Project name: ONEE Water Supply

Country: Morocco

Business sector: Municipal and Environmental Infrastructure

Project ID: 8767-IFT-43597

Funding source: EBRD

Type of contract: Works

Type of notice: Invitation for Tenders

Issue date: 20/07/2017

Closing date: 19/09/2017, at 11.00 hours

This Invitation for Tenders follows the updated General Procurement Notice for this project which was published on the EBRD website, Procurement Notices (www.ebrd.com) on 01/06/2017.

The Office National de l’Electricite et de l’Eau Potable, hereinafter referred to as “the Employer”, intends using part of the proceeds of a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank) towards the cost of ONEE Water Supply Project.

The Purchaser now invites sealed tenders from Contractors for the following contract to be funded from part of the proceeds of the loan: The supply of water in Oued Zem.

Tendering for contracts to be financed with the proceeds of a loan from the Bank is open to firms from any country. The proceeds of the Bank’s loan will not be used for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for any import of goods, if such payment or import is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

To be qualified for the award of a contract, tenderers must satisfy the following minimum criteria:

• The tenderer must have an average annual turnover of at least twenty Million eight hundred thirty-three Thousand three hundred thirty-three Moroccan Dirhams and thirty-three cents excluding tax (20 833 333,33 MAD), which is the total of mandated payments received for ongoing and/or completed contracts during the last three (03) years (2014-2015-2016).

• The minimum amount of cash and/or cash facilities (cash engagement only) net of other contractual commitments which the tenderer must have is: four million Moroccan Dirhams (4 000 000, 00 MAD).

Experience as prime contractor in the context of at least two (2) cases of similar nature and complexity during the ten (10) years and include: - Rehabilitation or maintenance and repair of pipes with a diameter greater than or equal to 400 mm.

The tender documents (only French version) can be obtained free of charge from the tender's office of the ONEE-Branche Eau at the address below.

The same documents can be downloaded from the public procurement portal at: https://www.marchespublics.gov.ma

All tenders must be accompanied by a tender security of two Hundred thousand Moroccan Dirhams (200 000, 00 MAD) This should be consistent with paragraph 17.1 of the Instructions to Tenderers or its equivalent in a convertible currency.

Tenders must be delivered to the office at the address below on or before September 19, 2017 at 11 h00min (local time), at which time they will be opened in the presence of tenderers' representatives who choose to attend.

Tenders will be opened in the presence of tenderers' representatives who choose to attend at the opening on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at 11 h 00 min (local time) at the address below.

A project site visit is scheduled August 10, 2017; the appointment for this visit is set at 15 hours (local time) at the centre of ONEE- Branche Eau at Oued Zem. It is highly recommended for prospective tenderers to attend this site visit.

Prospective tenderers may obtain further information from, and inspect and acquire the tender documents at, the following office:

Office National de l’Electricite et de l’Eau Potable – Branche Eau (ONEE-Branche Eau), Direction Regionale du Centre. Adresse: Bd Mohamed VI, Quartier Administratif, CP 25000 Khouribga - MOROCCO. Tél: + 212 (0) 5 23 49 89 07 - +212 (0) 6 73 08 15 63 - +212 (0) 6 73 08 15 64. Fax: +212 (0) 5 23 49 89 10