Project name: ONEE Water Supply Project.

Country: Morocco

Business sector: Municipal and Environmental Infrastructure

Project ID: 8715-IFT-43597

Funding source: EBRD

Type of contract: Works

Type of notice: Invitation for Tenders

Issue date: 05/06/2017

Closing date: 27 July 2017 at 10:00 AM (local time)

This Invitation for Tenders follows the General Procurement Notice of this project which has been published on the EBRD website, Procurement Notices (www.ebrd.com) on 24/05/2016.

The National Office of electricity and potable water, 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) to cover 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: Works of Rehabilitation of distribution network at the IGHOUD centre. (Province of Youssoufia)

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 Three hundred and eighty thousand Moroccan Dirhams excluding tax (380 000,00 MAD), which is the total of effected 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: Three hundred thousand nine hundred and sixty-two Moroccan Dirhams (300 962.00 MAD).

• Experience as principal contractor in the context of at least two (2) cases of similar work type and nature in the past ten (10) years that include:

• Construction of pipeline for adduction or distribution of water with the diameter greater than or equal to 75 mm PN 16 PVC and a length superior or equal to 300 m.

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 Six thousand one hundred Moroccan Dirhams (6 100, 00 MAD) or its equivalent in a convertible currency.

Tenders must be delivered to the office at the address below on or before Thursday 27th July, 2017 at 10:00 AM (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 Thursday 27th July, 2017 at 10:00 AM (local time) at the address below.

Prospective tenderers may obtain further information from, 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), Direction Régionale du Tensift. Address: Bb Med V, Angle rue Badr, Guéliz BP 631, Marrakech, MOROCCO. Phone: + 212 (0) 5 24 43 93 46 - 5 24 42 07 31. Fax: +212 (0) 5 24 43 91 09