Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-09-15
Buyer: Lusaka Water Supply and Sanitation Company
Country: ZM
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45231300
Submission deadline: 2021-10-25
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.
Construction, Rehabilitation and Upgrading of Main Sewer Collectors, Sewage Pump Stations and a Septic Sludge Receiving Station in Lusaka, Zambia
Construction, rehabilitation and upgrading of Main Sewer Collectors with a total length of up to 95 km; rehabilitation and upgrading of five (5) Sewage Pump Stations and a Septic Sludge Receiving Station; and decommissioning of a Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) with an area of 28 ha and Oxidation Ponds with an approximate area of 44 ha in Lusaka, Zambia following the FIDIC Red Book form of contracting, which is expected to require approximately 24 months construction plus a 12 months Defects Notification Period (DNP).  The Works will include earthworks, civil, mechanical and electrical components.
(a)	The annual turnover (individual company or consortium overall) of the applicant must be of at least EUR 30,000,000 for each of the last three (3) years for which accounts have been closed.
(b)	Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) must be at least 1 in the last year for which accounts have been closed and must be at least 1 in average for the last 3 years. In case of a consortium this criterion must be fulfilled by all members of the JV or consortium jointly.
(c)	Debt ratio (Total Liabilities/Total Assets) must be at most 0.8 in the last year for which accounts have been closed and must be at most 0.8 in average for the last 3 years. In case of a consortium this criterion must be fulfilled by all members of the JV or consortium jointly.
(a)	The applicant (individual company, JV or consortium) has successfully constructed during the last 5 years (must have been successfully completed i.e., final payment made by the client at any time during the period from January 2016 up to the deadline of submission of applications as indicated under item 20 below), at least 3 projects with a total contract price of EUR 20 million or more.
(b)	The applicant (individual company, JV or consortium) has successfully constructed during the last 5 years (must have been successfully completed i.e. final payment made by the client at any time during the period from January 2016 up to the deadline of submission of applications as indicated under item 20 below), at least 3 projects based on FIDIC contract conditions or equivalent that included at least 20 km sewerage main collectors with DN600 to DN900 and 60 km secondary sewerage system with minimum DN150 to DN600.
(c)	The applicant (individual company, JV or consortium altogether) has successfully constructed during the last 5 years (must have been successfully completed i.e., final payment made by the client at any time during the period from January 2016 up to the deadline of submission of applications as indicated under item 20 below), at least 2 projects that included a sewerage pumping station with capacity of at least 200 l/s.
(d)	The applicant must have experience in the decommissioning at least 1 contract in the last 5 years of WWTP / WTP with a minimum capacity of 30,000m3/day.
(e)	The applicant has successfully implemented at least one (1) project including implementation of Resettlement Action Plan.
(f)	The applicant (individual company, JV or consortium altogether) has successfully constructed during the last 5 years at least 2 projects with a significant Environmental & Social and Health and Safety Impact.
(g)	At least one (1) of the reference projects in (a) or (b) must have been accomplished in a country with a low-income or lower-middle income economy as listed by the World Bank:
The successful tenderer for the Works Contract will be asked to provide a performance guarantee of 10% of the amount of a contract at the signing of the contract. This guarantee must be provided together with the return of the countersigned contract no later than 30 days after the tenderer receives the contract signed by the Contracting Authority. If the selected tenderer fails to provide such a guarantee within this period, the contract will be void and a new contract may be drawn up and sent to the tenderer which has submitted the next cheapest compliant tender.
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