Invitation to tender

Date of publication Simap: 20.02.2018

1. Contracting authority

1.1 Official name and address of the contracting authority

Contracting authority/Authority of assignment: Holding Company for Water and Wastewater (HCWW)
Procurement authority/Organizer: KfW, on behalf of HCWW, N/A,  Cairo  Egypt,  Egypt,  E-mail:  tender.agent@bohnet-consulting.de

1.2 Applications for participation should be sent to the following address

(tender agent), N/A,  N/A  N/A,  Germany,  E-mail:  tender.agent@bohnet-consulting.de

1.3 Desired deadline for questions in written form

Remarks: Please contact the tender agent by email to register and to receive the complete PQ documents.
Telephone : +49 6762 960275 (only in case of email problems!)

1.4 Deadline for submitting applications for participation

Date: 25.03.2018 Time of day: 14:00

1.6 Type of contracting authority

Confederation (Central federal administration)

1.7 Type of procedure

Selective procedure

1.8 Type of order

Order for services

1.9 Scope of international treaties

No

2. Objects of procurement

2.1 Service category CPC:

[27] Other services

2.2 Project title of the acquisition

Improved Water and Wastewater Services Programme II (IWSP II), Egypt. Consulting Services for the Technical Assistance, Design and Engineering Consultants (TADECs) for Lots 1 and 2

2.4 Division into lots?

Yes
Offers are possible for  all lots

Lot no.: 1

CPV:	90410000 - Sewage removal services,
	90420000 - Sewage treatment services,
	90481000 - Operation of a sewage plant,
	65111000 - Drinking-water distribution,
	65130000 - Operation of water supplies,
	71313000 - Environmental engineering consultancy services,
	79411000 - General management consultancy services,
	71311000 - Civil engineering consultancy services,
	71322000 - Engineering design services for the construction of civil engineering works

Short description: See 2.6 Detailed task description. Each of the two lots will cover two of the four Governorates in Upper Egypt Qena, Sohag, Assiut and Minya. Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system: 48 months after contract was signed This contract is subject to renewal: No Options: Yes Description of options: The estimated duration of the consultant’s services is 4 years plus two optional years. The current financing agreement needs to be extended after 2020. Therefore, the consultant’s services beyond 2019 are subject to the extension of the financing agreements. Award criteria: Based on the criteria given in the documentation

Lot no.: 2

CPV:	90410000 - Sewage removal services,
	90420000 - Sewage treatment services,
	90481000 - Operation of a sewage plant,
	65111000 - Drinking-water distribution,
	65130000 - Operation of water supplies,
	71311000 - Civil engineering consultancy services,
	71313000 - Environmental engineering consultancy services,
	71322000 - Engineering design services for the construction of civil engineering works,
	79411000 - General management consultancy services

Short description: See 2.6 Detailed task description. Each of the two lots will cover two of the four Governorates in Upper Egypt Qena, Sohag, Assiut and Minya. Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system: 48 months after contract was signed This contract is subject to renewal: No Options: Yes Description of options: The estimated duration of the consultant’s services is 4 years plus two optional years. The current financing agreement needs to be extended 2020. Therefore, the consultant’s services beyond 2019 are subject to the extension of the financing agreements. Award criteria: Based on the criteria given in the documentation

2.5 Common Procurement Vocabulary

CPV:	90410000 - Sewage removal services,
	90420000 - Sewage treatment services,
	65111000 - Drinking-water distribution,
	65130000 - Operation of water supplies,
	71311000 - Civil engineering consultancy services,
	71313000 - Environmental engineering consultancy services,
	71322000 - Engineering design services for the construction of civil engineering works,
	79411000 - General management consultancy services,
	90481000 - Operation of a sewage plant

2.6 Subject and scope of the contract

IWSP II Technical Assistance will be provided by: i) a Programme Management Consultant; ii) two Technical Assistance and Design Consultants (TADECs) and iii) an Operation & Maintenance Consultant.
This invitation for Expression of Interest concerns only the services required from the Consulting Services for the TADECs for Lot 1 and 2 with main tasks:
a. Support the implementation and operation of the AC’s “Programme Implementation Units”
b. Improve the Affiliated Companies management and operation
c. Prepare preliminary and detailed designs, ESIAs and cost estimates for the selected investment projects
d. Carry out procurement of works, goods and services
e. Supervise the local supervision consultants or carry out the construction supervision
f. Authorise payments for contractors and consultants
g. Support and control the defects liability period after physical implementation
h. Impose occupational health and safety standards on the construction sites

2.7 Location where service is to be delivered

Governorates of Qena, Sohag, Assiut and Minya. Each of the two lots will cover two Governorates.

2.11 Will variants be accepted?

No

2.12 Are partial offers permitted?

No

3. Conditions

3.2 Deposits/guarantees

None

3.7 Eligibility criteria

Based on the criteria given in the documentation

3.8 Evidence required

Based on the evidence required in the documentation

3.9 Conditions for obtaining the documents for participation

Costs: none

3.13 Languages

Languages for applications for participation: English

3.15 Source for documents for participation in prequalification

to obtain at the following address:
(tender agent), N/A,  N/A  N/A,  Germany,  E-mail:  tender.agent@bohnet-consulting.de
Language of the participation documents: English
Further information on obtaining the documents for paticipation in prequalification: Please contact the tender agent by email to register and to receive the complete PQ documents.
Telephone : +49 6762 960275 (only in case of email problems!)

The prequalification of experienced consultants will follow the latest version of the ”Guidelines for the Assignment of
Consultants in Financial Co-operation Projects with Developing Countries“.

Services shall be provided by an association of international and local consultants. The lead consultant must be an
international consultant. The consultant/association must have an average annual turnover of at least 4.000.000 EUR,
thereof at least 2.000.000 EUR for the lead consultant.

4. Other information

4.1 Conditions for tenderers from Non-Member States of the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement

None

4.4 Essential requirements

Offers are possible for both lots but a bidder can only win one.

4.6 Additional information

The IWSP II is jointly financed by the Arab Republic of Egypt (“Egypt”), the European Union (“EU”), the Agence
Française de Développement (“AFD”), the European Investment Bank (“EIB”), the Swiss Confederation through the
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (“SECO”), and the German Financial Cooperation KfW (“KfW”).