Design, Supply, and Installation of the Integrated Water Resources Analysis Center System (IWRACS) for NARW

Project: P179786 - Romania Rural Pollution Prevention and Reduction Project (RAPID) Reference: 01-RFP-IT-2026 Procurement method: Request for Proposals Financing: World Bank Specific Procurement Notice - Request for Proposals without Prequalification Request for Proposal Information Systems (Design, Supply and Installation) (Without Prequalification) Country: Romania Project: Rural Pollution Prevention and Reduction Project Contract title: Design, Supply, and Installation of the Integrated Water Resources Analysis Center System (IWRACS) - 01/RFP IT/2026 Loan No. /Credit No. / Grant No .: 9505-RO RFP No: 01.RFP IT/2026 Issued on: 06th May, 2026 1. The Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests, through the Project Management Unit for the ”Rural Pollution Prevention and Reduction Project” (PMU-RAPID) (hereinafter called “Borrower”) financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the ”Rural Pollution Prevention and Reduction Project”, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Design, Supply, and Installation of the Integrated Water Resources Analysis Center System (IWRACS) - 01/RFP IT/2026 . For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing, except for those payments, which the contract provides to be made through letter of credit. 2. The Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests, through the Project Management Unit for the ”Rural Pollution Prevention and Reduction Project” (PMU-RAPID now invites sealed Proposals from eligible Proposers for the design, supply and installation of the Integrated Water Resources Analysis Information System (IWRACS), including its associated subsystems and components. The system will support water resources management and monitoring, administration of permits and authorizations, institutional document management, and the provision of digital services, integrating the “compliance by design” principle to ensure automatic enforcement of legal requirements through appropriate technical functionalities and mechanisms. 3. The procurement process will be conducted through national competitive procurement using Request for Proposals (RFP) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Proposers as defined in the Procurement Regulations. 4. Bids will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation process set out in the bidding documents. The following weightings shall apply for Rated Criteria (including technical and non-price factors): 40 % . and for Proposal cost: 60 %. 5. Interested eligible Proposers may obtain further information from Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests - the Project Management Unit for the ”Rural Pollution Prevention and Reduction Project” (PMU-RAPID) , E-mail ump.achizitii@mmediu.ro and inspect the request for proposals document during office hours: 0900 to 1600 hours , at the address given below: Bucharest, 46-48 Calea Plevnei, Sector 1, Building E, 1st Floor, Room 11. 6. The request for proposals document in English may be purchased by interested eligible Proposers upon the submission of a written application to the address below, without any cost. The document will be sent by e-mail. 7. Proposals must be delivered to the address below on or before 18th June 2026, 12:30 (local time). Electronic procurement will not be permitted. Late Proposals will be rejected. The outer Proposal envelopes marked “ORIGINAL PROPOSAL”, and the inner envelopes marked “TECHNICAL PART” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Proposers’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below ( 46-48 Calea Plevnei, Sector 1, Building E, 1st Floor, Room 11, Bucharest, Romania ) on 18th June 2026, 12:30 (local time) . All envelopes marked “FINANCIAL PART” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Purchaser until the second public Proposals opening. 8. All Proposals must be accompanied by a Proposal-Securing Declaration . 9. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful Proposer’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the request for proposal document. 10. The address referred to above is: Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests - Rural Pollution Prevention and Reduction Project Management Unit Mr. Mihai CONSTANTINESCU, Director Mrs. Cătălina Criveanu, Procurement Manager 46-48 Calea Plevnei, Sector 1, Building E, 1st Floor, Room 11, Bucharest, Romania ump.achizitii@mmediu.ro.