Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-12-19
Buyer: Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR)
Country: LB
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45252127
Submission deadline: 2019-01-25

Technical requirements: The Government of Lebanon has received a loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB), and a loan from the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), toward the cost of implementation of the Kesrouane Waste Water Project. This project includes, among other components, the construction of sewage networks, and wastewater pumping stations.
The Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR), project's implementing agency on behalf of the Government of Lebanon, intends to apply part of the proceeds for the construction supervision services for the works components described above, and aim, for this purpose, to pre-select six (6) qualified engineering consultants. Based on the results of this pre-qualification exercise, CDR will select those 6 candidates who, subsequently, will, be invited to collect the Request for Proposals (RFP) documents and to submit proposals. The consultants will be selected hereby in accordance with the procedures set out in EIB’s “Guide to Procurement for projects financed by the EIB”. The procurement procedure that will be followed is the restricted international procurement procedure, as defined in this guide to procurement.
The service requested from the consultant is the supervision of the implementation of two (2) independent construction contracts, which are described below:
1) A contract for the construction of around 216 km of Sewage Networks in the towns of Halat (Jbeil Caza), Nahr Ibrahim, Oqaybeh, Bouar, Safra, Chnanir, Fatqa, Tabarja, Adma, and Ghazir located in Kesrouane district;
2) A contract for the construction of a 14 km long wastewater collector along the coastal road of Kesrouane district (pipes diameter up to 1 000 mm) and the construction of six (6) wastewater pumping stations in the towns of Tabarja, Bouar, Oqaybeh and Halat.
The implementation period of the construction of abovementioned works are (30) months and (24) months respectively. The implementation period of the services contract shall be during this same period previously mentioned. The construction and services contracts are expected to assigned by the third quarter of the year 2019 (provisional date).
The CDR invites hereby eligible Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the services described above. Interested consultants should provide information indicating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the services in a responsive way to the below listed requirements. Consultants may associate to enhance their qualifications. Name and nationality of the lead partner shall be specified.
— supervision of construction of water/wastewater networks and pumping station with similar sizes, characteristics to the projects described in the above.
— a duly signed cover letter stating the interest of the applicant in providing the mentioned services,
— a general and concise presentation of the firm(s) (brochures, statements of type, property, and key tasks, etc.),
— certified statements and balance sheets showing financial capabilities (turnovers, assets, liabilities, lines of credit, etc.), for the lead and associated partners, and for the last 5 years for each,
— detailed descriptions of at least (2) assigned projects with similar services and scale related to the construction of sewage networks,
— a copy of the certificates issued by the private or public authority that awarded the projects and/or signed the contract abovementioned, stating the location, date, type and value of services that the applicant executed or participated in its execution. The said certificate should also state the contractual role of the applicant during the execution of the said services in addition to the name and address of the employer on behalf of whom the services were executed. This certificate shall be valid only if it mentions that the services have been provisionally accepted or if it is attached to the provisional acceptance certificate. The percentage of participation in the Joint Venture (JV) or consortiums, if any, should be indicated,
— list of available professional key personnel for the envisaged services, showing briefly their key qualifications and experiences,
— overall number of the firm employees, list of available personnel and structure (number, list, organization structure etc. of the core, backstopping and supporting staff).