Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-12-19
Buyer: Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR)
Country: LB
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45252127
Submission deadline: 2019-01-28

Technical requirements: The Government of Lebanon has received a loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB), and a loan from the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), toward the cost of implementation of the Kesrouane Waste Water Project. This project includes, among other components, the design, build and operation of a wastewater treatment plant, and the construction a sea outfall.
The Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR), project's implementing agency on behalf of the Government of Lebanon, intends to apply part of the proceeds for the construction supervision services for the works components described above, and aim, for this purpose, to pre-select six (6) qualified engineering consultants. Based on the results of this pre-qualification exercise, CDR will select those 6 candidates who, subsequently, will, be invited to collect the Request for Proposals (RFP) documents and to submit proposals. The consultants will be selected hereby in accordance with the procedures set out in EIB’s “Guide to Procurement for projects financed by the EIB”. The procurement procedure that will be followed is the Restricted International procurement procedure, as defined in this guide to procurement.
The service requested from the consultant is the supervision of the implementation of two (2) independent construction contracts, which are described below:
1) A contract for the Design, Build and Operation (DBO) of a Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) in the town of Ghazir in Kesrouane district. The WWTP will use the Biological Aerated Filter (BAF) technology, and will have a treating capacity of 48,000 m3/day;
2) A contract for the construction of a sea outfall at Tabarja with the following characteristics: HDPE pipes, diameter 1 000 mm, length around 1 200 m, maximum depth around 65 m below sea level.
The implementation period of the constructions of the above-mentioned Works (WWTP and sea outfall) are (36) months and (18) months respectively. The construction will be followed by an Operation and Maintenance (O&M) period of Five (5) years. The implementation period of the services contract shall be during this same period previously mentioned (the construction contracts) and will include, in addition to the supervision of the construction works, the supervision of the O&M. The construction and services contracts are expected to assigned by the mid of the year 2019 (Provisional date).
The CDR invites hereby eligible consultants to indicate their interest in providing the services described above. Interested consultants should provide information indicating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the services in a responsive way to the below listed requirements. Consultants may associate to enhance their qualifications. Name and nationality of the lead partner shall be specified.
The consultant should demonstrate that he has sufficient experience in the design and supervision of the construction of WWTPs of similar scale, type, and which use the biological aerated filter process. Besides, the consultant should demonstrate that he has sufficient experience in the supervision of the construction of sea outfalls of similar scale, and type.
— detailed design of wastewater treatment plants with similar sizes, characteristics, and which use the biological aerated filter process.
— supervision of construction of wastewater treatment plans with similar sizes, characteristics, and which use the biological aerated filter process.
— a duly signed cover letter stating the interest of the applicant in providing the mentioned services,
— a general and concise presentation of the firm(s) (brochures, statements of type, property, and key tasks, etc...),
— certified statements and balance sheets showing financial capabilities (turnovers, assets, liabilities, lines of credit, etc.), for the lead and associated partners, and for the last 5 years for each,
— detailed descriptions of at least two (2) assigned similar projects with similar services completed within the last 15 years for the wastewater treatment plant,
— detailed descriptions of at least one (1) assigned similar projects with similar services for the sea outfall project completed within the last 15 years,