Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-08-18
Buyer: Lviv City Communal Enterprise “Lvivvodokanal”
Country: UA
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 44131000 | 45232422 | 45252127
Submission deadline: 2018-09-27
Award criteria: Other

Technical requirements: The present Invitation for Tenders follows the General Procurement Notice for this Project, which was published on the EBRD website in "Procurement Notices" (https://www.ebrd.com/work-with-us/procurement/ppn-170801b.html) on 31.7.2017.
Lviv City Communal Enterprise “Lvivvodokanal”, hereinafter referred to as “the Employer”, has received loans from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (“the Bank” or “EBRD”) and the Nordic environment finance corporation (NEFCO) and grants from the Eastern Europe Energy Efficiency and Environment Partnership (E5P) Fund and John Nurminen Foundation (JFN) to finance the Lviv Wastewater Biogas Project, including the rehabilitation and upgrade of the wastewater treatment infrastructure (grit chambers) and the installation of the biogas production from sludge and cogeneration facilities for production of additional electricity and heat from biogas.
The Employer now invites sealed tenders from Contractors for the following contract to be funded from the part of proceeds of the EBRD loan:
— Upgrade and rehabilitation of the grit chambers at the existing WWTP in Lviv city in accordance with design developed and approved by the Employer including supply of the equipment and materials, installation and perform all required civil works, testing, pre-commissioning, commissioning and putting into operation of completed grit chambers and defects removal during the during Defect notification period (24 months).
Time for implementation of works (including mobilization, supply, installation and commissioning) – 455 days.
The Conditions of Contract shall be the FIDIC-MDB Harmonised edition of the conditions of contract for construction (for Building and engineering works designed by the employer), June 2010.
Tendering for contracts to be financed with the proceeds of a loan from the Bank is open to firms from all countries. The proceeds of the Bank’s loan will not be used for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for any import of goods, if such payment or import is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.
To be qualified for the award of the contract, tenderers shall satisfy the following minimum criteria:
1) Historical contract non-performance and/or litigation. The Tenderer has a Litigation History without major claims. The Tenderer shall provide accurate information on any current or past litigation or arbitration resulting from contracts completed or under his execution over the last 5 (five) years. A consistent history of awards against the Tenderer or any partner of a joint venture may result in failure of the application.
2.1 Financial capacity. The Tenderer has an evidence showing that the liquid assets and access to credit facilities are adequate for this Contract, confirmed by a financial statement for the last 3 (2015-2017) years verified by a chartered accountant.
2.2) Average annual construction turnover. Minimum average annual turnover as a contractor of 15 000 000 EUR equivalent calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed, within the last 3 (three) years. If necessary, the Employer may request a confirmation of such turnovers from the bank (banks) of the Tenderer.
2.3) Financial resources. The Tenderer must have access to, or has available, liquid assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit, and other financial means sufficient to meet the construction cash flow for the contract for a period of 2 (two) months, estimated as not less than EUR 1,500,000 (one million five hundred thousand) equivalent, taking into account the Tenderer’s commitments for other contracts.
The Tenderer shall have successful experience as prime contractor in the execution of at least 3 completed projects of a nature, complexity and completion schedule comparable to the proposed contract within the last 7 years, each with a value of at least 4 200 000 EUR (four million two hundred thousand). The similarity shall be based on the physical size, complexity, methods / technology or other characteristics as described in Section III, Requirements.
(i) Confirmed experience of at least 2 completed contracts (by providing Copies of Completion and Taking Over Certificates) of construction, reconstruction or modernization, as well as the commissioning of grit chambers in sewage treatment plants within the past 7 (seven) years in Eastern European countries or countries with climatic and technical conditions similar to Ukraine.
(ii) The Tenderer shell demonstrate (by providing references, etc.) that at least 2 contracts with the grit chambers that were built, reconstructed or upgraded by the Tenderer as a general contractor during the last 7 years have been successfully operated for at least 2 (two) years after the end of the warranty period.