Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2022-05-18
Buyer: PE “Vodovod I Kanalizacija – Skopje” (“Water supply and sewerage – Skopje”)
Country: MK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 71800000
Estimated value: 1500000 EUR

Technical requirements: Services de conseil en matière d'approvisionnement en eau et services de conseil en matière de déchets
This contract will be financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and subject to EIB's Guide to Procurement.
Consultant Services for Technical Assistance during implementation phase to the Skopje Wastewater Treatment Plant, North Macedonia
The services shall entail provision of assistance to the Promoter in achieving the overall Project objective and to deliver the Project in an efficient, effective, coordinated, and sustainable way. The Technical Assistance should support PIU in successful implementation of the two Contracts for “Design and Construction of WWTP” and “Administration and Supervision of Construction of WWTP” in all the technical, administrative, financial, legal, environmental, and social management aspects.
The Technical Assistance should assist PIU during the Construction period and the two years of Extended Trial Operation Period of the WWTP, advising and training PIU in all the aspects related to its duties and responsibilities as Employer according to Yellow Book FIDIC Conditions of Contract 1st edition.
The site is located in the southeaster part of the City of Skopje in the settlement of Trubarevo (Municipality of “Gazi Baba”).
The   TA Contract is expected to commence in Q4 2022, and its duration will be 5 years (60 months), in parallel with the “Contract for the Design and Construction of WWTP” and the contract of “Administration and Supervision of Construction of WWTP”, here below briefly described that are at the moment in the phase of Tender Evaluation and that will be both awarded by the end of 2022.
The contract will be procured under restricted procedure. The Prequalification Document shall be prepared following the Guide to Procurement for projects financed by European Investment Bank (EIB). The European Investment bank will monitor the compliance with the Guide to Procurement. EBRD’s standard Procurement Document for prequalification will be used. The contract will be modelled upon the EBRD Standard Form of Contract for Consultancy Services (lump-sum). Funds will be provided by grant financing by Western Balkan Investment Framework (WBIF).
1.	GENERAL EXPERIENCE: The annual turnover of the candidate for each of the last 3 financial years (2019, 	2020, 2021) must be at least 1,000.000,00 EUR. The turnover value in currencies other than EUR, shall be presented in EUR based on the exchange rate set by the central/national bank of the applicant's country, as of 1st July of each year reported.
a)	One (1) individual contract with the candidate’s proportion of the budget of at least 500.000 EUR (excluding VAT) each, completed within the fifteen (15) year period prior to the deadline for submission of the application, in any of these two fields:
• Technical Assistance to the Promoter during the phase of construction or reconstruction of a WWTP, with a capacity of at least 250,000 PE, governed by the FIDIC conditions of contract.
• Supervision or design of construction or reconstruction of a WWTP including activated-sludge process, with a capacity of at least 250,000 PE, governed by the FIDIC Yellow Book conditions of contract.
3.	Specific Requirements with regard to JVCA: The JVCA must satisfy the following minimum qualification requirements:
a)	The JVCA must satisfy collectively all the above-mentioned qualification criteria, for which purpose the relevant figures for each of the partners shall be added to arrive at the joint venture's total capacity.
b)	Each partner shall meet not less than 20 (twenty) percent of all the qualifying criteria for the turnover and the availability of financial means as per the criteria specified under General Experience above.


Award value: 1500000