Original Dokumentennummer: 304650-2013

SERVICE PROCUREMENT NOTICE

European Investment Bank (EIB)

Mr Stefan Kerpen

Head of Technical Assistance Unit

OPS B/DEAS/Technical Assistance Unit (TAU)

100 boulevard Konrad Adenauer

L-2950 Luxembourg

Title: “Technical Assistance for the Non-Revenue Water Investigations in Six Towns in Georgia”

Location: Georgia, Chiatura, Khashuri, Ozurgeti, Poti, Sagarejo and Zestafoni towns.

1. Reference code 2013/S 150-260066, TA2012024 GE NIF

2. Procedure International restricted tender

3. Programme Neighbourhood Investment Facility (NIF)

4. Financing European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument

5. Contracting Authority European Investment Bank, 98-100, boulevard Konrad Adenauer, L- 2950, Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg CONTRACT SPECIFICATION

6. Nature of contract Fee-based.

7. Contract description The overall objective of the Technical Assistance operation is to support the United Water Supply Company of Georgia to prepare and implement the water sector investment schemes and improve the performance of the water supply and wastewater infrastructure assets within Georgia. The purposes are to prepare the Non-Revenue Water (NRW) feasibility studies for six selected towns, training the existing staff in NRW reduction techniques and transfer of know-how.

8. Number and titles of lots Not applicable.

9. Maximum budget EUR 900 000

10. Scope for additional services The Contracting Authority may, at its own discretion and subject to the availability of funding, extend the scope and duration of the project to cover complementary and/or additional services. In case of complementary services, the extension shall be up to a maximum, not exeeding, 50% of the initial contract value. In case of additional services, such extension shall be up to a maximum, not exceeding, the length and value of the initial contract. Any extension of the contract would be subject to satisfactory performance by the Contractor. CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION

11. Eligibility Participation is open to all legal persons - participating either individually or in a grouping (consortium) of candidates - which are established in a Member State of the European Union or in a country or territory of the regions covered and/or authorised by the specific instruments applicable to the programme under which the contract is financed (see also item 30 below). Participation is also open to international organisations. The participation of natural persons is governed by the specific instruments applicable to the programme under which the contract is financed.

12. Candidature All eligible natural and legal persons (as per item 11 above) or groupings of such persons (consortia) may apply. A consortium may be a permanent, legally-established grouping, or a grouping which has been constituted informally for a specific tender procedure. All members of a consortium (ie, the leader and all other members) are jointly and severally liable to the Contracting Authority. The participation of an ineligible natural or legal person (as per item 11) will result in the automatic exclusion of that person. In particular, if that ineligible person belongs to a consortium, the whole consortium will be excluded.

13. Number of applications No more than one application can be submitted by a natural or legal person whatever the form of participation (as an individual legal entity or as leader or member of a consortium submitting an application). In the event that a natural or legal person submits more than one application, all applications in which that person has participated will be excluded.

14. Shortlist alliances prohibited Any tenders received from tenderers comprising firms other than those mentioned in the shortlisted application forms will be excluded from this restricted tender procedure. Short-listed candidates may not form alliances or subcontract to each other for the contract in question.

15. Grounds for exclusion As part of the application form, candidates must submit a signed declaration, included in the standard application form, to the effect that they are not in any of the exclusion situations listed in

Section 2.3.3 of

the Practical Guide to contract procedures for EC external actions.

16. Sub-contracting Sub-contracting is allowed, up to a maximum of 15%.

17. Number of candidates to be short-listed On the basis of the applications received, between 4 and 8 candidates will be invited to submit detailed tenders for this contract. If the number of eligible candidates meeting the selection criteria is less than the minimum of 4, the Contracting Authority may invite the candidates who satisfy the criteria to submit a tender. PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE 18. Provisional date of invitation to tender December 2013

19. Provisional commencement date of the contract April 2014

20. Initial period of implementation of tasks and possible extension of the contract The initial period of execution of the contract shall be of 24 months. This period may be extended, with the prior approval of the Contracting Authority. See also item 10 above. SELECTION AND AWARD CRITERIA

