Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-03-30
Buyer: Public Utilities Corporation (PUC)
Country: SC
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45232430 | 45252120
Submission deadline: 2016-05-20

Technical requirements: Rehabilitation of Providence Wastewater Treatment Plant, Sewerage Pumping Stations and Rising Mains in Greater Victoria
REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES, MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE − PUBLIC UTILITIES CORPORATION
The Government of Seychelles has received funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Union, African Water Facility, the French Development Agency (AFD) and other funding agencies; towards the cost of Project Neptune, the Seychelles Water & Sanitation Project; being implemented by the Public Utilities Corporation (PUC) of Seychelles as Contracting Authority ("Employer").
This Invitation for Prequalification refers to Project Neptune Reference No. NP07/W02: “Rehabilitation of Providence Wastewater Treatment Plan, Sewerage Pumping Stations and Rising Mains in Greater Victoria”.
The Works include: rehabilitation of the Providence Wastewater Treatment Plant of 35,000 PE involving the replacement of the entire mechanical and electrical equipment; rehabilitation of 2 no. existing sewerage pumping stations; construction of 5 no. new sewerage pumping stations; construction of force main length 2,450 m of DN600.
The construction of the new pumping stations will in some places be in sites with limited space and access. Excavations for pumping stations will take place to depths of up to several metres with a high water table and collapsing sandy soils. Granite rock and granite boulders will be encountered in some locations. Construction of the force mains will take place in an area with a high water table and collapsing sandy soils.
The works will be contracted according to the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) “Conditions of Contract for Construction for Building and Engineering Works, Designed by the Employer”, First Edition 1999.
• Experience in at least 2 projects each with rehabilitation (or upgrade) and successful commissioning of an existing waste water treatment plant of at least 15,000 PE capacity in the past 5 years; At least 1 of these projects must have been conducted under full operation of the waste water treatment plant;
• Experience in at least 1 project with construction and successful commissioning of a sewerage pressure main of minimum size DN400 mm and minimum length 1 km in the past 5 years; and
• Experience in at least 1 project with construction and successful commissioning of a sewerage pumping station of minimum 500 m3/hr capacity.
Interested firms may obtain further information by contacting the Employer using the following contact information and email address:
The Employer will provide the Prequalification Documents in electronic format by email to those firms submitting a Request Form. Interested firms may obtain these Request Forms by contacting the Employer using the above contact information and email address.
• The name, organisation, address, telephone, fax and email of the contact person of the legal entity making the request; and
The completed Request Form must be submitted in electronic format to the Employer using the email address above. The Request Form containing the original signature of the contact person making the request must be provided as scanned version.
An applicant may be any combination of legal entities with a formal intent to enter into an agreement or under an existing agreement in the form of a Joint Venture (JV). In the case of a JV, at least one of the legal entities forming the JV must have submitted a completed Request Form as required above for the Prequalification Documents.