Invitation to tender 11 June 2024.pdf

INVITATION TO TENDER

Water Loss Reduction in Ma’an Governorate Petra District

Tender No. 21/2024

1. This invitation of tender is opened by Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ) (hereinafter called “Employer”) to tender for the project of Water Loss Reduction in Ma’an Governorate – Petra District and as detailed below (hereinafter called "Project") for:

a) Qualified Local Contractors classified by the GTD as Grade (1) in the field of water and wastewater (single or in Joint Venture). Tenderer may be a firm that is a private entity or any combination of such entities in the form of a joint venture (JV) under an existing agreement or with the intent to enter into such an agreement supported by a letter of intent. In the case of a joint venture, all members shall be jointly and severally liable for the execution of the Contract in accordance with the Contract terms. The JV shall nominate a Representative who shall have the authority to conduct all business for and on behalf of any and all the members of the JV during the bidding process and, in the event the JV is awarded the Contract, during contract execution. Number of members in a JV is limited to two only.

b) International contractor subjected to USAID geographical code 937. International contractor shall form a Joint Venture with a qualified local Contractor classified by the GTD as Grade (1) in the field of water and wastewater or nominate a local classified by the GTD as Grade (1) in the field of water and wastewater as a subcontractor to be eligible to participate in this tender. The percentage of the local contractors contribution shall be not less than 35%.

c) Nationality of the main Contractors, Joint venture partners and\or Sub-contractor shall comply with geographic USAID code #937 (The United States, Jordan (the cooperating/recipient country), and developing countries other than advanced developing countries, but excluding any countries that is prohibited source.

2. The eligible Tenderers shall have an experience within the last 7 (seven) years in Supply and Installation of the Water Supply Network (Installation of Ductile Iron Pipes (DI), Fittings, Isolation, Washout, PRV's, Air Valve and District Meters), Supply and Install Contracts have to be proved by copies of contract agreements and Certificates of completion.

3. The eligible Tenderers shall have a clean record for the past 5 (five) years in terms of contract termination, liquidation of guarantees, and delay in works exceeding 30% duration of the contract period and must not be blacklisted neither by the GTD in the water sector, nor by WAJ. Upon request, the Tenderer shall submit documentary evidence to proof this requirement.

4. Bidders must disclose any potential conflicts of interest related to the procurement process. This includes relationships with government officials or other bidders that could influence fair competition.

5. Tender Documents, 1 hard copy and 1 soft copy, can be purchased from the Water Authority (WAJ) at the address noted below starting from (23/6/2024) for the non-refundable fee of (500.) JD. The document should be collected by an authorized representative. The last day for purchasing tender documents is (at 2:00pm on 27/6/2024).

Water Authority of Jordan Shmeisani - Behind the Marriott Hotel PO.Box: 5012 Amman-11181, Jordan Attn: Eng. Khalid Abuzahra Email: Khalid_Abuzahra@mwi.gov.jo Tel: +962 6 5680100 / +962 6 5.683100 Fax: +962 6 5679143

6. The Employer may organize a pre-tender meeting, on 27/6/2024, at the office of Wadi Mousa Water Directorate. The Employer may conduct a Site visit concurrently with the pre-tender meeting.

7. Site visits are scheduled for the project area from Wadi Mousa Water Directorate.

Tenderers are responsible for their own transportation to the site. Tenderers are responsible to take all necessary Safety measures on their expense during site visit.

8. Tenderers shall attempt to bid based on their financial and economic eligibility, experience, resource availability as well as quality of supplies offered according to the technical specifications.

9. Inquiries related to the tender documents shall be sent to WAJ, Eng. Khalid Abuzahra via email addressed above, before 4/7/2024. Tenderers are obliged to follow up the issuance of any addenda to the tender documents or answers to inquiries issued by WAJ official e-mail letter.

10. The scope of work comprises the supply, install, test, integrate and commission of all required materials to implant the Water Loss reduction activities. The Contractor shall be fully responsible for providing all necessary materials for completion of the work. The focus of the project is to create pressure districts where the pressure range is 2 to 7 bars whenever possible.

