Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-09-30
Buyer: Public Utilities Corporation
Country: SC
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71521000: Construction-site supervision services
Submission deadline: 2020-11-13
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 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 and sanitation project. The project is implemented by the Public Utilities Corporation (PUC) of Seychelles as the promoter, procuring entity and contracting authority.
The contract refers to supervision of construction works for the new La Digue wastewater system, concerning the new La Digue WWTP (average flow of 1 000 m
The contract also refers to supervision of upgrading works of the existing Greater Victoria wastewater system, concerning the existing Providence WWTP (average flow of 7 000 m
The procurement concerns ‘Consultancy Services for Supervision of Works of La Digue and Greater Victoria Wastewater Systems’ of Ref. No NP07/CON10. 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 quality and cost based selection procedures.
All individual firms and consortiums are invited to participate in the tender. Consultants may be an individual company or a consortium (association or combination) of individual companies. In the event that a consultant is a consortium, then all members of the consortium shall be jointly and severally liable to the contracting authority if the consortium is awarded the contract.
A complete set of the bidding documents can be obtained at no charge from the procuring entity by using the contact information in the procurement notice and by first requesting, completing and submitting a request form as email attachment to the procuring entity that includes: the name and nationality of the legal entity making the request; the name, organisation, address, telephone and email of the contact person making the request; and the date and signature of the contact person making the request.
The procuring entity will provide bidding documents as email attachment to all consultants submitting request forms, which must be received no later than 28 days before the proposal submission date of the procurement notice.
The procuring entity will not arrange a pre-proposal conference in the procuring entity’s country. However, consultants are encouraged to visit the procuring entity’s country before submitting a proposal. If a consultant needs clarification concerning the bidding documents, then such clarification shall be provided to the procuring entity in writing. when responding to such requests, the procuring entity will respond in writing to all consultants who have submitted request forms to the procuring entity.
The consultant’s proposal shall comprise a technical proposal and a financial proposal to be submitted in separately sealed envelopes in accordance with the bidding documents.
The National Tender Board of Seychelles will publicly open the technical proposals immediately after the deadline for their submission. The envelopes with the financial proposals will remain sealed and securely stored at the National Tender Board of Seychelles. The procuring entity will provide a copy of the minutes and register of tender opening to all consultants submitting proposals.
Tender evaluation will involve: pass/fail qualifications of individual firms and consortiums as indicated in the consultant’s technical proposal; technical scoring of the consultant’s technical proposal; and financial scoring of the consultant’s financial proposal.
After evaluation of technical proposals is completed, the procuring entity will notify those consultants whose technical proposals did not meet the minimum qualifying mark or were considered non-responsive to the bidding documents, that their financial proposals will be returned unopened after completing the selection process. The procuring entity will simultaneously notify in writing those consultants that have secured the minimum qualifying mark, the date, time and location for opening the financial proposals. Consultants’ attendance at the opening of financial proposals is optional.
The National Tender Board of Seychelles will publicly open the financial proposals of those consultants whose technical proposals secured the minimum qualifying mark, in the presence of the consultants’ representatives who choose to attend. The name of the consultants and the technical scores of their technical proposals will be read aloud and recorded. The financial proposals will be opened, and the total prices read aloud and recorded. The procuring entity will provide a copy of the minutes and register of tender opening to all consultants submitting proposals.
Each key personnel named in the consultant’s proposal shall undertake to be available, able and willing to work for the periods scheduled for his/her input to implement the tasks set out in the bidding documents.