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SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE
The Russian Federation has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Judicial Reform Support Project, and it intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Information Multimedia Internet Portal of the Arbitration System of the Russian Federation. The Foundation Bureau of Economic Analysis (hereinafter BEA) serves as the implementing agency for the Project now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for development, supply and installation of the Information Multimedia Internet Portal of the Arbitration System of the Russian Federation, including development services, supply and installation of equipment and software and providing technical and warranty support. Bidding will be conducted through the international competitive bidding procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits, (edition of May 2004), and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the guidelines, that meet the following minimum qualification criteria: a) Financial Capabilities The Bidder’s (single Bidder or Joint Venture) average annual turnover shall be at least equivalent of USD 5 million for the last 3 years (2006 – 2008). If the Bidder is a Joint Venture, the average annual turnover of the Partner in charge shall be at least equivalent of USD 3 million for the last 3 years (2006 – 2008). The Bidder shall provide, as documentary evidence for the above information, copies of the auditor's conclusions for the above mentioned period or balance sheets certified by tax service of the Bidder's country (as a rule for the Russian companies). b) Specific Experience with Similar Projects The Bidder shall have experience in development, supply and installation of information multimedia internal portals of similar at complexity or price to the mentioned in this Bidding Documents, not less than 2 contracts for the last 3 years (2006-2008). c) Production Capacities (1) The Bidder shall be certified in accordance with ISO 9001 or GOST R ISO 9001:2001 quality management standards. This certificate shall be submitted by the Bidder to the Purchaser before signing of the Contract Agreement. (2) The Bidder or its designated subcontractor shall have warranty service centers in Project Site, or must submit as a part of Preliminary Project Plan the detailed plan for setting up such warranty service center to provide warranty services and technical support on the terms indicated in the Bidding Documents. (3) The Bidder shall confirm availability of the following specialists proposed for fulfillment of the Contract: - Practicing lawyer in arbitration cases; - Lawyer with research experience in arbitration law; - Developer of mobile SW for handheld PC (Apple, Windows Mobile and Symbian); - Security specialist. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from and inspect the bidding documents from BEA at the address below during office hours i.e. 10.00 to 14.00 hours Moscow time. A pre-bid meeting which potential bidders may attend will be held on February 11, 2010 at 10:00 Moscow time at the address below. A complete set of bidding documents in Russian and English languages may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of of 3,000.00 Russian Rubles (no VAT is charged) or in USD 100.00. The method of payment will be direct transfer to the following accounts: - for payment in Russian Rubles: Payee: Federal Treasury Department for - for payment in USD: Payee: Federal Treasury of the Ministry of Finance of the The document will be sent by airmail for overseas delivery and surface mail for local delivery. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security of USD 20,000.00 or an equivalent amount in the currency of Bid, or any currency, and be delivered to the address below by 14.00 Moscow time on March 15, 2010. They will be opened immediately thereafter, in the presence of bidders’ representatives, who choose to attend, at the address below. Late bids will be rejected. The attention of prospective Bidders is drawn to (i) the fact that they will be required to certify in their bids that all software is either covered by a valid license or was produced by the Bidder and (ii) that violations are considered fraud, which can result in ineligibility to be awarded World Bank-financed contracts. Foundation “Bureau of Economic Analysis”
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