Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-09-06
Buyer: Ministry of Education and Science
Country: UA
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 71314200: Energy management services
Submission deadline: 2018-10-15
EU fund: EU Fund

Technical requirements: The European Investment Bank (“EIB” or the “Bank”) has initiated a lending operation with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (MoES) co-financed by the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) and Eastern Europe Energy Efficiency and Environment Partnership Fund (“the E5P Fund”) that aims at financing a long-term investment programme in the field of modernization and energy efficiency refurbishment in selected universities in Ukraine. The total investment volume of the Programme has been estimated at 160 million EUR. This procurement concerns engineering services for six universities participating in phase 1 of the Ukraine Higher Education Project. The estimated investment for the six universities in phase 1 has been estimated at 66 million EUR (ex. VAT). The universities within phase 2 will be procured separately.
Investments will primarily address the refurbishment of university buildings and heating networks with particular focus on improving energy efficiency. The energy audits have been developed to serve as a basis for definition of investment programme for the energy efficiency modernisation of the respective universities’ facilities. The energy audits have defined the precise scope of refurbishment works in the six universities.
The Project will be primarily managed by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (“MoES” or the “Ministry” or the “Client”).
This Invitation for Expression of Interest relates to the contract for “Preparation of Design, Tender Documents and Supervision of Ukraine Higher Education Energy Efficiency Measures”.
The Client wishes to engage a consultant (“the Consultant”) to act as the Engineering consultant and to:
— develop design documentation of the pre-selected energy efficiency modernisation measures of the selected university buildings and heating networks according to the conducted energy audits (EA) -> see Annex 1 to this Procurement Notice: List of buildings to be covered under this investment programme,
— develop tender documentation for works for the pre-selected energy efficiency measures based on the prepared design documentation, as well as for the services of Technical Supervision,
— carry out construction supervision on behalf of the Client, including supervision of design solutions and overall construction process monitoring.
The assignment is split into six (6) different lots (service contracts). For each lot, individual service contracts will be concluded between the successful Consultant and the respective PIU (University).
Consultants are encouraged to express interest for more than one lot. An indicative duration of each lot/contract is listed below:
Invited tenderersfrom the shortlist of pre-qualified firmsshall provide one technical and financial offer for the Lots for which they are pre-qualified.
Status of Selection Process: Interested firms or group of firms are hereby invited to submit Expressions of Interest.
Assignment Start Date and Duration: The Assignment is expected to start in February 2019 and has an estimated overall duration of 60 months including Defects Notification Period (DNP).
The Consultant must determine whether any indirect taxes/VAT are chargeable on the proposed services and state the basis for such. If any indirect taxes/VAT are payable, the Client will have to pay indirect taxes/VAT element to the services directly to the Consultant unless otherwise agreed.
Consultant Profile: Corporate services are required. The consultant will be a firm, or consortium of firms, and is expected to have appropriate experience in the design and/or supervision of projects in the sector of building energy efficiency in similar business environments.