Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-05-11
Buyer: JP Autoceste FBiH d.o.o. Mostar
Country: BA
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71311300
Submission deadline: 2017-06-14

Technical requirements: Bosnia and Herzegovina has signed a loan agreement with European Investment Bank (hereinafter EIB) for financing one of the priority sections of motorway on the route of Pan European Corridor Vc through Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (the Beneficiary) intends to apply the proceeds of this loan toward the cost of civil works and consulting services, to be procured for the subsection of motorway from Počitelj to Zvirovići. Javno preduzeće “Autoceste Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine” d.o.o. Mostar (JP Autoceste FBiH) (hereinafter called “Employer”) intends to apply a portion of the funds to eligible payments under the contract for which this Invitation for expression of interest is issued.
The motorway subsection from Počitelj to Zvirovići will be constructed through following civil works contract:
• Contract No. JPAC 612-B64-14: Construction of motorway on Corridor Vc, section Počitelj - Bijača, subsection Počitelj – Zvirovići in total length of 11,075 km will be financed from the loan agreement signed with European Investment Bank (EIB). Construction period is 30 months.
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.
Consulting services for supervision of works for above mentioned contracts shall be executed through following service contract:
• Contract No. JPAC 613-E301-14; Consulting services for supervision of works on Construction of motorway on Corridor Vc, section Počitelj - Bijača, subsection Počitelj – Zvirovići
The subject of this Invitation for Expressions of Interest are Consulting services for technical assistance to the PIU of JP Autoceste FBiH; Contract No. JPAC 689-E345-15, which shall be funded from the proceeds of the EIB loan as well.
The Employer, on behalf of the Beneficiary, intends short listing consulting firms to execute the above mentioned technical assistance service contract.
Companies which are short-listed in the prequalification process for the supervision of works contract shall not be eligible for the short-listing in the tendering process for which this Invitation for expression of interest is issued.
The contract for the provision of technical assistance services is expected to start not earlier than September 2017.
The specific objectives of the services are to assist the PIU with contract implementation, administration and supervision (including technical, legal, contractual, environmental and social aspects) to ensure that the program of works is efficiently and quickly implemented in compliance with contractual conditions and technical description as well as national and European laws applicable to the project. It will also help in producing detailed reporting to lenders and ensuring that institutional memory for the project is maintained.
• provide the needed technical assistance to the PIU in undertaking the management of all Project components;
• prepare reports and documents as necessary to seek no-objections from lenders to the main procurement phases of each project components.
• Maintain detailed records to track costs, dates of completion, procurement procedures, legal actions, environmental and social aspects related to the implementation of each project components.
The Invitation for Expressions of Interest is open to firms and joint ventures from all countries. Interested firms are hereby invited to submit their expression of interest. This invitation shall be followed by a short listing of consulting firms and the short listed firms will be formally invited to submit proposals.