21. Selection criteria The following selection criteria will be applied to candidates. In the case of applications submitted by a consortium, these selection criteria will be applied to the consortium as a whole: 1) Economic and financial capacity of candidate (based on item 3 of the application form). In case of applicant being a public body, equivalent information should be provided. (a) The annual turnover (if the candidate is an individual company) or the average annual turnover (if the candidate is a consortium) of the candidate must be of at least EUR 2 000 000 for each of the last three years (2010, 2011 and 2012) for which accounts have been closed. Note to candidates: In the application form, please make sure to include the actual year for which the data is provided. (b) The average of cash and cash equivalents at the beginning and at the end of year are positive. 2) Professional capacity of candidate (based on items 4 and 5 of the application form) (a) The number of the permanent staff of the candidate (individual company or consortium overall) currently working in fields related to this contract (as they are described in item 7 – “Contract Description” above), must be at least 10 for each of the last three years (2010, 2011 et 2012). Note to candidates: In the application form, please make sure to include the actual year for which the data is provided. (b) For each of the last three years (2010, 2011 and 2012), at least 50% of the overall number of staff of the candidate (individual company or consortium overall) is permanent. Note to candidates: In the application form, please make sure to include the actual year for which the data is provided. 3) Technical capacity of candidate (based on items 5 and 6 of the application form) (a) The candidate (individual company or consortium altogether) has successfully completed, during the last 5 years (from January 2008 up to the deadline for the receipt of applications indicated under item 23 below), at least 3 projects of a minimum value of EUR 500 000 equivalent, with activities on hydraulic modelling of water supply networks and detail designs to the NEW reduction programmes, similar to those described under item 7 – “Contract description” above, and should demonstrate that it had a participation of minimum 60% in each of the project(s) brought as reference. Note to candidates: the projects referenced could have been started from January 2005, but must have been completed (i.e. final payment made by the Client) at any time during the period from 2008 up to the deadline for the submission of applications. The candidate may refer to a part of an assignment which has not yet competed, but only in so far as that part is successfully completed and its date of completion and the candidate’s contribution may be clearly identified and proven through adequate documentary evidence (such as certificates from the client). Where the projects referenced have been implemented by consortia comprising two or more of the members now associated as a consortium for this tender procedure, their respective percentages shall be added together, in order for the application to be assessed on the basis of the consortium as a whole. An economic operator may, where appropriate and for a particular contract, rely on the capacities of other entities, regardless of the legal nature of the links which it has with them. It must in that case prove to the Contracting Authority that it will have at its disposal the resources necessary for performance of the contract, for example by producing an undertaking on the part of those entities to place those resources at its disposal. Such entities, for instance the parent company of the economic operator, must respect the same rules of eligibility and notably that of nationality, as the economic operator. If more than 8 eligible candidates meet the above selection criteria, the relative strengths and weaknesses of the applications of these candidates must be reexamined to identify the eight best applications for the tender procedure. The only factors which will be taken into consideration during this re-examination are, in order of precedence: (b) The number of projects brought as references which comply with the requirements of criterion 3(a) above and which have started the implementation from January 2008 and been completed (i.e. final payment made by the Client) before the deadline for the submission of applications. A second factor will be used during the examination if more than 8 eligible candidates have been selected and it will be: (c) The number of projects brought as references implemented in the Caucasus region, which comply with the requirements of criterion 3(a) above and (2b) above.

22. Award criteria Best value for money. APPLICATION 23. Deadline for receipt of applications The applications must be received by the Contracting Authority no later than 17:00 hrs. CET on 18 October 2013. Any application received after this deadline will not be considered.

24. Application format and details to be provided Applications must be submitted using the standard application form (available at the following EIB web page: www.eib.org/projects/regions/med/instruments/technicalassistance/ procurement/index.) whose format and instructions must be strictly observed. Any additional documentation (brochure, letter, etc) sent with an application will not be taken into consideration.

25. How applications may be submitted Applications must be submitted in English exclusively to the Contracting Authority: • EITHER by recorded delivery (official postal service) to : European Investment Bank (EIB), Mr Stefan Kerpen, Head of Technical Assistance Unit, OPS B/DEAS/Technical Assistance Unit (TAU), 100 boulevard Konrad Adenauer, L-2950 Luxembourg • OR hand delivered (including courier services) to: European Investment Bank (EIB), Mr Stefan Kerpen, Head of Technical Assistance Unit, OPS B/DEAS/Technical Assistance Unit (TAU), 100 boulevard Konrad Adenauer, L-2950 Luxembourg The Contract title and the Reference code (see item 1 above) must be clearly marked on the envelope containing the application and must always be mentioned in all subsequent correspondence with the Contracting Authority. Applications submitted by any other means will not be considered.

26. Alteration or withdrawal of applications Candidates may alter or withdraw their applications by written notification prior to the deadline for submission of applications. No application may be altered after this deadline. Any such notification of alteration or withdrawal shall be prepared and submitted in accordance with Item

25. The outer envelope (and the relevant inner envelope if used) must be marked 'Alteration' or 'Withdrawal' as appropriate.

27. Operational language All written communications for this tender procedure and contract must be in English.

28. Additional information “None”

29. Date of publication of contract forecast 03/08/2013

30. Legal basis Regulation (EC) no.1638/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 2006 laying down general provisions establishing a European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument.