Construction of a Rail Terminal with Sorting and Operational Stations in the Hinterland Areas of Ashdod Port

Tender number : 18/3014/05/09

Last submission date : 07/01/2010 00:00

Publish date : 16/11/2009 00:00

Tender type : Services

The Israel Ports Development & Assets Company Ltd. ("IPC") hereby invites offers with regard to the following Tender: Construction of a Rail Terminal with Sorting and Operational Stations in the Hinterland Areas of Ashdod Port

1. Nature of the Work:

1.1 The Works consist of the carrying out of infrastructure works for the rail terminal in three areas in the hinterland areas of Ashdod port.The works include: a sorting rail station with an area of approximately 106,000 sq. meters, an operational station with an area of approximately 154,000 sq. meters ,and rail connection between the two stations with an area of approximately 24,000 sq. meters,

1.2 The Works in all areas include among other matters:
earthworks, sub-base works, asphalt works, construction of supporting walls, protection of exsisting fuel pipe systems, fences and gates, infrastructure for the electricity system, communication works, water, sewage, drainage works, construction of structures etc.

2. The Duration of the Project
18 calendar months from the date of the issuance of the start order for infrastructure works and 8 months for construction of structures within that period of 18 months.

3. Participation in the Tender is conditioned upon the following preliminary "threshold" conditions:

3.1 The registration of the Tenderer who will be main contractor with the Registrar of Contractors of the Ministry of Construction and Housing, valid as of the last date for the submission of the tender, in Branch 200 - Roads, Infrastructure and Development with a classification of "Gimmel"-5 ,not limited and in Branch 100 – Construction with a classification of at least "Gimmel"-3 and registration of the electricity contractor who will be the sub contractor with the Registrar of Contractors of the Ministry of Construction and Housing, valid as of the last date for the submission of the tender in Branch 160 - Electricity with a classification of at least "Alef"-4.The Tenderer is permitted to present a sub contractor for Construction who is registered with the Registrar of Contractors of the Ministry of Construction and Housing, valid as of the last date for the submission of the tender in Branch 100 – Construction with a classification of at least "Gimmel"-3 . With regard to foreign Tenderers, the receipt of an exemption from the Registrar of Contractors no later than three months after the notice of the award to the foreign Tenderer – as a precondition to the signing of the contract in the event that the foreign contractor is awarded the Works.

3.2 The presentation of an unconditional Bid Security (Bid Bond) in the form of a Bank Guarantee, for the payment of all amounts up to 4,000,000 New Israeli Shekels (NIS) as demanded by the IPC in connection with this tender and which will be in force until 7/7/2010. (The IPC shall be entitled to demand an extension of the period of this Bank Guarantee for a period of an additional six months).

3.3 The presentation by Israeli entities of all certificates, affidavits and approvals in accordance with the Transactions by Public Bodies (Enforcement of Keeping of Accounts) Law, 5736-1976. In the event that the Tenderer is a non-Israeli entity, payments to that non-Israeli entity will be made through a local, Israeli, company which will be established by the non-Israeli entity. The local – Israeli – company must present all of the above-mentioned certificates, affidavits and approvals, etc. as a condition precedent to the signing of the Contract with the non-Israeli entity.

3.4 Proven experience of the Tenderer as a general or main contractor, in carrying out of road works and/or infrastructure and development works which actually have been carried out , from the year 2000 onwards with two projects at least, of a minimum extent of 30 million NIS each one . The amounts in this paragraph are in current prices and do not include Value Added Tax.

3.5 The presentation of a bank letter attesting to the financial stability of the Tenderer.
For the purpose of demonstrating the financial stability of the Tenderer, the Tenderer shall present a certification, from its bank, updated as of a date one month before the last date which has been fixed for presentation of the Tender, in accordance with the text set out in Document "P" of the Tender Documents.

3.6 Participation in site visit for potential Tenderers/contractors will take place on 3/12/2009 beginning at 10:00 and will leave from the conference room of the A.D.I.R. company next to the coal terminal of the Hayovel Project in the Port of Ashdod.

It is hereby emphasized that all Tenderers must take part in the site visit. Only those Tenderers who participated in the site visit will be permitted to submit their tenders for these Works.

