General Procurement Notice

1. Funding Details

The above named client intends to use part of the proceeds of a loan from/grant administered by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank) towards the cost of the above named project.

Additional financing information:
EBRD loan - EUR 63 million, EIB loan - EUR 30 million

2. Information on the Project

Project Description:
Ukrposhta Joint Stock Company, a postal service operator 100 per cent owned by the Ukrainian Government, is seeking loan financing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) to finance investments in (i) fleet modernisation to service rural areas (mobile postal offices) and (ii) development of modern automated sorting hubs in up to three Ukrainian regional cities (the Project).

The Project will enable critical investments in logistics infrastructure and fleet by Ukrposhta to ensure stable and uninterrupted provision of postal and social services to rural communities. The Project will support the Company’s operating model transformation, as well as will improve service quality and sustainability of Ukrposhta’s business and network. This, in turn, will ensure provision of modern delivery, financial and retail services to the Ukrainian population.

The financing for the Project, estimated to be EUR 93 million equivalent, will be provided in tranches. The Project will require procurement of the following contracts to be financed out of the proceeds of EBRD and EIB loans:

- Mobile postal offices (acquisition and internal furnishing of postal vans) - to be financed out of the EBRD loan proceeds and to be procured in accordance with the EBRD Procurement Polices and Rules via ECEPP;

- Construction of automated postal sorting hubs and regional sorting depots - to be procured in accordance with the EIB Guide to Procurement outside of ECEPP.

Estimated Total Project Value
93,000,000.00

Currency
EUR

Procurement Type
Goods,Works,Consultancy

Estimated Start Date of Procurement
01/10/2020.

3. Other Information

Contracts will be subject to the Bank's Procurement Policies and Rules and are open for participation for firms from any country, unless otherwise specified in the procurement documents.

Procurement under this project will be conducted using the EBRD Client E-Procurement Portal (ECEPP). If you intend to participate in any procurement under this project, please ensure that you have registered in ECEPP (https://ecepp.ebrd.com). Registered entities will be notified directly when any procurement opportunities are published.


4. Client Address
Oleksandr Kvashyn
Ukrposhta JSC
Ukrposhta JSC
22 Khreshchatyk Street
Kyiv
01001
Ukraine
Tel. +380676286386
Email: Kvashyn-oo@ukrposhta.ua