Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-01-12
Buyer: HŽ Infrastruktura d.o.o.
Country: HR
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48810000: Information systems
Submission deadline: 2018-02-22
Award criteria: Other

Technical requirements: This invitation for tenders follows the general procurement notice for this project which was originally published in Procurement Opportunities on the EBRD website on 22 July 2014 with reference: 7144-GPN-44467 and updated on 26 January 2017 with reference 8545-GPN-44467.
HŽ INFRASTRUKTURA d.o.o. 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 the HŽ Infrastructure Modernization Project.
The Purchaser now invites sealed tenders from suppliers for the following contract to be funded from part of the proceeds of the loan:
The scope of the purchase is an integrated Energy Consumption Monitoring System EMIS (EMIS – Energy Management Information System), which consists of CIS (Central Information System) and MRMS (Meter Reading Monitoring System), components for remote, real-time meter reading, with the goal of acquisition of data on energy consumption, data transfer to CIS, alerting subsystem in case when consumption reaches a certain threshold, processing of gathered data on consumption, drafting of special reports, and transfer service of consumption data to ISGE — Energy Management Information System of the Real Estate Agency in duration of 2 years.
The mentioned system needs to be robust (it must fulfil its purpose without malfunctions in the present working conditions of metres in question), scalable (it must be easily expanded to new metres or facilities, and integrated with other information systems); it needs to provide a constant and uninterrupted communication between all system components, and it must fulfil minimal technical requirements described in the tender documentation, as well as all the valid norms and standards in the Republic of Croatia and the European Union related to metering and communication equipment.
Tendering for contracts that are to be financed with the proceeds of a loan from the bank is open to firms from any country. The proceeds of the bank's loan will not be used for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, of for any import of goods, if such payment or import is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.
(a) Submission of audited balance sheets, or if not required by the law of the tenderer’s country, other financial statements acceptable to the Purchaser, for the last 3 (three) years to demonstrate the current soundness of the tenderer’s financial position and its prospective long-term profitability.
— have the commercial activity suspended or in any other similar situation which results from a similar procedure according to the laws and national regulations.
(c) Tenderers shall demonstrate that they regularly meet their tax and assimilated legal contributions obligations (pensions, health fund, insurances, and other similar mandatory obligations) in the country where their business is registered or in the case they also have registered offices in the purchaser’s country, that they also meet the tax obligations assimilated legal contributions obligations in the purchaser’s country.
(d) Minimum average annual turnover of 1,250,000.00 EUR calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed, within the last 3 (three) years. In the case of a joint venture of several companies, each partner shall fulfil a minimum 20 % of the required average annual turnover, and the leading partner shall fulfil a minimum 60 % of the required average annual turnover.
2) The tenderer shall demonstrate access to, or availability of, financial resources such as liquid assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit, and other financial means, other than any contractual advance payments to meet:
In the case of a joint venture of several companies, each partner shall fulfil a minimum 20 % of the requirement, and the leading partner shall fulfil a minimum 60 % of the requirement.
3) Experience as supplier, in at least 3 (three) contracts within the last 5 (five) years each with a value of at least 150,000.00 EUR for goods (ICT components, sensors, metre reading devices) and EMIS that have been successfully and substantially completed and that are similar to the proposed goods. In the case of a joint venture of several companies, each partner shall fulfill a minimum 20 % of the requirement, and the leading partner shall fulfill a minimum 60 % of the requirement.
4) Demonstrate capacity to provide warranty, maintenance, repair, and spare parts-stocking obligations.
5) The tenderer shall submit with its tender the manufacturer’s authorisation for all the goods it offers, but that it does not manufacture.