Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-04-29
Buyer: Kafr El Sheikh Water Supply and Sanitation Company (KSWSSC)
Country: EG
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71356200
Submission deadline: 2020-06-29

Technical requirements: 1.4) Assignment Title: ‘Construction of Zaghloul El Bahary Wastewater Treatment Plant, Design — Build, Defect Liability Year and Optional (1) Year of Operation and Maintenance, High Priority Cluster M.03.1, Motobas District, Kafr El Sheikh Governorate’
2.1) The Kafr El Sheikh Water Supply and Sanitation Company (KSWSSC) (hereinafter called ‘the Contracting Authority’ or the ‘Employer’) have received financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) (hereinafter called ‘the Bank’) and the European Union toward the cost of the Kafr El Sheikh Wastewater Development Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds to finance the works contract ‘Construction of Zaghloul El Bahary Wastewater Treatment Plant, Design — Build, Defect Liability Year and Optional (1) Year of Operation and Maintenance, High Priority Cluster M.03.1, Motobas District, Kafr El Sheikh Governorate’.
2.2) The work to be carried out under this contract comprises the permanent works (facilities and systems) related to the new Zaghloul El Bahary WWTP to be designed, constructed and commissioned, the effective restoration of any defects during the 1-year defects liability period and the optional 1-year of normal operation and maintenance of the works. The contract comprises also the provision of training services to the Employer’s personnel dully completed within the defects liability period and before the works hand-over.
2.5.1) design of new Wastewater Treatment Plant with tertiary treatment of a total capacity of 25 000 m
• preliminary treatment unit consisting of inlet chamber, screens, aerated grit and oil and grease removal chambers, flow measurement and any other relevant facilities for 25 000 m
• biological treatment stage consisting of EAAS basins, secondary settling tanks, chlorine contact tank and any other relevant facilities for 15 000 m
• sludge treatment and handling consisting of pumping stations, sludge gravity thickeners, drying beds and any other relevant facilities,
• treated effluent pumping station with force main to discharge the treated effluent to the Zaghloul Bahary main drain comprising all required crossings;
2.5.5) optional operation and maintenance for one (1) additional year after the defect liability period.
2.6) The Employer now invites eligible international and/or national construction firms (‘Tenderers’), who are experienced in similar works and O&M services under similar conditions, to indicate their interest in providing the specified design, construction and commissioning works and operation and maintenance (O&M) services.
2.7) Interested Tenderers should provide all required information and documentation, as specified in the tender documents (refer to §6 hereunder), to demonstrate that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to execute the design-build contract in question.
2.8) The Employer acknowledges the disruptions in the supply chains across the globe caused by the COVID-19 outbreak and their effects on project procurement and has taken measures in the tender documents to mitigate these effects to ensure effective procurement in terms of transparency and fair competition.
Therefore, the delivery of tender packages can be done through courier or in person, whereas attendance in person at the public opening of tenders and, subsequently, financial offers will be optional and may be supplemented by web-based remote attendance. Given the ‘greenfield’ nature of the site allocated to the construction of Zaghloul El Bahary WWTP, a pre-tender site visit will be optional for this procurement procedure, whereas all necessary information and visual material for the physical location and its surroundings are provided in the scope of the works in the tender documents. The attendance in person of the pre-tender meeting will be optional, whereas interested Tenderers are invited to submit their requests for clarifications in written form through email within the set period for the receipt of clarification pursuant to Clause 5.3) below.
3.1) The duration of this contract is directly linked to the duration of design, construction, testing and commissioning of the new Zaghloul El Bahary WWTP including 1-year defects liability period and an optional additional 1-year operation and maintenance period. Therefore, the duration of the subject contract is estimated at 32 months with provisional commencement date on 14 October 2020.
4.1) The examination and evaluation of tenders should be executed according to the provisions set out in the tender documents, instruction to Tenderers (ITT) Clauses 26 to 38.