Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2024-10-02
Region: RSZZZ
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services
Estimated value: 2500000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2024-12-02
EU fund: eu-funds

Technical requirements: The Serbia Municipal Infrastructure Resilience (SMIR) Project is to contribute to the improvement of the living conditions of approximately 550,000 inhabitants in Serbia, securing adequate water supply services after project completion.
A loan agreement for up to 40 million EUR, was signed between the Republic of Serbia and the EIB. In addition, the EIB will contribute 10 million EUR via an investment grant. Investment costs within the Project will also be co-financed from the Republic of Serbia budget and local self-government funds. 20 municipalities have currently been shortlisted by MfPI for financing within the Project.
The services to be procured comprise site supervision of the construction works to be implemented within the scope of the Project, as well as updates of design documentation.
Supervision of works will be related to construction of water supply facilities under applicable construction legislation of the Republic of Serbia. Construction works include construction and reconstruction of supply and distribution pipelines, water tanks, water treatment plants, measuring points and installation of the SCADA systems. Participating local self-governments (cities and municipalities), jointly with the MfPI, will act as contracting authorities for works. The respective procurements of works will be governed by open national procedures as per the Serbian Public Procurement Law (PPL) and applicable bylaws. Works will be contracted on a unit price basis, and the contract forms will comply with the PPL and the applicable regulations of the Republic of Serbia.
The service contract for Supervision of Works will be based on the FIDIC Client/Consultant Model Services Agreement (FIDIC White Book, Fifth Edition 2017), published by International Federation of Consulting Engineers (Fédération Internationale des Ingénieurs-Conseils – FIDIC). The Consultant’s activities are to be carried out in such a manner to provide a smooth and efficient management and implementation of the Project, efficient use of the EIB loan, fulfilling Client’s obligations set up in the Finance Contract signed with the EIB, and strengthening of the institutions involved in this project.
Consulting services will be provided within a number of participating municipalities across the Republic of Serbia, currently including: Žagubica, Bojevac, Ćuprija, Knić, Rača, Šabac, Vršac, Trstenik, Užice Kragujevac, Apatin, Mali Zvornik, Bela Palanka, Prokuplje, Kula, Vladičin Han, Vranje, Lapovo, Lajkovac, and Bečej. The list of municipalities shall be considered indicative and can change depending on fulfilment of conditions for the participation in this Project. 
The consulting services shall be headquartered in Belgrade for the entire duration of the Project. The Consultant is expected to have substantial presence across a number of construction sites in the Republic of Serbia where the Works Contracts for Subprojects are implemented.
Supervision of works related to construction of water supply facilities under applicable construction legislation of the Republic of Serbia. Construction works include construction and reconstruction of supply and distribution pipelines, water tanks, water treatment plants, measuring points and installation of the SCADA systems.
The following selection criteria will be applied to tenderers. In the case of tenders submitted by a consortium, these selection criteria will be applied to the consortium as a whole:
1)	Economic and financial capacity of tenderer - Legal and natural persons:
The annual turnover of the candidate must be of at least EUR 2,000,000 for each of the last three years for which accounts have been closed (2022, 2021 & 2020). 
2)	Professional capacity of tenderer - Legal and natural persons:
The number of permanent staff of the candidate (individual company or consortium overall) currently working in fields related to this contract, must be at least five (5) for each of the last three years (2022, 2021, 2020). 
3)	Technical capacity of tenderer - Legal and natural persons:
The candidate (individual company or consortium altogether) has successfully completed within the ten (10) year period prior to the deadline for submission of the tender, either a) alone, b) as leader of a consortium, or c) as a member of a consortium with a minimum participation of 40% of the contract(s) proposed as a reference:
General experience:
Experience in cooperation simultaneously with at least 5 local-self-governments / municipalities in the field of water or wastewater infrastructure over a duration of at least 3 years. 
Specific experience:
a)	At least 2 service contracts of a minimum value of EUR 1,000,000 equivalent, in the field of supervision of construction, reconstruction, of water infrastructure. The total value of the works contract(s) for which supervision of works was provided shall be at least 20 million EUR. For the purposes of qualification, water infrastructure may comprise water sources, water treatment plants, water distribution systems, wastewater collection systems, wastewater treatment facilities, or flood protection facilities.
b)	At least 2 service contracts in the field of supervision of construction, or reconstruction, of water supply networks of at least 100km in length.
c)	At least 2 service contracts in the field of preparation of technical documentation for the construction, or reconstruction, of water supply systems with a minimum value of 200,000
Request to participate must be submitted to the following address: ” Ministry for Public Investment”-Administration / Nemanjina street No.22-26, 11000 Belgrade;  Republic of Serbia - to the attention of: Snezana Popovic and Ana Kovacevic / email: smir@obnova.gov.rs / telephone: +381 (0) 11 3617-584
Opening of the bids is public and any interested persons may be present. Only authorised representatives of bidders may be actively involved in the procedure of opening bids.