Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2021-05-28
Buyer: United Water Supply Company of Georgia LLC
Country: GE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71520000: Construction supervision services
Estimated value: 7020500 EUR
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: EU Fund

Technical requirements: Georgia (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Borrower’) has received a loan from the European Investment Bank (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Bank’) – towards the cost of the Kutaisi Waste Water Project.
I. The first stage considers preparation of designs and tender documents for 3 construction contracts (Red FIDIC) concerning rehabilitation and extension of the Kutaisi sanitary sewerage system (approximately 360 km of rehabilitated and/or new main and secondary or tertiary sewers, including separation from storm sewerage system), and one (1) design-build (Yellow FIDIC) contract concerning new wastewater treatment plant for Kutaisi (210 000 PE) with demolition of the existing plant which is not operated.
II. The second stage aims at carrying out the day-to-day construction supervision of the above project components co-financed by the EIB. The supervision shall be implemented under the FIDIC rules.
I. The first stage considers preparation of designs and tender documents for 3 construction contracts (Red FIDIC) concerning rehabilitation and extension of the Kutaisi sanitary sewerage system (approximately 360 km of rehabilitated and/or new main and secondary or tertiary sewers, including separation from storm sewerage system), and one (1) design-build (Yellow FIDIC) contract concerning new wastewater treatment plant for Kutaisi (210 000 PE) with demolition of the existing plant which is not operated.
II. The second stage aims at carrying out the day-to-day construction supervision of the above project components co-financed by the EIB. The supervision shall be implemented under the FIDIC rules.
The total cost of the project is estimated by the promoter at EUR 280 000 000, of which the Kutaisi components amount to EUR 100 000 000. Other components are financed by the Asian Development Bank, and are not subject matters of this call for expression of interest. The financial structure of the project is as follows:
— financing million EUR: 172 million, Water supply system in Kutaisi, water and sanitation measures in other municipalities in Kutaisi region
— design of wastewater network and core transition collectors fully compliant with EN 752, 1610, 476 and associated EU and Georgian standards (sanitary collectors and sewers, taking into consideration ground water and rain water infiltration),
— design of Kutaisi WWTP in line with the employer’s requirements, EU sector directives, EU and Georgian standards, and outline design of the WWTP,
— high quality of construction (permanent works) in adherence to the international and Georgian standards, best available technology (BAT), and the best engineering practice (BEP),
— checking of any designs provided by the Contractors under the works contracts for compliance with the required standards, BAT and BEP,
The consultant shall have a strong and experienced team of professionals, including but not limited to: Supervision engineers with FIDIC experience, Civil engineers, Mechanical engineers, Electrical and SCADA Engineers, and Geotechnical engineer. The requirements will be provided in the tender documents.
The consultant should have a sound knowledge of the local legislation concerning design and construction. It is recommended that the consultancy team includes experts with local experience in Georgia or in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) country, and experts who are able to obtain local licenses and permits for design and supervision services, as applicable, and will be able to communicate in the local languages (Georgian or Russian). Evidence of registrations and licences required by the law of the country for the consultant and/or its experts.
The project will be implemented through EIB Loan (EUR 100 000 000); EIB Grant (EPTATF — 3 250 000) and EU NIF Grant (4 750 000 ).


Winner: JV of CDM Smith Europe GmbH (Leader) (Germany)/Saunders Group Ltd (member) (Georgia)
Award value: 7020500
Number of bids: 4