Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-08-24
Buyer: PC Motorways of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ltd Mostar
Country: BA
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45233120: Road construction works | 71520000: Construction supervision services
Submission deadline: 2018-10-04

Technical requirements: The above named client, intends to use part of the proceeds of a loan from/grant administered by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank) and set out above and from Client's own funds towards the cost of the above named project.
Contracts will be subject to the Bank's Procurement Policies and Rules. Funding Details: a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank) Bosnia and Herzegovina is currently conducting a procedure of signing a loan agreement with European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (hereinafter EBRD) to finance priority sections of the motorway on the route of Pan European Corridor Vc through Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (the Beneficiary) intends to apply part of the proceeds of this loan toward the cost of civil works and consulting services, to be procured for the section of motorway from Tarcin to Ivan. Contracts to be financed with the proceeds of a loan from/ grant administered by the Bank and will be open to firms from any country.
The proceeds of the loan from/ grant administered by the Bank will not be used for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for any import of goods, if such payment or import is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations or under a law or official regulation of the Client's country. The main objective of the assignment shall be: The construction of the motorway section from Tarcin to Ivan will be carried out within the following contract: Contract no. JPAC 985-B98-18: section Tarcin-Konjic, subsection Tarcin-Ivan (length = 6.8 km): LOT 2 Tunnel Ivan (length = 2 km) will be financed from the loan agreement with EBRD
The subject of this Invitation for Expressions of Interest are Consulting services for supervision of works on construction of motorway on Corridor Vc, section Tarcin-Konjic, subsection Tarcin-Ivan: LOT 2 Tunnel Ivan, Contract no. JPAC 986-E504-18 which shall be funded from the proceeds of the EBRD loan. Public company Motorways of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ltd. Mostar (the Employer), on behalf of the Beneficiary, intends short listing consulting firms to supervise construction of the above mentioned contract. The FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction for Building and Engineering Works designed by the Employer (edition 1999) will be used for the civil works contracts. The role of the Consultant is:
— to act as Engineer in terms of FIDIC Conditions of Construction for Building and Engineering Works designed by the Employer, First Edition 1999, and
The Consultant shall act in a role of Engineer and its outputs will have to comply with current local laws and regulation concerning construction, supervision, civil works quality control and environmental protection. (Law on Physical Planning and Utilization of Land at the Level of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Guidelines for Road Designing, Construction, Maintenance and Supervision, Law of Environmental Protection, etc.).
1) Inception Phase, supposed to start three months before the commencement of Contract for construction with objective to review and update the detailed design documents, preparation of Supervision Quality Assurance Plan and Risk Management Plan;
2) Pre-construction activities which includes inter alia: review and approval of Contractors documentation such as insurance policies, Quality Assurance Plan, Health and Safety and Environmental Plan, Traffic Management Plan; check of coordinates and levels of all survey reference markers; check and approval of Contractors proposal of material sources; identification of clashes in the Main Design and their resolving with BIM Consultant; comparison of Contractual and Actual (by BIM generated) BoQ;
3) Administration of the civil work contract: follow up of Contractors work programmes and cash flow; monitor and update work progress in the established BIM model; measurements and recording of quantities of works;
9) Additional services Contracts will be subject to the Bank's Procurement Policies and Rules (PPR, Rev. November 2017).
This consultant selection will be conducted by e-procurement using the EBRD Client E-Procurement Portal (ECEPP). Interested firms should register on ECEPP at this link: https://ecepp.ebrd.com/respond/T53J7Q2676 and express an interest in this assignment. The Consultant shall simultaneously comply with the following minimum criteria:
(a) The average annual turnover of the applicant for the past five (5) years (2013-2017) must exceed 2,0 million EUR;
(b) The audited financial statement and balance sheets for the past five years (2013-2017) must demonstrate the soundness of the applicants financial position, showing longterm profitability. Consistent losses or a risk of insolvency shown in the accounts may be cause for the disqualification of the applicant;
(c) The applicant has successfully completed (i.e. provisional acceptance or defects liability certificate issued) in the past five years counting from the deadline for submission of applications, at least two major similar projects in motorway works as FIDIC Engineer with consultancy services value of at least 1,5 million EUR or more per project.