The work to be carried out under this works contract comprises the permanent works (facilities and systems) related to the new Al Robaa WWTP (10,000 m3/d, 2037 expanded to 20,000 m3/d, 2052) in Burullus District, Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, to be designed, constructed, and commissioned; the effective restoration of any defects during the 1-year Defects Liability Period; and the optional 1-year of normal operation and maintenance of the works for the WWTP. The contract comprises also the provision of training services to the Procuring Entity’s personnel duly completed within the Defects Liability Period or the Optional 1 year Operation and Maintenance Period as the case maybe, and before the works hand-over
Interested Tenderers are invited to obtain the procurement documents from the Contact Person at the specified address upon payment of a non-refundable fee of EGP 15,000 or equivalent in a convertible currency that shall be paid in cash in Kafr El Sheikh Water Supply and Sanitation Company treasury. All tenders must be accompanied by a tender security of EGP 3,000,000 or its equivalent in a convertible currency with a validity of minimum 180 calendar days plus 28 calendar days.
Tenders shall be submitted pursuant to the provisions of the procurement documents. Tenderers shall prepare one (1) original of the documents comprising the Tender and clearly mark it as “ORIGINAL” and four (4) copies of the Tender and clearly mark them as “COPY”, plus an electronic copy in CD. In the event of any discrepancy between the original and the copies, the original shall prevail.
Tenders must be submitted in English and in written form, EITHER by recorded postal delivery, in which case, the delivery record makes proof of compliance with the time-limit for receipt, OR hand delivered OR through courier services in return for a signed and dated receipt, in which case, the acknowledgment of receipt makes proof of compliance with the time-limit for receipt. Tenders submitted by any other means, including electronic submission, will not be considered. Tenderers should enclose the specified original and copies of the Tender in separate inner sealed envelopes, which should be enclosed into one single package. If envelopes and packages are not sealed and marked as required, the Procuring Entity will assume no responsibility for the misplacement or premature opening of the Tender. The inner and outer sealed envelopes should bare the mention:
Assignment Title: ‘Construction of Al Robaa Wastewater Treatment Plants, Design – Build, Defect Liability Year, and Optional (1) Year of Operation and Maintenance’
Contracting Authority: Kafr El Sheikh Water Supply and Sanitation Company (KSWSSC)
Contract No.: KSWEP-P2-WT-03/H.B2.10
OJEU Publication Reference: [Fill in the Publication Reference Number to the OJEU]
No later than: 18/05/2023 at 12:00 Cairo local time (noon)
“DO NOT OPEN BEFORE”: 18/05/2023 at 12:00 Cairo local time (noon)
The sealed single package shall be sent to the specified address.
Requests for clarification should be received by the Procuring Entity no later than 28 calendar days after the date of publication of the Contract Notice to the Official Journal of European Union or as defined in the Invitation to Tender.
A site visit will take place on Tuesday April 4, 2023, and a pre-tender meeting will take place on Tuesday April 11, 2023, both commencing at 10:00 a.m. Cairo local time at the specified address of the Procuring Entity.
The attendance in person of the site visit and the pre-tender meeting will be optional. Non-attendance at the pre-tender meeting and/or the site visit shall not constitute cause for disqualification of a Tenderer. Interested Tenderers are invited to submit their requests for clarifications in written through e-mail within the set period for the receipt of clarifications. After the Tenders submission deadline and until Contract award, no correspondence of any type shall be entertained, unless called for by the Procuring Entity.
The Procuring Entity reserves the right to accept or reject any Tender and to annul the tendering process and reject all Tenders at any time prior to Contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected Tenderer or Tenderers or any obligation to inform the affected Tender or Tenderers of the grounds for the Employer’s action. In case of annulment, all Tenders submitted and specifically Tender Securities shall be promptly returned to the Tenderers.
Tenders shall be submitted pursuant to the provisions of the procurement documents. Tenderers shall prepare one (1) original of the documents comprising the Tender and clearly mark it as “ORIGINAL” and four (4) copies of the Tender and clearly mark them as “COPY”, plus an electronic copy in CD. In the event of any discrepancy between the original and the copies, the original shall prevail.
