Azerbaijan-Baku: ENPI — Development of competitiveness in key non-oil manufacturing sectors of the economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan

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Azerbaijan-Baku: ENPI — Development of competitiveness in key non-oil manufacturing sectors of the economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan-Baku: ENPI — Development of competitiveness in key non-oil manufacturing sectors of the economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan has been closed on 10 Oct 2016. It no longer accepts any bids. For further information, you can contact the European Union

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Location: Azerbaijan

General information

Donor:

European Union

Industry:

Business Services

Government

Status:

Closed

Timeline

Published:

27 Aug 2016

Deadline:

10 Oct 2016

Value:

Not available

Contacts

Description

Service contract notice

Location — Azerbaijan

1.Publication reference:

EuropeAid/138032/DH/SER/AZ.

2.Procedure:

Restricted.

3.Programme title:

Azerbaijan AAP 2013: framework programme in support of EU–Azerbaijan agreements.

4.Financing:

ENPI/2013/24494.

5.Contracting authority:

European Union, represented by the European Commission on behalf of and for the account of the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Baku, AZERBAIJAN.

Contract specification

6.Nature of contract:

Fee-based.

7.Contract description:

The global objective of the assignment is to provide technical assistance (TA) to the Government of Azerbaijan in supporting the development of competitiveness in key non-oil manufacturing sectors of the economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
The purposes of this contract are as follows:
• purpose 1: to enable the creation and functioning of professional business associations in selected sectors,
• purpose 2: to carry out pre-feasibility studies of selected pilot sectors of manufacturing industries,
• purpose 3: to propose changes in pertinent legislation to enable the market economy to function more efficiently,
• purpose 4: to improve skills among the project's public and private stakeholders for the development of PPD and good business practices.

8.Number and titles of lots:

1 lot only.

9.Maximum budget:

600 000 EUR.

10.Scope for additional services:

The contracting authority may, at its own discretion, extend the project in duration and/or scope subject to the availability of funding up to a maximum not exceeding 50 % of the length and value of the initial contract. Any extension of the contract would be subject to satisfactory performance by the contractor.

Conditions of participation

11.Eligibility:

Participation is open to all natural persons who are nationals of, and legal persons (participating either individually or in a grouping — consortium — of tenderers) which are effectively established in, a Member State of the European Union or in an eligible country or territory as defined under the Regulation (EU) No 236/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11.3.2014 laying down common rules and procedures for the implementation of the Union's instruments for financing external action (CIR) for the applicable instrument under which the contract is financed (see also heading 29 below). Participation is also open to international organisations.

12.Candidature:

All eligible natural and legal persons (as per item 11 above) or groupings of such persons (consortia) may apply.
A consortium may be a permanent, legally-established grouping or a grouping which has been constituted informally for a specific tender procedure. All members of a consortium (i.e., the leader and all other members) are jointly and severally liable to the contracting authority.
The participation of an ineligible natural or legal person (as per item 11) will result in the automatic exclusion of that person. In particular, if that ineligible person belongs to a consortium, the whole consortium will be excluded.

13.Number of applications:

No more than 1 application can be submitted by a natural or legal person whatever the form of participation (as an individual legal entity or as leader or member of a consortium submitting an application). In the event that a natural or legal person submits more than 1 application, all applications in which that person has participated will be excluded.

14.Shortlist alliances prohibited:

Any tenders received from tenderers comprising firms other than those mentioned in the shortlisted application forms will be excluded from this restricted tender procedure unless prior approval from the contracting authority has been obtained (see ‘Practical Guide’ — PRAG 2.4.3). Shortlisted candidates may not form alliances or subcontract to each other for the contract in question.

15.Grounds for exclusion:

As part of the application form, candidates must submit a signed declaration, included in the standard application form, to the effect that they are not in any of the exclusion situations listed in Section 2.3.3 of the PRAG.

16.Subcontracting:

Subcontracting is allowed.

17.Number of candidates to be shortlisted:

On the basis of the applications received, between 4 and 8 candidates will be invited to submit detailed tenders for this contract. If the number of eligible candidates meeting the selection criteria is less than the minimum of 4, the contracting authority may invite the candidates who satisfy the criteria to submit a tender.

Provisional timetable

18.Provisional date of invitation to tender:

7.11.2016.

19.Provisional commencement date of the contract:

April 2017.

20.Initial period of implementation of tasks:

24 months.

