Construction Management And Supervision Of Nexus North Project For Joint Service Council Of Jenin Western Villages

Construction management and supervision of Nexus north project for Joint Service Council of Jenin Western Villages

Request For Expressions of Interest

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General Information

Country: Palestine

City/Locality: Jenin

Notice/Contract Number: JSCJWV/ AFD/ 2018/024- CTD

Publication Date: Mar 20, 2018

Deadline (local time): April 16, 2018 - 12:00

Funding Agency: Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

Buyer: PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES - T-JWSSC and JSCNWJ

Original Language: English

Contact information

Address: Moneer Jaradat

palestine-jenin -Haifa road- Haifa building

3rd floor-jscjwv

Jenin

Palestine

Email: Click here

Assignments

71310000 - Consultative engineering and construction services

71300000 - Engineering services

71311100 - Civil engineering support services

71311300 - Infrastructure works consultancy services

71510000 - Site-investigation services

71520000 - Construction supervision services

71521000 - Construction-site supervision services

71540000 - Construction management services

71541000 - Construction project management services

71800000 - Consulting services for water-supply and waste consultancy

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 STATE OF PALESTINE

MINISTRY OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HOUSING

CENTRAL TENDERING DEPARTMENT (CTD)

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE

JOINT SERVICE COUNCIL FOR JENIN WESTERN VILLAGES

(JSC- JWV)

UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF

PALESTINE WATER AUTHORITY

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES –FIRMS SELECTION)

PALESTINE

NEXUS NORTH PROJECT

CONSULTING SERVICES

(Construction Management and Supervision)

Expression of interest

The Ministry of finance and planning has applied for a financing from the French Development Agency (AFD) and the

European union and intends to use part of the funds thereof for payments under the “Nexus north project” for the benefit of

the Joint Service Council of Jenin Western Villages for water and wastewater (JSC-JWV) under the umbrella of the Palestinian

Water Authority,

The Project, which will be implemented by the (JSC-JWV), aims to contribute to the improvement of the living conditions of

the population in (JSC-JWV) service area by developing and improving the quality of the service access to drinking water.

The consulting services (“the Services”) include:

- Carry out all construction management and supervision related to Nexus North Project in JSC-JWV Service Area

The implementation period is 18 months and 12 months for defect liability period.

The Nexus North Project in JSC-JWV service area contract mainly includes the following components:

a. Supply and installation of around 50 km of HDPE transmission and distribution pipes and house connections from

32 mm – 180 mm

b. Construction of water reservoir (Concrete Structure).

c. Scada equipment for pumping stations, reservoirs and valve/flow meter chambers.

d. Supply of spare parts.

The JSC-JWV hereby invites consultants to show their interest in delivering the Services described above.

Eligibility criteria to AFD’s financing are specified in sub-clause 1.3 of the “Procurement Guidelines for AFD-Financed

Contracts in Foreign Countries”, available online on AFD’s website www.afd.fr.

Interested consultants must provide information evidencing that they are qualified and experienced to perform those

Services. For that purpose, documented evidence of recent and similar services shall be submitted. The number of similar

experiences presented in the expression of interest is strictly limited to 10 (for single consultant or joint venture). Beyond 10,

additional experiences presented will not be analyzed.

If the consultant is a Joint Venture (JV), the Expression of Interest shall include a copy of the JV Agreement entered into by

all members. Alternatively, a letter of intent to execute a JV Agreement in the event of a successful proposal shall be signed

by all members and submitted with the Expression of Interest, together with a copy of the proposed Agreement.

Determination of the similarity of the experiences will be based on:

- The contracts size;

- The nature of the Services: Consultancy services “Construction Management and Supervision for Water Supply

Distribution System”.

- The technical area and expertise: Water Supply Distribution System.

- The location: Palestine.

The Client will also take into account for the evaluation of the applications the following items:

- Skills and availability of in-house technical back-up experts provided to the on-site experts. No CV must be

presented in EOI.

- Local representatives/partners. No CV must be presented in EOI.

Expression of interest should not exceed 80 pages maximum.

Among the submitted applications, the JSC-JWV will shortlist a maximum of 6 consultants, to whom the Request for

Proposals to carry out the Services shall be sent.

