Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-01-12
Buyer: Municipality of Bijelo Polje
Country: ME
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 45252127
Submission deadline: 2016-04-12
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Montenegro (hereinafter referred to as “the Borrower”) has received a loan from the European Investment Bank – EIB (hereinafter referred to as “the Bank”) towards the cost of the “Montenegro Water and Sanitation Project / C”. This International Invitation for Tenders relates to the contract for “Wastewater Treatment Plant in the Municipality of Bijelo Polje (WWTP Bijelo Polje)”.
The contract will include design, construction commissioning and operation of the complete and fully functional WWTP Bijelo Polje. Design shall be prepared for final capacity of the plant of 40,000 PE, while construction works will include only the Phase I of the WWTP of 20,000 PE. It will include training of the Operator’s staff during the trial-run period (6 months) and Defects Notification Period (12 months). The treated effluent will be discharged into the Lim River. The effluent quality shall comply with the relevant national regulations and the EU Urban Wastewater treatment Directive (91/271/EEC and its amendments) for discharge into sensitive areas. The WWTP process line shall therefore include, among the others, nutrient removal and disinfection.
This contract is expected to be implemented from June 2016 to December 2019 (42 months, including 12 months of Defects Notification Period).
SELECTION/QUALIFICATION CRITERIA (Note: Qualification criteria and submission of proof are described in more details in the tender documents):
- Minimum average annual turnover for construction works in the past 3 financial years (2012, 2013, 2014) cannot be lower than EUR 14 million.
a) At least 2 works contract for the construction or reconstruction or extension or modernisation of WWTPs for minimum 20.000 population equivalent (p.e.) (one contract must have included Sequencing Batch Reactors - SBR technology), meeting the requirements in Table 1 of Annex I of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive 91/271/EEC (including nutrient removal) over the last 5 years prior to the submission deadline.
b) At least 2 contracts comprising the detailed design of WWTPs for minimum 40.000 p.e. (one contract must have included Sequencing Batch Reactors - SBR technology), over the last 5 years prior to the submission deadline.
An individual contract submitted, that covers both fields of expertise (requested under a) and b), will be counted as two separate referent projects that complies with both: a) and b) criteria.
Tenderer’s key personnel (Project Manager, Site Manager, and Process Designer Engineer) with appropriate qualifications, skills and experience (defined in the tender document). Tenderer shall also provide names and qualification details of the following Experts who shall be engaged in the implementation of the contract: Civil Hydraulic Expert, Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Architectural Engineer, Civil Engineer-Structure, and Geodetic Surveyor.
The tenderer must be a registered firm or natural person legally capable of carrying out the specified works At the moment of tender submission, the tenderer (including key personnel) shall have a professional licence(s), certificate(s) (or right), in accordance with the laws of the country in which he is established (or equivalent) for the execution of the construction works. At the moment of Contract signing, the Contractor will have to be accredited (authorised) and registered in accordance with the relevant legislation of Montenegro.
The contract will be awarded to the administratively and technically compliant tender, which received the highest total number of points: P
Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from, and inspect the Bidding Documents at:
Municipality of Bijelo Polje, Attn: Mr. Fahrudin Begović, Ulica Slobode 5, 84000 Bijelo Polje, Montenegro, Phone: +382 50 484 792, Fax: +382 50 432 630, E-mail: menadzer@bijelopolje.co.me, sanellj@hotmail.com, dragutin.sekulovic@procon.me
A complete set of Tender Documents (instructions for downloading the electronic version of the tender documents will be provided) may be purchased on the submission of an application to the above address, and evidence of payment (bearing the name of the project) of a non-refundable fee of EUR 400,00 according to the following instructions:
A Tender Security of EUR 100,000.00 (one hundred thousands) fulfilling the conditions indicated in the Tender Documents must accompany all tenders.