Albania-Tirana: IPA — construction of sewerage systems
Works procurement notice
Works for construction of new sewerage systems in Albanian coastal areas in the municipalities of Golem, Durres and Shengjin. The works, divided into 3 lots, include construction of pipelines and pumping stations and may involve trenchless excavation methods, such as horizontal boring and/or micro-tunnelling.
Old Bridge in Tirana ( net_efekt, Flickr)
The period of implementation of each lot will be 24 months divided as follows:
(a) 12 months, consisting of 3 months preparations and mobilisation + 9 months construction;
(b) 12 months of maintenance period.
Number and titles of lots:
- Lot 1 — sewerage systems in Perroi Agait — Golem and discharge to the Kavaja wastewater treatment plant (WWTP);
- lot 2 — sewerage systems in Perroi Agait — Ura Dajlanit Durres and discharge to the Durres WWTP;
- lot 3 — discharge of Shengjin sewerage system to the Lezha WWTP.
Information meeting and/or site visit:
An optional information meeting will be held on 9.4.2009 (10:00),
Delegation of the European Commission to Albania, Conference Room, Rruga e Durresit 127/1, Laprake, Tirana, Albania.
Tenderers interested in attending the meeting are requested to send a written confirmation to the EC Delegation, attention: Mrs Brunilda Ndoci. Tel. (355-4) 222 83 20/84 79-210. Fax (355-4) 27 06 78. E-mail: Brunilda.Ndoci@ec.europa.eu. This confirmation shall include the number of persons representing the company at the information meeting.
Selection and award criteria
The selection criteria for each tenderer are as indicated hereafter. In the case of a tender submitted by a consortium, unless specified, these selection criteria will be applied to the consortium as a whole:
1) Economic and financial capacity of candidate:
1. The average annual turnover of the tenderer in the past 3 years (2006, 2007 and 2008) must be equivalent to:
- EUR 10 000 000 if tendering only for lot 1,
- EUR 16 500 000 if tendering only for lot 2,
- EUR 4 600 000 if tendering for only lot 3.
If tendering for more than 1 lot the tenderer must satisfy the above criteria cumulatively.
2. The tenderer must have access to sufficient credit and other financial facilities to cover the required cash flow for the duration of the contract. In any case, the amount of credit available must exceed the equivalent of:
- EUR 1 200 000 if tendering only for lot 1,
- EUR 2 000 000 if tendering only for lot 2,
- EUR 580 000 if tendering only for lot 3.
If tendering for more than 1 lot the tenderer must satisfy the above criteria cumulatively.
2) Professional capacity of candidate:
1(a) All the tenderer’s key personnel listed hereafter must have at least 5 years’ appropriate experience and proven qualifications relevant to works of a similar nature to this project. Tenderers shall include copies of professional licences for each key expert. The key experts to be indicated on form 4.6.1.2 are the following, as minimum requirement:
1. project manager/contractor’s representative: 1 key expert per lot (or the same key expert for more than 1 lot, if tendering for more than 1 lot);
2. site manager: 1 key expert per lot;
3. site engineer: 1 key expert per lot;
4. quality assurance manager: 1 key expert per lot (or the same key expert for more than 1 lot, if tendering for more than 1 lot);
5. electrical engineer: 1 key expert per lot (or the same key expert for more than 1 lot, if tendering for more than 1 lot);
6. mechanical engineer: 1 key expert per lot (or the same key expert for more than 1 lot, if tendering for more than 1 lot);
7. safety engineer: 1 key expert per lot (or the same key expert for more than 1 lot, if tendering for more than 1 lot).
1(b) Applicable to lot 1 only: the tenderer must have personnel qualified in the laying of pipelines using micro-tunnelling technology with the same dimensions foreseen in the detailed design.
3) Technical capacity of candidate:
1(a) The tenderer must have successfully completed over the last 5 years at least 2 contracts of similar nature/complexity comparable to the works concerned by this tender, for an amount hereafter indicated per contract:
- EUR 5 000 000 if tendering for lot 1,
- EUR 8 200 000 if tendering for lot 2,
- EUR 2 300 000 if tendering for lot 3.
The tenderer shall present copies of the respective certificates of final acceptance signed by the supervisors/contracting authority of the projects concerned.
1(b) Applicable for lot 1 only: the tenderer must have the following qualifications related to the laying of pipelines using micro-tunnelling technology:
(i) machinery, equipment and personnel qualified in the laying of pipelines using micro-tunnelling technology with the same dimensions foreseen in the detailed design;
(ii) to have already completed micro-tunnelling pipeline contracts with the same dimensions foreseen in the detailed design for at least 2 000 m during the past 10 years.
2. The tenderer must carry out at least 70 % of the contract works by own resources, which means that it must have the equipment, materials, human and financial resources necessary to enable it to carry out that percentage of the contract.
3. If the tenderer is the lead member of a joint venture/consortium, it must have the ability to carry out at least 50 % of the contract works by its own means.
4. If the tenderer is a partner of a joint venture/consortium (i.e. not the lead member) it must have the ability to carry out at least 10 % of the contract works by its own means.
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Award criteria:
Price. The contract will be awarded to the lowest compliant tender, taking into account the most favourable overall solution.
How to obtain the tender dossier:
The tender dossier is available from the premises of the Delegation of the European Commission in Albania (contracting authority) at the address below in a CD-ROM free of charge. It is also available for inspection at the premises of the contracting authority, Rruga e Durresit 127/1, Laprake, Tirana, Albania. Tenders must be submitted using the standard tender form included in the tender dossier, whose format and instructions must be strictly observed.
Tenderers with questions regarding this tender should send them in writing to:
Delegation of the European Commission to Albania, Contracts, Finance and Audit Section, Rruga e Durresit 127/1, Laprake, Tirana, Albania. Fax (355-4) 27 44 12. E-mail: Maria-Amalia.Baraona@ec.europa.eu, cc Marcello.repici@ec.europa.eu and cc Entela.SULKA@ec.europa.eu
(mentioning the publication reference shown in item 1) at least 21 days before the deadline for submission of tenders given in item 19. The contracting authority must reply to all tenderers’ questions at least 11 days before the deadline for submission of tenders. Eventual clarifications to the tender dossier will be published on the EuropeAid website at
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/procedures/index_en.htm.
Deadline for submission of tenders:
11.5.2009 (16:00), Central European Time.
European Commission Delegation to Albania, Rruga e Durresit 127/1, Laprake, Tirana, Albania.
Any tender received after this deadline will not be considered.
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Tender opening session:
12.5.2009 (10:00), Central European Time.
European Commission Delegation to Albania, Rruga e Durresit 127/1, Laprake, Tirana, Albania.
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Language of the procedure:
All written communications for this tender procedure and contract must be in English.