Expressions of Interest must be submitted to the address below no later than16 April 2018, 12:00 AM .

Attention :

Eng. Saeed Abu Zeid

Acting Director General

Central Tendering Department

Ministry of Public Work and Housing

2 floor , Apartment #9

Um Al Sharayet , Al Ameen Square

Al Bireh , West Bank , Palestine

Tel : + 970 2 296 6006/7

 Fax : + 970 2 298 8582

Mobile : + 970 592979098

Email : MjE1VGVVMV5haFkfYV9SH2Fk

Interested consultants may obtain further information’s by contacting the contact below:

Joint Service Council for Jenin western villages

West bank –Jenin- Haifa street

Haifa building 3rd floor

PO BOX 371 Jenin

Telephone: +97042431604

 Mobile : +970599201725

E-mail: MjE1W2RUHmhWZGUxalJZYGAfVGBe

APPENDIX TO THE REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(TO BE SUBMITTED WITH THE APPLICATION, SIGNED AND UNALTERED)

Statement of Integrity, Eligibility and Social and Environmental Responsibility

Reference name of the bid or proposal: ____________________________________ (The "Contract")

To: ______________________________________________(The "Contracting Authority")

1) We recognise and accept that Agence Française de Développement ("AFD") only finances projects of the

Contracting Authority subject to its own conditions which are set out in the Financing Agreement which benefits directly or

indirectly to the Contracting Authority. As a matter of consequence, no legal relationship exists between AFD and our

company, our joint venture or our suppliers, contractors, subcontractors, consultants or subconsultants. The Contracting

Authority retains exclusive responsibility for the preparation and implementation of the procurement process and

performance of the contract. The Contracting Authority means the Purchaser, the Employer, the Client, as the case may be,

for the procurement of goods, works, plants, consulting services or non-consulting services.

2) We hereby certify that neither we nor any other member of our joint venture or any of our suppliers, contractors,

subcontractors, consultants or subconsultants are in any of the following situations:

2.1) Being bankrupt, wound up or ceasing our activities, having our activities administered by the courts, having entered into

receivership, reorganisation or being in any analogous situation arising from any similar procedure;

2.2) Having been:

a. convicted within the past five years by a court decision, which has the force of res judicata in the country where the

Contract is implemented, of fraud, corruption or of any other offense committed during a procurement process or

performance of a contract (in the event of such conviction, you may attach to this Statement of Integrity supporting

information showing that this conviction is not relevant in the context of this Contract);

b. subject to an administrative sanction within the past five years by the European Union or by the competent authorities of

the country where we are constituted, for fraud, corruption or for any other offense committed during a procurement process

or performance of a contract (in the event of such sanction, you may attach to this Statement of Integrity supporting

information showing that this sanction is not relevant in the context of this Contract);

c. convicted within the past five years by a court decision, which has the force of res judicata, of fraud, corruption or of any

other offense committed during the procurement process or performance of an AFD-financed contract;

2.3) Being listed for financial sanctions by the United Nations, the European Union and/or France for the purposes of fightagainst-terrorist

financing or threat to international peace and security;

2.4) Having been subject within the past five years to a contract termination fully settled against us for significant or

persistent failure to comply with our contractual obligations during contract performance, unless this termination was

challenged and dispute resolution is still pending or has not confirmed a full settlement against us;

2.5) Not having fulfilled our fiscal obligations regarding payments of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of either

the country where we are constituted or the Contracting Authority's country;

2.6) Being subject to an exclusion decision of the World Bank and being listed on the website

http://www.worldbank.org/debarr (in the event of such exclusion, you may attach to this Statement of Integrity supporting

information showing that this exclusion is not relevant in the context of this Contract);

2.7) Having created false documents or committed misrepresentation in documentation requested by the Contracting

Authority as part of the procurement process of this Contract.

