Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2024-01-16
Region: DEA22
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Negotiated with prior call for competition
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45232420 | 45252000
Submission deadline: 2024-02-19
EU fund: eu-funds

Technical requirements: Zwingende bzw. fakultative Ausschlussgründe nach §§ 123 bis 126 GWB
According to Article 160, Section 3 of the German Act Against Restraint of Competition (GWB), application for review is not permissible insofar as
1. the applicant has identified the claimed infringement of the procurement rules before submitting the application for review and has not submitted a complaint to the contracting authority within a period of 10 calendar days; the expiry of the period pursuant to Article 134, Section 2 remains unaffected,
2. complaints of infringements of procurement rules that are evident in the tender notice are not submitted to the contracting authority at the latest by the expiry of the deadline for the application or by the deadline for the submission of bids, specified in the tender notice.
3. complaints of infringements of procurement rules that first become evident in the tender documents are not submitted to the contracting authority at the latest by the expiry of the deadline for application or by the deadline for the submission of bids,
4. more than 15 calendar days have expired since receipt of notification from the contracting authority that it is unwilling to redress the complaint.
Sentence 1 does not apply in the case of an application to determine the invalidity of the contract in accordance with Article 135, Section 1 (2). Article 134, Section 1, Sentence 2 remains unaffected.
Sludge management in Za'atari and Azraq Refugee Camp project (SMZA) is part of the program "Waste to Positive Energy, which aims at developing environmentally and more financially sustainable systems for integrated solid waste management and wastewater treatment at Za'atari Refugee Camp and neighboring communities.
This project is jointly funded by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the EU Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis (EUTF) and is implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in close coordination with the Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ).

The Za'atari Refugee Camp is the largest refugee camp in the country, with more than 82,000 refugees, Za'atari refugee camp is located approximately 15km from Mafraq town and 60km from the city of Amman. The town of Mafraq is approximately 60 km from the Syrian border, while Za'atari Refugee Camp is within the confines of Za'atari village. The Camp is bound by the coordinates of 190750, 188000, and 273500,276750 Northing and Easting respectively in the Cassini projection on the Palestine_1923_Palestine_Grid datum. The topography of the project area is generally gently sloping from the east towards the west with altitudes that range from 667.6 masl to 646.2 masl within the camp. 
The camp has a sewage network, and the wastewater is transferred to the Za'atari refugee camp wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). The treated effluent of the WWTP is used for agriculture, while the sludge is transferred to Al Akaider wastewater treatment plant, to ensure a more economic, sustainable, and environmentally friendly sludge management at the Zaatari refugee camp, it is important to equip the camp with sludge management infrastructure. The sludge treatment facility (STF) are planned to be located approx. 250 m south-west from the Camp district D12 in the available area between the airstrip and the camp"s wastewater treatment plant (WWTP).

The STF should be capable of processing approximately 81,763 m3 sludge per annum at the design horizon of 10 years, at a camp natural population growth rate of 1.5%, resulting in about 105,000 design population for the STF including 10,000 PE for host community septic sludge deliveries, the STF should handle sludge comprising of:
- Sludge generated by the WWTP comprising primary sludge and waste-activated sludge (174 m3/d average, ca. 1.5% DS)
- Sludge collected by tanker from the PRC tanks (49 m3/d average, max. instantaneous 259 m3/d, ca. 3.8% DS)
- Sludge collected by tanker from wastewater pump station #1 (200 m3/y) and pump station# 2 (75 m3/y)
The STF is designed considering the WWTP sludge will be pumped 24/7 to the STF and the PRC tank sludge will be delivered infrequently to the STF based on the PRC cleaning schedule. 
The STF is designed to produce sludge that meets the requirements of the Jordanian sludge standard JS 1145/2016 for Class 2 type sludge as the sludge will be disposed of to landfill, and any wastewater produced within the facility (supernatant, domestic wastewater from Operation building, etc.) will be treated to meet requirements of JS893/2021 Class B effluent requirement and will be discharged in the existing treated effluent pond so that it can be used for irrigation.
1. Average annual turnover for the last three years (last-but-four financial year can be included in case of tenders held within 6 months of end of last financial year), at least: 12 Mio EUR
2. Average number of employees and managers in the last three calendar years, at least 25 persons
If we receive more than 5 requests to participate, we will make a selection on the basis of the criteria laid out in the procurement documents and invite tenders only from the 5 candidates with the highest scores.

Weighted criteria for the selection of the 5 candidates:

Technical experience:
 1. Design & construct of septage/faecal sludge pre-treatment and gravity sludge thickening plant (15%)
2.  Design & construct mechanical sludge dewatering  facility (15%)
 3. Design & construct of biological treatment plant preferably treating backload/sludge liquor stream (25%)
 4. Design & construct of greenhouse type solar sludge drying facility (25%)
 5. Operation & maintenance of Sewage Treatment Plants and/or Water Treatment Plants (20%)

Eligibility requirements: other


Winner: Beschaffungsamt des BMI