Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-04-28
Buyer: Municipality of Gračanica (Općina Gračanica)
Country: BA
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45252126
Submission deadline: 2016-06-30
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: The Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina (the Borrower) has received a loan from the European Investment Bank – EIB (the Bank) – towards the cost of the “Water and Sanitation Project”. The International Invitation for Tenders relates to the contract “Construction of Drinking Water Treatment Plants Vrela, Ilidza and Stjepan Polje”.
1. Water Treatment Plant at water source Ilidza located in Soko settlement, treating surface water from adjacent water source Ilidza and supplying potable water to Gracanica water supply system through gravity. Maximum water flow of the plant is 15 l/s.
2. Water Treatment Plant at water source Vrelo located in Soko settlement, treating surface water from adjacent water source Vrelo and supplying potable water either to Gracanica and Soko water supply systems through gravity or to Soko water supply system via pumping station. Maximum water flow of the plant is 20 l/s.
3. Stjepan Polje Water Treatment Plant located in Stjepan Polje local community, treating ground water taken from new adjacent borehole for iron and manganese removal and supplying potable water to Gracanica water supply system via pumping station. Maximum water flow of the plant is 10 l/s for current phase. Future phase will include expansion works in order to double the maximum capacity of the plant.
All equipment and tanks will be housed inside a building. All WTPs will be fully automated with a minimum required maintenance.
To qualify for award of the Contract, the tenderer shall meet the qualifying criteria referred to in the Instructions to Tenderers and the Tender Data.
Tenderers may submit only one tender. Tenders for parts of the contract will not be considered. Tenderers may not submit a tender for a variant solution in addition to their tender for the works as required in the tender dossier.
Tenderers must provide a tender security of 12,000 Euros when submitting their tender. This security will be released to unsuccessful tenderers once the tender procedure has been completed and to the successful tenderer upon signature of the contract by all parties.
The successful tenderer will be asked to provide a performance security of 10 % of the Accepted Contract Amount. This security must be provided together with the return of the countersigned contract no later than 30 days after the tenderer receives the contract signed by the Employer. If the selected tenderer fails to provide such a security within this period, the contract will be void and a new contract may be drawn up and sent to the tenderer which has submitted the next cheapest compliant tender.
The clarification meeting and the site visit will be held on 26 May 2016 at 10.00 local time at the following address:
The minutes of the clarification meeting will be sent to all tenderers. As proof of the participation in the clarification meeting and the site visit the tenderers will receive a certificate of attendance.
Participation in the clarification meeting and attendance to the site visit is mandatory. All costs of attending will be borne by the tenderers.
The period of execution of the works Contract will be 24 months (two years), including Construction period of 12 months and a Defect Notification Period of 12 months.
In order to be considered eligible for the award of the contract, tenderers must provide evidence that they meet the selection criteria. This evidence must be provided by tenderers in the form of the information and documents as requested in the Instruction to Tenderers, the Tender Data and in whatever additional form tenderers may wish to utilise.
In case of a tender submitted by a consortium, unless specified, these selection criteria will be applied to the consortium as a whole.