Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2023-03-03
Buyer: Ministry of Transport and Communications
Country: MK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 60410000: Scheduled air transport services
Estimated value: 5000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2023-03-31
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: OPEN CALL for submission of applications for financial support for the launching of new destination/s from the airports in the Republic of North Macedonia to the airports in the ECAA/EU
for submission of applications for financial support for the launching of new destination/s from the airports in the Republic of North Macedonia to the airports in the ECAA/EU
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 to airports in the ECAA/EU.
2. The provider of the financial support is the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia, through the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
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 from 2023 to 2025 ("Official Gazette of the Republic of North Macedonia" No. 249 /22).
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 period of validity of the requests shall be 30 days following the day of public opening of the applications.
6. 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 and Communications at Plostad Crvena Skopska Opstina Str. No. 4, 1000 Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia, throughout the duration of this call or delivered electronically or downloaded from the official site of the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
The provider of the financial support is the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia, through the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
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.
14. In order to qualify as a financial support applicant, the air carrier should meet the following criteria:
- to have an operating license (OL) issued by an EU/ECAA Member State in accordance with the regulations of the European Union for issuing operating licenses to air carriers,
- to submit a notarized statement that it will continue to operate the destination which is subject of financial support after the end of the financial support period, for a period at least equal to the period for which it has received financial support, or otherwise, it agrees to return to the provider of financial support all the funds which were paid for that particular destination in the period during which financial support was granted.
- operate each new awarded route launched from the Skopje International Airport and the Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport to the airports to ECAA/EU, for the period for which the financial support is granted, at least twice a week in each of the IATA seasons, i.e. in line with the application submitted, according to a predetermined flight schedule, starting from its launch until the end of the period for which the financial support is granted, except for the week in which the New Year and the religious holidays of Catholic and Orthodox Christmas fall,
- develop a promotion and marketing plan, that may be subject to changes upon instructions of the financial support provider, and

Eligibility requirements: 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. 14. In order to qualify as a financial support applicant, the air carrier should meet the following criteria: - to have an operating license (OL) issued by an EU/ECAA Member State in accordance with the regulations of the European Union for issuing operating licenses to air carriers, - to have carried i.e., served at least 10 million passengers in 2019, - to have made a profit of at least 25,000,000 (twenty-five million) euros in 2019, and - to submit a notarized statement that it will continue to operate the destination which is subject of financial support after the end of the financial support period, for a period at least equal to the period for which it has received financial support, or otherwise, it agrees to return to the provider of financial support all the funds which were paid for that particular destination in the period during which financial support was granted.

Award value: 5000000