Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-10-26
Buyer: Batumi Autotransport LLC
Country: GE
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34121100: Public-service buses | 34121400
Submission deadline: 2018-12-14

Technical requirements: This Invitation for Tenders follows the general procurement notice for this project which was published on the EBRD website, Procurement Notices (www.ebrd.com) on 13.4.2017, and updated on 20.9.2018.
Batumi City Municipality has received a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank) and intends to use part of the proceeds of the loan towards the cost of Batumi Bus Project aimed to expand the City’s fleet with electric buses to be operated by the Batumi Autotransport LLC, hereinafter referred to as “the Purchaser”.
The Purchaser now invites sealed tenders from suppliers for the following contract to be funded from part of the proceeds of the loan:
Tendering for contracts that are to be financed with the proceeds of a loan from the Bank is open to firms from any country.
(a) in the case of a tenderer offering to supply goods under the contract which the tenderer does not manufacture or otherwise produce, the tenderer has been duly authorised by the manufacturer or producer of the goods to supply the goods in the purchaser’s country in accordance with the requirements of the tender documents;
(b) the tenderer or the manufacturer, if the tenderer is not a manufacturer himself, shall have at least 3 years of experience of manufacturing public transport electric buses of any model over 7,5 T GVW;
(c) the Tenderer or the manufacturer has conducted a successful delivery of at least 20 new public transport electric buses of any model over the past 3 years, including deliveries outside of the tenderer’s and the manufacturer’s country;
(d) the manufacturing plant to be used for the manufacture of the buses in question – in the event of contract award – must have been used for the manufacture of buses for 12 months for the manufacture of the same or similar type of buses prior to the date of the tender release;
(e) the tenderer must demonstrate evidence of its capability to carry out the supplier’s maintenance, repair and spare parts stocking obligations prescribed in the tender documents;
(f) the tenderer shall provide accurate information on any current or past litigation or arbitration resulting from contracts completed or under execution by him over the last 3 years. A consistent history of awards against the tenderer or any partner of a joint venture may result in rejection of its tender;
(g) the audited and certified balance sheets for the last 3 years shall be submitted and must demonstrate the soundness of the applicant's financial position, showing long-term profitability, including profitable result of economic activities in each of the last 3 years. Where necessary, the purchaser will make inquiries with the applicant's bankers;
(h) average annual turnover as prime supplier (defined as billing for goods and services delivered and under delivery) over the last 3 years 5 000 000 EUR equivalent and with not less than 3 000 000 EUR equivalent of these total revenues from the sales of electric buses in the last year of the above indicated 3 year period;
i) the tenderer and the manufacturer shall demonstrate that they have access to or have available, liquid assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit and other financial means, sufficient to meet the cash flow for a period of 3 months estimated as not less than 2 400 000 EUR equivalent taking into account the tenderer’s commitments for other contracts;
j) the tenderer and the manufacturer (plant) must have an independently certified quality management system (to ISO 9001, or its equivalent);
k) the tenderer and the manufacturer (plant) must have an independently certified environmental management system (to ISO 14001, or its equivalent).