Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-10-11
Buyer: Barbados Water Authority
Country: BB
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71520000: Construction supervision services
Submission deadline: 2021-11-05
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.
The Government of Barbados (GOB) through its executing agency the Barbados Water Authority (BWA), now requests Expressions of Interests from companies interested in providing consulting services to produce designs and provide construction supervision services, for the replacement of potable water mains and upgrade of equipment at the Bridgetown Sewage Treatment Plants and three pumping facilities of the BWA.
Specific areas of work include the production of designs, specifications, and tender documents, as well as contract administration and construction supervision of works for:
a.	the replacement of 16 Km of potable water mains to be carried out by a contracting firm. Services shall include the preparation of Bill of Quantities and material lists for procurement of pipes and fittings.
c.	the installation of gantry cranes at three pumping station facilities for the Barbados Water Authority (BWA)
1.	Consultant to be responsible for the designs and the construction supervision of the replacement of sixteen (16) kilometers of potable water mains, the supply and installation of equipment for the Bridgetown Sewage Treatment Plant including raw wastewater pumps, grinder pumps and aeration blowers as well as to supply a vacuum truck for the sewer network, and Supply and install gantry cranes at three (3) pumping stations to improve safety practices and maintenance at these pumping stations. The physical replacement works may include a combination of the following:
c)	Security upgrades such as the repair of fencing and the installation of lighting, alarm systems and cameras
2.	Technical capacity - general: Experience as a consulting firm contracted for services for at least five (5) years and specifically, experience as a consultant for design and/or supervision of water and/or wastewater infrastructure in the last three (3) years.
3.	Technical capacity - personnel: permanent staff of at least four (4) engineers and four (4) technicians over the past three years (2018, 2019, 2020) with the appropriate skills and experience including:
c)	Experience in construction management and the ability to successfully oversee projects of this nature.
d)	Experience in Quantity Surveying with the ability to develop budgets, bills of quantities and track and control costs.
c.1) Successful completion within the eight (8) years prior to the submission deadline of at least two (2) service contracts for the supervision of water supply and/or sewage works with an individual contract amount of at least 500,000 USD.
c.2) Successful completion within the eight (8) years prior to the submission deadline of at least three (3) service contracts for the design of water supply and/or sewage works and preparation of the relevant tender documents with an individual contract amount of at least 500,000 USD. At least one of the contracts must be for the design of water supply works of at least 5km in length.
c.3 The candidate should have carried out the services requested at points c1) and c2) above as Single Consultant or Lead Consultant in an Association/Consortium/Joint Venture
5.	Financial resources: The candidate should have a minimum average turnover of 1,000,000 USD in the last 3 years (2018, 2019, and 2020).