Supervision of Construction / Rehabilitation Works for Road Safety Improvement Project

The procurement process adopted by the Contracting Authority for the purpose of this contract is an international competitive bidding with pre-qualification, also referred to as the restricted tender procedure as defined by the EIB’s Guide to Procurement (July 2024). The procedure will be conducted as per the EIB’s Guide to Procurement version of 2024 aligned with the national law. In the event of any discrepancy between the national law and the EIB’s Guide to Procurement, the EIB’s Guide to Procurement shall prevail. This procedure comprises two separate stages: •             Stage 1 of this process is the pre-qualification process, which is designed to identify eligible and suitable candidates for this contract; •            Stage 2 will be a formal tender process involving only the shortlisted candidates identified and selected as eligible and suitable as a result of the prequalification. In detail, during the first stage, any candidate may submit a request to participate in the tendering process. Once the applications are received, the ones submitted on time will be evaluated according to the exclusion, selection and shortlisting criteria established in the present notice. The shortlisting of applicants will be conducted on a non-discriminatory basis, following the application of objective criteria, as explained in the sections below. Subsequently, the Contracting Authority will then send requests for proposals (RFP) to the shortlisted applicants. All Proposals subsequently received (that are compliant i.e. submitted in accordance with the tendering instructions) will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation (award) criteria as set out in the present notice and in the RFP document. A candidate with the most economically advantageous proposal (80% quality & 20% price) will be awarded the contract.