Jordan-Amman: ENI — Technical assistance to the renewable energy and energy efficiency programme in Jordan REEE II

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Jordan-Amman: ENI — Technical assistance to the renewable energy and energy efficiency programme in Jordan REEE II

Jordan-Amman: ENI — Technical assistance to the renewable energy and energy efficiency programme in Jordan REEE II has been closed on 23 May 2016. It no longer accepts any bids. For further information, you can contact the European Union

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Location: Jordan

General information

Donor:

European Union

Industry:

Consumer Goods & Services

Status:

Closed

Timeline

Published:

23 Apr 2016

Deadline:

23 May 2016

Value:

Not available

Contacts

Description

Service contract notice

Amman — Jordan

(under suspensive clause)

1.Publication reference:

EuropeAid/137922/DH/SER/JO.

2.Procedure:

Restricted.

3.Programme title:

Renewable energy and energy efficiency programme in Jordan (REEE II).

4.Financing:

ENI/2015/037-735.

5.Contracting authority:

European Union, represented by the European Commission, on behalf of and for the account of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Amman, JORDAN.

Contract specification

6.Nature of contract:

Fee-based.

7.Contract description:

To provide support to the main institutional stakeholders in the sector of energy, offering technical input in renewable energy and energy efficiency, finance and business expertise (market follow-up and design incentives) as well as building up a legislative and regulatory framework (strategy and drafting) while mobilising public and private sectors, promoting training, awareness and knowledge transfer in order to achieve the goals of 10 % renewable energy and 20 % of energy savings by 2020.

8.Number and titles of lots:

1 lot only.

9.Maximum budget:

4 500 000 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 the estimated amount of approximately 50 % of the total value of the 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 legal persons (participating either individually or in a grouping — consortium — of tenderers) which are established in a Member State of the European Union or in a country or territory of the regions covered and/or authorised by the specific instruments applicable to the programme under which the contract is financed (see item 29 below). Participation is also open to international organisations. Participation of natural persons is directly governed by the specific instruments applicable to the programme under which the contract is financed.

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:

July 2016.

19.Provisional commencement date of the contract:

November 2016.

20.Initial period of implementation of tasks:

42 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 sub-contractors:
1) Economic and financial capacity of candidate (based on item 3 of the application form). In the case of 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:
Criteria for legal and natural persons:
• the available financial resources of the candidate must be at least equal to twice the annualised maximum budget of the contract i.e., the maximum budget stated in the procurement notice divided by the initial contract duration in years, where this exceeds 1 year (minimum annual turnover requested may not exceed 2 times the estimated annual contract value, except in duly justified cases motivated in the tender dossier); and
• the financial situation of the candidate should not be in deficit, taken into account debts, at the beginning and end of year.
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 5 years from submission deadline:
• at least 15 staff work for the candidate on average for the last 5 years in fields of renewable energy and energy efficiency.
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 5 years from submission deadline:
Criteria for legal and natural persons:
3.1. the candidate has provided services under at least 4 contracts, each with a budget of at least half of that of this contract in renewable energy and energy efficiency institutional capacity building, legislative and regulatory framework (strategy and drafting), finance and business expertise (market follow-up and design incentives), and awareness and knowledge transfer, implemented at any moment during the period of reference. In the case of a consortium, the part implemented by the candidate should be at least equal to the announced value of the contract;
3.2. institutional capacity building in the Middle East;
3.3. previous experience which caused breach of contract and termination by a contracting authority shall not be used as reference;
3.4. 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;
3.5. 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:
1. the highest value of the project in criterion 21.3.1;
2. preference will be given to experience in the Mediterranean region, as it represents similar development process of both renewable energy and energy efficiency themes;
3. preference will also be given to experience in the Mediterranean region with sector budget support projects in the renewable energy and energy efficiency themes.

22.Award criteria:

Best price-quality ratio.

Application

23.Deadline for receipt of applications:

Applications must be submitted at the close of business on 23.5.2016 (15:00), Jordan 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:
Ms Paulina Gajewska, Head of the Finance and Contracts Section, European Union Delegation to Jordan, North Abdoun, Princess Basma Street, PO Box 852099, Amman 11185, JORDAN.
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:
Ms Paulina Gajewska, Head of the Finance and Contracts Section, European Union Delegation to Jordan, North Abdoun, Princess Basma Street, Amman, JORDAN.
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.
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:

12.3.2016.

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 ENI Regulation.

30.Additional information:

Opening hours of the contracting authority are 8:00 to 16:00, from Sunday to Thursday.
This contract notice is published under suspensive clause (PRAG 2016 In duly justified cases and via a prior approval, tender or grant award procedures may be published with a suspension clause in the 2 following cases: a. before a financing decision is adopted or b. before a financing agreement between the European Commission and the partner country is signed. The actual award and signing of contracts following a call launched with a suspension clause depends on the adoption of the financing decision and/or, where applicable, the conclusion of the financing agreement. Because of its implications, the contract notice or the guidelines for grant applicants must explicitly state that there is a suspension clause. The procedure will invariably be cancelled if the European Commission's decision-making procedure is not completed or the financing agreement is not signed.).

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