11. The contractor will be responsible for the following:

- Restructuring, isolation, and rehabilitation of Wadi Mousa and Taybeh water distribution network

- Supply, install and commission of water pipelines (45Km of DIP, 4Km of HDPE) including all fittings, valves, flow District meters for DMAs, and accessories.

- Construct new chambers for all valves district meters and flow control valves as illustrated in the BoQs and Drawings.

- Construct new Control/SCADA building with total area of 90-meter square at the location of Wadi Mousa New Reservoir with all associated site works as per the preamble and BoQs.

- Design and build guard room at Taybeh Reservoir with total area of 25-meter square with all other associated site works as described in the Preamble and BoQs.

- Procurement, installation, programming and commissioning of a new local SCADA System at new Wadi Mousa Reservoir including remote terminal unit (RTU), Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), instrumentation for old and New Wadi Mousa and Taybeh Reservoirs. for the main water supply systems This new local SCADA

System shall be connected to Aqaba main SCADA. As per technical specifications requirements, BoQs and Drawings.

The tenderer shall provide on job training to AW concerned staff on all new technologies installed.

12. All tenders must be accompanied by a Tender Security of JOD 150,000 Jordanian Dinar valid for 180 days, starting from the submission date, 18/7/2024. The original guarantee has to be attached to the original offer from the contractor (copies to the copies)

The tender must be delivered to:

Water Authority of Jordan Shmeisani - Behind the Marriott Hotel PO.Box: 5012 Amman-11181, Jordan Attn: Eng. Khalid Abuzahra Email: Khalid_Abuzahra@mwi.gov.jo Tel: +962 6 5680100 / +962 6 5.683100 Fax: +962 6 5679143

13. The Tenderer shall enclose Envelope No. 1 and Envelope No. 2 of the original in a sealed outer envelope marked “ORIGINAL”. The two envelopes that make up the two copies shall be placed in a sealed outer envelope marked “COPY”. Both outer envelopes shall then be placed in an outer package strong enough to protect the contents during transport and handling.

14. No Tender received after 18/7/2024 shall be accepted or considered by the main tender committee, Electronic bidding will not be permitted.

At 18/7/2024 , first the envelope No. 1 - Technical Offer, will be opened and a Technical Committee will evaluate the technical tenders. The Envelope No.2 - Financial Offer will be opened after the technical evaluation of only those tenderers who pass the Technical Evaluation based on the documents required under Section (1) of this document: I INSTRUCTIONS TO TENDERERS, and found entirely administratively and technically responsive and, in a separate meeting.

15. When submitting a Tender, the Tenderer is requested to advise the date and mode of dispatch. This, however, shall in no way limit the Tenderer's responsibility for the timely arrival of his Tender at the Employer’s address as follows.

Water Authority of Jordan Shmeisani - Behind the Marriott Hotel PO.Box: 5012 Amman-11181, Jordan Attn: Eng. Khalid Abuzahra Email: Khalid_Abuzahra@mwi.gov.jo Tel: +962 6 5680100 / +962 6 5.683100 Fax: +962 6 5679143

16. The Employer will not be responsible for lost and/or undelivered documents sent by mail or similar means.

17. The Employer reserves the right to accept or reject any offer, and to annul the tender and cancel the procurement process at any time, without thereby incurring any liability to Tenderers.

18. All information provided/submitted by the tenderers shall be accurate, correct and duly certified.

19. The project is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) by which Water Authority (WAJ) has entered into an agreement which has a fixed timeframe and payment schedule payable to WAJ as detailed in Volume II – Supplementary Particular Conditions

20. Tendering Time Frame:

Item Description Date

1 Announcement 11/6/2024

2 Purchasing Tender Documents 23/6-27-6 from 9.00 to 15.00 hours

3 Site Visit and Pre-Tender Meeting 27/6/2024

4 Receiving Questions and Inquiries up to date 4/7/2024

Submission of offers 18/7/2024 (July 18,2024)

12: 00 Jordanian time

Acting Secretary General / WAJ Eng.Wael Aldwairi