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Sint Maarten-Philipsburg: EDF — Dutch Quarter sewerage project
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Sint Maarten-Philipsburg: EDF — Dutch Quarter sewerage project

Sint Maarten-Philipsburg: EDF — Dutch Quarter sewerage project has been closed on 17 Aug 2017. It no longer accepts any bids. For further information, you can contact the Government of Sint Maarten, Department for the Interior and Kingdom Relations

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Location: Netherlands

General information

Donor:

Government of Sint Maarten, Department for the Interior and Kingdom Relations

Industry:

Construction & Engineering

Defence & Security

Machinery & Equipment

Status:

Closed

Timeline

Published:

17 Jun 2017

Deadline:

17 Aug 2017

Value:

Not available

Contacts

Description

Works contract notice

Location — Dutch Quarter, Sint Maarten, Dutch OCT

1.Publication reference:
EuropeAid/138922/IH/WKS/SX.
2.Procedure:
Open.
3.Programme title:
Dutch Quarter sewerage, Sint Maarten.
4.Financing:

10th EDF decision number 2013/22899.

5.Contracting authority:

Government of Sint Maarten, Department for the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Government Administration Building, Soualuiga Road 1, Pond Island, Philipsburg, SINT MAARTEN.


Contract specifications

6.Description of the contract:
Works include supply and installation of piped sewerage system and sewer house connections in the socially deprived areas of Dutch Quarter in Sint Maarten. Furthermore, road rehabilitation, construction of drains, new street lights, fire hydrants and ancillary infrastructure upgrading works are included.
7.Number and titles of lots:
Lot 1: sewerage and infrastructure upgrading works in section 1 (main road) and section 6 (side roads).
Lot 2: sewerage and infrastructure upgrading works in section 5 (side roads).


Terms of participation

8.Eligibility and rules of origin:
Participation in tendering is open on equal terms to all natural and legal persons (participating either individually or in a grouping — consortium — of tenderers) which are established in one of the Member States of the European Union, ACP States or in a country or territory authorised by the ACP–EC Partnership Agreement under which the contract is financed (see also heading 22 below). Participation is also open to international organisations. All supplies and materials under this contract shall originate from 1 or more of those eligible countries. However, they may originate from any country when the amount value of the supplies and materials to be purchased is below 100 000 EUR.
9.Grounds for exclusion:
Tenderers must submit a signed declaration, included in the tender form for a works contract, to the effect that they are not in any of the situations listed in point 2.3.3 of the ‘Practical Guide’.
10.Number of tenders:
Tenderers may submit only 1 tender per lot. Tenders for parts of a lot will not be considered. Any tenderer may state in its tender that it would offer a discount in the event that its tender is accepted for more than 1 lot. Tenderers may not submit a tender for a variant solution in addition to their tender for the works required in the tender dossier.
11.Tender guarantee:
Tenderers must provide a tender guarantee of:
for lot 1: 36 000 EUR;
for lot 2: 13 000 EUR
when submitting their tender. This guarantee will be released to unsuccessful tenderers once the tender procedure has been completed and to the successful tenderer(s) upon signature of the contract by all parties.
12.Performance guarantee:
The successful tenderer will be asked to provide a performance guarantee of 10 % of the amount of the contract at the signing of the contract. This guarantee must be provided together with the return of the countersigned contract no later than 30 days after the tenderer receives the contract signed by the contracting authority. If the selected tenderer fails to provide such a guarantee within this period, the contract will be void and a new contract may be drawn up and sent to the tenderer which has submitted the next cheapest compliant tender.
13. Information meeting and/or site visit:
An optional information meeting and site visit will be held on:
Information meeting: 3.7.2017 (9:00); venue: meeting room, Ministry of Public Housing, Spatial Development, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI) at Tamarindesteeg No 16, Philipsburg, SINT MAARTEN.
Site visit: 3.7.2017 (12:00); venue: A.T. Illidge Road, at gas station.
Contact details to confirm attendance:

Government Administration Building, Soualuiga Road 1, Pond Island, Philipsburg, SINT MAARTEN. Tel. (+1) 721 520 7374 or (+1) 721 52007954. E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] E-mail VROMI: [email protected]

14.Tender validity:
Tenders must remain valid for a period of 90 days after the deadline for submission of tenders. In exceptional circumstances, the contracting authority may, before the validity period expires, request that tenderers extend the validity of tenders for a specific period.
15.Period of implementation of tasks:
The period of implementation of tasks is:
• 12 months for lot 1 (section 1 and section 6 combined) from contract signature until provisional acceptance,
• 12 months for lot 2 (section 5) from contract signature until provisional acceptance.


