Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-12-15
Buyer: Ministry of Water and Irrigation - Jordan Valley Authority
Country: JO
Region: LU000
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services
Estimated value: 1120000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2026-01-19
EU fund: eu-funds

Technical requirements: The primary objective of the assignment is for the Consultant to assist the Client in administering the work contract and service contract for administration and construction supervision (hereinafter referred to as “the Contracts”) with due diligence.
The Consultant shall undertake the specific activities required for the execution of the tasks below. It is noted that where the Consultant is required to support the Client in the performance of its obligations as Promoter, Employer or Client, ultimate responsibility for performance of those obligations remains with the Client.
Wherever appropriate and not in conflict with the Contract, the Consultant shall exercise every reasonable care to protect the interests of the Client and take into account the Client’s responsibilities under the project financing agreements, works contract and service contract, including safety and environmental considerations.
The duties and responsibilities of the Consultant, during the various periods of performance of the Services include, but are not limited to, the following:
Project Management support
Financial Management support
Contract and Procurement Management support
The project is located in the Jordan Valley, extending from an upstream location on Zarqa River, at Telal Al-Thahab, approximately 12 km downstream from King Talal Dam, to the downstream location on King Abdallah Canal, at Turnout 95
Financial Capacity:
The Applicants shall demonstrate the following capacity as specified in Section 2, and comply with the minimum requirements stated below:
-	Minimum average annual turnover for the previous five (5) years (2020-2024) equivalent to Six Hundred thousand euro (EUR 600,000).
-	Minimum Average Current Ratio ˃ 1.1 for the last five years (2020-2024).
In the case of a JVCA, all members combined must satisfy the Financial Capacity requirement.
Each member of a JVCA shall meet not less than 40% of the turnover requirement, while the leading member shall meet not less than 60% of the turnover requirement.
Each member of a JVCA shall meet the current ratio requirement.
Professional Capacity  
The Consultant shall meet the following minimum criteria and shall demonstrate it in the specified form in Section 2:
-	The number of permanent staff of the Consultant currently working in fields related to this contract must be at least five (5) for each of the last three years (2024, 2023 and 2022). 
-	In the case of a JVCA, all members combined must satisfy the above Criterion, and each member must have at least two (2) permanent staff currently working in fields related to this contract for the last three years (2024, 2023 and 2022).
Technical Capacity: 
The Consultant shall meet the following minimum criteria and shall demonstrate it in the form TECH-6 specified in Section 2:
-	Successful experience as sole consultant, leader of a consortium, or consortium member in the execution of at least two (2) individual service contracts completed within the last ten years prior to the deadline for submission of the Proposal, for the provision of project management, technical assistance or construction supervision services, for water, wastewater or irrigation infrastructure projects.
The value of each of the works contract shall not be less than EUR (25,000,000). 
In the case of a JVCA, all members combined must satisfy the above Criterion.

Eligibility requirements: Financial Capacity:
The Applicants shall demonstrate the following capacity as specified in Section 2, and comply with the minimum requirements stated below:
-	Minimum average annual turnover for the previous five (5) years (2020-2024) equivalent to Six Hundred thousand euro (EUR 600,000).
-	Minimum Average Current Ratio ˃ 1.1 for the last five years (2020-2024).
In the case of a JVCA, all members combined must satisfy the Financial Capacity requirement.
Each member of a JVCA shall meet not less than 40% of the turnover requirement, while the leading member shall meet not less than 60% of the turnover requirement.
Each member of a JVCA shall meet the current ratio requirement.
Professional Capacity  
The Consultant shall meet the following minimum criteria and shall demonstrate it in the specified form in Section 2:
-	The number of permanent staff of the Consultant currently working in fields related to this contract must be at least five (5) for each of the last three years (2024, 2023 and 2022). 
-	In the case of a JVCA, all members combined must satisfy the above Criterion, and each member must have at least two (2) permanent staff currently working in fields related to this contract for the last three years (2024, 2023 and 2022).
Technical Capacity: 
The Consultant shall meet the following minimum criteria and shall demonstrate it in the form TECH-6 specified in Section 2:
-	Successful experience as sole consultant, leader of a consortium, or consortium member in the execution of at least two (2) individual service contracts completed within the last ten years prior to the deadline for submission of the Proposal, for the provision of project management, technical assistance or construction supervision services, for water, wastewater or irrigation infrastructure projects.
The value of each of the works contract shall not be less than EUR (25,000,000). 
In the case of a JVCA, all members combined must satisfy the above Criterion.
Eligible qualified independent consultants will be defined as follows:
(a)	Local consulting engineering firms satisfying the requirements as defined in the RFP document and classified as First Grade (1) in the field of Water and Wastewater as per the Government Tender Directorate (GTD) classification system; or
(b)	International independent consulting firms satisfying the requirements as defined in the RFP document; or
(c)	An association of two local consulting firms, or between local and international consulting firms, or an international firm with a local consultant, all jointly satisfying the requirements as defined in the RFP document. The local consulting firm, regardless of whether association member or consultant, shall also meet the requirements mentioned under a) above.
Sub-Consultants, whose qualifications are offered for consideration during the evaluation of applications, may participate only in one such application. Violation of this rule will result in rejection of the applications concerned.
All services under this contract as per the scope of works and the tender documents will be awarded to one qualified consultant.
Interested firms may obtain the full document starting from 8 November 2025. It can be obtained by downloading it free of charge from JVA website:
http://www.mwi.gov.jo/AR/Modules/tenders 
Interested eligible Applicants who downloaded the prequalification document from JVA website shall notify the client at the following e-mail: 
Attention: Eng. Haya Al Ghzawi
Haya_alghzawi@mwi.gov.jo
The primary objective of the assignment is for the Consultant to assist the Client in administering the work contract and service contract for administration and construction supervision (hereinafter referred to as “the Contracts”) with due diligence.
The Consultant shall undertake the specific activities required for the execution of the tasks below. It is noted that where the Consultant is required to support the Client in the performance of its obligations as Promoter, Employer or Client, ultimate responsibility for performance of those obligations remains with the Client.
Wherever appropriate and not in conflict with the Contract, the Consultant shall exercise every reasonable care to protect the interests of the Client and take into account the Client’s responsibilities under the project financing agreements, works contract and service contract, including safety and environmental considerations.
The duties and responsibilities of the Consultant, during the various periods of performance of the Services include, but are not limited to, the following:
Project Management support
Financial Management support
Contract and Procurement Management support
The project is located in the Jordan Valley, extending from an upstream location on Zarqa River, at Telal Al-Thahab, approximately 12 km downstream from King Talal Dam, to the downstream location on King Abdallah Canal, at Turnout 95.

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