Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2025-05-15
Buyer: Municipality of Kolašin
Country: ME
Region: ME000
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45240000: Construction work for water projects
EU fund: eu-funds

Technical requirements: The indicative scope of works covers the following elements: 
1. Sewerage network: Construction of sewerage network in the approximate length of 9.2 km which will serve to 3000 inhabitants in the following settlements: Kolašin city centre, Braće Vujisić (Dulovina), Breza and partly Smailagića Polje and Gornji Pažanj. 
2. Water supply priority measures: Water supply priority measures include services, supplies and construction works to be designed, supplied, installed and constructed by the Contractor. 
- Preparatory services (operational GIS, HID based hydraulic model, leakage detection for 30 km of network and detailed design of new elements including SCADA)
- Supply, installation and commissioning of bulk flowmeters, and water meters (400), establishment of DMAs and SCADA 
- Works for upgrade of the water distribution system hydraulic configuration. 
3. Wastewater Treatment Plant Design and Construction of WWTP in Bakovići settlement - Conventional Activated Sludge Process and aerobic sludge stabilization. Design and construction of the WWTP shall include two phases:
Phase I - 4000 PE (to be constructed): Wastewater flowrate (including infiltration) = 765 m³/d (9 l/s); Peak dry weather flow = 57 m³/h (16 l/s); Peak wet weather flow to =109 m³/h. 
Phase II - additional 2000 PE (to be considered in design): Wastewater flowrate (including infiltration= 1045 m³/d (12 l/s); Peak dry weather flow = 77 m³/h (21 l/s); Peak wet weather flow = 150 m³/h 
The proposed process for WWTP includes: Influent pipe and by-pass line, inlet chamber, Coarse screens, Fine screens, Aerated grit chamber, Distribution chamber, Primary sedimentation, activated sludge and secondary sedimentation (biological) treatment, Effluent control and measurement chamber, Discharge line to the Tara River, Sludge pumping station, Sludge distribution chamber, Sludge thickener, Sludge reed beds, Drainage pumping station, Building for guard, laboratory, blowers, warehouse, Odour control, Plant infrastructure, fences, access and internal roads with greenery, Utility connections: Pressure effluent line (DN280, 1870 m); Access road (2100 m); Power supply; Water supply (DN100, 1195 m); Telecom. 
Total expected duration of the contract is 48 months, including 12 months of Defects Notification Period. 
The Municipality of Kolašin intends to conduct open international procedure for selection of contractor. The selection procedure will be conducted through the procedure as specified in the practical guide for European Union external action (PRAG) and EIB Guide to Procurement (2024). In case of any conflict the EIB Guide to Procurement https://www.eib.org/en/publications/20240132-guide-to-procurement-for-projects-financed-by-the-eib  will apply.
This contract includes the following elements: 
1.	Sewerage network: Construction of sewerage network in the approximate length of 9.2 km. 
2.	Water supply priority measures: Water supply priority measures include services, supplies and construction works to be designed, supplied, installed and constructed by the Contractor. 
3.	Wastewater Treatment Plant Design and Construction of WWTP in Bakovići settlement - Conventional Activated Sludge Process and aerobic sludge stabilization. Design and construction of the WWTP shall include two phases: › Phase I – 4000 PE (to be constructed) › Phase II – additional 2000 PE (to be considered in design) 
Works will be implemented according to FIDIC Yellow Book (1999 ed), in compliance with requirements of the Montenegrin legislation and relevant EU and EIB requirements. The Contractor must particularly consider licensing and permits requirements in the Law on Spatial Planning and Construction of Structures in Montenegro in force.
The operational base for the Project is Municipality of Kolašin  in the Northern part of Montenegro.


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