Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-03-27
Buyer: JP Autoceste FBiH d.o.o. Mostar
Country: BA
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45233120: Road construction works
Submission deadline: 2018-04-30

Technical requirements: Bosnia and Herzegovina (the Borrower) has signed a loan agreement with European Investment Bank (hereinafter “EIB” or “The Bank”) 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 Ponirak to Vraca.
Public company “Motorways of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina” Ltd. 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 Ponirak to Vraca will be constructed through following civil works contract:
— contract nº JPAC 851-B83-17: Construction of motorway on Corridor Vc, section Poprikuše-Zenica north (Donja Gračanica), subsection Ponirak – Vraca, total length of 2,65 km. Works will be financed through the loan agreement signed with the 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 850 – E441-17; Consultancy services for supervision of works on construction of motorway on Corridor Vc, section Poprikuše-Zenica north (Donja Gračanica), subsection Ponirak – Vraca.
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 936-E477-18, 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 August 2018.
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,