Project ID: P084608
Borrower/Bid No: CR-NTMP-GEF-ICB-G-14-01

Republic of Croatia
Neretva and Trebišnjica Management Project
GEF Trust Fund Grant No. TF 091967
Procurement and Installation of Equipment for Surface Water and Groundwater Monitoring and Improvement of Opuzen Agricultural Weather Station

The Republic of Croatia has received a Grant from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development acting as the implementing agency of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) toward the cost of Neretva and Trebišnjica Management Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this Grant to payments under two (2) separate Contracts, as follows:

Contract 1
LOT 1 - Procurement and installation of surface water and groundwater monitoring equipment
Contract 2
LOT 2 - Procurement and installation of equipment for Opuzen-Jasenska agricultural weather station

The Purchaser HRVATSKE VODE, Zagreb now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for:

LOT 1 - Procurement and installation of surface water and groundwater monitoring equipment on the Neretva and Ombla Rivers - The scope of the contract is the procurement and installation of: water flow meters; probes with sensor to measure water quality parameters; multi-channel data logger with a GSM/GPRS modem, a post-mounted solar panel and a battery; a DCMM (display-communications-memory module) system of remote notification; reception-distribution center (server) to receive, store and distribute measurement data by automatic notification, by notification at user's request or via a special application (by direct web access to the database). The delivery deadline is 6-8 weeks, and the assembly deadline is 9 weeks after contract signing.
LOT 2 - Procurement and installation of equipment for Opuzen – Jasenska agricultural weather station - The scope of the contract is the procurement of processing components – an analogue processing unit with a software support package, and procurement and installation of a wind speed and direction sensor, a global radiation sensor, a ventilation nit, a soil temperature sensor, a soil humidity sensor, and a leaf humidity sensor. The delivery deadline is 6-8 weeks, and the assembly deadline is 9 weeks after contract signing.

Bidding will be conducted through the International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures specified in the World Bank's Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, May 2004, and is open to all bidders from Eligible Source Countries as defined in the Guidelines.

Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address (1) given below from 09.00 AM to 03.00 PM.

Qualifications requirements include:

(i) Financial Capability:

The Bidder shall furnish documentary evidence that it meets the following financial requirement(s): The minimum required annual financial turnover for the successful Bidder shall be:

LOT 1: EUR 100,000 in each year, in the period of the last three years
LOT 2: EUR 20,000 in each year, in the period of the last three years

(ii ) Experience and Technical Capacity

The Bidder shall furnish documentary evidence to demonstrate that it meets the following / experience / requirement(s) for LOT 1 and LOT 2:

*Completion of at least one (1) substantially similar (in terms of size and nature) supply in the last five years.
*If a Bidder is not a manufacturer, but is offering the Goods, the Bidder must present / submit / with its bid the Manufacturer's Authorization Form (Section IV, Bidding Forms), fully authorized by the Manufacturer.
*In case of a Bidder not doing business within the Purchaser's Country, the Bidder will be (if awarded the contract) represented by an Agent which needs to be nominated by the Bidder in his bid and which will be equipped and able to carry out the Supplier's maintenance, repair and spare parts-stocking obligations prescribed in the Conditions of Contract and/or Technical Specifications.

Bidders shall be allowed to quote prices for one lot or both lots. Additional details are provided in the Bidding Documents.

A complete set of Bidding Documents in the English and Croatian languages may be obtained by interested bidders on the submission of a written Application to the address(1) below.

The Bidding Documents will be sent by airmail for overseas delivery and surface mail or courier for local delivery. The Bidding Documents can also be obtained in person at the address specified below (1).

The Bidding Documents are available for download on the website of Hrvatske vode (www.voda.hr - Javna nabava, Projekti sufinancirani sredstvima međunarodne zajednice). The bidders who download the bidding documents in an electronic form shall submit a letter of interest (including the following information: title of the Bidding Documents, company name, address, phone, fax, e-mail) to the e-mail addresses specified below(1). The Purchaser will not be able to inform the bidders who have downloaded the bidding documents in an electronic form but have failed to submit their letter of interest about potential revision of the Bidding Documents, with such bidders thus taking full responsibility for the submission of incomplete bids. Hard copy of Bidding Documents prevails.

Bids must be delivered to the address (2) below at or before 12:00 o'clock (noon) local time, on September 16, 2014. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders' representatives who choose to attend in person at the address (3) below at 12:00 o'clock (noon) local time, on September 16, 2014.

All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security (issued by bank) in amount of:

LOT 1.
HRK 50,000 for local Bidders or EUR 7,000 or its equivalent in freely convertible currency for Bidders from abroad.
LOT 2.
HRK 3,000 for local Bidders or EUR 400 or its equivalent in freely convertible currency for Bidders from abroad.

The addresses referred to above are:

(1) For obtaining further information, submission of a written Application, and obtaining bidding documents:

HRVATSKE VODE, Ulica grada Vukovara 220, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Room 303 / III floor
Attn. Danko Biondić, Ph.D.C.E.
E-mail: [email protected] , cc: [email protected], [email protected]
Phone: +385/1/6307-303
Fax: +385/1/6307-337

(2) For bid submission purposes, address is:

Attn: Danko Biondić, Ph.D.C.E.
HRVATSKE VODE, Ul. grada Vukovara 220, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Ground floor, Room 5 (receipt of post)

(3) For bid opening purposes, address is:

HRVATSKE VODE, Ul. grada Vukovara 220, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia