Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-12-24
Buyer: The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
Country: UA
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 71314300: Energy-efficiency consultancy services
Submission deadline: 2020-01-02
Award criteria: Other
EU fund: EU Fund

Technical requirements: Contracting authority and promoter: The Promoter of the project is the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (The Promoter), while the final beneficiaries of the service contracts will be the following 6 Universities in Ukraine (the Contracting Authorities):
The European Investment Bank (‘EIB’) has initiated a lending operation with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine co-financed by the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) and Eastern Europe Energy Efficiency and Environment Partnership Fund (‘the E5P Fund’) that aims at financing a long-term investment programme in the field of modernization and energy efficiency refurbishment of selected Universities in Ukraine. The total investment volume of the programme – Ukraine Higher Education Project (hereinafter ‘the Project’) has been estimated at 160 000 000 EUR. The energy efficiency modernisation measures of the selected university buildings and heating networks and corresponding investment for a University is a sub-project.
This procurement concerns procurement of design and supervision services (the ‘Services’) for all 6 universities participating in Phase I of the Project. In total 124 building are included in Phase I of the Project.
The construction works under the Project are to be implemented with application of FIDIC-MDB Harmonised construction contract conditions.
The detailed instructions to applicants and application forms for the assignment can be received upon submission of a written request to the Promoter.
The Contracting Authorities now invite eligible consulting firms (Applicants) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Applicants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.
The following selection criteria will be applied to Applicants. In case of applications submitted by a JV, these selection criteria will be applied to the overall JV as a whole.
The average annual turnover for the last 3 fiscal years for which accounts have been closed (2018, 2017, 2016) has to be at least 3 800 000 EUR or equivalent (exclusive of applicable indirect taxes).
(i) the Applicant shall show that it has successfully implemented, completed and received final payment under at least 3 assignments over the last 5 years (from 1.1.2015 up to the deadline of submission of applications), where the Applicant has provided construction supervision and/or project management services related to civil construction under FIDIC contract conditions, of value of at least 200 000 EUR per contract (exclusive of applicable indirect taxes). In case of joint venture, the Applicants shall demonstrate that they had a participation of a minimum amount not less than 200 000 EUR in each of these contracts brought as reference;
(ii) the Applicant shall show that it has successfully implemented, completed and received final payment under at least 3 assignments over the last 5 years (from 1.1.2015 up to the deadline of submission of applications), where the Applicant has provided design services for energy efficient renovation of buildings and/or design services for civil construction of public and/or residential buildings, of value of at least 300 000 EUR per contract (exclusive of applicable indirect taxes). In case of joint venture, the Applicants shall demonstrate that they had a participation of a minimum of 50 %, with equivalent amount not less than 300 000 EUR in each of these contracts brought as reference;
(iii) the Applicant shall show that it has successfully implemented, completed and received final payment under at least 3 assignments over the last 5 years (from 1.1.2015 up to the deadline of submission of applications), where the Applicant has provided construction supervision and/or project management services related to civil construction under FIDIC contract conditions, of value of at least 200 000 EUR per contract (exclusive of applicable indirect taxes). In case of joint venture, the Applicants shall demonstrate that they had a participation of a minimum amount not less than 200 000 EUR in each of these contracts brought as reference;
(ii) the Applicant shall show that it has successfully implemented, completed and received final payment under at least 3 assignments over the last 5 years (from 1.1.2015 up to the deadline of submission of applications), where the Applicant has provided design services for energy efficient renovation of buildings and/or design services for civil construction of public and/or residential buildings, of value of at least 300 000 EUR per contract (exclusive of applicable indirect taxes). In case of joint venture, the Applicants shall demonstrate that they had a participation of a minimum of 50 %, with equivalent amount not less than 300 000 EUR in each of these contracts brought as reference;
(iii) the Applicant shall show that it has successfully implemented, completed and received final payment under at least 2 assignments over the last 5 years (from 1.1.2015 up to the deadline of submission of applications), where the Applicant has provided services of implementation support and/or project management and/or technical assistance for IFI financed projects of a minimum value of 1 500 000 EUR (exclusive of applicable indirect taxes). In case of joint venture, the Applicants shall demonstrate that they had a participation of a minimum of 50 %, with equivalent amount not less than 1 500 000 EUR in each of these contracts brought as reference.
Among the similar assignments brought as reference in para (ii) above, at least 1 shall have been performed in the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood and/or countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States CIS (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan) as well as Georgia and Ukraine.
In case 1 single project brought as a reference, covers both criteria under point b (i) and b (ii) above, the amounts and services should be clearly specified separately and they should be certifiable upon request by the Contracting Authority(s).