Results of the procurement procedure
Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addressesOfficial name: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Swiss Cooperation Office Kyiv
Postal address: 12, Kozyatynska Str.
Town: Kyiv
NUTS code: UA Ukraine
Postal code: 01015
Country: Ukraine
Contact person: Ilona Postemska
E-mail: ilona.postemska@eda.admin.ch
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://www.simap.ch
I.4)Type of the contracting authorityMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5)Main activityGeneral public services
Section II: Object
II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:
Ukraine’s Cohesion and Regional Development (UCORD) Inception Phase: 14.01.2022 – 31.08.2022 Phase I: 01.09.2022 – 31.08.2026
II.1.2)Main CPV code98300000 Miscellaneous services
II.1.3)Type of contractServices
II.1.4)Short description:
Ukraine’s Cohesion and Regional Development (UCORD)
Inception Phase: 14.01.2022 – 31.08.2022
Phase I: 01.09.2022 – 31.08.2026
II.1.6)Information about lotsThis contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7)Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)Value excluding VAT: 3 452 250.00 CHF
II.2)Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)98300000 Miscellaneous services
II.2.3)Place of performanceNUTS code: CH0 Schweiz / Suisse / Svizzera
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Ukraine’s Cohesion and Regional Development (UCORD)
Inception Phase: 14.01.2022 – 31.08.2022
Phase I: 01.09.2022 – 31.08.2026
II.2.5)Award criteriaCost criterion - Name: AC 1: Experience and expertise of the nominated team (as stated in detail in 4.2) / Weighting: 25%
Cost criterion - Name: AC 2: Understanding of the project and general approach / Weighting: 25%
Cost criterion - Name: AC 3: Procedure and project organisation / Weighting: 20%
Cost criterion - Name: AC 4: Financial proposal / Weighting: 30%
II.2.11)Information about optionsOptions: no
II.2.13)Information about European Union fundsThe procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2.14)Additional information
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Description
IV.1.1)Type of procedureOpen 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.2.1)Previous publication concerning this procedureNotice number in the OJ S: 2021/S 172-450486
IV.2.8)Information about termination of dynamic purchasing system
IV.2.9)Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2)Award of contract
V.2.1)Date of conclusion of the contract:21/12/2021
V.2.2)Information about tendersNumber of tenders received: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
V.2.3)Name and address of the contractorOfficial name: NIRAS SWEDEN AB
Postal address: Box 70375
Town: Stockholm
NUTS code: SE Sverige
Postal code: 10724
Country: Sweden
The contractor is an SME: yes
V.2.4)Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)Total value of the contract/lot: 3 452 250.00 CHF
V.2.5)Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3)Additional information:
Reasons for the decision to award: After assessment of all evaluation criteria mentioned in tender document (qualitative criteria and price) the winning tenderer has received the most utility points among all the submitted bids. The offer of the winning tenderer convinced above all regarding: deep expertise and actual practical experience in regional development and institutional development of regional development agencies, strongly conceptualized and well elaborated approach, strcutured activities for Phase I, clear financial proposal.
Procedures for appeal:This is a public contract under Annex 5 no. 1 let. d PPA. There is no right of appeal.
The contracting authority reserves the right to award subsequent mandates to the successful tenderer of this tender procedure if a change of tenderer for goods, work or services to replace, supplement or extend supplies already provided is not possible for economic or technical reasons, would cause considerable difficulties or would entail substantial additional costs. However, follow-up mandates are subject to the existence of sufficient legal basis after the validity period of the “Federal Act of 30 September 2016 on Cooperation with the States of Eastern Europe”, namely 31 December 2024.
National reference publication: Simap of 30.12.2021 , doc. 1236837
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.1)Review bodyOfficial name: Bundesverwaltungsgericht
Postal address: Postfach
Town: St. Gallen
Postal code: 9023
Country: Switzerland
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:30/12/2021
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