Letter of invitation to tender
10 February 2011
Our ref.: EuropeAid/130680/D/SUP/GE
Dear Sirs,
SUBJECT: INVITATION TO TENDER FOR SUPPLY, DELIVERY OF UTILITY VEHICLES: MINIBUSES, PICK UP VEHICLES, MOBILE WORKSHOP VAN AND VARIOUS KINDS OF AUTOMATIVE TOOLS FOR WORKSHOP VAN FOR THE EUMM
This is an invitation to tender for the above mentioned supply contract. Please find enclosed the following documents, which constitute the tender dossier:
A. INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS
B. DRAFT CONTRACT AND SPECIAL CONDITIONS, INCLUDING ANNEXES
DRAFT CONTRACT
SPECIAL CONDITIONS
ANNEX I GENERAL CONDITIONS
ANNEX II +III TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS + TECHNICAL offer (to
be tailored to the specific project)
ANNEX IV BUDGET BREAKDOWN (model financial offer)
ANNEX V FORMS
TENDER GUARANTEE
PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE
PRE-FINANCING GUARANTEE
C. FURTHER INFORMATION
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE GRID
EVALUATION GRID
D. TENDER FORM FOR A SUPPLY CONTRACT
For full information about procurement procedures please consult the Practical Guide to contract procedures for EU external actions and its annexes, which can be downloaded from the following web page: http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/procedures/index_en.htm.
We look forward to receiving your tender before the deadline specified in point 9 of the Instructions to Tenderes to the address specified in the same point.
Yours sincerely,
Larisa Mrnkova
Chief Procurement Officer
November 2010 Page 1 of 107
Invitation to Tenderers, ref: EuropeAid/130680/D/SUP/GE
TENDER DOSSIEREuropeAid/130680/D/SUP/GE
PART A
INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS
INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS
PUBLICATION REF.: EuropeAid/130680/D/SUP/GE
In submitting a tender, the tenderer accepts in full and without restriction the special and general conditions governing the contract as the sole basis of this tendering procedure, whatever its own conditions of sale may be, which it hereby waives. Tenderers are expected to examine carefully and comply with all instructions, forms, contract provisions and specifications contained in this tender dossier. Failure to submit a tender containing all the required information and documentation within the deadline specified will lead to the rejection of the tender. No account can be taken of any reservation in the tender as regards the tender dossier; any reservation may result in the immediate rejection of the tender without further evaluation.
These Instructions set out the rules for the submission, selection and implementation of contracts financed under this call for tenders, in conformity with the provisions of the Practical Guide to contract procedures for EU external actions, which is applicable to the present call (available on the Internet at this address:
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/procedures/index_en.htm).
1. Supplies to be provided
1.1. The subject of the contract is the supply, delivery by the contractor of the following utility vehicles: minibuses, pick up vehicles, mobile workshop van and various kinds of automotive tools for workshop van for EUMM, in 4 (four) lots, as per Annex II-III.
1.2. The supplies should be delivered to EUMM HQ based on INCOTERMS DDP (local suppliers)/DAP (international supplier) to EUMM HQ warehouse at 49, Krtsanisi Street, 0114, Tbilisi, Georgia not exceeding 2 (two) months, in accordance with point 15 of the Procurement Notice.
1.3. The supplies must comply fully with the technical specifications set out in the tender dossier (technical annex II-III) and conform it in all respects.
1.4. The supplies described under lot(s) no 1, 2, 3 must be accompanied by a “lot” of spare parts and/or of consumables. Neither the unit price nor the overall price of the spare parts will figure in the evaluation of the tender, except where the unit price or the number of parts varies substantially between the tenders received. The list of spare parts must be drawn up by the tenderer in the light of its professional experience and taking account of the places of use; it must show the unit prices of the parts, calculated on the basis of Article 11 (below). Nevertheless, the Contracting Authority reserves the right to alter the list of spare parts; any changes will appear in the contract.
