Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-02-06
Buyer: Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, ILBANK
Country: TR
Contract type: Works
CPV classification: 45232130 | 90420000
Submission deadline: 2020-04-06
Award criteria: Other

Technical requirements: Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, ILBANK (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Borrower’) has received (or applied for) a loan from the European Investment Bank – EIB (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Bank’) towards the cost of the ‘Urban Infrastructure Projects II’. This international invitation for tenders relates to the contract for the ‘Construction of the Karacabey Drinking Water Networks and Transmission Lines’. The employer for this project will be ‘Bursa Metropolitan Municipality, Bursa Water and Sewerage Administration General Directorate’.
This contract will include: construction of drinking water network (125 km) and transmission lines (1 km). The construction period will be 800 days, followed by 1 year for defect notification period.
1) The bidder must have successfully completed similar contracts as defined below within the last 10 years up to the submission deadline of the tender. Previous experience must be proved by originals or notary-certified copies of provisional acceptance (taking over) or final acceptance (performance) certificates;
2) Participation as contractor, management contractor, a joint venture member or subcontractor, in at least 1 contract within the last 10 years, with a value of at least four million (4 000 000) EUR or 2 contracts with a total value of six million (6 000 000) EUR that have been successfully and substantially completed and that are similar to the proposed works. The similarity shall be based on the physical size, complexity, methods/technology or other characteristics as described in Section VI), work’s requirements;
3) For the above or other contracts executed during the period stipulated above, a minimum experience in the following key activities: complete construction, installation, delivery of a minimum 30 km of drinking water network under 1 single contract;
4) The average of annual turnovers in construction works over the past 5 financial years shall be a minimum of three million (3 000 000) EUR or equivalent. Annual turnovers shall be verified by the documents certified by certified (Sworn-in) public accountant or tax authority;
5) The bidder must demonstrate access to or availability of, financial resources such as liquid assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit and other financial means, other than any contractual advance payments to meet:
6) The audited financial statements (audited balance sheets and income tables or, if not required by the law of the tenderer’s country, other financial statements acceptable to the employer) as well as the report of certified public (sworn) accountant for the past 5 financial years shall be submitted and must demonstrate the soundness of the bidder’s financial position, showing long-term profitability;
7) The bidder shall provide required number of key personnel with appropriate experience and all necessary equipments for the satisfactory completion of the works.
All firms are invited to participate in the tender. In the form of joint ventures, the bidder shall submit the joint venture declaration and meet the qualification criteria as well as other documentation and conditions given by bidding documents.
Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the bidding documents at the address of employer given below.
A complete set of bidding documents may be purchased on the submission of an application to the above address and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of two hundred and fifty (250) Turkish Liras to employer’s bank account
Bearing the name and reference number of the project. On request, against a faxed copy of the evidence of the remittance, the bidding documents may be sent by courier service if the transport is previously ordered by the bidder in his country. The Borrower bears no responsibility for the delivery in such a case.
A bid security not less than 3 % of the amount offered by the bidder fulfilling the conditions indicated in the bidding documents must accompany all bids.
All bids must be delivered in closed envelops bearing the mention ‘Bid for Construction of Karacabey Drinking Water Networks and Transmission Lines (KAP-2-BRS-W03)’ not later than 6.4.2020 10.30 at the following address: