Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-08-23
Buyer: Joint Stock Company for Public Railway Infrastructure Management, "SERBIAN RAILWAYS INFRASTRUCTURE"
Country: RS
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34140000: Heavy-duty motor vehicles
Submission deadline: 2017-10-17

Technical requirements: EBGU - Indkøb af maskiner til vedligeholdelse af elektroteknisk infrastruktur — tårnvogne med kraftige motorer til vedligeholdelse af kørestrømsledninger (RS-Beograd)
This Invitation for Tenders follows the General Procurement Notice for this project which was published on the EBRD website (www.ebrd.com), Procurement Notices, on September 2, 2016, Procurement ref. 7789-GPN-42262.
Joint Stock Company for Public Railway Infrastructure Management "Serbian Railways Infrastructure", hereinafter referred to as “the Purchaser”, intends to use part of the proceeds of a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank) towards the cost of procurement of Machinery for maintenance of electro-technical infrastructure.
The Purchaser now invites sealed tenders from Suppliers for the following contract to be funded from part of the proceeds of the loan:
The machinery for maintenance of electro-technical infrastructure on the railway network of the Republic of Serbia shall be permanently working under the following climatic conditions:
In establishing conditions for different technical sets, the relevant regulations and guidelines relating to the climatic conditions must be respected. Devices and equipment of the vehicles should maintain guaranteed characteristics under temperature conditions specified by international regulations. The operational life of the machines should be no less than 30 years. Towing and bumping equipment should be in accordance with the UIC Leaflet 520, and the vehicles should fit into the loading gauge in accordance with JZ standards and UIC Leaflets 505-1 and 506.
Heavy-Duty Motor Tower Cars for maintenance of the overhead contact line are necessary for modernisation of conditions of the current and investment-requiring maintenance of the OCL. A Heavy-Duty Motor Tower Car (TMD) for maintenance of the contact line is an independent rail vehicle with buffing and draw gear, used for carriage of workers and material and maintenance of the contact line, having a hydraulic lifting platform, an operating crane (with basket), and a device for gripping of the OCL. TMD can haul the freight cars weighing 120 t. The speed upon hauling the load of 120 tonnes shall be 50km/h along the horizontal straight track.
The Heavy-Duty Motor Tower Car shall be equipped with modern sets and devices for secure and safe work of the contact line team in all weather conditions.
The Heavy-Duty Motor Tower Cars, subject to this tendering process, will be used on the railway lines that have the following characteristics:
Tendering for this contract, which is to be financed with the proceeds of a loan from the Bank is open to firms and joint ventures from any country.
Average annual turnover as prime Supplier (defined as billing for Goods and Services delivered and under delivery) over the last 5 (five) years of Euro 10 (ten) million or equivalent.
The Tenderer shall demonstrate that it has access to, or has available, liquid assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit, and other financial means sufficient to meet the production cash flow for the contract estimated as not less than Euro 4 (four) million equivalent, taking into account the Tenderer's commitments for other contracts.
Experience as Supplier during the last 5 (five) years at least 3 (three) contracts of not less than Euro 3,300,000.- value that have been successfully and substantially completed and that are similar to the proposed Goods. The similarity shall be based on the physical size, complexity, methods/technology or other characteristics as described in Section VI, Supply Requirements.
(b) Tenderer must hold and submit the evidence that the machines/Goods similar to the ones offered are being used on the railway lines of a railway authority in at least one EU country which is a member of UIC.
(c) Tenderer must submit a Statement that the goods offered comply with relevant standards for this type of goods, listed in the ‘International Classification for Standards’ (45.060 Railway rolling stock).