1.5. Tenderers are not authorised to tender for a variant in addition to the present tender.
2. Timetable
DATE / TIME*Deadline for request for any clarifications from the Contracting Authority / 21 March 2011
/ N/A
Last date on which clarifications are issued by the Contracting Authority / 31 March 2011
/ N/A
Deadline for submission of tenders / 11 April 2011 / 15:00 local time of Tbilisi, Georgia
Tender opening session / 11 April 2011 / 15:30 local time of Tbilisi, Georgia
Notification of award to the successful tenderer / April 2011 / N/A
Signature of the contract / April 2011 / N/A
* All times are in the time zone of the country of the Contracting Authority
Provisional date
3. Participation
3.1 Participation in tendering is open for all companies participating either individually or in a grouping (consortium) of tenderers.
3.2 These rules apply to:
a) tenderers
b) members of a consortium
c) sub-contracting is not allowed
3.3 Natural persons, companies or undertakings falling into a situation set out in section 2.3.3 of the Practical Guide to contract procedures for EU external actions are excluded from participation in and the award of contracts. Tenderers must provide declarations to the effect that they are not in any of these exclusion situations. The declarations must cover all the members of a joint venture/consortium. Tenderers who have been guilty of making false declarations may also incur financial penalties and exclusion in accordance with section 2.3.4 of the Practical Guide.
3.4 To be eligible for participation in this tender procedure, tenderers must prove to the satisfaction of the Contracting Authority that they comply with the necessary legal, technical and financial requirements and have the means to carry out the contract effectively. In particular, the following selection criteria are to be met for any invited tenderer to be eligible and his offer evaluated:
3.4.1 Administrative criterion
The tender has to submit a valid documentary proof of registration with the competent administrative authority of the country which it belongs. For any document in a language different than English, a certified translation is to be submitted.
3.4.2 Technical and professional capacity criterion
The tenderer must have successfully completed, during the last 3 years (2008, 2009 and 2010), at least 2 similar projects with a budget of at least that of this contract in fields, whose nature and complexity are comparable to the supply concerned by the tender.
The table under point 4, 5 and 6 of the Tender Submission Form, if duly filled in, will be accepted as a satisfactory proof for the Technical capacity and Professional capacity. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to ask for clarifications and/or integrations on such a table.
3.4.3 Financial and economic capacity criterion
The tenderer must have a reliable financial and economic situation clearly resulting from point 3 of the Tender Form. The main criterion will be the annual turnover which must be at least twice the value of the present contract over the last three years (2008, 2009 and 2010). Also, the averages of cash and cash equivalents at the beginning and end of year are positive. The table under point 3 of the Tender Submission Form, if duly filled in, will be accepted as a satisfactory proof for the purposes of eligibility. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to ask for clarifications and/or integrations on such a table.
4. Type of contract
4.1 Supply contract with unit-price per itemised expenditure.
4.2. Tender prices shall be firm and shall not be the subject of revision
during the implementation period of the supply contract.
4.3. Payments will only be made by the Contracting Authority on the basis of the actual amount of the supply contract, based on the invoice and final acceptance certificate C11. Actually, no pre-financing or payment shall be made only on the basis of the signature of this supply contract.
5. Currency
Tenders must be presented in Euro[1].
6. Lots
This tender procedure is divided into 4 (four) lots.
6.1. The tenderer may submit a tender for one lot only, several or all of the lots.
6.2. Each lot will form a separate contract and the quantities indicated for different lots will be indivisible. The tenderer must offer the whole of the quantity or quantities indicated for each lot. Under no circumstances must tenders for part of the quantities required be taken into consideration. If the tenderer is awarded more than one lot, a single contract may be concluded covering all those lots.
6.3 A tenderer may include in its tender the overall discount it would grant in the event of some or all of the lots for which it has submitted a tender being awarded. The discount should be clearly indicated for each lot in such a way that it can be announced during the public tender opening session.
