Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2024-09-12
Region: LU000
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45200000: Building and civil engineering work
Estimated value: 23000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2024-11-06
Award criteria: price
EU fund: eu-funds

Technical requirements: 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.
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. 
A copy of a stamped certificate from the Egyptian Federation for Construction & Building Contractors issued for the last year or from the Federation of Contractors in their country of establishment officially translated in English by a Notary Public shall be submitted with the Tender to this respect as part of the Administrative Compliance Documentation comprising the Technical Proposal in line to the provisions of the procurement documents. 
A Manufacturer’s Authorisation, in the form of a signed letter, shall be required for the following items: pumps, aerators, air blowers, electrical panels, sludge equipment, standby generator, transformers, and trucks.
When Tenderers do not conduct business within the Employer’s Country, they should submit a signed letter by their representative Agent in the country, prior to Contract signature. Their representative Agent shall be equipped and able to carry out the supplier’s maintenance, repair and spare parts stocking obligations specified in the Conditions of Contract and Technical Specifications. This signed letter will be a Condition Precedent to Advance Payment.
Other selection criteria clarified in the tender documents.
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.
In addition, pursuant to ITT Clause 39.2, under this tender procedure, the Contract will be awarded to a Tenderer on the condition that this Tenderer, or any entities comprising this Tenderer (natural persons, private entities, government-owned entities, or any combination of such entities in the form of a joint venture, consortium, or association joint venture (JVCA)), have not been awarded, signed, or participated in any form in any form jointly or individually in a previous WWTP works contract in Phase 2 of the Kafr El Sheikh Wastewater Development Project.
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.
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.
The Plant will receive wastewater from 4 pumping stations whose force mains diameters are DN500, 350, 400 and 560, respectively. Force mains from the Hayat Karema sewerage contracts implemented by NOPWASD will be additionally connected. The inlet chamber shall be sized to accommodate the force mains from contract Phases 1 & 2 in addition to future connections. The treated effluent will be disposed to an outfall discharging to Zaghloul Main Drain. The treatment process is Extended Aeration Activated Sludge and shall target carbon, nitrogen, suspended solids removal and stabilization of sludge. Effluent quality shall be in line with the most stringent discharge standards of the Egyptian and the EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive. The EIB and EBRD environmental and social standards and performance requirements shall be observed in contract execution. Design and construction of the Plant shall meet the scope and technical specifications of the contract documents.