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Tajikistan-Dushanbe: Miscellaneous services

Tajikistan-Dushanbe: Miscellaneous services has been closed on 20 Oct 2017. It no longer accepts any bids. For further information, you can contact the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Swiss Cooperation Office Dushanbe

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General information
Donor:
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Swiss Cooperation Office Dushanbe
Industry:
Consumer Goods & Services
Status:
Closed
Value:
Not available
Timeline
Published:
08 Sep 2017
Deadline:
20 Oct 2017
Contacts
Name:
Mrs Walburga Roos
Phone:
Not available
Email:
Not available
Description

Contract notice

Services

Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses
Official name: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Swiss Cooperation Office Dushanbe
Postal address: 3, Tolstoy Street
Town: Dushanbe
NUTS code: CH0 SCHWEIZ/SUISSE/SVIZZERA
Postal code: 734003
Country: Tajikistan
Contact person: Mrs Walburga Roos
E-mail: burgi.roos@eda.admin.ch
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://www.simap.ch
I.3)Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at: http://www.simap.ch/shabforms/servlet/Search?NOTICE_NR=979781
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the following address:
Official name: Please Do Not Open Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Cooperation Office SDC and Consular Agency
Postal address: Tolstoy Street 3
Town: Dushanbe
Postal code: 734003
Country: Tajikistan
Contact person: Roos Walburga
E-mail: burgi.roos@eda.admin.ch
NUTS code: CH0 SCHWEIZ/SUISSE/SVIZZERA
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://www.simap.ch
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5)Main activity
General public services

Section II: Object

II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:

‘Tajikistan, Backstopping for Projects with a focus on Water and Sanitation — implemented by the Swiss Cooperation in Tajikistan’ for the period 1.2.2018 to 31.1.2022.

II.1.2)Main CPV code
98300000 Miscellaneous services
II.1.3)Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)Short description:

The objective of the mandate is to provide technical assistance: give strategic advice at project implementation and national policy levels, support the quality assurance of the technical components of the projects, facilitate the peer learning among SCO staff, Program Officers in Berne and the staff of implementing partners. The following outcomes are to be expected: Capacities of the SCO Program staff, Program Officers in Berne and the staff of implementing partners are strengthened through provision of learning and exchange sessions on IWRM, urban and rural water supply and sanitation and corporate development of public utilities. The technical quality of Swiss-funded projects is assured through targeted quality assessments of project documents and of project implementation in the field. Partner organisations and key stakeholders are trained on and apply cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis in the elaboration and implementation of the projects.

II.1.5)Estimated total value
II.1.6)Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)Description
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: CH0 SCHWEIZ/SUISSE/SVIZZERA
Main site or place of performance:

The planning and execution of the mandate is the responsibility of the Backstopper. The assignment will be executed abroad and in Tajikistan. In Tajikistan, approximately 3 field missions per year are foreseen to Dushanbe and the projects' sites in Rasht Valley, Khatlon Oblast, GBAO and Sugd Region as well as remote support from abroad via E-Mail, phone and skype. In case of urgent needs, additional missions might be accordingly planned.

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

The objective of the mandate is to provide technical assistance: give strategic advice at project implementation and national policy levels, support the quality assurance of the technical components of the projects, facilitate the peer learning among SCO staff, Program Officers in Berne and the staff of implementing partners. The following outcomes are to be expected: Capacities of the SCO Program staff, Program Officers in Berne and the staff of implementing partners are strengthened through provision of learning and exchange sessions on IWRM, urban and rural water supply and sanitation and corporate development of public utilities. The technical quality of Swiss-funded projects is assured through targeted quality assessments of project documents and of project implementation in the field. Partner organisations and key stakeholders are trained on and apply cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis in the elaboration and implementation of the projects.

II.2.5)Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start: 01/02/2018
End: 31/01/2022
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.2.10)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: yes
II.2.11)Information about options
Options: yes
Description of options:

Main Mandate: 1.02.2018 to 31.1.2020

Additional/Optional Services: 1.2.2020 to 31.1.2022.

II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2.14)Additional information

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions for participation
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Description
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: no
IV.2)Administrative information
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 20/10/2017
IV.2.3)Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
English
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Date: 27/10/2017
Local time: 23:59
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:

The bids are not opened publicly.

In accordance with PPO Art. 8 para. 1d, the contracting authority safeguards the confidential character of all information provided by the bidder. The information to be published after the award of the mandate and the information to be disclosed in the framework of the PPA Art. 23 para. 2 and 3 remain subject to reservation.

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.3)Additional information:

Partial offers are not permitted.

Conditions for countries not party to the WTO agreement: None.

Terms of business: General Terms and Conditions of Business (GTC) of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) for Mandates (Type A for employed persons and Type B for legal persons and institutions). These General Conditions of Business (GTC) shall be deemed accepted by the con-tractor on submission of the offer.

Negotiations: remain reserved.

Basic procedural principles: The contracting authority awards public contracts for services provided in Switzerland only to bidders who ensure compliance with the health and safety regulations and employment conditions for employees, as well as equal pay for women and men. If the service is provided outside Switzerland, the participant must ensure at least compliance with the International Labour Organisation's fundamental conventions in accordance with Annex 2a PPO. The self-declaration form ‘Compliance with working conditions, workplace health and safety regulations and requirement of equal pay for men and women: Declaration by the supplier’ has to be signed and is to be submitted with the participant application.

Additional information: The option of directly awarding follow-up mandates is reserved.

Procedures for appeal: No, the tender proceeds in accordance with Section 3 of the Federal Ordinance on Public Procurement (PPO). There is no right of appeal.

Deadline / Remarks: Bids contain all documentation in accordance with Section 5 Structure and content of the bid and are to be submitted in a sealed envelope as follows: a. 1 original signed hard copy labelled ‘Original’ b. 1 signed copies labelled, ‘Signed Copy’ c. 1 data storage device (e.g. CD, DVD or Memory Stick) of all requested documents. Language(s) for bids: English.

Remarks (Desired deadline for questions in written form) No information is given by telephone. Any questions must be addressed by the date indicated in Section 7 Timetable of the tender procedure in the forum space on www.simap.ch in anonymised form (i.e. without disclosing any information that could reveal the identity of the questioner). Questions submitted late cannot be answered. The answers are published on SIMAP by the date indicated in Section 7 Timetable of the tender procedure. Bidders are themselves responsible for downloading the answers from SIMAP and for taking them into consideration in the preparation of their bids.

National reference publication: Simap of 8.8.2017, doc. 979781

Desired deadline for questions in written form: 18.8.2017.

Documents of the invitation to tender are available from 8.8.2017 until 20.10.2017

Conditions for obtaining the tendering documentation: The documentation on the public call to tender for the project mentioned can be downloaded from the platform www.simap.ch under: Running procedures, Confederation, Invitations to tender. In order to do so, you first have to register in the mentioned project. You will then be able to log in and use the password that you will have been sent by e-mail to download the documentation desired.

VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.1)Review body
Official name: Bundesverwaltungsgericht
Postal address: Postfach
Town: St Gallen
Postal code: 9023
Country: Switzerland
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
08/08/2017

http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:314071-2017:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0&tabId=2
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