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Support for the Development of Suez Canal Economic Zone Industrial Park Tender, United Kingdom - 30471171

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EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT has floated a tender for Support for the Development of Suez Canal Economic Zone Industrial Park. The project location is United Kingdom and the tender is closing on 26 Feb 2019. The tender notice number is , while the TOT Ref Number is 30471171. Bidders can have further information about the Tender and can request the complete Tender document by Registering on the site.

Procurement Summary

Country : United Kingdom

Summary : Support for the Development of Suez Canal Economic Zone Industrial Park

Deadline : 26 Feb 2019

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 30471171

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
Attn: Larissa Gosling One Exchange Square London EC2A 2JN
United Kingdom
Email :goslingl@ebrd.com

Tender Details

Expression of Interest are invited for Support for the Development of Suez Canal Economic Zone Industrial Park, Qantara West, Egypt.

Project Description: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the EBRD or the Bank) will assist the General Authority of the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) in the design and establishment of an Industrial Park for SMEs for light industries and support services in the Qantara West area, next to the Suez Canal (the SCZONE SME Industrial Park).

Assignment Description: EBRD wishes to engage a consulting company (the Consultant) to provide the following services:

1. Review existing SME industrial parks in Egypt and comment on the reasons for their success or failure. Report on best international practice on SME park governance.

2. Develop a fully integrated and detailed socioeconomic vision and proposal for the SCZone SME Industrial Park.

3. Propose several project financing option for establishment and management of the SCZone.

The expected outcome of the Assignment is a final comprehensive master plan for the establishment and operation of the SCZONE SME Industrial Park.

The Terms of Reference (TOR) for the Assignment are available through this link.

Consultant Selection Procedure: Single stage open competitive selection. Interested firms or groups of firms are invited to submit a Technical and Financial Proposal.

Assignment Start Date and Duration: The Assignment is expected to start in March 2019 and has an estimated overall duration of 6 months.

Cost Estimate for the Assignment: EUR 76, 550 exclusive of VAT).

Subject to availability of funding, the performance of the selected Consultant and the business needs, the Assignment may be extended beyond the current scope.

Funding Source: It is anticipated that the contract will be financed from EBRD Shareholder Special Fund. Selection and contracting are subject to the availability of funding.

Eligibility: There are no eligibility restrictions based on the consultant's country of origin.

Consultant Profile: Corporate services are required. The Consultant will be a firm or a group of firms preferably with previous project experience related to:

- International experience in designing special economic zones and extensive expertise on alternative financing options for special economic zones and their users;

- Experience in interacting with policy makers;
- International experience designing special economic zones and extensive expertise on alternative financing options for special economic zones and their users;
- SME policy expertise is desirable.

The Consultant's expert team is expected to include the following key experts (the 'Key Experts'):
Key Expert 1: Team Leader with preferably 10 years or more of international expertise in delivering similar assignments;

Key Expert 2: Legal, financial and governance expert(s) including local experts with experience and expertise to provide comprehensive advice on establishing an SME special economic zone in the SCZone.

Submission Requirements: The consultants are now invited to submit a completed Technical and Financial Proposal as per the standard templates and instructions available at this link. Interested Consultants should make themselves familiar with these Standard Templates, Standard Instructions and Conditions of Contract in preparation of their proposals.

1. The Technical Proposal shall be submitted in English electronically via eSelection not later than the Closing Date, as one single PDF file. The technical proposal should not exceed 10 pages excluding the Declaration Form and CVs (Form 1- TP 1 and Form 1 - TP 6).

2. The Financial Proposal (Form 2 - FP 1 and FP2) shall be submitted in English separately by email only to the Bank Contact Person. Consultants are reminded of the requirement to ensure the confidentiality of the Financial Proposals.
A Technical Proposal that contains elements of a financial proposal shall be declared non-responsive.
A Financial proposal submitted together with the technical proposals via e Selection shall be declared non-responsive.

Bank Contact Person:
Larissa Gosling

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

One Exchange Square

London EC2A 2JN

e-mail: goslingl@ebrd.com

For the avoidance of doubt, technical proposals should be sent through eSelection and NOT to this email address. Financial proposals should be sent to this email address and NOT through eSelection.

Deadline to Submit Clarification Questions: Via e-mail to the Bank Contact Person by 15 February 2019.

Selection Method and Evaluation Criteria:

1. Technical Proposal Evaluation Criteria
(a) Firm's previous project experience in similar assignments (30%)
(b) Quality of the methodology proposed for the Assignment (30%)
(c) CV of Key Expert 1 (20%)

(d) CV(s) of Key Expert 2 (20%).

The minimum technical score (St) required to pass is 70%.

2. Opening of Financial Proposals

After the technical evaluation is completed, only the submissions which score 70% or above of the total marks available for the technical criteria will be eligible to have their financial proposals opened.

3. Combined Technical and Financial Evaluation

The lowest evaluated Financial Proposal (Fm) is given the maximum financial score (Sf) of 100. The formula for determining the financial scores (Sf) of all other Proposals is calculated as follows:

Sf = 100 x Fm/ F, in which “Sf” is the financial score, “Fm” is the lowest evaluated Financial Proposal, and “F” the price of the Proposal under consideration.

Proposals are then ranked according to their combined technical (St) and financial (Sf) scores using the weights (T = 80; F = 20) T + F = 100 as follows: S = St x T% + Sf x F%.

Important Notes:
1. The proposal validity period is 120 days from the deadline date for the receipt of submissions. During this period, the Consultant shall maintain its original Proposal without any change, including the availability of the Experts, the proposed rates and the total price.

2. The selection will be made from the Proposals received in response to this notification only, on the basis of the submission requirements and selection criteria set out in this Procurement Notice. The highest-ranked Consultant will be selected and invited to negotiate the contract, subject to availability of funding.

3. Any updates of and clarifications on this procurement notice shall be announced as updates on this notice, without any other notification. In the event of changes consultants will need to download the updated versions. Consultants are required to periodically check the notice for updates. Failure to take the updates into account while preparing the Proposal may result in disqualification or penalties to the scores in the evaluation.