3) We hereby certify that neither we, nor any of the members of our joint venture or any of our suppliers, contractors,

subcontractors, consultants or subconsultants are in any of the following situations of conflict of interest:

3.1) Being an affiliate controlled by the Contracting Authority or a shareholder controlling the Contracting Authority, unless

the stemming conflict of interest has been brought to the attention of AFD and resolved to its satisfaction;

3.2) Having a business or family relationship with a Contracting Authority's staff involved in the procurement process or the

supervision of the resulting Contract, unless the stemming conflict of interest has been brought to the attention of AFD and

resolved to its satisfaction;

3.3) Being controlled by or controlling another bidder or consultant, or being under common control with another bidder or

consultant, or receiving from or granting subsidies directly or indirectly to another bidder or consultant, having the same

legal representative as another bidder or consultant, maintaining direct or indirect contacts with another bidder or consultant

which allows us to have or give access to information contained in the respective applications, bids or proposals, influencing

them or influencing decisions of the Contracting Authority;

3.4) Being engaged in a consulting services activity, which, by its nature, may be in conflict with the assignments that we

would carry out for the Contracting Authority;

3.5) In the case of procurement of goods, works or plants:

i. Having prepared or having been associated with a consultant who prepared specifications, drawings, calculations

and other documentation to be used in the procurement process of this Contract;

ii. Having been recruited (or being proposed to be recruited) ourselves or any of our affiliates, to carry out works

supervision or inspection for this Contract;

4) If we are a state-owned entity, and to compete in a procurement process, we certify that we have legal and

financial autonomy and that we operate under commercial laws and regulations.

5) We undertake to bring to the attention of the Contracting Authority, which will inform AFD, any change in situation

with regard to points 2 to 4 here above.

6) In the context of the procurement process and performance of the corresponding contract:

6.1) We have not and we will not engage in any dishonest conduct (act or omission) deliberately indented to deceive others,

to intentionally conceal items, to violate or vitiate someone's consent, to make them circumvent legal or regulatory

requirements and/or to violate their internal rules in order to obtain illegitimate profit;

6.2) We have not and we will not engage in any dishonest conduct (act or omission) contrary to our legal or regulatory

obligations or our internal rules in order to obtain illegitimate profit;

6.3) We have not promised, offered or given and we will not promise, offer or give, directly or indirectly to (i) any Person

who holds a legislative, executive, administrative or judicial mandate within the State of the Contracting Authority regardless

of whether that Person was nominated or elected, regardless of the permanent or temporary, paid or unpaid nature of the

position and regardless of the hierarchical level the Person occupies, (ii) any other Person who performs a public function,

including for a State institution or a State-owned company, or who provides a public service, or (iii) any other person defined

as a Public Officer by the national laws of the Contracting Authority’s country, an undue advantage of any kind, for himself or

for another Person or entity, for such Public Officer to act or refrain from acting in his official capacity;

6.4) We have not promised, offered or given and we will not promise, offer or give, directly or indirectly to any Person who

occupies an executive position in a private sector entity or works for such an entity, regardless of the nature of his/her

capacity, any undue advantage of any kind, for himself or another Person or entity for such Person to perform or refrain from

performing any act in breach of its legal, contractual or professional obligations;

6.5) We have not and we will not engage in any practice likely to influence the contract award process to the detriment of

the Contracting Authority and, in particular, in any anti-competitive practice having for object or for effect to prevent, restrict

or distort competition, namely by limiting access to the market or the free exercise of competition by other undertakings;

6.6) Neither we nor any of the members of our joint venture or any of our suppliers, contractors, subcontractors, consultants

or subconsultants shall acquire or supply any equipment nor operate in any sectors under an embargo of the United Nations,

the European Union or France;

6.7) We commit ourselves to comply with and ensure that all of our suppliers, contractors, subcontractors, consultants or

subconsultants comply with international environmental and labour standards, consistent with laws and regulations

applicable in the country of implementation of the Contract, including the fundamental conventions of the International

Labour Organisation (ILO) and international environmental treaties. Moreover, we shall implement environmental and social

risks mitigation measures when specified in the environmental and social commitment plan (ESCP) provided by the

Contracting Authority.

7) We, as well as members of our joint venture and our suppliers, contractors, subcontractors, consultants or

subconsultants authorise AFD to inspect accounts, records and other documents relating to the procurement process and

performance of the contract and to have them audited by auditors appointed by AFD.

Name: In the capacity of:

Duly empowered to sign in the name and on behalf of:

Signature: Dated:

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