Turkey Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings: Consultancy Services for Energy Audit, Design and Construction Supervision Services for Energy Efficiency Renovations in Public Buildings

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION-QCBS)

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND URBANISATION (MOEU)

GENERAL DIRECTORATE of CONSTRUCTION AFFAIRS (GDCA)

TURKEY ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS PROJECT

CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR ENERGY AUDITS, TECHNICAL DESIGNS AND CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION SERVICES FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY RENOVATIONS IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS

Reference No:

(EEPB/WB/MoEU/QCBS-DES&SUP-08)

This request for expressions of interest follows the General Procurement Notice for this project that appeared in UNDB with reference no WB 8227-07/19.

The Ministry of Environment and Urbanization has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings Project (EEPBP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.

The General Directorate of Construction Affairs (“GDCA”) of the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization (MoEU) serves as the main implementing agency for the Project. A project implementation unit (PIU) has been established under GDCA to manage the activities related to the Project. The overall objective of EEPBP is to reduce energy use in central government buildings and develop a transition plan to develop and scale-up suitable sustainable financing and institutional mechanisms to support a national program. The implementation period for the project is planned as 6 years.

Table 1 indicates the tasks to be provided under the scope of the consulting services (“the Services”).

Table 1: The Consultant’s Services

Under the EEPB/WB/MoEU/QCBS-DES&SUP-08 contract package above-mentioned tasks will be undertaken for 10 campuses in various cities listed below, which having a closed area approximately 289.771,87 m².

Table 2: List of Campuses

It should be noted that there may be slight changes in the list of buildings such as in type, number and location.

The estimated duration for the Services listed in Table 1 is envisaged as 27 months in total (7 months for the Energy Audit and Design Phase Services, (tasks (i) to (iv)), 8 months for the Construction Supervision Phase Services (task (v)) and 12 months for the Defects Notification Period (tasks (vi) to (vii))).

The detailed Terms of References (TORs) for the Services can be found at the following web page address: https://kamuenerji.csb.gov.tr/

The General Directorate of Construction Affairs (GDCA) now invites eligible consulting firms to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.

The selection criteria for the short-listing are:

• The Consultants should be in the consulting business for not less than the last 10 years prior to deadline for submission of interests
• The Consultants should have at least 5 years of similar experience prior to deadline for submission of interests in the Services listed in Table 1,
• The Consultants should demonstrate sound administrative and financial capacity
• The Consultants should demonstrate availability of the key experts for the performance of the services described in the TOR;

Note: Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.

Interested consulting firms are also encouraged to provide the below list:

• Company information: name, status, address, telephone number, facsimile number, year of establishment, contact person for the project, turnover for the previous 5 (five) years (2016-2017-2018-2019-2020), number of permanent staff and part-timers, fields of expertise;
• Details of experience in similar assignments undertaken, including value of consulting services and value of works, closed area, location, number of staff involved in the contract, name of the Client, name of partners for contract execution and share of services, source of financing, type of services provided, contract commencement and completion dates, brief description of the contract;

(It is kindly requested from the interested firms to provide the information above with an excel sheet given in the https://kamuenerji.csb.gov.tr/)

Note: GDCA reserves sole right to request Consultant for verification of any submitted document/information in accordance with the applicable Law.

The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraphs 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (July 2016, revised Nov. 2017 and August 2018) (“Procurement Regulations”) setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.(http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/178331533065871195/Procurement-Regulations.pdf).

Interested consultants should clearly indicate the structure of their “association” and the duties of the partners and sub-consultants in their application. Unclear expression of interests in terms of “in association with” and/or “in affiliation with” and etc. may not be considered for short listing. Keeping one expression of interest per firm as principle, a consultant firm may decide whether it wishes to participate as a sub-consultant or as a single consultant or as a partner in a joint venture (JV). Please note that a firm shall submit only one EOI in the same selection process either individually as a single consultant or as a partner in a joint venture. No firm can be a sub-consultant while submitting an EOI individually or as a partner of a joint venture in the same selection process. A firm, if acting in the capacity of sub consultant in any consultant or JV, may participate in more than one consultant, but only in the capacity of a sub-consultant.

It is not eligible for consulting firms to apply more than once for the same job with different consortia.

A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the Procurement Regulations.

Further information can be obtained at the address below from 10.00 a.m. to 17:00 p.m. (Turkey Time).

Expressions of interest to be clearly marked “CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR ENERGY AUDITS, TECHNICAL DESIGNS AND CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION SERVICES FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY RENOVATIONS IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS” must be delivered in a written form to the address below in person or by e-mail or courier by indicating the title and the reference code (EEPB/WB/MoEU/QCBS-DES&SUP-08) by September 21, 2021 till 16:00 p.m. (Turkey Time).

Ministry of Environment and Urbanization

General Directorate of Construction Affairs

External Investment Department

Attn: Esra Turan Tombak (Project Director)

Mustafa Kemal Mahallesi Eskiehir Devlet Yolu 9 Km, Dumlupnar Blv. No:278, Floor: 2 Room: 2-170

06510 Çankaya / ANKARA

Tel: 0312 480 07 50

E-mail: kabevkayit@csb.gov.tr   

web-site: https://kamuenerji.csb.gov.tr