Project name: ONEE Water Supply

Country: Morocco

Business sector: Municipal and Environmental Infrastructure

Project ID: 8289-IFT-43597

Funding source: EBRD

Type of contract: Works

Type of notice: Invitation for Tenders

Issue date: 24 May 2016

Closing date: 14 July 2016, at 10.00 hours

This Invitation for Tenders follows the General Procurement Notice for this project which was published on the EBRD website, Procurement Notices (www.ebrd.com) on 19/05/2015.

The Office National de l’Electricité 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: (Rehabilitation of the drinking water distribution network in the centre of Beni Tadjit Bouanane Talssint & ain Chair).

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 Ten Million Two hundred ninety Moroccan Dirhams excluding tax (10,000,290.00 MAD), which is the total of effected payments received for ongoing and/or completed contracts during the last three (03) years (2013-2014-2015).

• 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 One Hundred Sixteen Moroccan Dirhams (4,000,116.00 MAD).

• Experience as principal contractor in the context of at least two (2) contracts of similar work type and nature in the past five (05) years that include:

Construction/installation of drinkable water under pressure pipelines with the diameter equal to or higher than 63 mm and a length of minimum five linear kilometres.

The tender documents (only French version) can be obtained free of charge from the tenders 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 at least Eighty thousand one hundred Morocco Dirhams (80,100.00 MAD) or its equivalent in a convertible currency.

A project site visit is scheduled for 20 June 2016 at 10.00 hours (local time) at Bouarfa & Figuig Mixed agency. It is highly recommended for prospective tenderers to attend the site visit.

Tenders must be delivered to the office at the address below on or before 14 July 2016 at 10.00 hours (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 14 July 2016 at 10.00 hours (local time) at the address below.

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

Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau Potable – Branche Eau (ONEE-Branche Eau). Adresse: Place 18 Mars 2003, BP 409, Oujda - MOROCCO. Tél: + 212 (0) 5 36 68 46 01/02. Fax: +212 (0) 5 36 68 17 21