Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-06-08
Buyer: MEDITERRANEAN INFORMATION OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENT CULTURE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Country: GR
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45222100
Estimated value: 298387 EUR
Submission deadline: 2022-06-22
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Construction of three (3) wetlands (tertiary treatment) to treat the water coming out from Wadi Al-Arroub Wastewater Treatment Plant and three (3) solar systems
The scope of the Assignment under the Call concerns the materialisation of  technical intervention in Palestine that will be increasing the utilisation of the Wadi Al-Arroub Wastewater Treatment Plant outflow, powered by solar energy, for efficient irrigation while promoting entrepreneurship opportunities for local, particularly female, farmers in agribusiness. Working at the intersection of water engineering and crop cultivation science towards income generation, the Project’s intervention in Wadi Al-Arroub will demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of the WEFE Nexus approach coupled with low-cost and low-energy Nature-based Solutions for water treatment such as constructed wetlands, to upgrade the quality of treated wastewater prior to be reused in farming while contributing to the local water budget, thus decreasing consumption of potable water needed for domestic uses.  BUDGET CEILING: EUR 370.000* inclusive of all taxes more information on www.gwpmed.org
•	The Participants must provide proof of their average annual turnover for the last three (3) fiscal years being at least equivalent to the maximum amount of this Call. The participant should provide the Financial Statements (Income Statement and Balance Sheet) of the last three years duly certified by a Public Accountant.  Include any indication of credit rating, industry rating, etc. The Financial Statements, preferably, should be submitted in English. However, for the evaluation process, those can also be submitted in Arabic (and the certified English version will be requested if the participant is awarded).
Failure to comply with the above requirements and provide relevant proof with the application is considered ground for exclusion.
The evaluation of the qualified -according to the previous criteria- offers will be made as follows and based on the requirements and information requested below:
•	Company Profile: Provide a brief description of the Participant, its legal mandates/authorized business activities, the year and country of incorporation, types of activities undertaken, approximate annual budget, environmental management systems or standards etc.
•	Understanding of the Assignment Context: The Participants must provide a maximum 3-page Work Method Statement describing the work to be performed and a timeframe based on the ToR.
•	Compliance specifications sheet: The Participants must provide a Letter of Compliance with the technical specifications and the procedures described in the ToR.
•	The participants must present a minimum duration of operation of five (5) years in contracted technical interventions. Proof to be provided by the related chamber (date of registration). Failure to comply with the above requirement is considered ground for exclusion.
•	Previous experience: The participants must provide a list of three (3) completed assignments of similar (comparable) nature, complexity and size to those requested in the Call.
Details for the evaluation process and award criteria to be found in the Call and TOR at www.gwpmed.org
•	The Participants must provide proof of their average annual turnover for the last three (3) fiscal years being at least equivalent to the maximum amount of this Call. The participant should provide the Financial Statements (Income Statement and Balance Sheet) of the last three years duly certified by a Public Accountant.  Include any indication of credit rating, industry rating, etc. The Financial Statements, preferably, should be submitted in English. However, for the evaluation process, those can also be submitted in Arabic (and the certified English version will be requested if the participant is awarded).
•	The Participants must present a minimum duration of operation of five (5) years in contracted technical interventions. Proof to be provided by the related chamber (date of registration).
Failure to comply with the above requirements and provide relevant proof with the application is considered ground for exclusion.
emergency situation emergency situation duly substantiated by the contracting authority relating to the Project end date of 31/12/2022 as foreseen by Law 4412/2016 in article 27, paragraph 3

Eligibility requirements: •	The Participants must be licensed to perform work in Palestine. •	The Participants must provide proof of their average annual turnover for the last three (3) fiscal years being at least equivalent to the maximum amount of this Call. The participant should provide the Financial Statements (Income Statement and Balance Sheet) of the last three years duly certified by a Public Accountant.  Include any indication of credit rating, industry rating, etc. The Financial Statements, preferably, should be submitted in English. However, for the evaluation process, those can also be submitted in Arabic (and the certified English version will be requested if the participant is awarded). •	The Participants must present a minimum duration of operation of five (5) years in contracted technical interventions. Proof to be provided by the related chamber (date of registration). Failure to comply with the above requirements and provide relevant proof with the application is considered ground for exclusion.

Award value: 298387