(BALIKESİR-G3) PROCUREMENT OF DİSASTER MANAGEMENT VEHİCLES FOR THE BALIKESİR FİRE DEPARTMENT (4 LOTS / 26 VEHİCLES)

Request for Bids Goods

(Two-Envelope Bidding Process)

TÜRKİYE EARTHQUAKE, FLOODS AND WILDFIRES EMERGENCY RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT (TEFWER)

BALIKESIR METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY

BALIKESIR FIRE BRIGADE DISASTER MANAGEMENT VEHICLES

PROCUREMENT SUB-PROJECT

            RFB NO. BALIKESIR-G3

Lot 1   Procurement of 42 Meter Hydraulic Ladder Fire Truck and 20 Meter Water Foam Tower with Telescopic Boom

Lot 2   Procurement of Fire Brigade Search and Rescue Vehicle

Lot 3   Procurement of Multi-Purpose Fire Truck with A Capacity of at Least 4000 Liters and Multi-Purpose Fire Truck with a Capacity of at Least 3000 Liters

Lot 4   Procurement of Multi-Purpose Fire Truck with a Capacity of at Least 5000 Liters

Country:            Republic of Türkiye

Name of Project: Türkiye Earthquake, Floods and Wildfires Emergency Reconstruction Project (TEFWER)

Contract Title:         

BALIKESIR-G3 LOT 1 - Procurement of 42 Meter Hydraulic Ladder Fire Truck and 20 Meter Water Foam Tower with Telescopic Boom

BALIKESIR-G3 LOT 2 - Procurement of Fire Brigade Search and Rescue Vehicle

BALIKESIR-G3 LOT 3 - Procurement of Multi-Purpose Fire Truck with A Capacity of at Least 4000 Liters and Multi-Purpose Fire Truck with a Capacity of at Least 3000 Liters

BALIKESIR-G3 LOT 4 - Procurement of Multi-Purpose Fire Truck with a Capacity of at Least 5000 Liters

Loan No.:      9430-TR

RFB Reference No.: BALIKESIR-G3

1. Iller Bankası A.Ş. (ILBANK) has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Türkiye’s Earthquake, Floods and Wildfires Emergency Reconstruction Project (TEFWER) and allocated some part of this loan to Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality (shall be referred as Sub Borrower) for Balıkesir Fire Brigade Disaster Management Vehicles Procurement Sub-Project. The Sub-Borrower intends to apply part of the proceeds of this sub-loan toward payments for                       “Lot 1 Procurement of 42 Meter Hydraulic Ladder Fire Truck and 20 Meter Water Foam Tower with Telescopic Boom; Lot 2 Procurement of Fire Brigade Search and Rescue Vehicle; Lot 3 Procurement of Multi-Purpose Fire Truck with A Capacity of at Least 4000 Liters and Multi-Purpose Fire Truck with a Capacity of at Least 3000 Liters; Lot 4 Procurement of Multi-Purpose Fire Truck with a Capacity of at Least 5000 Liters” (BALIKESIR-G3).

2. Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the goods specified in the table below. The delivery period for all Lots is 300 days and location of delivery is Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality – Fire Brigade Department. Margin of preference will not be applied. The bidding document includes qualification requirements that may be found in www.ekap.gov.tr (please select exception section for searching).

3. The technical weighting will be applied as 40% and the financial weighting as 60% for the bids to be submitted within the scope of this Procurement.

4. Bidders may Bid for one or more Lots/contracts, as further defined in the request for bids document. Bidders are not allowed to offer discounts that are conditional for the award of more than one Contract/lot. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.

5. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Mr. Nazım Ergelen who is the Head of Fire Brigade Department and inspect the bidding document during office hours 09:00 to 17:00 hours at the address given below. Besides, they may obtain the detailed Specific Procurement Notice text from the following links; “www.ilbank.gov.tr”, “www.Balıkesir.bel.tr”, www.ekap.gov.tr and World Bank external website.

Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality Department of Fire Brigade (Balıkesir Büyükşehir Belediyesi İtfaiye Dairesi Başkanlığı

Eski Kuyumcular Mahallesi, Mekik Sokak No:25 Balıkesir/Türkiye

Fax: 90 266 239 14 50

e-mail: itfaiye@balikesir.bel.tr

6. The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of  TRY 2,500.00 or € 80.00 or US$ 80.00. The method of payment will be bank transfer to Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality, Accounting Department in the relevant bank accounts stated below referring also to ‘BALIKESIR-G3 Bidding Document’. The fee deposited for purchasing the Bidding Documents shall by no means be returned. Upon payment of the fee and at the choice of the applicant, the Bidding Documents may either (a) be collected by the applicant from the Purchaser’s address stated below, or (b) be delivered by the Purchaser to the applicant through courier service, or (c) be sent by the Purchaser to the applicant through email as an attachment file in PDF format. In the written application the applicant should explicitly specify its selected option for obtaining the bidding documents, and also attach a copy of the bank transfer payment receipt.

TRY account:

Bank:                                 T.C. Ziraat Bankası / Türkiye

Branch:                              Balıkesir Ticari Şubesi

Branch Code/Swift Code: 2086/ TCZBTR2A

Name of Account holder: Balıkesir Büyükşehir Belediyesi Account No.: 37284848-5182

IBAN:                               TR39 0001 0020 8637 2848 4851 82

EUR account:

Bank:                                 T.C. Ziraat Bankası / Türkiye

Branch:                              Balıkesir Ticari Şubesi

Branch Code/Swift Code: 2086/ TCZBTR2A

Name of Account holder: Balıkesir Büyükşehir Belediyesi Account No.: 37284848-5160

IBAN:                               TR510001002086372848485160

USD account:

Bank:                                 T.C. Ziraat Bankası / Türkiye

Branch:                              Balıkesir Ticari Şubesi

Branch Code/Swift Code: 2086/ TCZBTR2A

Name of Account holder: Balıkesir Büyükşehir Belediyesi Account No.: 37284848-5163

IBAN:                               TR670001002086372848485163

7. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 20 November 2026, 14:00 (local time). Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. The outer Bid envelopes marked “Original Bid”, and the inner envelopes marked “Technical Part” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address below on 20 November 2026, 14:15 (local time). All envelopes marked “Second Envelope: Financial Part” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Purchaser until the second public opening.

8. All Bids must be accompanied by a ‘Bid Security’ of the minimum amount shown below for each Lot. The original Bid Security should be enclosed in the inner envelope containing the "Technical Part" of the Bid, in accordance with ITB Clause 19.1 of the bidding document. If a bidder bids for more than one lot, the bid security amounts for those lots will be cumulatively applicable (The bidder shall indicate the names of the lot or lots in the relevant section of the bid security form).

Lot.1 - US$ 60,000.00 or equivalent in TRY or EURO currency.
Lot.2 - US$ 80,000.00 or equivalent in TRY or EURO currency
Lot.3 - US$ 110,000.00 or equivalent in TRY or EURO currency.
Lot.4 - US$ 90,000.00 or equivalent in TRY or EURO currency

The exchange rate to be applied in conversion of the Bid Security Amount shall be the Selling Exchange rates officially published by the Central Bank of Turkey (Döviz Satış) at 03.30 p.m. (Turkey Time) on the applicable date (http://www.tcmb.gov.tr ). The applicable date for the exchange rates to shall be the date twenty-eight (28) days prior to the date of Bid Opening except when the date of Bid Opening falls one day after the end of official holiday (s) including Saturdays and Sundays in which case the applicable date shall be the last working day before twenty-eight (28) days prior to the date of Bid Opening. Exchange rates can be obtained from http://www.tcmb.gov.tr.

9. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.

10. The address referred to above is:

Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality 1th floor Bid Hall (Balıkesir Büyükşehir Belediyesi) Eski Kuyumcular Mh. Mekik Sk. No:25, K:1, D:110 Karesi/BALIKESIR/TÜRKIYE

Tel: 90 266 239 15 10

Fax: 90 266 239 14 50

e-mail: itfaiye@balıkesir.bel.tr