as a whole if not specified otherwise. The selection criteria will not be applied to natural persons and single-member companies when they are sub-contractors.
The candidate shall not use previous experience which caused breach of contract and termination by a contracting authority as a reference for selection criteria.
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In the case of request to participate submitted by a joint venture, all the members must satisfy collectively the criteria for economic, financial and professional capacity, for which purpose the relevant figures for each of the partners shall be added to arrive at the consortium’s total capacity, and the lead partner shall meet not less than 50 percent of all the qualifying criteria for financial and technical capacity.
A substantially responsive request to participate is one that meets the requirements in the Contract Notice and the request to participate form without a material deviation or reservation or omission. A material deviation, reservation, or omission is one that:
(a) if accepted, would: 
(i)  affect in any substantial way the fair, impartial and equal evaluation of the candidates; or
(ii) limit in any substantial way, inconsistent with the Contract Notice, the Contracting Authority’s rights and interests; or
(b) if rectified, would unfairly affect the competitive position of other candidates presenting substantially responsive request to participate.
A.	Economic and financial capacity (based on item 3 of the request to participate form). In case of candidate being a public body, equivalent information should be provided. The reference period which will be taken into account will be the last three years for which accounts have been closed.
1.	The average annual turnover of the candidate for the last three years for which accounts have been closed must exceed 500,000 EUR; and
2.	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 each member.
Financial data to be provided by the candidate in the request to participate form must be expressed in EUR. If applicable, where a candidate refers to amounts originally expressed in a different currency, the conversion to EUR shall be made in accordance with the InforEuro exchange rate of July 2025, which can either correspond to the month and year of the publication of the present contract notice or the month and year corresponding to the deadline for submitting requests to participate, which can be found at the following address: http://ec.europa.eu/budget/graphs/inforeuro.html.
B.	Professional capacity (based on items 4 and 5 of the request to participate form for service contracts). The reference period which will be taken into account will be the last three years preceding the submission deadline.
1.	The candidate (each sole candidate or, in case of a consortium each member of the consortium) shall have professional licences, certificates, rights or equivalent for performance of the construction supervision services for the water supply infrastructure in accordance with the laws of the country in which the candidate is established (a copy must be included in the request to participate);
2.	The candidate has at least 10 staff currently working for the candidate in fields related to this contract (water supply, environment);
3.	The candidate has at least 5 permanent staff currently working for the candidate in fields related to this contract (water supply, environment).
C.	Technical capacity (based on items 5 and 6 of the request to participate form for service contracts). The reference period which will be taken into account will be the last five years from submission deadline.
With reference to chapter 6 of the request to participate form, the Candidate has provided services under at least two contracts including (Note: the same reference contracts can be used for more criteria if they fulfil the requirements):
1.	at least one of the two above requested contracts must include the supervision of works for water supply infrastructure or sewerage networks with a budget of at least 400,000 Euros exclusively for supervision services and implemented at any moment between 29/07/2020 and the submission deadline (copies of contracts and certificates of provisional acceptance must be submitted as supporting documents). The contract shall be successfully completed or ongoing (minimum level of completion of 60% calculated on the service contract value);
2.	at least one of the two above requested contracts must have been implemented under FIDIC Book Conditions of Contract;
3.	at least one of the two above requested contracts must include the construction supervision of a water supply network with at least 20 km;
4.	at least one of the two above requested contracts must include construction or rehabilitation of water reservoir with a volume of minimum 200 m³;
5.	at least one of the two above requested contracts must include construction or rehabilitation of a water supply pumping/booster station.
The contracts the candidate refers to could have been started at any time during the indicated period, but it does not necessarily have to be completed during that period, nor implemented during the entire period. Candidates are allowed to refer either to projects completed within the reference period (although started earlier) or to projects not yet completed. Only the portion satisfactorily completed during the reference period will be taken into consideration. This portion will have to be supported by documentary evidence (statement or certificate from the entity which awarded the contract, proof of payment) also detailing its value.
If a candidate has implemented the project in a consortium, the percentage that the candidate has successfully completed must be clear from the documentary evidence, together with a description of the nature of the services provided/supplies delivered if the selection criteria relating to the pertinence of the experience have been used.
National professional licencing: the awarded candidate will have to be licenced for performance of the subject services according to the valid national legislation (“Law on construction of structures”, Official Gazette of Montenegro, No. 19/25, 28/25), with addenda, if any; and related secondary legislation: “Rulebook on the detailed manner and procedure of issuance and dormancy of licenses for the performance of activities in the field of construction of structures and the manner of keeping the registry of licenses”, Official Gazette of Montenegro no. 42/25, with addenda, if any, on the Commencement Date at the latest. No national licences are required until then. In this respect, the awarded candidate cannot rely on the capacities of any other entities including the sub-contractors
Price is not the only award criterion. All criteria are stated only in the procurement documents.
First Instance review body : Old Royal Capital Cetinje // Postal address:	Bajova 2;  81250 Cetinje; Montenegro. 
Second instance review body:  Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Northern Region Development // Postal address: Eko Efikasna zgrada; 81000 Podgorica; Montenegro. 
Third instance review body:  Administrative Court of Montenegro // Podgorica; Montenegro.
Access to the procurement documents is restricted. A complete set of procurement documents in English may be obtained by interested candidates free of charge on the submission of a written application to the e-mails below:
** tatjana.stankovic@cetinje.me
** milica.boskovicvukicevic@procon.me
Interested eligible candidates may obtain further information from the Old Royal Capital Cetinje. The candidates shall send all written correspondence to the both e-mail addresses above.
Contract financing: WBIF investment grant “Improvement of water supply system in the Old Royal Capital Cetinje, Montenegro” and Finance Contract “Montenegro Water and Sanitation” between Montenegro and the European Investment Bank.
Indicative scope of Works on the project “Supervision of Works for Improvement of the Water Supply System in the Old Royal Capital Cetinje, Montenegro” includes the following elements:
•	Construction of transmission and distribution mains of diameter DN32 to DN400, with approximate length of 92 km (to be implemented within 5 phases), incl. including house connections and installation of flow meters
•	Construction of the new reservoir Sandin vrh 1 and booster station Sandin vrh 2 (6th phase)
•	Reconstruction of the existing water supply network
•	Reconstruction of the transmission main from BC Lašor to the reservoir Zagrablje
•	Reconstruction of the pumping station Višnjica and the breaking chamber Velja Gora
Works will be implemented according to FIDIC Red Book (1999 ed).
The supervision of Works shall be implemented in compliance with the requirements of the Montenegrin legislation and relevant EU requirements. The Consultant must particularly consider licensing and permits requirements in the Law on Construction of Structures in Montenegro in force.
The services shall be provided in Montenegro/ Old Royal Capital Cetinje.

Winner: Publications Office of the European Union