Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-08-13
Buyer: Public Utiltiies Corporation
Country: SC
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45252127
Submission deadline: 2021-10-07
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This contract will be financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and is subject to EIB Guide to Procurement.
The Government of Seychelles has received funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB), the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the European Development Fund and the African Water Facility towards the cost of the Seychelles Water & Sanitation Project. The Project is implemented by Public Utilities Corporation (PUC) of Seychelles as Promoter, Procuring Entity and Contracting Authority.
The contract concerns the design and construction of La Digue WWTP (average flow of 1,000 m3/d). The works of the contract include: inlet works with mechanical screening; septage acceptance station; grit chambers and flow distributor; air blowers and building; biological reactors; chemical dosing; clarifier tanks; rapid sand filtration; ultraviolet (UV) disinfection and building; two sludge pump stations; sludge thickening; mechanical dewatering and building; internal flow pump station; containment tank; stand-by power generator and building; operation building; and all associated site works.
Seychelles is an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean. The works are located on La Digue island which is accessible by boat from Mahé island where international ports of entry are located.
The procurement concerns “Plant and Design-Build of La Digue Wastewater Treatment Plant” of Ref. No. LD/W01. The Contract will be procured using Open International Procedures in accordance with the “Guide to Procurement for projects financed by EIB” (September 2018 version) using “one envelope” system.
All individual firms and consortiums are invited to participate in the tender. Bidders may be an individual company or a consortium of individual companies, where all members of a consortium shall be jointly and severally liable to the Contracting Authority in the event that the consortium is awarded the Contract.
The Procuring Entity will arrange a pre-bid meeting in the Procuring Entity’s country. Attendance at the pre-bid meeting is mandatory.
Except for the Employer's Requirements: Bidding Documents can be obtained "free of charge" before the pre-bid meeting from the Procuring Entity by using the contact information in the procurement notice. The Employer's Requirements of the Bidding Documents will be provided “free of charge” to Bidders attending the pre-bid meeting.
Bids shall comprise a Technical Bid and a Price Bid to be submitted in accordance with the Bidding Documents. The National Tender Board of Seychelles will publicly open both the Technical Bids and Price Bids immediately after the deadline for their submission. A copy of the Minutes and Register of Tender Opening will be provided to all Bidders submitting Bids.
The Procuring Entity will first evaluate the Technical Bids to determine whether the Technical Bid meets the requirements of the Bidding Documents. The Procuring Entity will first confirm that all documents and technical documentation requested in the Bidding Documents have been provided in the Technical Bid and to determine the completeness of each document provided in the Technical Bid. The Procuring Entity will then examine the documentary evidence of the Bidder’s qualifications submitted by the Bidder in the Bidder's Technical Bid to determine whether the Bidder is qualified to perform the Contract satisfactorily. The Procuring Entity will then examine the technical aspects of the Technical Bid to confirm that all requirements of the Employer’s Requirements have been met without any material deviation, reservation or omission.
Bidders shall demonstrate participation in at least two (2) contracts that have been successfully or substantially completed within the last five (5) years, where the value of the Bidder’s participation is greater than five (5) million euros, of the following: (i) At least one (1) contract shall involve the construction of a complete wastewater treatment facility for public utility purpose, where the Bidder carried out both the civil & building works and the supply & installation of electro-mechanical works under the contract, where the constructed wastewater treatment facility was designed to meet similar or greater effluent quality standards (maximum concentration) of the Employer's country for the discharge of effluents to a recipient system; and (ii) At least one (1) contract shall involve the construction of a water or wastewater treatment facility, where the Bidder carried out both the design and construction of the works, including the design, supply & installation of eletro-mechanical works, under a contract whose conditions of contract are similar as the conditions of contract of the Tender Documents.
The conditions of contract of the Tender Documents are the "Conditions of Contract for Plant and Design-Build for Electrical and Mechanical Plant, and for Building and Engineering Works, Designed by the Contractor" First Edition 1999 of the Fédération Internationale des Ingénieurs-Conseils (FIDIC).
An affirmative determination by the Procuring Entity of a Bidder's Technical Bid shall be a prerequisite for the Procuring Entity's evaluation of a Bidder’s Price Bid. A negative determination by the Procuring Entity shall result into the disqualification of the Bid
The successful Bidder shall be required to register their business in the Contracting Authority’s country, to obtain a business license from the relevant Authority in the Contracting Authority’s country, and to obtain Value Added Tax (VAT) registration from the relevant Authority in the Contracting Authority’s country.
The National Tender Board of Seychelles is the authorised entity to publicly open those Bids received by them under the Invitation for Tenders, and  to prepare the Minutes and Register of Tender Opening to be provided to all Bidders submitting Bids