Specific Procurement Notice

 

TÜRKİYE

Urban Transport Program in Favour of Municipalities in Turkey TRANSPORT

PROCUREMENT OF GOODS

Mode of Financing: Installement Sale

Financing No. TUR 1025

 

Contract Title: Design, Supply, and Commissioning of 4 Tram Vehicles

ICB or ICB/MC Reference No. (as per Procurement Plan): IDB-UTP-GAZ-G02_RB

 

1. The Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality has received financing from the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) toward the cost of the Urban Transport Program in Favor of Municipalities in Turkey, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Design, Supply, and Commissioning of 4 Tram Vehicles.
2. The Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for Design, Supply, and Commissioning of 4 Tram Vehicles.
   • The Place of Destination is Gaziantep.
   • Tram vehicles shall be delivered on rail at the relevant location, delivery to purchaser depot identified under ITB 14.8 of SBD.
   • The Goods specified in the List of Goods are required to be delivered within 23 months (twenty-three months) for all 4 tram vehicles as specified in Section VII, Schedule of Requirements.
   • Time for completion of pre-commissioning activities shall be as follows after the signature of the Contract Agreement:
     • Until the end of the 21th Month the number of tram vehicles to be delivered is 1 (one) unit.
     • Until the end of the 22th Month the number of tram vehicles to be delivered is 1 (one) unit.
     • Until the end of the 23th Month the number of tram vehicles to be delivered is 2 (two) units.
   • The duration of the contract is 750 calendar days [(23*30=690 days-the duration for the delivery of the last tram vehicles + (60 days - With due consideration given to the time necessary for conducting site tests and for preparing the works for provisional acceptance) from the date of commencement of work until the provisional acceptance of the last vehicle.
   • No margin of preference will be applied.

 

Evaluation and Qualification Criteria Financial Resources

The Bidder must demonstrate access to, or availability of, financial resources such as liquid assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit, etc., other than any contractual advance payments to meet:

 

1. The following cash-flow requirement:

The Bidder shall demonstrate that it has access to, or has available, liquid assets, unencumbered real assets, lines of credit, and other financial means (independent of any contractual advance payment) sufficient to meet the cash flow requirements estimated as 4 million Euros for the subject contract net of the Bidders other commitments, and

 

2. The overall cash flow requirements for this contract and its current Works commitment:

The Bidder shall also demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Purchaser, that it has adequate sources of finance to meet the cash flow requirements on works currently in progress and for future contract commitments.

 

Experience and Technical Capacity

The Bidder shall furnish documentary evidence to demonstrate that it meets the following experience requirement(s):

Experience in manufacturing of vehicles for any of the following systems; Railway, tram, Subway, and Light Railway System under contracts in the role of Supplier, JV member, or sub-contractor, for at least the last 7 years, starting 1st January 2019.

The Bidder shall have an experience in at least two similar contracts within the last seven (7) years (2019- 2025) with a value of at least Euro 14 million each, and that at least one of these two contracts should have been successfully and substantially completed.

 

In addition to the criteria requested to be met by the Bidders, the vehicles supplied under the scope of this contract must incorporate at least 60% local equipment and services requirement described under Article 15 of Technical Specifications.

 

3. Bidding will be conducted through the International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures as specified in IsDB’s Guidelines: Procurement of Goods, Works and related services under Islamic Development Bank Project Financing [April 2019 (revised in February 2023)] (“Procurement Guidelines”), and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the Procurement Guidelines. In addition, please refer to 1.9.1-1.9.5 paragraphs of the Procurement Policy of the Procurement Guidelines setting forth IsDB’s policy on conflict of interest.
4. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality Transportation Department and inspect the bidding documents during office hours 08:00 to 17:00 at the address given below.

 

 

5. A complete set of bidding documents in English 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 € 200 (two hundred Euros). deposited in the following account no. of Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality by writing the reference number (IDB-UTPGAZ-G02) of the contract for which the application will be submitted.

 

Bank name: T.C Vakiflar bankasi T.A.O         Subekod: 747

SWIFT code: TVBATR2A                             IBAN no: TR490001500158048000955594.

 

The document will be sent by by email and cargo/courier.

 

6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 14:00 (local time) on 04/11/2025. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who choose to attend at the address below on 04/11/2025 at 14:30 (local time).
7. All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of EUR 400.000,00 (four hundred thousand Euros) or equivalent1.
8. The address referred to above is:

 

Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality Transportation Department Attn: Mr. Abdullah ÖZDAL (Head of Department)

Address: İncilipınar Mah. Şehit Yusuf Erin Caddesi Büyükşehir Belediyesi Binası, İhale Salonu/Tender Hall Sehitkamil, 27090 Gaziantep / Turkey

Tel: + 90 342 211 12 00 - 8622 Fax: -

E-mail: abdullahozdal@hotmail.com , m_tumsek@hotmail.com and akineser82@gmail.com

Website: https://www.gaziantep.bel.tr/tr