4. The Tender Documents, which are in Hebrew, and which contain the binding provisions of this Tender, can be obtained beginning on 22/11/2009, Sunday through Thursday, between 09:00 and 14:00, at the Offices of the IPC, 74 Menachem Begin Road, Tel Aviv, Tenth Floor, Room 1021 for the non-refundable sum of 1,500 NIS, including VAT, It is possible to study the Tender Documents at the Offices of the IPC without charge .In addition potential tenderer which is interested in participating in the Tender is required to pay to the IPC, before presenting its Tender, a participation fee of the non-refundable sum of 13,500 NIS, including VAT. These fees must be paid at the Tresurer's Department of the IPC or must be deposited in the bank account of the IPC ,at "Hapoalim Bank" Branch 508 ,Account no.7518.

5. Those interested in participating in the Tender must submit their Tenders in writing, with all the required documentation, in a sealed envelope, no later than7/01/2010, at 12:00 in the Tender Box in the Offices of the IPC, 74 Menachem Begin Road, Tel Aviv, Israel, 10th floor, Room 1001.

6. The IPC is not obligated to accept the least expensive Tendered offer or any Tendered offer whatsoever.

7. Additional information can be received from the Head of the Construction Department of the IPC, TEL +972 (03)-5657023 , FAX +972 (03)-5620482.Those making inquiries by fax should request verification of the receipt of any such inquiries.

8. The IPC reserves the right, in its sole discretion in this Tender by a Selective Process, to not accept the lowest offer or any Tendered offer, on the basis of financial or monetary information the IPC receives from professional entities, with regard to a potential winner of the Tender. Additionally, the IPC reserves the right to conduct (or not to conduct) negotiations with Tenderers whose tenders are appropriate in accordance with that which is set out in the applicable laws and regulations.

9. This advertisement does not contain all of the Tender Conditions. The entire and binding Tender Conditions appear in the Tender Documents. Thus, in the event of any discrepancy between this advertisement and the Tender Documents, that which is stated in the Tender Documents shall prevail.

10. It is hereby clarified to all potential Tenderers that the carrying out of the Works in accordance with Tender is subject to the condition precedent of the receipt of the relevant building and other permits. In addition, the performance of the Works is conditioned upon the receipt of the necessary budgetary approvals and upon the carrying out of earthworks by the Israel Land Administration, and upon construction and preparation works by the Petroleum & Energy Infrastructures and also conditioned upon the signing of an agreement between the IPC and the Israel Railways (hereinafter, all of the above conditions in this paragraph are called "the Preconditions").

Any decision about the winner of the Tender and/or contracting with the winner in accordance with this Tender will be conditioned upon the securing of the Preconditions by the IPC and the contract will not enter in force until the Preconditions have been secured.

The period of time for securing the Preconditions will be up to 4 months after the date of the signing of the Contract with the winning Tenderer in the Tender.

Everyone presenting an offer in this Tender does it with knowledge of the Preconditions and agrees, therefore, IN ADVANCE, to waive all claims with regard to the Preconditions. Everyone presenting an offer agrees, in presenting its offer, that it has not obtained any rights in the event that a condition is not met and/or that it will not be possible to carry out the Works in accordance with this Tender (whether there has been a contract between the IPC and it or not), and that it will not be entitled to any damages or indemnification or return of sums whatsoever in such an event.

The contract which will be signed with the winner of the Tender, in the event one is signed, will be a conditional contract dependent upon the securing of the Preconditions. In any event, it is hereby emphasized that the contract will enter into force only when the Preconditions have been secured.

11. A Selected Non-Israeli Tenderer must sign and enter into an undertaking with the State of Israel with regard to BUSINESS COOPERATION as a condition precedent to the signing of a Contract with the IPC and the entry into force of that Contract all in accordance with the Regulations concerning Tenders and Preferences for Local Products and Business Cooperation to the extent that the Regulations do not contradict the obligations of the State of Israel under any international treaty. In this regard, see Attachments "Tet" and "Yud" in the Contract. The BUSINESS COOPERATION shall be at a level of 20% of the Contract Price with regard to entities from Nations which are parties to the Agreement on Government Procurement or 35% with regard to entities from Nations which are not parties to the Agreement on Government Procurement.