Tenders must be submitted in English and in written form, EITHER by recorded postal delivery, in which case, the delivery record makes proof of compliance with the time-limit for receipt, OR hand delivered OR through courier services in return for a signed and dated receipt, in which case, the acknowledgment of receipt makes proof of compliance with the time-limit for receipt. Tenders submitted by any other means, including electronic submission, will not be considered. Tenderers should enclose the specified original and copies of the Tender in separate inner sealed envelopes, which should be enclosed into one single package. If envelopes and packages are not sealed and marked as required, the Procuring Entity will assume no responsibility for the misplacement or premature opening of the Tender. The inner and outer sealed envelopes should bare the mention:
Assignment Title: ‘Construction of Al Robaa Wastewater Treatment Plants, Design – Build, Defect Liability Year, and Optional (1) Year of Operation and Maintenance’
Contracting Authority: Kafr El Sheikh Water Supply and Sanitation Company (KSWSSC)
Contract No.: KSWEP-P2-WT-03 / H.B2.10
OJEU Publication Reference: [Fill in the Publication Reference Number to the OJEU]
No later than: 12/07/2023 at 12:00 Cairo local time (noon)
“DO NOT OPEN BEFORE”: 12/07/2023 at 12:00 Cairo local time (noon)
The sealed single package shall be sent to the specified address.
Requests for clarification should be received by the Procuring Entity no later than 10 calendar days from the date of publication of this corrected Contract Notice to the Official Journal of European Union, which now extends the tenders submission due date. No further extension in requests for clarifications will be provided by the Procuring Entity relative to this tender procedure.
The Procuring Entity now informs interested tenderers that the remaining clauses of the original contract notice (OJ/S S55/17-03-2023/158939-2023-EN) remain unchanged.
Version of 2023-03-17
Wastewater treatment plant construction work
The work to be carried out under this works contract comprises the permanent works (facilities and systems) related to the new Al Robaa WWTP (10,000 m3/d, 2037 expanded to 20,000 m3/d, 2052) in Burullus District, Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, to be designed, constructed, and commissioned; the effective restoration of any defects during the 1-year Defects Liability Period; and the optional 1-year of normal operation and maintenance of the works for the WWTP. The contract comprises also the provision of training services to the Procuring Entity’s personnel duly completed within the Defects Liability Period or the Optional 1 year Operation and Maintenance Period as the case maybe, and before the works hand-over
The Kafr El Sheikh Water Supply and Sanitation Company (KSWSSC) (Procuring Entity) have received financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) (hereinafter called “the Bank”) and the European Union toward the cost of the Kafr El Sheikh Wastewater Development Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds to finance this works contract.
The examination and evaluation of Tenders shall be executed according to the provisions of the procurement documents, Instruction to Tenderers (ITT) Clauses 26 to 38 and the criteria and methodology set out in ITT Section III ‘Evaluation and Qualification Criteria’. The evaluation of administrative compliance will be executed on a ‘Pass’ or ‘Fail’ basis. Only substantially responsive tenders (i.e., tenders that fully satisfied/passed the administrative compliance requirements) will be subject to further evaluation of Technical Conformity and Competence.
Tenderers must demonstrate that the minimum requirements for technical conformity and competence are substantially satisfied. The evaluation of technical conformity and competence will be executed based on the following criteria:
• Structure and Organisation Maximum Score: 120 Minimum Score: 84
• Personnel and Equipment Resources Maximum Score: 100 Minimum Score: 70
• Technical Solution Maximum Score: 680 Minimum Score: 476
• Tenderers’ Performance Guarantees Maximum Score: 100 Minimum Score: 70
Only substantially responsive tenders for technical conformity and competence (i.e., tenders that achieved the minimum passing scores per criterion and the total minimum passing score of 700 points) will be subject to further evaluation of Financial Proposals.
For the determination of the highest ranked combined technical and financial score, the weights applied to the technical proposal shall be 70% and to the evaluated financial price shall be 30%.
Pursuant to ITT Clause 39.1, the Procuring Entity shall award the Contract to the Tenderer whose Tender has been (a) affirmatively determined to comply with the Administrative Compliance Criteria and Requirements, (b) affirmatively determined to comply with the Technical Conformity and Competence Criteria and Requirements by being substantially responsive to the Tender Documents, and (c) determined as the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) and therefore, is expected to implement the Contract satisfactorily.
Pursuant to ITT Clause 39.2, under this tender procedure, the contract will be awarded to a Tenderer on the condition that this Tenderer, or any entities comprising this Tenderer (natural persons, private entities, government-owned entities, or any combination of such entities in the form of a joint venture, consortium, or association joint venture (JVCA)), have not been awarded, signed, or participated in any form in any form jointly or individually in a previous WWTP works contract in Phase 2 of the Kafr El Sheikh Wastewater Development Project.
Only Tenders submitted pursuant to the requirements specified in the procurement documents will be considered. The evaluation will be carried out solely on the information submitted in the Tenders. However, the tender evaluation committee may request Tenderers for clarifications. All procedures will be carried out pursuant to the provisions of the procurement documents that has taken into consideration the EIB Guide to Procurement dated December 2018 and the FIDIC Yellow Book "Conditions of Contract for Plant and Design-Build", 1st Edition, 1999.
