Government Tenders

BOT Project for the Design, Finance, Construction, Operation and Maintenance of a Municipal Biological Degradable Waste Treatment Plant

THE INTER-MINISTERIAL TENDER COMMITTEE HEREBY INVITES

  
1. Entities and consortia from the private sector in Israel and abroad, to participate in a pre-qualification process for a tender regarding a BOT project for the design, finance, construction, operation and maintenance of a municipal biological degradable waste treatment plant, by the private sector. The plant shall receive municipal solid waste (separated at source (sorted) and mixed (unsorted)), of an aggregate input capacity of at least 1,000 tons/day, for a period of approximately twenty-five (25) years (the "Project"). At the end of the term of the Project, the Project will be transferred to the State at no cost.
2. The Tender Committee intends to conduct a two-phased competitive selection process in order to select the private sector entity to execute the Project, in the following stages:
2.1. A pre-qualification process (the "Pre-Qualification Process"); and
2.2. A tender process, in which those participants which will have been deemed to comply with the requirements of the Pre-Qualification Process, will be invited to participate (the "Tender Process").
3. The Pre-Qualification Process includes several pre-qualification requirements, in the following areas, as detailed in the invitation for pre-qualification (the "Invitation for Pre-Qualification"):
3.1. Experience in the design and construction of infrastructure projects;
3.2. Experience in the design, construction and commissioning of mechanical and biological treatment of municipal biological degradable waste facilities using biological anaerobic digestion;
3.3. Experience in the operation and maintenance of mechanical and biological treatment of municipal biological degradable waste facilities using biological anaerobic digestion;
3.4. Financial pre-qualification requirements with respect to financial robustness of the participant and its members.
For the avoidance of any doubt, it is hereby clarified that the pre-qualification requirements are only generally detailed herein, and are subject to the provisions of the Invitation for Pre-Qualification.
The Tender Committee reserves the right to change and modify said pre-qualification requirements as well as additional prerogatives, all as set forth in the Invitation for Pre-Qualification.
4. The Invitation for Pre-Qualification and any updates thereto shall be available for online review starting on October 31, 2012, at the Ministry of Finance website at: www.mof.gov.il under "Tenders" or at www.sviva.gov.il, for no charge. Without derogating from the foregoing, each entity shall be required, prior to receipt of the downloading code, to register with Mrs. Iris Giditz, at the email address PPP-Waste.Service@inbal.co.il or phone no. 972-3-9778753 and shall be required to provide details about its appointed representative, including its postal address, telephone and facsimile numbers and e-mail address. All notices and additional information pertaining to the Invitation for Pre-Qualification will be sent to appointed representative of each such entity.
5. Please be advised, that although the Invitation for Pre-Qualification may be downloaded for no charge, in order for an entity to submit a Pre-Qualification Submission, a participation fee of two thousand five hundred NIS (2,500 NIS) is required (the "Participation Fee"). Payments shall be made by transfer of the aforesaid amount to account No. 25636, at the Postal Bank of Israel Post, Branch no. 001, in the name of the Accountant General.
Upon transfer of the Participation Fee, the participants shall indicate the following: "Pre-qualification for the Project of design, finance, construction, operation, maintenance, and transfer to the State of Israel, of a mechanical and biological waste treatment plant".
6. Questions and requests for clarifications may be submitted, in writing in the manner
and at the address referenced in the Invitation for Pre-Qualification. Written
answers will be issued to all entities which will register in accordance with the
provisions of the Invitation for Pre-Qualification.
7. Participants will submit their proposals to the Invitation for Pre-Qualification as an
original and three (3) identical copies (four (4) altogether) in sealed and separate
envelopes by no later than 12:00 on 29 January, 2013 to the Tender Committee’s
tender box, at the following address:
[Attn. Mrs Iris Giditz, Private Public Partnerships Division, Inbal Insurance
Company Ltd., Inbal House, Arava St., 5th Floor, P.O.B. 282, Airport City, Ben-
Gurion Airport 70100]
8. This notice contains general and preliminary information only. Further conditions
and requirements with respect to the pre-qualification process are as detailed in the
Invitation for Pre-Qualification. The Tender Committee reserves the right to annul
and revise the conditions of the pre-qualification process and its schedule, all in
accordance with the provisions of the Invitation for Pre-Qualification. In the event
of any discrepancy between this advertisement and the Invitation for Pre-
Qualification, the provisions of the Invitation for Pre-Qualification shall prevail.   

For more information, contact Senior Commercial Specialist, Irit van der Veur.

State of Israel Ministry of Energy and Water Resources Tender No. 38/12

Consulting on Oil and Gas Policy and Regulation in Israel - Request For Proposals

http://energy.gov.il/InformationForPublic/tenders/Documents/Tender_38_12.pdf

Bid deadline: October 29, 2012

1.1 Professional Qualifications

In light of the complexity and scope of the Services, the Bidder must have the following minimum qualifications:

1.1.1. The Bidder is a company, a legally constituted partnership or other legal corporate entity with proven knowledge in the field of oil and gas policy and regulation and in providing economic, technical and legal consulting in the oil and gas industry and to governments (the “Field”), and at least eight(8) years of experience in the Field (prior to the Submission Deadline), of which at least the last five (5) years (prior to the Submission Deadline) entailed consulting to governments and/or national and/or regional regulators in the Field.

1.1.2. The Bidder has successfully carried out at least three (3) consultancy projects of similar scope during a period of five (5) years prior to the date of publication of this Tender in the Field of oil and gas policy and regulation , with a total budget of no less than 1,500,000 US Dollars.

1.1.3. The Bidder is not a special purpose company or any other type of entity constituted solely for the purpose of participating in this Tender and providing the Services.

1.1.4. The professional staff designated by the Bidder for the provision of the Services (the “Designated Staff”) includes:

1.1.4.1. A Project Manager with extensive prior experience as a senior exploration and production executive or a petroleum engineer or a petroleum economist or other expert with in-depth knowledge and understanding of the responsibilities and functions of regulators, operators and service companies in the petroleum industry (such as drilling services and seismic acquisition services). The Project Manager must have at least fifteen (15) years of experience in independent project management in the Field, including at least seven (7) years of experience in providing consulting services to governments and/or regulators and/or international oil companies;

1.1.4.2. Experts with proven knowledge and experience in each of the following fields:

(a) expert in regional, national and international oil and gas legislation and regulation with at least 10 years of experience;

(b) geoscientist (including seismic interpretation, petroleum system analysis and reserve estimates) with at least 10 years of experience;

(c) drilling engineer (including offshore well design, drilling procedures and safety management) with at least 10 years of experience;

(d) reservoir engineer (including development work programs, and reserve estimates based on PRMS standards) with at least 10 years of experience; and

(e) expert in environmental management, HSE regulation and hazard assessments with at least 10 years of experience.

1.1.5. The team must include at least 5 experts. The Project Manager designated under Section 1.1.4.1 may also be designated as one of the experts under Section 1.1.4.2. With respect to the requirements in paragraphs 1.1.4.2(d) and (e), the individual must be a member in good standing of the Order of Engineers of the jurisdiction in which he or she practices.

1.1.6. An individual forming part of the Designated Staff (including the Project Manager) need not be an employee, but may instead be an outside consultant duly contracted by the Bidder for the purpose of providing the Services, on the condition that such individual is only used to complement the requirements in up to two (2) of the above fields.

1.1.7. Each Designated Staff member must be available to travel to Israel in order to provide the Services as set forth in Part 2.

1.1.8. The high levels of experience and expertise requested above are on account of the complexity and breadth of the project

Israel Natural Gas Pipeline Company

A tender was issued for the provision of support, consultancy and supervision services regarding the construction, operation and maintenance of the Israeli natural gas high pressure transmission system. The bid deadline for the tender was postponed till January 19, 2011.

Tender announcement

Postponement

For more information, contact Senior Commercial Specialist, Irit van der Veur.

NTA - Metropolitan Mass Transit System Ltd. -Tender No. 053/2011 – PQ for Tunneling

NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit System Ltd (“NTA”) is an Israeli government owned company in charge of the design and construction of the mass transit system in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. The Red Line is the first Light Rail Transit line of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area mass transit system to be implemented (“Red Line”). The Red Line: The overall length of the Red Line is approximately 23 kilometers.. The central section of the alignment will be underground, and shall be comprised of cut and cover sections, shield TBM bored tunnels and NATM tunnels.. The shield TBM bored tunnels are approximately 8 kilometers long consisting of twin bored single track tunnels with cross passages (total of approximately 16 Km).

For more information, please contact Commercial Specialist, Alan Wielunski

The Israeli Government and Israeli Electric Corporation (IEC) to select an Investor for largest Fiber Optics Venture in Israel

The government of Israel seeks the establishment of a privately held third communication infrastructure company.   This is one of the most significant Israeli communication ventures in recent history and an opportunity, for the selected investor, to enter a market which has one of the world’s highest mobile and household broadband penetration rates.  The private investor will own 51% of the share capital and the IEC, 49%.

Following is information on the investor selection process:

http://www.financeisrael.mof.gov.il/FinanceIsrael/Docs/En/pressReleases/20111023.pdf

For more information, please contact Commercial Specialist, Sigal Mendelovich