INVITATION FOR TENDERS
Ukraine
Energy Efficiency Improvement of Educational Buildings of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
(sub-project under the Ukraine Higher Education Project)
PROCUREMENT OF
Major repair of Dormitory №2 on Medovoi Pechery 39a and Dormitory №3 on Medovoi Pechery 39
This Invitation for Tenders follows the General Procurement Notice for this project which was published
on the Procurement Notices section of NEFCO’s website (https://www.nefco.org) on 8 th May 2020.
Ivan Franko National University, hereinafter referred to as “the Employer”, as beneficiary of the
proceeds of a loan borrowed from the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) by the state of
Ukraine, represented by the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine and the Ministry of Education and Science of
Ukraine, intends to use the funding towards the cost of Energy Efficiency Improvement of Educational
Buildings of the Ivan Franko National University in Lviv(a sub-project under the Ukraine Higher
Education Project).
The Employer now invites sealed tenders from Contractors for the following contracts to be funded from
part of the proceeds of the financing:
• IFNU Lot 1: Major repair of Dormitory №2 on Medovoi Pechery 39a
• IFNU Lot 2: Major repair of Dormitory №3 on Medovoi Pechery 39
The Employer intends to carry out major repairs to the two dormitory buildings, with the main purpose of
improving energy efficiency. This includes thermal insulation of walls and roof, replacement of doors,
replacement of the heating system and the elevators, the installation of solar thermal systems for hot water
preparation and photovoltaic plants, renovation of toilets, shower rooms and kitchen, and other ancillary
works.
The buildings were constructed between 1984 and 1986. Each of them having 12 floors. The gross floor
area of each building is 12 434 m2.
Estimated duration of the contract is 12 months, with the noise and dust causing work during the summer
break concentrated over 4 months. Both dormitories shall be repaired in parallel, in close coordination
between the contractor and the employer.
Tenders are invited for one or more lots. Each lot must be priced separately. Tenders for more than one
lot may offer discounts and such discounts will be considered in the comparison of tenders.
Tendering for contracts that are to be financed with the proceeds of NEFCO financing is open to firms
from any country.
To be qualified for the award of a contract, tenderers must satisfy the following minimum criteria:
a) the Tenderer, has the financial, technical and production capability and capacity necessary to
perform the Contract, and Tenderer’s Average annual turnover over the last 3 (three) years
exceeded:
– for IFNU Lot 1: EUR 1 800 000 equivalent;
– for IFNU Lot 2: EUR 1 800 000 equivalent.
In case of a tenderer bidding for more than one Lot, average annual turnover over the last 3
(three) years shall exceed the total value set for the respective Lots above;
b) Experience as Contractor, in 5 (five) contracts within the last 5 (five) years, with a cumulative
value of at least:
– for IFNU Lot 1: EUR 2 500 000 equivalent;
– for IFNU Lot 2: EUR 2 500 000 equivalent:
All submitted contracts must be successfully and substantially completed and must be similar to
the scope of the proposed Plant and Related Works in terms of type and scope of plant and works.
In case of a tenderer bidding for more than one Lot, the total value of all 5 contracts shall be not
less than the total value set for the respective Lots above.
c) In case of a tender submitted by JVCA, the leading partner should demonstrate at least 60%
compliance with the requirements (a) and (b) above.
d) the Tenderer will be able to carry out warranty obligations;
e) the Tenderer is not bankrupt or under bankruptcy procedures according to the national legislation
or regulations;
f) in the case of a Tenderer offering to supply plant under the Contract which the Tenderer does not
manufacture or otherwise produce, the Tenderer has been duly authorised by the plant’s
manufacturer or producer to supply the plants in the Purchaser’s country.
Upon receiving a written request from prospective Tenderer, the documents will be promptly dispatched
electronically in PDF and MS Word format, however, no liability can be accepted for their non-delivery or
late delivery. In case of discrepancies between the PDF and Word versions of the document, the PDF
version shall prevail.
All tenders must be accompanied by a Tender-Securing Declaration, whose form is provided in the
Tender Document.
Tenders must be delivered to the office at the address below on or before November 02, 2020, 13:00, at
which time they will be opened in the presence of those tenderers’ representatives who choose to attend.
A register of potential tenderers who have obtained the tender documents may be inspected at the address
below.
Prospective tenderers may obtain further information from, and inspect and acquire the tender documents
at the following address:
Mrs Iryna Ivanochko,
Secretary of the Tender Committee of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
Room 225, b.1, Universytetska str., Lviv, 79000, Ukraine
Tel.: +380 32 239 4261
E-mail: iryna.ivanochko@lnu.edu.ua
Date: September 17, 2020