Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-06-10
Buyer: Public Utilities Corporation
Country: SC
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45252127
Submission deadline: 2022-07-21
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This contract will be financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and subject to EIB's Guide to Procurement.
The Government of Seychelles has received funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB), the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the European Development Fund and the African Water Facility towards the cost of the Seychelles Water & Sanitation Project. The Project is implemented by Public Utilities Corporation (PUC) of Seychelles as Promoter, Procuring Entity and Contracting Authority.
The contract comprises refurbishment and upgrading of existing Providence WWTP (average flow of 7,000 m3/d) which involves: inlet works with mechanical screening; new inlet pump station; new septage acceptance station; new aeration system with new air blower building; biological reactors; chemical dosing; clarifier tanks; ultraviolet (UV) disinfection; two sludge pump stations; mechanical dewatering; internal flow pump stations; internal process pipework; and all associated civil and site works.
Seychelles is an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean. The works are located on La Digue island which is accessible by boat from Mahé island where international ports of entry are located.
The procurement concerns “Upgrading of Providence Wastewater Treatment Plant” of Ref. No. GV/W01. The contract is procured using Open International Procedures in accordance with the “Guide to Procurement for projects financed by EIB” (September 2018 version) using “one envelope” system.
All individual firms and consortiums are invited to participate in the tender. Bidders may be an individual company or a consortium of individual companies, where all members of a consortium shall be jointly and severally liable to the Contracting Authority in the event that the consortium is awarded the Contract.
The Procuring Entity will arrange a pre-bid meeting in the Procuring Entity’s country. Attendance at the pre-bid meeting is mandatory.
Except for the Specification and the Drawings: Bidding Documents can be obtained "free of charge" before the pre-bid meeting from the Procuring Entity by using the contact information in the procurement notice. The Specification and the Drawings of the Bidding Documents will be provided “free of charge” to Bidders attending the pre-bid meeting.
Bids shall comprise a Technical Bid and a Price Bid to be submitted in accordance with the Bidding Documents.
The National Tender Board of Seychelles will publicly open both the Technical Bids and Price Bids immediately after the deadline for their submission. A copy of the Minutes and Register of Tender Opening will be provided to all Bidders submitting Bids.
The Procuring Entity will first evaluate the Technical Bids to determine whether the Technical Bid meets the requirements of the Bidding Documents. The Procuring Entity will first confirm that all documents and technical documentation requested in the Bidding Documents have been provided in the Technical Bid and to determine the completeness of each document provided in the Technical Bid. The Procuring Entity will then examine the documentary evidence of the Bidder’s qualifications submitted by the Bidder in the Bidder's Technical Bid to determine whether the Bidder is qualified to perform the Contract satisfactorily. The Procuring Entity will then examine the technical aspects of the Technical Bid to confirm that all requirements of the Employer’s Requirements have been met without any material deviation, reservation or omission.
Bidders shall demonstrate participation in at least two (2) contracts that have been successfully or substantially completed within the last five (5) years for construction of wastewater infrastructure for public utility purpose, where the value of the Bidder’s participation is greater than EUR five (5) million, as follows: each of these contracts shall include both civil works and electro-mechanical works completed by the Bidder that have similar technical features as the Works indicated in the Specification and Drawings of the Bidding Documents; at least one of these contracts shall comprise expansion and/or refurbishment of existing treatment facilities that were operated by the Employer while the expansion and/or refurbishment works were carried out; and at least one of these contracts shall concern a wastewater treatment facility for public water utility or industrial purpose.
The conditions of contract of the Bidding Documents are the "Conditions of Contract for Construction for Building and Engineering Works, Designed by the Employer" First Edition 1999 of the Fédération Internationale des Ingénieurs-Conseils (FIDIC).
An affirmative determination by the Procuring Entity of a Bidder's Technical Bid shall be a prerequisite for the Procuring Entity's evaluation of a Bidder’s Price Bid. A negative determination by the Procuring Entity shall result into the disqualification of the Bid.
The successful Bidder shall be required to register their business in the Contracting Authority’s country, to obtain a business license from the relevant Authority in the Contracting Authority’s country, and to obtain Value Added Tax (VAT) registration from the relevant Authority in the Contracting Authority’s country.