Procurement ref: 9327-IFT-17149

Country: Bulgaria

Sector: Nuclear safety

Project number: 17149

Funding sources: KIDSF

Contract type: Procurement of Goods and Related Services

Notice type: Invitation for Tenders

Issue date: 21.1.2019

Closing date: 6.3.2019 14:00 local Bulgarian Time

This Invitation for Tenders follows the General Procurement Notice for this project which was published in Procurement Opportunities, on the EBRD website, Procurement Notices (http://www.ebrd.com/) on 1.11.2018 and in the Bulgarian newspaper “Trud” on 1.11.2018.

State Enterprise Radioactive Waste (SERAW) hereinafter referred to as “the Purchaser”, intends to use part of the proceeds of a Grant from the Kozloduy International Decommissioning (KIDSF), administered by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank) towards the cost of the Supply of different types of containers for transportation and storage of materials resulting from dismantling works and related services for KNPP Units 1-4. The project is being managed by Decommissioning-Repository Project Management Unit (D-R PMU) and all questions regarding this Tender should be directed to the Head of D-R PMU as noted below.

The Purchaser now invites sealed tenders from Suppliers for the following contract(s) to be funded from part of the proceeds of the Grant:

Lot 1: Supply of 20 ft ISO Containers — 30 pcs.;

Lot 2: Supply of Pallets — 440 pcs. and Reinforced Pallets — 840 pcs.;

Lot 3: Supply of Skip Containers (open type) — 40 pcs.

Tenders are invited for 1 or more lots. Each Lot must be priced separately. Tenders for more than 1 lot may offer discounts and such discounts will be considered in the comparison of tenders.

Procurement will be carried out in accordance with the Bank’s Procurement Policies and Rules, which can be located at:

http://www.ebrd.com/news/publications/policies/procurement-policies-and-rules.html

The contract(s) to be financed with the proceeds of KIDSF Grant will be subject to the Bank's Procurement Policies and Rules and will be open to firms from any country. The proceeds of the KIDSF Grant will not be used for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, of 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 or under a law of official regulation of the Purchaser's country.

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

1) Eligibility requirements: as described above;

2) Historical contract performance: non-performance of a contract and/or litigation awards against the Supplier did not occur within the last 5 (five) years;

3) Financial situation: average annual turnover as a prime supplier (defined as billing for goods and services delivered and under delivery) over the last 3 (three) years of:

— for Lot 1 Supply of 20 ft ISO Containers: 1 080 000,00 EUR (One million and eighty thousand Euros) or equivalent,

— for Lot 2 Supply of Pallets and Reinforced Pallets: 473 000,00 EUR (Four hundred and seventy three thousand Euros) or equivalent,

— for Lot 3 Supply of Skip Containers (open type): 96 000,00 (Ninety six thousand Euros) or equivalent,

— for more than 1 lot, a combination of the above totals for the applicable lots, or a combined total for all of the lots above.

4) Experience for each lot — experience as a Supplier in at least 3 (three) similar contracts successfully completed within the last 5 (five) years, each with a value of at least:

— for Lot 1: 350 000,00 EUR (Three hundred and fifty thousand Euros) or equivalent,

— for Lot 2: 150 000,00 EUR (One hundred nd fifty thousand Euros) or equivalent,

— for Lot 3: 30 000 EUR (Thirty thousand Euros) or equivalent.

For more than 1 lot, a combination of the above totals for the applicable lots, or a combined total for all of the lots above.

The proceeds of the Grant 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.

Tender Documents may be obtained at the Purchaser's Mailing address listed below, upon submission of a written formal demand and a copy of payment of a non-refundable fee of 100,00 EUR (One Hundred Euros) in cash or by bank transfer to the following bank account:

Unicredit Bulbank AD

7 Sveta Nedelya Sq.

1000 Sofia, BULGARIA

BG 39 UNCR 96601003496600

BIC: UNCRBGSF

Recipient: DP RAO

Bank commissions and fees shall be to the expense of the tenderer. The tender documents will be dispatched promptly by email and by courier at the first opportunity, following confirmation of receipt of the fee by the purchaser, but no liability will be accepted for loss or late delivery. In the event of discrepancy between electronic and hard copies of the documents, the hard copies shall prevail.

The tenderer’s formal request for the tender documents shall include details of the postal address and email address of where the tender documents are to be sent and a contact name, telephone and fax numbers, email address for future correspondence, invoice details and VAT number of the tenderer. Tenders must be delivered to the office at the address below on or before 14:00 (local Bulgarian time) on Wednesday, 6.3.2019. Tenders will be opened at 14:00 (local Bulgarian time) on the same day Wednesday, 6.3.2019 in the presence of those Tenderers’ representatives who choose to attend.

Tenders delivered after this deadline will be rejected and returned unopened.

A register of potential tenderers who have purchased the tender documents may be inspected at the purchaser's address below.

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

State Enterprise Radioactive Waste, Decommissioning-Repository Project Management Unit (D-R PMU), Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant site, SERAW Office “Protocol” DPRAO, 3321 Kozloduy, Sofia, BULGARIA, Attention: Head of D-R PMU, Office tel.: + 359 973 7 6422 — Fax: + 359 973 7 4508 — Email: DR-PMU@dprao.bg