Serbian Climate Resilience & Irrigation Project - Feasibility Study Tender, Serbia - 33464024

Procurement Summary

Country : Serbia

Summary : Serbian Climate Resilience & Irrigation Project - Feasibility Study

Deadline : 19 Jun 2019

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 33464024

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
Attn: Aspasia Tsekeri (Ms)- Associate Advisor One Exchange Square London EC2A 2JN
Serbia
Email :tsekeria@ebrd.com
URL :http://www.ebrd.com/

Tender Details

Expression of Interest are invited for Serbian Climate Resilience & Irrigation Project - Feasibility Study.

Single Stage Open Competitive Selection- Request for Proposals

Project Description:

Serbia is intensifying its efforts to increase its climate resilience and promote sustainable use of its resources, in particular in agriculture which is a substantive water user in the country. In January 2018, a Memorandum of Understanding (the “MoU”) was signed between the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of the Republic of Serbia (the “MAFWM”), UN Food and Agriculture Organization (“FAO”) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development(the “EBRD” or the “Bank”) agreeing to implement joint activities aimed at strengthening Serbia-s agri-food sector. The MoU sets out agreement on future cooperation noting that the Government of Serbia has identified the rehabilitation and modernisation of existing water management systems as its top priority.

Pursuant the MoU the MAFWM requested from the Bank to provide funding for the Serbian Climate Resilience & Irrigation Project (the “Project”). In this regard, the Bank is considering to provide a EUR 15 million loan to the Republic of Serbia to be used to finance three priory investments/components:

(i) Component 1: Construction/rehabilitation of primary irrigation infrastructure in the Negotin region (eastern Serbia) to provide reliable access to irrigation water to approximately 2, 000 hectares (“ha”) of land;

(ii) Component 2: Rehabilitation of two small independent accumulation lakes at Pavlovci and Borkovac in Vojvodina (northern Serbia); and

(iii) Component 3: Provision of a new irrigation system “Resavska Celina” (consisting of 15 shallow wells, three river intakes structures and approximately 6km of irrigation pipeline plus all pumping equipment) to realise 1, 042 ha of land with a reliable water source.

Assignment Description:

In the context of the Project the Bank now wishes to engage a consultant (the “Consultant”) in order to prepare a Feasibility Study (the “FS”) to assess the technical, environmental and social feasibility of the proposed transaction and the investments to be financed (the “Assignment”).

The expected outcome of the Assignment is to conduct a Technical, Environmental and Social Due Diligence(“TESDD”) of the Project. The Consultant will evaluate the technical, environmental and social risks, potential impacts, and benefits of the Project in general and of the EBRD financed component in particular.

The overall objective of the assignment is to prepare a FS, which the Bank can use to appraise the Project and take a decision on the prospective financing.

The Consultant is required to conduct the following, inter alia:

- Baseline Study;

- Technical Assessment;

- Environmental and Social Assessment;

- Financial Assessment;

- Risk Assessment; and

- Impact Assessment of the Project on climate change

Full Terms of Reference (the “ToR ”s ) of the Assignment can be found here:

http://www.ebrd.com/documents/procurement/78045-tors.docx

Consultant Selection Procedure: Single stage open competitive selection. Interested firms or groups of firms are invited to submit a Technical and Financial Proposal.

Assignment Start Date and Duration: The Assignment is expected to start in July 2019 and has an estimated overall duration of 12 weeks.

Cost Estimate for the Assignment: EUR 350, 000 exclusive of VAT but including any costs i.e.travel, translation, etc.

The Consultant must determine whether any VAT would be chargeable on the services and the basis for that determination, without taking into consideration the special status of the Bank as an IFI and state this to the Bank in their response to the Invitation for Expressions of Interest. To the extent that a Consultant incurs input VAT on goods and services purchased in connection with the provision of services (e.g. VAT on airline ticket) which is not otherwise recoverable by the consultant from the local tax authority, the gross cost to the consultant of such expenses shall be treated as a reimbursable expense.

Subject to availability of funding, the performance of the selected Consultant and the business needs, the Assignment may be extended beyond the current scope.

Funding Source: It is anticipated that the contract will be financed by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance. Please note that Selection and contracting are subject to the availability of funding.

Eligibility: There are no eligibility restrictions based on the Consultant's nationality.

