BI-Bujumbura: EDF — contract to deliver, install and commission industrial tea processing equipment for tea estates belonging to the Burundi Tea Office (OTB)

Country:

Burundi

City/Locality:

MPOYZOYMPOYRA

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:205419-2008

Publication Date:

Aug 8, 2008

Deadline:

Oct 20, 2008

Buyer:

MINISTERE DE L'ECONOMIE, DES FINANCES ET DE LA COOPERATION AU DEVELOPPEMENT

Original Language:

French

Address:

MINISTERE DE L'ECONOMIE, DES FINANCES ET DE LA COOPERATION AU DEVELOPPEMENT
BUJUMBURA
Burundi

Email:

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Notice Type: 0708
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: External aid and European Development Fund
EU Official Journal Publication: 153/2008
, #
205419-2008
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Partial tender
Awarding Criteria: Not defined

Summary:
Republic of Burundi, Burundi Tea Office (OTB)
Supplies contract notice
1. Publication reference: EuropeAid/127044/D/SUP/BI.
2. Procedure: Open.
3. Programme: Support programme for restructuring of the tea sector —
Stabex funds/8th European Development Fund (EDF).
4. Financing: Rider No 2 to the framework of mutual obligations
1992–1999.
5. Contracting authority: Ministère de l'économie, des finances et de la
coopération au développement de la République du Burundi, cellule d'appui
à la gestion des fonds de contrepartie du Stabex.
6. Contract description: The contract covers delivery, installation and
commissioning of tea processing equipment for 5 tea estates belonging to
the Burundi Tea Office (OTB). Said equipment comprises driers, continuous
fermentation lines and a trolley fermentation line, as well as a CTC
rotorvane line and complete sorting lines.
7. Number and titles of lots: The contract has been divided into 4 lots,
as follows:
lot 1: 6 continuous fermentation lines and 1 trolley fermentation line;
lot 2: 3 driers;
lot 3: 1 line of CTC rotorvane cutting machines;
lot 4: 5 sorting lines for dried tea.
Conditions for participation
8. Eligibility and rule of origin: For lots 1, 2 and 4, participation in
the contract is open on equal terms to natural persons and legal entities
(whether they take part as individuals or as part of a grouping
(consortium) of tenderers) from the ACP countries and the Member States of
the European Union who contribute to the European Development Fund and who
are signatories to the revised 4th Lomé Convention, and also to
international organisations as authorised by the instrument applicable to
the programme under which the contract is financed (see point 22). All the
goods supplied under this contract must originate in 1 or more of these
countries, except for lot 3 (i.e. the CTC cutting line), for which a
derogation to the rule of origin has been granted.
9. Grounds for exclusion: Tenderers must submit a declaration stating
that they are not in any of the situations listed in section 4.2 of the
general regulations for contracts financed by the European Development
Fund (ACP-EC Decision No 3/90 of 29.3.1990) 8th EDF.
10. Number of tenders: Tenderers cannot submit more than 1 tender per
lot. Tenders for part of a lot will not be considered. Tenderers may state
in their tender whether they would grant a discount should they be awarded
several lots. Tenderers cannot submit a variant tender in addition to
their tender for the supplies required in the invitation to tender
dossier.
11. Tender guarantee: Tenderers must furnish a tender guarantee of:
lot 1: EUR 3 300;
lot 2: EUR 4 400;
lot 3: EUR 550;
lot 4: EUR 2 200,
when they submit their tenders. This will be returned to unsuccessful
tenderers once the invitation to tender procedure has been completed and
to the successful tenderer(s) once the contract has been signed by all
parties. This guarantee will be drawn on if the tenderer does not honour
all the obligations stipulated in the invitation to tender.
12. Performance bond: The successful tenderer will be required to provide
a performance bond of 10 % of the contract value when the contract is
signed. The bond must be provided within 30 days of the date on which the
tenderer receives the contract signed by the contracting authority. If the
successful tenderer does not provide the bond within the time allowed, the
contract will be rendered void and a new contract may then be drawn up and
sent to the tenderer with the second best compliant tender.
13. Briefing and/or site visit: There are no plans for a briefing or a
site visit for this contract.
14. Tender validity: Tenders are to be valid for 90 days from the final
date for submission of tenders.
15. Implementation period: The programme's implementation period is 150
days.
Selection criteria
16. Selection criteria: The following selection criteria will apply to
tenderers. Where tenders are submitted by a consortium, these criteria
will apply to the consortium as a whole.
(1) Tenderers' economic and financial capacity (based on point 3 of the
tender form for a supplies contract):
annual turnover for the past 5 years must be at least 300 times the
equivalent of the total value of the tender guarantee.
(2) Tenderers' professional capacity (based on points 4 and 5 of the
tender form for a supplies contract):
the technicians proposed to install and commission the equipment must have
proven expertise in the field.
(3) Tenderers' technical capacity (based on points 5 and 6 of the tender
form for a supplies contract):
at least 3 copies of contracts or final acceptance certificates
demonstrating tenderers' experience in carrying out similar contracts.
Economic operators may, if necessary and for a specific contract, make use
of the capacities of other bodies irrespective of the legal nature of the
connection between themselves and said bodies. In such an event, they must
provide the contracting authority with proof that they will have the
resources needed to carry out the contract by, for example, producing a
written commitment by said bodies to make such resources available. These
bodies must comply with the same eligibility rules, in particular
regarding nationality, as the economic operator in question.
17. Award criteria: Price: the lowest-priced tender deemed to be
technically compliant will be accepted.
Tender submission
18. Procedures for obtaining the invitation to tender dossier: The
invitation to tender dossier is available from the following web address:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/tender/index_fr.htm. It is also
available from the contracting authority. The standard tender form for a
supplies contract must be used to draw up tenders. This form can be found
in the invitation to tender dossier, and its clauses and format must be
strictly adhered to.
Questions regarding this invitation to tender must be sent in writing to:
Ministère de l'économie, des finances et de la coopération au
développement, cellule d'appui à la gestion des fonds de contrepartie du
Stabex, avenue du Large, BP 1383, Bujumbura, Burundi. Tel. (257) 22 21 47
58. Fax (257) 22 24 39 84. E-mail: stabexbu@cbinf.com,
(mentioning the publication reference in point 1) at least 21 days before
the final date for submission of tenders, given in point 19. The
contracting authority must reply at least 11 days before the final date
for submission of tenders. Clarifications concerning the invitation to
tender dossier may be published on the EuropeAid web site:
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/cgi/frame12.pl.
19. Final date for submission of tenders: 20.10.2008 (8:00), to the
address given in point 18.
Tenders received after this deadline will not be considered.
20. Tender opening session: Tenders will be opened in public on
20.10.2008 (9:30) in the conference room of the Cellule de l'ordonnateur
national du FED (CELON), avenue de la Grèce, 42 bis, BP 462, Bujumbura.
Tel. (257) 22 24 32 26. Fax (257) 22 24 32 28.
21. Language for the procedure: All correspondence concerning this
invitation to tender must be in French.
22. Legal basis: Revised 4th Lomé Convention.
Decision No 3/90 of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers of 29.3.1990 adopting
the general regulations, general conditions and procedural rules on
conciliation and arbitration for works, supply and service contracts
financed by the European Development Fund (EDF).

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