Specific Procurement Notice

Request for Bids (Goods)

NCB # PACKLINE_SVETLAI_2025

Country: Republic of Moldova

Name of Project: Fruit Garden of Moldova

Contract Title: Supply and installation of a fruits sorting and packing line.

Final beneficiary: Technical Agricultural College from SVETLAI

Finance Contract No: FI N° 83.887 (MD) Serapis N° 2014-0041.

Source of financing: European Investment Bank (EIB)

Issue date: 31.01.2025

1.       The Republic of Moldova has received financing from the European Investment Bank toward the cost of the Fruit Garden Project (in amount of 120mln EUR), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for: Supply and installation of a fruits sorting and packing line, for the final beneficiary: Technical Agricultural College from SVETLAI, procured within the INVESTMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE component of the “Fruit Garden of Moldova” Project.

2.       The implementing agency/Purchaser - Consolidated Unit for Implementing and Monitoring the Wine Sector Restructuring Program (UCIMPRSVV) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Supply and installation of a fruits sorting and packing line. Supply period is up to 75 working days from contract award date. The Bidder must bid for 100% of requested items and adjacent services.

3.       Bidding will be conducted through National Competitive Bidding and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the EIB Guide to Procurement.

4.       Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information and/or request an electronic copy of the bidding documents from UCIMPRSVV (PIU); Email: office@winemoldova.md. The Bidding Documents are provided free of charge (in electronic format) and will be sent via e-mail, upon written request (to the email mentioned above).

5.       Bidders Qualification Requirements:

(i)Experience and Technical Capacity

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

a) It should have been in operation for a minimum period of (past) 5 years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020) being: a manufacturer and/or supplier of processing, sorting and packaging lines, machines and equipment.

b) The Bidder shall demonstrate that it has successfully completed at least 3 (three) similar complexity/magnitude contracts of similar goods (supply of processing, sorting and packaging lines, machines and equipment) in the past 5 years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020).

Note: All the documentary evidence above mentioned (5(i) a, b) must be presented together with the bidding documents.

6.     Bids must be delivered, in a sealed envelope, at or before hour 13.00, February 19, 2025, to the following address: Attention to: PIU Executive Director, Address: 18, Calea Basarabiei str. (yellow building), MD-2023, 2^nd floor, Chisinau city, Moldova (Proiect Livada Moldovei)

 7.  Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected.  Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend in person, at the above-mentioned address (point 6) at hour 13.00, February 19, 2025.