Consultant Profile: Corporate services are required. The Consultant will be a firm or a group of firms, with previous project experience in:

- Preparation of feasibility studies for irrigation and/or water management projects;

- Preparation or review of technical designs;

- Working with IFIs or multilateral donors;

- Serbia and/or Eastern Europe.

The Consultant's expert team is expected to include the following key experts (the 'Key Experts'):

1. Key Expert 1: Team Leader - expert in irrigation and water supply with preferably:

· At least B.Sc. degree in civil engineering or similar;

· Preferably 15 years- experience in construction and/or operation of infrastructure in the Project sector;

· Preferably 8 years of experience as project manager or team leader for similar projects;

· Experience of similar assignments in Serbia and/or South-Eastern Europe; and

· Fluency in English and Serbian.

2. Key Expert 2: Agricultural economist, with preferably:

· B.Sc. degree in Agriculture or similar;

· Preferably 15 years- in-depth understanding of the economics of farming in the region, preferably in Serbia or similar;

· 10 years of relevant experience in the areas of natural monopolies regulation;

· Knowledge of Serbian water and irrigation tariff legislation; and

· Knowledge of the public financing and modelling.

3. Key Expert 3: Civil (irrigation) engineering expert, with preferably:

· At least B.Sc. degree in civil engineering or similar;

· 10 years- experience in experience of water management, including with water retaining embankment structures; and

· Knowledge of designing, construction, permitting and other requirements in line with local laws and procedures.

4. Key Expert 4: Environmental expert, with preferably:

· B.Sc. degree in biology, environment or similar;

· Specific experience in environmental requirements according to local law;

· Practical knowledge and understanding of EBRD-s environmental requirements (or IFIs- with similar requirements) and conducted due diligence; and

· Past experience of assistance in successful implementation of EBRD-s (or another IFIs-) environmental requirements is an asset.

5. Key Expert 5: Social expert, with preferably:

· Preferably B.Sc. degree (or equivalent qualification) in relevant sector;

· Preferably 5 years- experience in similar projects within the required sector;

· Practical knowledge and understanding of EBRD-s social requirements (or IFIs- with similar requirements) and conducted due diligence;

· Past experience of assistance in successful implementation of EBRD-s (or another IFIs-) social requirements is an asset;and

· Experience of working on gender and agricultural water management/multiple uses of water supply issues is considered an advantage.

6. Key Expert 6: Climate change expert, with preferably:

· 10 years- experience of assessing climate change impacts and recommending climate resilience responses.

7. Key Expert 7: Contract/procurement expert, with preferably:

· B.Sc. degree in civil engineering or similar;

· 5 years- experience in public contracting and procurement for infrastructure in the Project sector;

· Theoretical and practical knowledge and experience of IFI (especially EBRD, WB and/or ADB) procurement rules; and

· Theoretical and practical knowledge and experience of FIDIC conditions of contract.

The Consultant to note that most (if not all) of existing documents are in Serbian. Therefore, it would be preferable that thekey experts are fluent in Serbian to ensure consistency and quality and timeliness of deliverables.

The Consultant is encouraged to include local Young Professionals (“YP”) in the team when appropriate. A YP should be a recently graduated Serbian national, with at least a Master-s degree in a field relevant to the Project.

Submission Requirements: Interested Consultants are now invited to submit a completed Technical and Financial Proposal as per the standard templates and instructions available here: http://www.ebrd.com/documents/procurement/single-stage-package.docx.

Interested Consultants should make themselves familiar with these Standard Templates, Standard Instructions and Conditions of Contract in preparation of their proposals.

1. The Technical Proposal shall be submitted in English electronically via eSelection not later than the Closing Date, as one single PDF file. The technical proposal should not exceed 25 pages excluding the Declaration Form and CVs (Form 1- TP 1 and Form 1 - TP 6).

2. The Financial Proposal (Form 2 - FP 1 and FP2) shall be submitted in English separately by email only to the Bank Contact Person. Consultants are reminded of the requirement to ensure the confidentiality of the Financial Proposals.

3. A Technical Proposal that contains elements of a financial proposal shall be declared non-responsive.

4. A Financial proposal submitted together with the technical proposals via e Selection shall be declared non-responsive.

Bank Contact Person:

Aspasia Tsekeri (Ms)- Associate Advisor
European B

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