SUPPLY
PROCUREMENT NOTICE
Veterinary
Laboratory Equipment and Epidemiology Materials -
1.
Publication reference
EUROPEAID/116299/C/S/TR
2. Procedure
International Open Tender
3. Programme
The National Pre-Accession Financial Assistance
Programme for
4. Financing
Joint co-financing: EC
Contribution – Budget Line B7-050 (75%) and National Contribution (25%)
5.
Contracting authority
Central Finance and
Contracts Unit (CFCU) -
CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS
6.
Description of the contract
The subject of the tender is
the supply, delivery, installation, putting into operation, testing,
calibration of general, biological, chemistry and vaccine production laboratory
equipment including training and warranty services for the three control and research
institutes and the FMD institute of the Ministry of Agriculture And Rural
Affairs located in İstanbul, Ankara, İzmir DDP (Delivered Duty Paid) final destination.
7. Number and titles of lots
Four Lots:
TERMS OF PARTICIPATION
8.
Eligibility and rules of origin
Participation is open on equal
terms to all natural and legal persons participating either individually or in
a grouping (consortium) of tenderers of the Member States and Turkey, to
natural and legal persons from the PHARE candidate countries and from countries
benefiting from the financial and technical measures to accompany (MEDA) the
reform of economic and social structures in the framework of the
Euro-Mediterranean partnership and from the assistance for Albania, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (CARDS). All goods provided for this contract
must originate in these countries.
9. Grounds
for exclusion
Tenderers must provide
documentary proof[1]
that they are not in any of the situations listed in point 2.3.3 of the Practical
Guide to contracts procedures financed by the general budget of the European
Communities in the context of external actions.
10. Number of
tenders
Tenderers (including firms
within the same legal group, other members of the same consortium, and
sub-contractors) may submit tender(s) for one or more lots. Tenders for parts
of a lot will not be considered. Any tenderer may state in its tender that it
would offer a discount in the event that its tender is accepted for more than
one lot. Tenderers may not submit a tender for a variant solution in addition
to their tender for the supplies required in the tender dossier.
11. Tender
guarantee
Tenderers must provide a
tender guarantee in Euro for affixed amount corresponding to 2% of the budget offered
in the proposal when submitting their tender. This guarantee will be released
to unsuccessful tenderers once the tender procedure has been completed and to
the successful tenderer(s) upon signature of the contract by all parties. This
guarantee will be called upon if the tenderer does not fulfil all obligations stated
in its tender.
12.
Performance guarantee
The successful tenderer will
be asked to provide a performance guarantee of 10% of the amount of the
contract in Euro at the signing of the contract. This guarantee must be
provided no later than 30 days after the tenderer receives the contract signed
by the Contracting Authority. If the selected tenderer fails to provide such a
guarantee within this period, the contract will be void and a new contract may
be drawn up and sent to the tenderer which has submitted the next best
compliant tender.
13.
Information meeting and/or site visit
No information meeting or site visit is planned
14. Tender
validity
Tenders must remain valid for
a period of 90 days after the deadline for submission of tenders.
15. Period of execution
90
(ninety) calendar days after the signature of contract.
SELECTION AND AWARD CRITERIA
16. Selection
criteria
Minimum
quality criteria for the tender are:
·
Economic and financial standing of the Tenderer(s) (firm or consortium):
a)
Average annual turnover of the last 3 years (Euro)[2]
shall be at least 3 (three) times the value offered for the lot(s).
b)
The annual quick ratio of the tenderer for the last year, and the
average of last three years have to be at least 0,9[3].
The Tenderer(s)
must prove economic and financial capacity by furnishing audited annual
financial statements of financial positions and overall turnover during a
period for the last three years.
·
Technical capacity of the Tenderer(s) (firm or consortium):
a)
At
least three (3) contracts/projects where the Tenderer has provided similar
equipment value and complexity to those for which it is bidding in
this Tender during
the last three (3) years.
The
Tenderer(s) must submit a list of the principal supplies delivered in the past
three years, with the sums, dates and recipients, public or private; where the
supplies and the relevant service were provided to Contracting Authorities, and
evidence of performance which takes the form of certificates issued or
countersigned by the competent authority.
b)
Manufacturer
must be ISO 9002 certified. The Tenderer or its representative must have a
Service Facility Sufficiency Certificate issued by relevant authorities, which
must clearly specify that they are authorized to service the manufacture
equipment. The Tenderer must also prove that the Tenderer or the manufacturer
or their authorized representatives are authorized to deliver the service in
·
The administrative and technical
criteria as stipulated in the tender dossier.
17. Award
criteria
The lowest technically
compliant price.
TENDERING
18. How to
obtain the tender dossier
The tender dossier is available from the following
Internet addresses: http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/tender/index_en.htm or
http://www.deltur.cec.eu.int/english/main-e.html
Any prospective tenderer obtaining the tender dossier
from the Europeaid website should advise the CFCU so
that any changes to the tender dossier may be communicated to them. The tender
dossier is also available for collection from the Contracting Authority.
Tenders must be submitted using the standard tender form included in the tender
dossier, whose format and instructions must be strictly observed.
Tenderers with questions regarding this tender should
send them in writing to CFCU whose address is defined below:
Central Finance and Contracts Unit
Ehlibeyt Mahallesi 6.Sokak No: 18/8
Ekşioğlu İş
Merkezi 06520
Balgat,
E-mail: ercan.tortop@cfcu.gov.tr
(mentioning the publication
reference shown in item 1) at least 21 days before the deadline for submission
of tenders given in item 19. The Contracting Authority must reply to all
tenderers' questions at least 11 days before the deadline for submission of
tenders.
19. Deadline
for submission of tenders
Any tender received after this deadline
will not be considered.
20. Tender opening session
21. Legal
basis
Council Regulation Nr. (EC) 2500/2001 of 17
December 2001 concerning pre-accession financial assistance for Turkey and
amending regulations (EEC) No. 3906/89, (EC) No. 1267/1999, EC) No. 1268/1999
and EC No 555/2000.
22.
Suspension Clause
Award of this contract is subject to satisfaction, by the Beneficiary,
of the following conditions before this contract is signed:
I.
The
laboratories must be in good structural condition and must have adequate space
for installation and operation of the equipment and for carrying out the
necessary techniques.
II.
There
must be adequate and satisfactory supplies of services, including, where
appropriate, electricity, water, drainage and gas with sufficient and
approximately located outlet points.
III.
There
must be adequate and appropriate ventilation and temperature controls,
including air conditioning where necessary, to provide a suitable working
environment.
IV.
Conditions
must be suitable to protect staff from noxious materials including chemicals
and biological agents.
A specific report (including relevant plans
and descriptions) prepared by the project beneficiary and certifying that the
above conditionality is met shall be submitted to the EC-Representation and to
the CFCU for verification before supply contract signatures.