Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-03-27
Buyer: Kafr El-Sheikh Water Supply and Sanitation Company (KSWSSC), Project Implementation Unit (PIU)
Country: EG
Region: LU000
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work
Estimated value: 25000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2025-04-16
EU fund: eu-funds

Technical requirements: The Kafr El Sheikh Water Supply and Sanitation Company (KSWSSC) (Procuring Entity) have received financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) (hereinafter called “the Bank”) and the European Union toward the cost of the Kafr El Sheikh Wastewater Development Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds to finance this works contract. 
The Procuring Entity hereby informs interested Tenderers that some minor works of the Plant have been executed by another Contractor in a previous phase.  These works are described in detail in the “Existing Works Report” document prepared by the Engineer and included in Volume (2) Part A of the Tender Documents, and the obligations of the Contractor toward these Existing Works are defined in the Contract Documents.
The examination and evaluation of Tenders shall be executed according to the provisions of the procurement documents, Instruction to Tenderers (ITT) Clauses 26 to 38 and the criteria and methodology set out in ITT Section III ‘Evaluation and Qualification Criteria’. The evaluation of administrative compliance will be executed on a ‘Pass’ or ‘Fail’ basis. Only substantially responsive tenders (i.e., tenders that fully satisfied/passed the administrative compliance requirements) will be subject to further evaluation of Technical Conformity and Competence. 
Tenderers must demonstrate that the minimum requirements for technical conformity and competence are substantially satisfied. The evaluation of technical conformity and competence will be executed based on the following criteria:
•	Structure and Organisation		Maximum Score: 120	Minimum Score: 84  
•	Personnel and Equipment Resources	Maximum Score: 100	Minimum Score: 70  
•	Technical Solution 			Maximum Score: 680  	Minimum Score: 476 
•	Tenderers’ Performance Guarantees	Maximum Score: 100	Minimum Score: 70  
Only substantially responsive tenders for technical conformity and competence (i.e., tenders that achieved the minimum passing scores per criterion and the total minimum passing score of 700 points) will be subject to further evaluation of Financial Proposals. 
For the determination of the highest ranked combined technical and financial score, the weights applied to the technical proposal shall be 80% and to the evaluated financial price shall be 20%.
Pursuant to ITT Clause 39.1, the Procuring Entity shall award the Contract to the Tenderer whose Tender has been (a) affirmatively determined to comply with the Administrative Compliance Criteria and Requirements, (b) affirmatively determined to comply with the Technical Conformity and Competence Criteria and Requirements by being substantially responsive to the Tender Documents, and (c) determined as the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) and therefore, is expected to implement the Contract satisfactorily.
Only Tenders submitted in line with the requirements specified in the procurement documents will be considered. The evaluation will be carried out solely on the information submitted in the Tenders. However, the Tender Evaluation Committee may request Tenderers for clarifications. All procedures will be carried out pursuant to the provisions of the procurement documents that has taken into consideration the EIB Guide to Procurement dated March 2024 and the FIDIC Yellow Book "Conditions of Contract for Plant and Design-Build", 1st Edition, 1999.
The work to be carried out under this works contract comprises the permanent works (facilities and systems) related to the new Zaghoul El Bahary WWTP (15,000 m3/d, 2037 expanded to 25,000 m3/d, 2052) in Motobas District, Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, to be designed, constructed, and commissioned; the effective restoration of any defects during the 1-year Defects Liability Period; and the optional 1-year of normal operation and maintenance of the works for the WWTP. The contract comprises also the provision of training services to the Procuring Entity’s personnel duly completed within the Defects Liability Period or the Optional 1 year Operation and Maintenance Period as the case may be, and before the works hand-over. Some minor works of the Plant has been executed by another Contractor in a previous phase.  Although not part of the Works, the Contractor shall be aware of its obligations toward these Existing Works as defined in the Contract Documents.
The new Zaghloul El Bahary WWTP will be constructed at a land plot of 80,000m2 acquired by the Procuring Entity and located in Motobas District, Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, Arab Republic of Egypt.
All tenders must be accompanied by a tender security of EGP 6,000,000 or its equivalent in a convertible currency with a validity of minimum 180 calendar days plus 28 calendar days.
Tenderers shall not be permitted to claim the experience and capability of their parent companies for the purposes of meeting the minimum Administrative Compliance requirements. The Procuring Entity shall consider the experience and administrative qualifications of the Tenderers only on their sole merits.
Tenderers shall be Contractors registered for the Construction and Execution of Water and Wastewater Networks and Treatments Plants. Tenderers shall be Class 1 for the Single Entity or for the Lead Partner in case of the JV. Other partners of the JV shall have a minimum Class 2. All these registrations are from the Egyptian Federation for Construction & Building Contractors or shall be of equivalent Class as of the Federation of Contractors in their country of establishment.


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