Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-09-24
Buyer: The Department of Works (DOW) on behalf of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Country: PG
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71315210 | 71318000: Lighting engineering services
Submission deadline: 2016-10-20
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: CSTB No. 3654: Construction Supervision Consulting Services of 9 Bridges along the Sepik Highway of the East Sepik Province (Package 3) and along the along the Ramu Highway of Madang Province (Package 4)
The consultant will consist of one contract for the supervision of civil works contracts and contract management (Engineer as FIDIC MDB 2010), including reviewing the existing design and contractor details design and other implementation-related activities (environmental impact monitoring and mitigation; resettlement, social development (HIV AIDS and gender) and road safety).
119 person-months of international consultants, 456 person-months of national consultants and 136 administrative support staff, will be required during the project period of about Package 3 16 months and Package 4 24 months (not including the Defect Liability Period);
• for the Package 3 constructions works of 3 steel girder bridges (Pasik, Ogama and Potohu) on the Sepik Highway, East Sepik Province, duration 16 months;
• for the Package 4 constructions works of 6 steel girder bridges (Gusap, Bora, Dry Wara, Mea, Wasigo and Tapo Ford) on the Ramu Highway, Madang Province, duration 24 months.
Participation in tendering is open on equal terms to natural and legal persons (participating either individually or in a grouping – consortium - of tenderers) which are established in a Member State of the European Union, ACP States or any country as defined in the European Investment Bank Procurement Guideline (EU public procurement Directive 2004 amended Directive 2014/24/EU).
A Candidate may be considered to be in a conflict of interest with one or more parties in the bidding process if any of, including but not limited to, the following apply:
d. they have a relationship with each other, directly or through common third parties, that puts them in a position to have access to material information about or improperly influence the bid of another Candidate, or influence the decisions of the Contracting Authority regarding this bidding process; or
e. a Candidate participates in more than one bid in this bidding process, either individually or as a partner in a joint venture. This will result in the disqualification of all tenders in which it is involved
All eligible natural and legal persons (as per item 11 above) or groupings of such persons (consortia) may apply.
A consortium may be a permanent, legally-established grouping or a grouping which has been constituted informally for a specific tender procedure. All members of a consortium (i.e., the leader and all other members) are jointly and severally liable to the Contracting Authority.
The participation of an ineligible natural or legal person (as per item 11) will result in the automatic exclusion of that person. In particular, if that ineligible person belongs to a consortium, the whole consortium will be excluded.
No more than one application can be submitted by a natural or legal person whatever the form of participation (as an individual legal entity or as leader or member of a consortium submitting an application). In the event that a natural or legal person submits more than one application, all applications in which that person has participated will be excluded.
Any tenders received from tenderers comprising firms other than those mentioned in the short-listed application forms will be excluded from this restricted tender procedure unless prior approval from the Contracting Authority has been obtained (see Practical Guide – PRAG - 2.4.3.). Short-listed candidates may not form alliances or subcontract to each other for the contract in question.
As part of the application form, candidates must submit a signed declaration, included in the standard application form, to the effect that they are not in any of the exclusion situations listed in Section 2.3.3 of the PRAG 2016. (http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/prag/)