Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-12-30
Buyer: Public company Motorways of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ltd.
Country: BA
Contract type: Works
CPV classification: 45233110
Submission deadline: 2020-02-24
Award criteria: Other

Technical requirements: This invitation for tenders is published on the OJEU-TED, JP ‘Autoceste FBiH’ websites and BiH Daily Press.
Bosnia and Herzegovina has signed a loan agreement with the European Investment Bank – EIB (hereinafter referred as ‘the Bank’) to finance the construction of priority sections of the
motorway on the route of Pan European Corridor Vc through Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter referred as ‘the Beneficiary’) intends to apply the proceeds of this loan toward the cost of civil works and consulting services, to be procured for the section Tunnel Kvanj-Buna. The section may be in part financed by the
Public company motorways of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ltd. Mostar (hereinafter referred as ‘the Employer’) now invites sealed tenders from contractors for the following contract to be funded from part of the loan proceeds:
— Contract JPAC 1133-B110-19: Tunnel Kvanj-Buna in total length of 5,25 km will be financed from the loan agreement signed with European Investment Bank (EIB) loan and
Firms originating from all countries of the world are eligible to tender for works, goods and services contracts.
The tenderers will submit tender containing 2 envelopes: 1 envelope with the technical tender and another envelope with the price tender. Technical tender will be evaluated first and only if technical tender is determined to be substantially responsive, the tenderer’s price tender will be opened.
The Employer shall award the contract to the tenderer whose Tender has been determined to be the lowest evaluated tender and is substantially responsive to the tender document,
provided further that the tenderer is determined to be qualified to perform the contract satisfactorily.
The Tunnel Kvanj – Buna section starts at km 9 +  125 at the entrance portal of Tunnel Kvanj, continue within the viaduct ‘Rotimski potok’, leads through slope of ‘Gubavice’ and ends at km 14 + 380 in the area of ‘Stanojevići’. Tunel Kvanj is a twin tube tunnel. Right tunnel tube, length 2 645 m, begin on chainage km 9 + 732 and left tunnel tube, length 2 720 m, begin on chainage km 9 + 750. Viaduct ‘Rotimski potok’ crosses over creek ‘Rotimski potok’. The left viaduct is from 12 + 500 to 12 + 810 of the left axis and the right viaduct is from 12 + 445 to 12 + 775 of the right axis of the motorway. Both viaducts are designed as continuous prestressed concrete structure with spans 88 + 134 + 88 = 310 m for the left and 98 + 134 + 98 = 330 m for the right viaduct.
On this section there is overpass Rujevice at chainage 14 + 197 and allows communication between neighbouring settlements. The overpass structure is designed as shallow arch with
Total span of 44 m and rise of 6,5 m. As part of the project, construction of the connecting road is foreseen. It is designed as 2-way traffic road, length 1 414 meter. This road will be used as a connection, with temporary toll station, of the main road M17.3 in the Hodbina village, with the motorway section Tunnel Kvanj – Buna.
Also, regional road Buna – Domanovići will be reconstructed under this project. There was made main design of reconstruction and modernization. Total length of road is 14,5 km. This
road starts from connection with main road M17.3 Buna — Masline and finishes at connection with main road M6 Tasovčići — Masline. Alignment of regional road Buna — Domanovići connects 3 main roads (M17.3, M6 and M17 Mostar — Čapljina) and crosses the corridor Vc motorway alignment at the area of settlements Pijevci — Bivolje Brdo (motorway subsection Buna — Počitelj and subsection Počitelj — Zvirovići) and passes through settlements Buna, Gubavica, Pijesci, Bivolje Brdo and Domanovići. Many connections are characteristic for these settlements.
The FIDIC conditions of contract for plant and design-build; for electrical and mechanical plant and for building and engineering work, designed by the contractor, First Edition 1999 will be used for the design and civil works contract.