Procurement of specialized contractor or operator on operation and maintenance of 12 MBR decentralized wastewater treatment plants # lot 2

Source: World Bank — Second Ethiopia Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project

SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE

PROCUREMENT OF WORKS

Country: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Name of Project: Second Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project (2nd UWSSP)

Credit No. : -IDA-60070

Contract Title: - Operation and Maintenance Service for 12 MBR (Membrane Bioreactor) Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP) at different locations (condominium sites) in Addis Ababa City.

Reference No: - ET-AAWSA-42142-CW-RFB.

The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Second Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Operation and Maintenance of 12 MBR Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTP) at different locations (condominium sites) in Addis Ababa City.

The Addis Ababa Water and Sewerage Authority (AAWSA) Water and Sanitation Development & Rehabilitation Project Office now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for four years (48 months) operation and maintenance service of 12 MBR WWTPs with a total capacity of 28,160m3/day in different locations (condominium sites) of Addis Ababa City.

The main objective of the assignment is to contribute to the improvement in the sanitation condition of Addis Ababa by operating and maintaining 12-wastewater treatment plants optimally and reliably, and by upgrading the skill and capacity of AAWSA to carry out the same. The wastewater treatment plants are located at different parts of the city and have a total capacity of  28,160 m3/d. The Operation and Maintenance Service Contractor for the 12 Wastewater Treatment Plants shall,

1. Provide a complete operation and maintenance service for the 12 Wastewater Treatment Plants as per the service requirement as stipulated in the contract document for a period of 48 months.
2. implement Computerized Maintenance Management System to perform functions in support of management of operation and maintenance; and
3. Build the capacity of AAWSA’s sewerage operation team by providing training for adequate number of the Authority’s operation and maintenance personnel in the Operation and Maintenance of the wastewater treatment plant.

The wastewater treatment plants that are subject of the operation and maintenance service contract are package membrane bioreactor (MBR) based plants at different locations of the city.  The 12 plants have capacities ranging 400 m3/d to 4300 m3/d. The plants consist of inlet chamber, package pretreatment unit, primary clarifiers, aeration tanks, MBR tanks, filtrate tanks, mechanical dewatering system.

Margin of preference is not applicable to this bid. The evaluation criteria to be used for the selection of substantially responsive bidder  are: - Eligibility, General and specific experience (at least one conventional waste water treatment plant with a capacity of 10,000m3 /d or more with a contract value not less than, USD 6,000,000.00 (six million USD)  for the specific experience)   , the financial performance (average annual construction turn over minimum USD 3,000,000.00 calculated as total certified payments received for contracts in progress and/or completed within the last 5 [five] years, divided by 5[five] years and The Applicant shall demonstrate that it has access to, or has available, liquid assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit, and other financial means (independent of any contractual advance payment) sufficient to meet the cash flow requirements estimated as USD $75,000 (seventy five thousand US$]for the subject contract(s) net of the Applicants other commitments) , historical contract performance of the bidder, general qualification and number of key staff and equipments for the execution of the service. 

 Bidding will be conducted through the International Competitive Bidding procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement of Goods, Works and Non-Consulting Services under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants by World Bank Borrowers dated January 2011 and revised July 2014(“Procurement Guidelines”), and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the Procurement Guidelines.  In addition, please refer to paragraphs 1.6 and 1.7 setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from AAWSA-Water and Sanitation Development & Rehabilitation Project Office and inspect the bidding documents during office hours from 9:00 am -12:30 pm in the morning and 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm in the afternoon at the address given below.

A complete set of bidding documents in English language may be purchased by interested eligible bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of Ethiopian Birr (ETB) 1,500.00 (ETB one thousand five hundred only). The method of payment will be in cash or deposit to the bank account.  The document will be sent by in person or by air mail for overseas delivery.

Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before January 08, 2019 at 2:00pm. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who choose to attend at the address below on January 08, 2019 at 2:30pm.

All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of ETB 500,000 (ETB five hundred thousand only) or equivalent in freely convertible currency.

Addis Ababa Water Supply Authority (AAWSA), Water and Sanitation Development and Rehabilitation Project Office,

Attn:                Ephrem Wubeshet, Procurement Support Process, Head

P.O. Box:         1436/1110, Addis Ababa,

Street Address: - CMC road, on the way CMC about 400m from Megenagna Square, in front of Bole Sub-City Wereda 06 Administration

 P.O. Box:       1436/1110, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tel:                  +251-116676920

City: - Addis Ababa

E-mail address: -eph77@yahoo.com

Country: - Ethiopia