1. Publication reference
Rehabilitation of the National Roads Project; rehabilitation of the State Road D2: Dubrava Križovljanska – Varaždin.

2. Procedure
International tendering, open to nationals of all countries.

3. Financing
State owned firm Croatian Roads Ltd. (Zagreb, Croatia) resources and European Investment Bank (Luxembourg) loan.

4. Legal basis
Croatian Roads Ltd. budget lines and EIB loan resources.

5. Contracting authority - Employer
Croatian Roads Ltd.
Address: Voncinina 3, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Tel No.: ++ 385 -1 - 4722 - 506; fax: ++ 385 – 1 – 4722 - 491.

CONTRACT SPECIFICATION

6. Contract description
The works will be carried out on the State road No. 15, section from Dubrava Križovljanska to Varaždin in the length of 23,155 km. The rehabilitation works comprise of the pavement strengthening of the existing road, construction of cycle paths, improvement of water drainage system, reconstruction of culverts (water evacuation) and bus stop areas, as well as improvement of safety at intersections and new traffic signalisation.

7. Maximum works period
12 months days from the Notice to Commence.

CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION

8. Eligibility
Participation is open on equal terms to all firms / legal persons participating either individually or in a grouping (joint venture) of tenderers.

9. Grounds for exclusion
Firms of a country may be excluded if, in accordance with a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, the Employer’s country prohibits any participation of firms from that country in works in other countries, or any payments to persons or entities in that country.

10. Number of tenders
Tenderers including firms within the same legal group, other members of the same joint venture, may submit only one tender.
Tenders for parts of the Works will not be considered. Tenderers can not provide a tender for a variant / alternative solution in addition to their tender for the Works required in the tender documents.

11. Tender guarantee
Tenderers must provide a tender guarantee issued by a first class bank amounting to 2% of the tender price when submitting a tender. This guarantee will be released to unsuccessful tenderers once the tender procedure has been completed and to the successful tenderer upon signature of the contract by both Parties (i.e. Employer and Contractor). The guarantee will be called upon if the Tenderer does not fulfil all obligations stated in its tender.

12. Clarification Meeting
A Clarification Meeting will be organised by the Employer and it will be held on September 06, 2005 in Investitor premises in Voncinina 3, Zagreb

TENDERING

13. How to obtain the Tender Documents
The Tender Documents are available from the Employer, at the above mentioned address, second floor, room 214 (Mr Boris Golub, B.Sc.E. tel: ++ 385 – 1 – 4722 – 506 ; fax: ++385 – 1 – 4722 – 491 )
The Tender Documents may by obtained bank payment of non-refundable fee of 200 Euro, including VAT, to the Croatian Roads Ltd. bank account (for only one contract), to the following bank account:

Privredna banka Zagreb

Euro Account No: 702100-978-836697
or
HRK Account No: 2340009-1100231902

At written Candidates-firms request, accompanied by the payment evidence, the Employer shall send Tender Documents by mail to these firms, but in no way will be responsible for possible delay in shipment or loss of these documents. Tenderers, which require the tender document to be sent to them by courier , will be required to pay for the cost of such delivery.

14. Tender submission conditions
Tenders must submit their tenders in English language, using the standard Tender submission form included in the Tender Documents, format and instructions of which must be strictly observed.

15. Deadline for submission of Tenders
56 calendar days after the date of publication of this procurement notice in the Official Journal of European Communities, i.e. October 04, 2005, until 12:00 AM local time.
Any Tender received after this deadline will not be considered.

16. Public tender opening session
The time and venue of the tender opening session are as follows: October 04, 2005, 12:00 AM local time, at Voncinina 3, 10.000 Zagreb, Croatia, and room No. 400. The session may be attended by designated and authorised representatives of Tenderers having submitted Tenders.

17. Tender validity
Tenders must remain valid for a period of 90 days after the deadline for submission of Tenders.

SELECTION CRITERIA and AWARD of CONTRACT

18. Selection criteria
The selection of the legally, economically, financially and technically acceptable tender will be carried out in accordance with the following main considerations:

• references of executed similar contracts / works of at least one rehabilitation road project in 20 km length or several project in total length of 20 km, during the past 5 years; and proved laid of asphalt average 40.000 t per year in last three years.(2004;3;2)
• average annual turn-over during the last three years (2004;3;2) of at least € 18 million, or HRK 135 millions.

19. Contract award criteria
The price, as specified in Instructions to Tenderers.

20. Performance guarantee and contract award
The successful Tenderer will be requested to provide a performance guarantee of 10% of the contract value in HRK or in euro, when counter-signing the Contract.
The counter-signing and the procuring of performance guarantee must be carried out within 28 days after receipt by the succesful Tenderer of the Contract signed by the Contracting Authority.

If the selected Tenderer fails to counter-sign the Contract and provide such a guarantee within this compulsory period, the Contract will be void and a new contract may be drawn up and sent to the Tenderer, which has submitted the next lowest, compliant tender.