Contract notice: Administrative development Tender - 36293480

Object of the contract
Administrative development project services
Description: Contract notice: Administrative development project services
Authority Type: Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Contact Nature: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
Document: Contract notice
Regulation: Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation
Award criteria: The most economic tender
CPV code: 75112100, 75112100, 75112100
CPV Description: Administrative development project services.
Backstopping Services for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation's (SDC) Thematic Cluster Inclusive Economic Development (IED) for the period 1.1.2020 to 31.12.2024 in Switzerland
In line with the SDGs, SDC aims at strengthening the economic resilience of poor and vulnerable groups via fostering PSD, FSD and VSD. Through this tender, SDC seeks support to the expansion of the capacity of the Cluster 'Inclusive Economic Development' (IED) and other SDC units. The Backstopping Mandate (BSM) can support the quality work of the IED team in its core processes by providing specialized technical expertise in PSD, FSD and VSD, but also on general issues that will benefit IED with communication support. Therefore the BSM is divided into 4 lots. Lot 1 entails communication support and will be awarded as a mandate contract. The thematic Lots 2-4 will be awarded as framework contracts. SDC needs support in these categories of activities:
Lot 1: coordination and support in communication, content-marketing and knowledge dissemination.
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 GTC shall be deemed accepted by the contractor 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 Organization'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: 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) 2 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 19.9.2019 in the forum space on www.simap.ch in anonymised form (i.e. without disclosing any information that could reveal the identity of the asking bidder). Questions submitted late cannot be answered. The answers are published on SIMAP by 27.9.2019. 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 12.9.2019, doc. 1092227
Desired deadline for questions in written form: 19.9.2019.
Documents of the invitation to tender are available from 12.9.2019 until 28.10.2019.
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 email to download the documentation desired.
Internet address (URL): https://www.simap.ch