Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-01-26
Buyer: Council of Development and Reconstruction (CDR)
Country: LB
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45233130: Road works
Submission deadline: 2018-03-21
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: EIB - Construction supervision of the project Lebanese Highways II – Widening of the A1 highway between Nahr El-Kalb and Tabarja (LB-Beirut)
INTERNATIONAL INVITATION FOR CONSULTING SERVICES REQUIRED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION OF THE PROJECT ENTITLED
The Council for Development and Reconstruction (hereinafter referred to as “the Borrower”) has received a loan from the European Investment Bank — EIB (hereinafter referred to as “the Bank”) — towards the cost of the (widening of the A1 highway between Nahr El-Kalb and Tabarja). This International Invitation for Consulting Services required for the construction supervison of the project entitled (widening of the A1 highway between Nahr El-Kalb and Tabarja) which consists of widening the highway in both directions to become with cross section 2x3 lane for the highway and one separated lane for service road on both sides.
This contract will include the provision of consultancy services to administer the construction contract and to supervise the works to be performed, carrying out such duties and responsibilities as are described in this contract. The objective will be to ensure that the works are carried out to a high standard of workmanship and materials, as scheduled and within budget, in accordance with the specifications and drawings of the contract, to acceptable environmental standards and in accordance with the borrower’s requirements.
An open procedure (two envelope system) will be adopted for this tender, the technical evaluation will be completed prior to any financial proposals being opened and compared.
(a) The qualifications and competence of the key personnel listed in Appendix C, and proposed for the assignment based on the curricula vitae (CV) provided in bidding documents (45 points);
(b) The adequacy of the proposed methodology and approach in responding to the TOR based on the information provided in bidding documents (30 points);
(c) The firm’s proposed task allocation and supervision procedures based on the information provided in bidding documents (15 points);
(d) The firm’s experience in the field of the assignment based on the information provided bidding documents (10 points);
A list of two (2) completed road projects as main supervision consultant with final acceptance certificates with at least one project in urban setting shall be provided with total construction cost value for the 2 projects of Euro 40 million or more.
In the case of a Joint Venture, a maximum of 2 partners (Lead & 1 partner) may present the tender. The Lead partner shall submit one (1) project having a total construction value of minimum Euro 28 million as main consultant with final acceptance certificates while the partner shall submit one (1) project having a total construction value of minimum Euro 16 million as main consultant with final acceptance certificates. Out of the two projects, at least one must be in more in urban setting.
Certified completion certificates, signed and stamped by clients, shall be submitted for each of the projects listed;
2) To qualify and pass the technical evaluation, a proposal must achieve point scores which satisfy the following requirement:
3) Only consultants with passing technical proposals will be retained for further evaluation of their financial proposals. Consultants who do not meet minimum requirements will be disqualified;
4) The financial proposals of the retained consultants who passed the technical evaluation will be opened and graded based on the total price for the construction supervision. The grading is as such, the lowest financial proposal will obtain a full grade point of 100, other financial proposals will then be graded proportionally to the lowest financial proposal (i.e. say lowest financial proposal =Y, then the grade of another financial proposal in the amount Z = 100 points x Y/Z). Then, the proposals will be ranked according to the following formula 80 % of the technical proposal grade and 20 % of the financial proposal grade. The consultant with the highest ranking using the previous formula will be invited for contract negotiation. In such case, his fully authorised representative appointed as the project director, should be prepared to negotiate and sign the contract with CDR in Beirut. Failure of the selected consultant to negotiate and sign the contract with CDR may result in the terminations of the negotiation. In such a case, the consultant obtaining the second highest grade will be invited for contract negotiations and signature.