Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2024-09-09
Region: MK001
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 60410000: Scheduled air transport services
Estimated value: 6000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2024-09-27

Technical requirements: 1. The subject of this open call is the granting of financial support to domestic and foreign air carriers for the launching of new routes.
2. Provider of the financial support is the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia, through the Ministry of Transport.
3. The period for which financial support is granted shall be in accordance with the Program for determining the funds required for granting financial support to domestic and foreign carriers for the promotion and development of the air transport in the Republic of North Macedonia for the period 2025 to 2027 ("Official Gazette of the Republic of North Macedonia" No. 182/24).
4. The allocation of financial support shall be carried out through an open call, in the form of a procedure for implementing an open call for the allocation of financial support.
5. The documentation for an application for participation in the financial support granting procedure can be obtained every working day from 10:00a.m. to 3:00p.m. local time, at the Ministry of Transport at Plostad Crvena Skopska Opstina Str. No. 4, 1000 Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia, throughout the duration of this call; delivered electronically or downloaded from the official site of the Ministry of Transport.
6. The deadline for submission of the applications for participation in the financial support granting procedure is 07.10.2024 by 10:00 local time, in the archives of the Ministry of Transport. Applications submitted after the deadline shall not be considered.
7. Submission of the documentation for the applications to participate in the financial support granting procedure shall be in the Macedonian language or English accompanied by a certified translation into Macedonian (by a licensed translator).
8. The public opening of the applications shall be held on 07.10.2024 at 12:00 local time, at the location specified in the application documentation. Persons authorized by the applicants shall have the right to participate in the public opening.
9. The submitted applications shall be reviewed by the Evaluation Commission, composed of nominated representatives of the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of culture and tourism and the Civil Aviation Agency. The member representing the Ministry of Transport shall chair the work of the Commission.
10. The Commission shall have the right to require the applicants to supplement or clarify parts of the documentation.
11. The evidence and documentation which the applicants need to prove their personal status, professional activity, economic-financial status and technical or professional ability are provided in the application documentation.
16. As a new destination shall be considered an airport that have not already been served by scheduled air transport in the past two IATA seasons from/to the Skopje International Airport and the Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport.
17. The financial support in relation to a new destination shall be in the maximum amount of:
- 9 euros in Denar equivalent at the middle exchange rate of the National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia on the day of invoicing, per arriving passenger, to the Skopje International Airport for the new destination, and
- 12 euros in Denar equivalent at the middle exchange rate of the National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia on the day of invoicing, per arriving passenger, to the Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport to the new destination.
18. Within 60 days following the day of the public opening of the applications, the Evaluation Commission shall evaluate the applications and prepare a Report on the conducted evaluation of the financial support applications, it will then submit it to the Minister of Transport for adopting a Decision based on the Report after which the applicants ranked shall be invited for concluding an agreement for financial support.
Address:
Ministry of Transport,
Plostad Crvena Skopska Opstina No. 4, 1000 Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
Phone: +389 2 3145 592
E-mail: mtcfinancial.support@mtc.gov.mk 
Website: www.mtc.gov.mk