Selection and award criteria

21.Selection criteria:

The following selection criteria will be applied to candidates. In the case of applications submitted by a consortium, these selection criteria will be applied to the consortium as a whole unless specified otherwise. The selection criteria will not be applied to natural persons and single-member companies when they are subcontractors:
1) Economic and financial capacity of candidate (based on item 3 of the application form). In the case of the candidate being a public body, equivalent information should be provided. The reference period which will be taken into account will be the last 3 years for which accounts have been closed:
• the average annual turnover of the candidate must exceed 500 000 EUR for the last 3 accounting years.
2) Professional capacity of candidate (based on items 4 and 5 of the application form). The reference period which will be taken into account will be the last 3 years from the submission deadline:
1. the candidate(s) had, on average, at least 6 staff members working on international assistance programmes, including EU;
2. the candidate(s) must have sufficient resources and expertise to be able to handle the proposed contract — at least 3 staff members working in fields related to the project (industry policy, public-private dialogue development, capacity building of public authorities dealing with PPD, sectoral analysis or pre-feasibility studies of non-oil sector industries).
3) technical capacity of candidate (based on items 5 and 6 of the application form). The reference period which will be taken into account will be the last 3 years from the submission deadline:
1. the candidate has provided services under at least 1 contract with a budget of at least 600 000 EUR in the field of industry sector development;
2. the candidate(s) has successfully implemented and completed at least 1 project in capacity building of public authority(ies) and public-private dialogue development.
Previous experience which caused breach of contract and termination by a contracting authority shall not be used as reference.
An economic operator may, where appropriate and for a particular contract, rely on the capacities of other entities, regardless of the legal nature of the links which it has with them. It must in that case prove to the contracting authority that it will have at its disposal the resources necessary for performance of the contract, for example by producing a commitment on the part of those entities to place those resources at its disposal. Such entities, for instance the parent company of the economic operator, must respect the same rules of eligibility — notably that of nationality — and must fulfil the same relevant selection criteria as the economic operator. With regard to technical and professional criteria, an economic operator may only rely on the capacities of other entities where the latter will perform the works or services for which these capacities are required. With regard to economic and financial criteria, the entities upon whose capacity the tenderer relies, become jointly and severally liable for the performance of the contract.
If more than 8 eligible candidates meet the above selection criteria, the relative strengths and weaknesses of the applications of these candidates must be re-examined to identify the 8 best candidates. The only factors which will be taken into consideration during this re-examination are:
• the highest number of implemented projects mentioned under criterion 21.3)1;
• the highest value of the projects in criterion 21.3)1.

22.Award criteria:

Best price-quality ratio.

Application

23.Deadline for receipt of applications:

10.10.2016 (16:00), Baku local time.
Any application received by the contracting authority after this deadline will not be considered.

24.Application format and details to be provided:

Applications must be submitted using the standard application form, the format and instructions of which must be strictly observed. The application form is available from the following Internet address:

http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/prag/annexes.do?chapterTitleCode=B

The application must be accompanied by a declaration of honour on exclusion and selection criteria using the template available from the following Internet address:

http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/prag/annexes.do?chapterTitleCode=A

Any additional documentation (brochure, letter, etc.) sent with an application will not be taken into consideration.

25.How applications may be submitted:

Applications must be submitted in English exclusively to the contracting authority in a sealed envelope:
• either by recorded delivery (official postal service) to:
Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Azerbaijan, Head of Finance, Contracts and Audit Section, 90 A, Nizami Str., Landmark III, 11th floor, Baku, AZ1010, AZERBAIJAN.
In this case, the delivery record is proof of compliance with the time limit for receipt,
• or hand delivered (including courier services) directly to the contracting authority in return for a signed and dated receipt to:
Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Azerbaijan, Head of Finance Contracts and Audit Section, 90 A, Nizami Str., Landmark III, 11th floor, Baku, AZ1010, AZERBAIJAN.
In this case, the acknowledgment of receipt is proof of compliance with the time limit for receipt.
The contract title and the publication reference (see item 1 above) must be clearly marked on the envelope containing the application and must always be mentioned in all subsequent correspondence with the contracting authority. The envelope should also be clearly marked with the text ‘Not to be opened before the opening session’.
Applications submitted by any other means will not be considered.
By submitting an application, candidates agree to receive notification of the outcome of the procedure by electronic means. Such notification shall be deemed to have been received on the date upon which the contracting authority sends it to the electronic address referred to in the application.

26.Alteration or withdrawal of applications:

Candidates may alter or withdraw their applications by written notification prior to the deadline for submission of applications. No application may be altered after this deadline.
Any such notification of alteration or withdrawal shall be prepared and submitted in accordance with item 25. The outer envelope (and the relevant inner envelope if used) must be marked ‘Alteration’ or ‘Withdrawal’ as appropriate.

27.Operational language:

All written communication for this tender procedure and contract must be in English.

28.Date of publication of prior information notice:

3.5.2016.

29.Legal basis:

Regulation (EU) No 236/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11.3.2014 laying down common rules and procedures for the implementation of the Union's instruments for financing external action and ENPI Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 1638/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council), annual action plan 2013 for Azerbaijan, framework programme for institution building in support of the current and new agreements between the EU and the Republic of Azerbaijan.

30.Additional information:

The EU Delegation is open from 9:00 till 17:00 Monday–Friday.

http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:296599-2016:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0&tabId=2

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