6.4 Contracts will be awarded lot by lot, but the Contracting Authority may select the most
favourable overall solution after taking account of any discounts offered
7. Period of validity
7.1 Tenderers shall be bound by their tenders for a period of 90 days from the deadline for the submission of tenders.
7.2 In exceptional cases and prior to the expiry of the original tender validity period, the Contracting Authority may ask tenderers in writing to extend this period by 40 days. Such requests and the responses to them must be made in writing. Tenderers that agree to do so will not be permitted to modify their tenders and they are bound to extend the validity of their tender guarantees for the revised period of validity of the tender. If they refuse, without forfeiture of their tender guarantees, their participation in the tender procedure will be terminated.
7.3 The successful tenderer will be bound by its tender for a further period of 60 days. The further period is added to the validity period irrespective of the date of notification.
8. Language of offers
8.1. The offers, all correspondence and documents related to the tender exchanged by the tenderer and the Contracting Authority must be written in the language of the procedure which is English.
8.2. If the supporting documents are not written in one of the official languages of the European Union, a translation into the language of the call for tender must be attached. Where the documents are in an official language of the European Union other than the one of the procedure, it is however strongly recommended to provide a translation into the language of the call for tenders, in order to facilitate the evaluation of the documents.
9. Submission of tenders
9.1 Tenders must be received before the deadline specified in 9.3. They must include all the documents specified in point 10 of these Instruction to tenderers and must be submitted by registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt or hand-delivered against receipt signed by an EUMM authorized representative, to the following address:
European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM)
Procurement Section
49 Krtsanisi Street, 0114 Tbilisi, Georgia
Opening hours are 9:00 - 17:30 each working day Monday - Friday
9.2. An electronic version of the proposal, received to EUMM e-mail box , duly distributed into zipped folders corresponding to the “administrative”, “technical” and “financial” envelopes, will be provisionally accepted provided that the tenderer proves that the hard copy has been timely shipped (e.g. scanned copy of DHL receipt); the evaluation process will start on the basis of the provisionally/conditionally accepted e-proposal, though the Contracting Authority reserves the right to compare the e-proposal against the hard copy (which remains the sole legally binding text for the purposes of this procedure
9.3. All tenders, whether submitted in soft copy or hard copy formats, must be received at the EUMM headquarters (49 Krtsanisi Street, 0114 Tbilisi, Georgia – ) before 15:00 hours (local time in Georgia) on 11 April 2011.
9.4. Tenders in hard copy format must be submitted in one original, marked “original”, and three copies signed in the same way as the original and marked “copy”. All such tenders, including annexes and all supporting documents, must be submitted in a sealed envelope bearing only:
a) the EUMM address specified in 9.1 above;
b) the reference code of this tender procedure EuropeAid/130680/D/SUP/GE;
c) the words “Not to be opened before the tender opening session”;
d) the name of the tenderer.
The technical and financial offers must be placed together in a sealed envelope. The envelope should then be placed in another single sealed envelope/package, unless their volume requires a separate submission.
9.5 Tenders in soft copy format must be attached to an email containing the reference EuropeAid/130680/D/SUP/GE in the subject line. The technical and financial offers must be submitted as two separate electronic files (properly named for easy identification). Please do not include any price information in the technical proposal. Tenders submitted by electronic means must be provided in PDF format only and must be sent to the email address specified in 8.1 above. All submissions will be acknowledged by an email confirming receipt. Please note that a limit of 4Mb applies to all EUMM incoming email correspondence. Thus, you will be unable to submit an electronic tender whose total combined file size exceeds this 4Mb limit.
All proposals, whether submitted in electronic format or hard copy format, will be evaluated on an equal basis.
Any alteration or withdrawal of the submitted offer has to be submitted under the same conditions as above before the submission deadline.
10. Content of tenders
All tenders submitted must comply with the requirements in the tender dossier and comprise:
Part 1: Technical offer:
a detailed description of the supplies tendered in conformity with the technical specifications, including any documentation required, including if applicable;
· a list of the manufacturer's recommended spare parts and consumables;
The technical offer should be presented as per template (annex II+III*, the contractor’s technical offer) completed when and if necessary by separate sheets for details.
Part 2: Financial offer:
· A financial offer calculated on a basis of DDP/DAP [2] for the supplies tendered, including if applicable:
This financial offer should be presented as per template (annex IV*, budget breakdown), and if necessary completed by separate sheets for the details.