Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Bids

Small Works

(Two-Envelope Bidding Process)

Employer: Regional Water Company “Hidromorava”

Project: Fostering and Leveraging Opportunities for Water Security (FLOWS)

Contract title: Construction works for Rehabilitation and Upgrade of Water Supply System in Municipality of Gjilan

Country: Republic of Kosovo

IDA Credit No.: 6636-XK

Project ID No.: 169150

RFB No: FLOWS-NCB-W-01

Issued on: 27 May 2024

1. The Government of Kosovo has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Fostering and Leveraging Opportunities for Water Security (FLOWS) Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Construction works for Rehabilitation and Upgrade of Water Supply System in Municipality of Gjilan. For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing,”.
2. The Regional Water Company “Hidromorava”, through Project Management Team (PMT) of FLOWS project now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Construction works for Rehabilitation and Upgrade of Water Supply System in Municipality of Gjilan. The construction period is twelve (12) months. Bidders are required to have a minimum average annual construction turnover of Euro 7.5 million (Seven million and five hundred thousand).
3. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, Fifth Edition, September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from PMT, Ms. Majlinda Pruthi, Office Manager, email [email protected], copied to Bendis Boçari, International Procurement Consultant, email: [email protected] and inspect the bidding document during office hours 09.00 to 16.00 hours at the address given below.
5. The bidding document in English may be obtained by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and are free of charge. The document will be sent by email.
6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 3 July 2024. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. The outer Bid envelopes marked “ORIGINAL BID”, and the inner envelopes marked “TECHNICAL PART” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below on 3 July 2024, 14.00 (local time). All envelopes marked “FINANCIAL PART” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Employer until the second public Bid opening.
7. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of Euro 74,000.
8. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.
9. The address referred to above is:

Project Management Team (PMT)

Fostering and Leveraging Opportunities for Water Security Project (FLOWS)

Address: "Hajdar Dushi", 1-B Nr.7

10000 Pristina, Kosova

Attention:

Burim Dula, Project Manager

[email protected]