Connection of water supply systems for Laktaši to Slatina and Trn

Project: P168943 - BiH Water and Sanitation Services Modernization Project Reference: BA-RSWSS-W-RFB-24-3.2.1.1-LA Procurement method: Request for Bids Financing: World Bank Specific Procurement Notice Request for Bids Small Works (Two-Envelope Bidding Process) Employer: The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of Republika Srpska / Agriculture Projects Coordination Unit (APCU) Project: Water and Sanitation Services Modernization Project Contract title: Connection of water supply systems for Laktaši to Slatina and Trn Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina Loan No. 93020 - BA RFB No: BA-RSWSS-W-RFB-24-3.2.1.1-LA Issued on: December 13, 2024. The Borrower is Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska, through a subsidiary agreement with the Borrower, has received financing in the amount of US$31.34 million from the World Bank and grant in the amount of US$ 3.5 million from the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, toward the cost of the Water and Sanitation Services Modernization Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Connection of water supply systems for Laktaši to Slatina and Trn . The Agriculture Projects Coordination Unit (APCU), established within the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of Republika Srpska now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for geometric marking of the street, mechanical scraping of the asphalt layer, demolition of concrete manholes, curbs and structures on the route, mechanical excavation of the soil, removal of materials to the landfill, creation of an embankment and buffer layer made of stone material, installation of concrete curbs, installation of asphalt layers, raising of existing shafts, construction and installation of manholes made of composite materials, construction of drainage, horizontal and vertical traffic signals, distribution pipeline, construction of fecal and rain sewerage, etc. performed in Laktaši. Bidding will be conducted through competitive procurement using Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for Investment Project Financing (IPF) Borrowers: Procurement in Investment Project Financing Goods, Works, Non-Consulting, and Consulting Services, July 2016 (revised November 2017 and August 2018) (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the Agriculture Projects Coordination Unit (APCU), Ms. Darija Kozar, email address: d.kozar@mps.vladars.rs and inspect the bidding document during office hours from 10.00 to 14.00 hours at the address given below. The bidding document in English language may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of BAM 100,00. The method of payment will be Payment in BAM 567241-82000033-09 Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of Republika Srpska/ Agriculture Projects Coordination Unit (APCU) /Ministarstvo poljoprivrede, šumarstva i vodoprivrede Republike Srpske /Jedinica za koordinaciju poljoprivrednih projekata Banja Luka The RFB document will be sent in pdf format via email. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before February 7, 2025 at 14.00hrs . Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. The outer Bid envelopes marked “ORIGINAL BID”, and the inner envelopes marked “TECHNICAL PART” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below. All envelopes marked “FINANCIAL PART” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Employer until the second public Bid opening. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid-Securing Declaration. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document. The address referred to above is: The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of Republika Srpska / Agriculture Projects Coordination Unit (APCU) Ms. Darija Kozar Trg Republike Srpske 1 Building A, 8th floor, office no. 31a 78000 Banja Luka, Republika Srpska Bosnia and Herzegovina E-mail: d.kozar@mps.vladars.rs