Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-12-14
Buyer: Kyzylorda Regional Electricity Company
Country: KZ
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 65310000: Electricity distribution
Submission deadline: 2018-01-23

Technical requirements: This invitation for tenders follows the general procurement notice for this project which was published in procurement opportunities, 26.9.2014 with update on 5.9.2017.
Joint Stock Company Kyzylorda Regional Electricity Company (KREC) The employer has received a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank) towards the cost of Kyzylorda Electricity Distribution Project.
The employer now invites sealed tenders from contractors for the following contracts to be funded from part of the proceeds of the loan:
— Supply and Install of low and medium voltage distribution networks at Kyzylorda city and Shieli region within 18 months.
The employer will determine to its satisfaction whether the tenderer meets the qualifying criteria specified herein and based on information submitted has demonstrated that it is capable of performing the contract satisfactorily. The tenderers are requested to provide details and documentary evidence regarding the qualification criteria in the forms mentioned in the following tables.
1. General experience: The tenderer shall have an average annual turnover (defined as annual earnings, expressed in its equivalent of a defined currency) as a contractor over the last 3 years (i.e. calendar year 2014, 2015 and 2016) of 9 000 000 000 KZT equivalent.
2. Specific Experience: Requirement for both a single tenderer or a lead partner of JV: — Successful experience as a prime contractor in the execution of at least three (3) contracts of a nature and complexity comparable to the proposed contract within the last 5 years. For assessment purposes the referred contracts shall be not less than equivalent of 2 500 000 000 KZT and include the following: — Construction and installation works including installing overhead power lines with a voltage of 0,4; 10; 35; 110kV and higher, power
3. Personnel Capabilities: The tenderer shall provide suitably qualified personnel to fill the positions listed below. For each position tenderers shall supply information in the relevant form (refer to Personnel capabilities form) on a main candidate and an alternate, each of whom should meet the experience requirements specified below:
The tenderer shall assure that proposed personnel to the above listed positions considered by the Employer as complying with the requirements shall be mobilised during contract execution.
4. Financial position: — The tenderer shall demonstrate that it has access to, or has available, liquid assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit, and other financial means sufficient to meet the supply and install cash flow for the contract for a period of 19 months, estimated as not less than 1 500 000 000 KZT equivalent, taking into account the tenderer's commitments in other contracts. — As a minimum, a tenderer´s net worth in the last year (2016) calculated as the difference between total assets and total liabilities should be positive.
5. Non-performance history: A consistent history of litigation and/or arbitration awards against the tenderer or any partner of a joint venture or their non-performance under the contracts may result in failure of the tender. Moreover, if a tenderer is formally debarred from contracting activities by the law or official regulation of the employer’s country or by the Bank, and the employer may not enter into a contract with such tenderer, the employer may reject the tender.
6. Current obligations and pending awards: The tenderer shall have the above mentioned resources free of ongoing obligations and/or pending contract awards. The applicant shall provide information on the on-going contractual obligations and pending contract awards.
7. Specific Requirements with regard to JV: a) The JV must satisfy collectively all the above mentioned qualification criteria, for which purpose the relevant figures for each of the partners shall be added to arrive at the joint venture's total capacity. b) Each partner shall meet not less than 30 percent of all the qualifying criteria for the turnover and the availability of the financial means as per the criteria specified under general experience and financial position above. Each partner shall satisfy the requirements with regard to the soundness of the financial position and non-performance history, specified above. c) The lead partner of the JV shall demonstrate that he acted as a main contractor/supplier on project(s) of similar magnitude.
8. Certification: Valid ISO9001, ISO14001 and ISO45001 of the tenderer, or, in case of JV, of the lead partner of the JV, covering the scope of works under the requirements valid ISO9001 for the other partners of a JV covering their respective scope of the work under the Requirements and for all subcontractors providing transformers, substations, cables and concrete poles
Prospective tenderers may obtain further information from, and inspect and acquire the tender documents at, the following office: