Procurement of technical audit services (for the period 2022-2031yy of the Lease Contract with Veolia Jur CJSC) for the needs of the Water Committee

Project: P508124 - Armenia Water and Irrigation Services Enhancement Program - Phase 1 Project Reference: TA-01 Procurement method: Quality And Cost-Based Selection Financing: World Bank ANNOUNCEMENT ON PREQUALIFICATION PROCEDURE The current text of the announcement is confirmed by Decision N 1 dated 09 th of March 2026 of the request for quotation tender estimating committee and is published according to the Article 24 of the RA Law “On Procurement”. The procedure code is ՋԿ-ԲՄԾՁԲ-26/1-ՏԱ ((WC-SPOT-26/1-TA) I. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCUREMENT OBJECT The client, the Water Committee of RA MTAI, located in 13a, Vardanants street, Yerevan, announces prequalification procedure for the purpose of holding a request for quotation tender to acquire consulting services. The consulting services consist of 1 (one) lots: The subject of this Request is to procure Technical Audit (hereinafter: the TA) services to assess the performance compliance of water supply and wastewater (wastewater treatment) services provided under the Lease Contract (hereinafter: the LC) signed with Veolia Djur CJSC (hereinafter the Lessee) on November 21, 2016. Based on the provisions of the RA Government Decree No. 205-A dated February 26, 2026, the Water Committee (WatCom) shall conduct an open tender with a prequalification stage. The Company selected through the tender process shall provide TA consulting services to assess the Lessee's performance compliance for the 2022-2031 period of the Lease Contract. Number of lot Lot Name 1 technical audit services The brief description of Term of Reference is provided as an Annex 5 . II. TERMS FOR PARTICIPATION IN PROCEDURE 2. According to the Article 7 of the RA Law “On Procurement”, any person or entity, irrespective of being a foreigner, a foreign entity or a stateless person, has the equal right to participate in the prequalification procedure. The participant wishing to participate in prequalification procedure must satisfy the compliance with qualification criterion “Compliance of professional activities with activities provided for by the contract” as defined in Article 6, paragraph 3, point 1 of the RA Law “0n Procurement”. In this case, the works are considered similar. Activities corresponding to each lot. The Participant is considered to satisfy the qualification criteria envisaged by this subarticle if the requested information is submitted. The participant have to meet the qualification criteria set forth in the pre-qualification announcement. Professional Experience and Conformity: - Information regarding relevant activities properly executed during the year of application and the five (5) preceding years; including contracts and/or other supporting documentation, in accordance with Annex 2. Financial Resources: - Information regarding annual turnover for the last three (3) financial years, in accordance with Annex 3. The Company must have a minimum annual turnover of EUR 1,000,000 (one million Euros) or its equivalent in another currency. - A Declaration confirming that the Applicant is not currently subject to bankruptcy, liquidation, or reorganization proceedings, and that no enforcement measures have been applied against it by tax or social security authorities. Human Resources: - A description of the Professional Team, in accordance with the template provided in Annex 4. If any of the evaluation criteria are found to be unsatisfactory, the participant's proposal shall be assessed as unsatisfactory and shall be rejected. A participant is considered to meet the qualification criteria set forth in this sub-clause if he/she has submitted the required information in the application: 4. Participants can participate in the prequalification procedure in joint operation activity (consortium). In that case: 1) the prequalification bid also includes a contract of joint activity, 2) when evaluating the prequalification bid, the common qualification of all members of the joint activity contract, shall be taken into account (the qualification of each member of the contract of joint activity shall correspond with the qualification requirements set forth in this invitation by that member), 3) the participants shal bear joint and coherent liability, 4) the party (ies) of the joint activity contract cannot submit separate bid (s) to the same procedure, 5) if the consortium member leaves the consortium, the contract between the consortium and the client is concluded unilaterally and the consortium members shall be liable for the sanctions envisaged by the contract. III. FORM OF GETTING CLARIFICATION AND MAKING CHANGE TO AN ANNOUNCEMENT 5. The participant has the right to request in writing a clarification of the prequalification statement at least five calendar days before the deadline for submitting the prequalification application. The participant who made the request shall be provided with the clarification in writing within two calendar days following the date of receipt of the request. In case