Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-01-18
Buyer: Public Enterprise “Roads of Serbia"
Country: RS
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45233120: Road construction works | 45233142: Road-repair work
Submission deadline: 2017-02-21

Technical requirements: HEAVY MAINTENANCE (UPGRADING) OF THE STATE ROAD IB 23, SECTION: PAKOVRACE (MARKOVICA) - UZICE, FROM KM 10+485 TO KM 47+586, L=37,101 KM
The Republic of Serbia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Road Rehabilitation Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Heavy Maintenance of the state road IB 23, Pakovrace (Markovica) - Uzice, Section: Pakovrace - Uzice, from km 10+485 to km 47+584, length: 37,101 km, Contract ID No. RRSP/RRW-IB23UKS/2015-20. This contract will be jointly financed by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank and Republic of Serbia. Bidding process will be governed by the World Bank’s rules and procedures.
The Public Enterprise “Roads of Serbia” (hereinafter referred to the Employer) invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for the rehabilitation works consisting of the following:
– Preliminary works include removal of excessive vegetative material and waste, demolishing of road elements (kerbs, gutters, edge strips, pavement) and profiling of existed pavement for the purpose of road widening;
– Substructure works include excavation, subsoil treatment, construction of embankment, gabions and reinforced earth, shoulders and berms;
– Superstructure works which include pavement construction on access roads; works on improvement of pavement (construction of bituminous bearing course, and construction of wearing asphalt concrete course), as well as placement of concrete curbs and construction of gutters;
– Works on structures (bridges) which include milling of the existing asphalt layer, construction or replacement of waterproofing, construction of asphalt layers (levelling course if needed, wearing course, asphalt layer on sidewalk), demolition and reconstruction of the curbs, repair or replacement of the bearing paths, repair or replacement of the expansion devices, repair of the protective layers, bridge drainage, repair of fences and guardrails, regulation of hydraulic watercourse profile in the bridge area;
– Structure’s works and drainage improvement include cleaning of the existing culverts, and widening and rehabilitation of existing and construction of new elements of the drainage system;
– Works on Tunnel Remediation which include coating cleaning, removing the layers of concrete prone to flaking and collapsing, drainage system improvement, contact - binding injection of tunnel lining joints and bigger fissures, collection bigger leaks from the existing coating, waterproofing, shotcrete - waterproofing protection, reconstruction of lighting;
The Works will be performed under traffic with a strong emphasis on maintaining safe conditions for both the flow of traffic and works in progress.
– Submission of the audited balance sheets or, if not required by the laws of the Bidder’s country, other financial statements acceptable to the Employer, for the last 5 (five) years to demonstrate the current soundness of the Bidder’s financial position and indicate its prospective long-term profitability. In the case of JV, each partner must meet requirement.
– Minimum average annual construction turnover of EUR 15 million equivalent, calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress and/or completed within the last 5 (five) years, divided by 5 (five) years. In the case of JV, JV must meet requirement, lead partner must meet forty percent (40%) of the requirement and each member must meet twenty five percent (25%) of the requirement.
– The Bidder must demonstrate access to, or availability of financial resources such as liquid assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit, and other financial means other than any contractual advance payments to meet the following construction cash flow requirements: min. EUR 2.5 million equivalent. In the case of JV, all parties combined must meet requirement.
– General experience - Experience under construction contracts in the role of prime contractor, JV member, sub-contractor, or management contractor for at least the last five (5) years, starting 1st January 2011. In the case of JV, each partner must meet requirement.
• Participation as prime contractor, joint venture member, management contractor or sub-contractor in less than or equal to 3 (three) contracts between 1st January 2011 and application submission deadline each with a minimum value of EUR 3 million but with total value of all contracts of at least EUR 9 million that have been successfully and substantially completed and that are similar to the proposed Works. In the case of JV, all parties combined must meet requirement.