Procurement of EMIS hardware (Energy Management Information System)

This Invitation for Tenders follows the General Procurement Notice for this project which was published on the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank) website, Procurement Notices (www.ebrd.com) on 4^th October 2017.

Macedonian Railways Transport JSC (MRT JSC) and Public Enterprise Macedonian Railway Infrastructure (PERI) hereinafter referred to as “the Purchaser”, intends to use part of the proceeds of a loan from the Bank towards the cost of Rail Corridor VIII: First Phase Project and Macedonian Railway Fleet Renewal Project

The Purchaser now invites sealed tenders from Suppliers for the following Contract/s required for establishment of EMIS to be funded from part of the proceeds of the loan:

For more information please click on the following link:

http://www.ebrd.com/cs/Satellite?c=Content&cid=1395271353968&d=Mobile&pagename=EBRD%2FContent%2FContentLayout

• Lot No.1: ELECTRIC MOBILE SOLUTION
• Lot No.2: DIESEL MOBILE SOLUTION
• Lot No.3: ELECTRIC STATIONARY SOLUTION
• Lot No.4: DIESEL STATIONARY SOLUTION
• Lot No.5: IT EQUIPMENT

The delivery under all lots is required within 120 days from the date of the Contract Agreement signing.

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

Tendering for contracts that is to be financed with the proceeds of a loan from the Bank is open to firms from any country.

To be qualified for the award of a Contract, Tenderers must satisfy the minimum criteria specified in the Tender Documents and summarised here for the information only:

• should not have a consistent history of litigation and/or arbitration resulting in awards against the Tenderer, or any partner in a JVCA;
• should demonstrate the current soundness of their financial position and its prospective long term profitability.
• should have minimum average annual turnover shown, calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress or completed, within the last three (3) years, i.e. 2014 – 2016 no less than:
  • Lot No.1: EUR 1,200,000
  • Lot No.2: EUR 600,000
  • Lot No.3: EUR 400,000
  • Lot No.4: EUR 200,000
  • Lot No.5: EUR 450,000
• must demonstrate access to, or availability of, financial resources such as liquid assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit, and other financial means, other than any contractual advance payments to meet the following cash-flow requirement free of other commitments:
  • Lot No.1: EUR 200,000
  • Lot No.2: EUR 100,000
  • Lot No.3: EUR 70,000
  • Lot No.4: EUR 35,000
  • Lot No.5: EUR 80,000
• should demonstrate experience as Supplier, in at least two (2) contracts within the last five (5) years, i.e. 2013 – 2017, each with a value of at least per each Lot respectively:
  • Lot No.1: EUR 160,000
  • Lot No.2: EUR 80,000
  • Lot No.3: EUR 50,000
  • Lot No.4: EUR 25,000
  • Lot No.5: EUR 60,000
• JVCA shall meet the respective minimum requirement per partner as specified in the TDs.

Tender documents may be obtained from the office at the address below upon payment of a non-refundable fee of EURO one hundred and fifty (150).

The non-refundable fee shall be bank transfer to following account:

Payments in Macedonian denars (MKD) shall be made according the middle exchange rate of the National Bank of Macedonia on the date of payment via bank transfer to the following account:

The receipt of payment shall be sent to the office at the address below with the request letter for the Tender documents.

Upon receiving appropriate evidence of payment of the non-refundable fee, the documents will be promptly dispatched by courier, however, no liability can be accepted for loss or late delivery. If requested the documents can also be dispatched electronically after the presentation by the prospective tenderer of appropriate evidence of payment of the non-refundable fee. In the event of any discrepancy between electronic and hard copies of the documents, the hard copy shall prevail.

All tenders must be accompanied by a tender security specified in paragraph 19.1 in the Tender Documents and as given below:

Tenders must be delivered to the office at the address below on or before 13:00 h, 21 March 2018, local time, at which time they will be opened in the presence of those Tenderers’ representatives who choose to attend.

The applicable procurement rules are the Bank’s Procurement Policies and Rules (PP&R) which can be located at:

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

A register of potential Tenderers who have purchased the tender documents may be inspected at the address below.

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

Name of Contract: Procurement of Goods for the Rail Corridor VIII: First Phase / Fleet Renewal Project – EMIS Hardware and related services

Name of Purchasers: Macedonian Railways Transport JSC (MRT JSC) and Public Enterprise Macedonian Railway Infrastructure (PERI)

Address:

Macedonian Railways Transport JSC Skopje,

III Makedonska brigada b.b., 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

Fax number: +389 2 3248719

Email address: kiredimanoski@mztransportad.com.mk

Date: 26 January 2018