Selection and award criteria

16.Selection criteria:
The selection criteria for tenderers are as follows:
For lot No 1 (section 1: main road and section 6: side roads):
Economic and financial capacity of candidate:
1. the average annual turnover of the tenderer in the past 3 years must be at least 1 500 000 EUR;
2. the tenderer must have access to sufficient credit and other financial facilities to cover the required cash flow for the duration of the contract. In any case, the amount of credit available must exceed the equivalent of 700 000 EUR.
Technical and professional capacity of candidate:
3. it must have completed at least 2 projects of the same nature/amount/complexity as the works concerned by the tender and implemented during the following period: 8 years from the submission deadline. The contracting authority reserves the right to ask for copies of certificates of final acceptance signed by the supervisors/contracting authority of the projects concerned;
4. it must carry out at least 70 % of the contract works using its own resources, which means that it must have the equipment, materials, human and financial resources necessary to carry out that percentage of the contract;
5. if it is the lead member of a joint venture/consortium, it must be able to carry out at least 50 % of the contract works using its own means;
6. if it is a partner of a joint venture/consortium (i.e. not the lead member) it must be able to carry out at least 10 % of the contract works using its own means;
7. all its key staff must have at least 8 years' appropriate experience and proven qualifications relevant to works of a similar nature to this project:
a. the project manager must have at least a bachelor's degree in civil engineering (or similar), overall at least 10 years of general professional experience and at least 5 years of demonstrated experience with installation of sewerage systems, drainage and roads or similar infrastructural works.
For lot No 2 (section 5: side roads):
Economic and financial capacity of candidate:
1. the average annual turnover of the tenderer in the past 3 years must be at least 750 000 EUR;
2. the tenderer must have access to sufficient credit and other financial facilities to cover the required cash flow for the duration of the contract. In any case, the amount of credit available must exceed the equivalent of 350 000 EUR.
Technical and professional capacity of candidate:
3. it must have completed at least 2 projects of the same nature/amount/complexity as the works concerned by the tender and implemented during the following period: 8 years from the submission deadline. The contracting authority reserves the right to ask for copies of certificates of final acceptance signed by the supervisors/contracting authority of the projects concerned;
4. it must carry out at least 70 % of the contract works using its own resources, which means that it must have the equipment, materials, human and financial resources necessary to carry out that percentage of the contract;
5. if it is the lead member of a joint venture/consortium, it must be able to carry out at least 50 % of the contract works using its own means;
6. if it is a partner of a joint venture/consortium (i.e. not the lead member) it must be able to carry out at least 10 % of the contract works using its own means;
7. all its key staff must have at least 8 years' appropriate experience and proven qualifications relevant to works of a similar nature to this project:
a. the project manager must have at least a bachelor's degree in civil engineering (or similar), overall at least 10 years of general professional experience and at least 5 years of demonstrated experience with installation of sewerage systems, drainage and roads or similar infrastructural works.
17.Award criteria:
The most economically advantageous tender is the technically compliant tender with the lowest price.


Tendering

18.How to obtain the tender dossier:
The tender dossier is available from:
Government of Sint Maarten, Department for the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Government Administration Building, Soualuiga Road 1, Pond Island, Philipsburg, SINT MAARTEN
upon payment of 250 EUR, which includes courier delivery. It is also available for inspection at the premises of the contracting authority, address as in point 5 above. Tenders must be submitted using the standard tender form included in the tender dossier, whose format and instructions must be strictly observed.
Further contact details for acquiring the tender document are as follows:
Tel. (+1) 721 520 7374 or (+1) 721 52007954.

E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

Tenderers with questions regarding this tender should send them in writing to:

Government of Sint Maarten, Department for the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Government Administration Building, Soualuiga Road 1, Pond Island, Philipsburg, SINT MAARTEN. Tel. (+1) 721 520 7374 or (+1) 721 52007954. E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

(mentioning the publication reference shown in item 1) at least 21 days before the deadline for submission of tenders given in item 19.

The contracting authority must reply to all tenderers' questions at least 11 days before the deadline for submission of tenders. Eventual clarifications or minor changes to the tender dossier will be published at the latest 11 days before the submission deadline on the EuropeAid website at https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/europeaid/online-services/index.cfm?do=publi.welcome

19.Deadline for submission of tenders:
17.8.2017 (11:00), local time.
Any tender received by the contracting authority after this deadline will not be considered.
20.Tender opening session:
17.8.2017 (11:30), local time.
Venue: Government of Sint Maarten, Department for the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Government Administration Building, Soualuiga Road 1, Pond Island, Philipsburg, SINT MAARTEN.
21.Language of the procedure:
All written communication for this tender procedure and contract must be in English.
22.Repetition of similar works:
Subsequent to the initial contract resulting from the current tender procedure, new works consisting in the repetition of similar works, up to the estimated amount of 2 000 000 EUR, may be entrusted to the initial contractor by negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice, provided the new works are in conformity with the same basic project.
23.Legal basis:
Annex IV to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23.6.2000 as amended in Luxembourg on 25.6.2005 and in Ouagadougou on 22.6.2010. Reference is made to Annex IV as revised by Decision No 1/2014 of the ACP–EU Council of Ministers of 20.6.2014.

http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:230939-2017:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0&tabId=2

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