Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-04-28
Buyer: Hekurudha Shqiptare / Albanian Railways
Country: AL
Region: AL012
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71520000: Construction supervision services
Estimated value: 2400000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2025-06-30
EU fund: eu-funds

Technical requirements: Exclusion grounds as per section 1.5 of the EIB GtP.
EIB Anti-Fraud Policy and EIB Exclusion Policy and EIB’s definition of prohibited conduct as per the Covenant of Integrity.
The works comprise the reconstruction and electrification of about 34km of single-track railway line from Durres to Rrogozhine, over the period 2026 - 2029. The Procuring Entity seeks a suitably qualified and capable firm or JV /consortium to provide, over the same period, the provision of supervision and works contracts administration services, acting as the Engineer, according to FIDIC General Conditions of Contract and in accordance with the provisions of the contracts between Procuring Entity and the future work contractor/s.
The main site will be Durres and at the works on the line to Rrogozhine. The Services will be provided to the Promoter of the project (HSH), and are expected to entail some full-time input/presence as well as some part time inputs.
The Candidates shall provide a trade licence or professional registers in their Country of Establishment.
The Candidates shall meet the following criteria:
•	The minimum total permanent staff number, employed by the candidate in the field of railways (design, supervision, other support services) must be at least 30 (thirty) for the last three (3) years preceding the submission deadline. In case of a JV, the minimum permanent staff of the lead partner, in the field related to this contract, must be at least ten (10) for last three (3) years.
The experience and financial record of any proposed sub-consultancy shall not be included in the evaluation.

Eligibility requirements: The Candidates shall provide a trade licence or professional registers in their Country of Establishment.
The Candidates shall meet the following criteria:
•	The minimum total permanent staff number, employed by the candidate in the field of railways (design, supervision, other support services) must be at least 30 (thirty) for the last three (3) years preceding the submission deadline. In case of a JV, the minimum permanent staff of the lead partner, in the field related to this contract, must be at least ten (10) for last three (3) years.
The experience and financial record of any proposed sub-consultancy shall not be included in the evaluation.
The Candidates must meet the following criteria:
a)	The average annual turnover must be at least 1,500,000.00 (one million five hundred thousand) EUR for the last 3 financial years (2022, 2023, and 2024).
b)	Positive financial results in the last three years (2022, 2023 and 2024), which shall be assessed as follows: (i) net worth shall be positive in each year; and (ii) liquidity ratio shall be more than 1 (one) in each Year.
The above selection criteria will be applied to all candidates. In the case of applications submitted by a joint venture (JV), the JV shall collectively meet criterion (a), while the lead partner shall meet not less than 60 per cent of criterion (a).  All JV partners shall meet criterion (b). 
The experience and financial record of any proposed sub-consultancy shall not be included in the evaluation.
Candidates must meet the following criteria: 
i.	The candidate has successfully and substantially* completed, but not necessarily commenced, during the last five years up to the deadline for the receipt of applications indicated below, at least two (2) similar contracts in a field related to supervision or implementation support services for linear transport infrastructure construction or rehabilitation works (with works implementation based on FIDIC Conditions of Contract or other equivalent international conditions of contract), of a minimum value of EUR 2.0 million each, and shall demonstrate that it had a minimum participation of 50% in each of the contracts brought as reference;
ii.	Of the contracts brought as reference above, at least one shall be in a field related to supervision or implementation support services for railway construction or rehabilitation works (with works implementation based on FIDIC Conditions of Contract or other equivalent international conditions of contract).
The experience and financial record of any proposed sub-consultancy shall not be included in the evaluation.
The candidates are required to submit documents demonstrating substantial completion of contracts.
Applicants are encouraged to include all prior experience meeting the criteria above, up to a maximum of 15 references.
* “Substantially completed” refers to the payment of 80% or above of the value of the contract, provided also that the value so paid is at least EUR2.0 million.
The works comprise the reconstruction and electrification of about 34km of single-track railway line from Durres to Rrogozhine, over the period 2026 - 2029. The works are expected to be implemented through two or more competitively selected works contracts, using FIDIC general conditions of contract.
The selected Consultant shall be required to perform the Services in accordance with an Environmental and Social Covenant to be signed and submitted as part of their technical proposal and appended into the resulting contract.
Payment for the Services shall be on time based/reimbursable basis.
Tenders to be submitted to the Promoter's address.
The works comprise the reconstruction and electrification of about 34km of single-track railway line from Durres to Rrogozhine, over the period 2026 - 2029. The Procuring Entity seeks a suitably qualified and capable firm or JV /consortium to provide, over the same period, the provision of supervision and works contracts administration services, acting as the Engineer, according to FIDIC General Conditions of Contract and in accordance with the provisions of the contracts between Procuring Entity and the future work contractor/s.
The main site will be Durres and at the works on the line to Rrogozhine. The Services will be provided to the Promoter of the project (HSH), and are expected to entail some full-time input/presence as well as some part time inputs.

Winner: Publications Office of the European Union