Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-02-22
Buyer: Municipal Enterprise Kyzyl-Kiya Water Company
Country: KG
Contract type: Works
CPV classification: 34144000: Special-purpose motor vehicles | 38421100 | 45232150 | 45252120
Submission deadline: 2019-04-09

Technical requirements: This invitation for tenders follows the general procurement notice for this project which was published on European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank) website, Procurement Notices (www.ebrd.com) on 1.9.2017.
Municipal Enterprise Kyzyl-Kiya Water Company, hereinafter referred to as “the Employer”, intends using part of the proceeds of a loan from the Bank towards the cost of Kyzyl-Kiya Water Project.
The Employer now invites sealed tenders from contractors for the following Contract “Kyzyl-Kiya — Rehabilitation of water supply system” to be funded from part of the proceeds of the loan. The contract includes
— wells rehabilitation and disinfection systems at “Kulushtan” and “Tak-Tek” groundwater intake facilities,
— rehabilitation of about 32,5 km of water supply distribution network in the Urban “Kyzyl-Kiya”, and
— procurement and partly installation of customer meters and bulk water meters at the intake facilities.
Tendering for contracts to be financed with the proceeds of a loan from the Bank is open to firms from any country.
The time for completion is 480 days including a 1 month’s allowance for mobilisation. The time for completion (construction period) is followed by a 1-year (365 days) defects notification period.
To be qualified for the award of a contract, tenderers must satisfy i.a. the following minimum criteria:
The tenderer, or any partner in a JVCA, shall not have a consistent history of litigation and/or arbitration resulting in awards against the tenderer, or any partner in a JVCA, within the last 5 (five) years;
The tenderer and each partner in case of JVCA shall submit audited balance sheets for the last three (3) years which should demonstrate the soundness of the tenderer’s financial position by showing long-term profitability;
The tenderer shall have an average annual turnover as contractor or JVCA contractor (defined as billing for works in progress and completed) over the last 3 years of not less than 10 000 000 EUR or the equivalent;
The tenderer shall demonstrate that it has access to, or has available, liquid assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit, and other financial means sufficient to meet the construction cash flow for the contract for a period of 4 (four) months, estimated as not less than 1 500 000 EUR for either lot or the equivalent, taking into account the applicant's commitments for other contracts.
Experience under contracts in the role of contractor or management contractor for the last 5 years prior to the tender submission deadline, and with activity in at least nine (9) months in each year.
(a) participation as contractor or management contractor in at least one (1) contract within the last five (5) years, each with a value of at least 5 000 000 EUR  (5 M EUR), that has been successfully and substantially completed and that is similar to the proposed Works. The similarity shall be based on the physical size, complexity, methods/technology or other characteristics as described in Section VI, employer’s requirements;