Contracts awarded

Date of publication Simap: 27.11.2018

1. Contracting authority

1.1 Official name and address of the contracting authority

Contracting authority/Authority of assignment: Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Procurement authority/Organizer: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC),  attn Ms. Margaretha Glanzmann, Freiburgstrasse 130,  3003  Berne,  Switzerland,  E-mail:  margaretha.glanzmann@eda.admin.ch,  URL https://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home.html

1.2 Type of contracting authority

Confederation (Central federal administration)

1.3 Type of procedure

Open procedure

1.4 Type of order

Order for services

1.5 Scope of international treaties

Yes

2. Objects of procurement

2.1 Project title of the acquisition

External Examination of SDC Transfer Credit.

2.2 Service category

Service category CPC:  [9] Book-keeping and auditing

2.3 Common Procurement Vocabulary

CPV:	79212000 - Auditing services

3. Decision of acceptance

3.1 Award criteria

According to the invitation to tender

3.2 Tenderer considered

Name: Moore Stephens LLP, 150 Aldersgate St,  EC1A 4AB  London,  United Kingdom
Price (total price):  CHF 1'273'800.00 without VAT
Additional information: The above amount covers both the basic mandate for the years 2018-2020 and optional services for the years 2021-2022 (examinations taking place in 2019 - 2023)

3.3 Reasons for the decision to award

Reasons: After assessment of all evaluation criteria mentioned in tender document (qualitative criteria and price) the winning bidder has received the most utility points among all the submitted bids.
The offer of the winning bidder convinced above all regarding price and had a high rating on qualitative criteria

4. Other information

4.1 Invitation to tender

Publications from: 24.08.2018
Organ of publication: www.simap.ch
Number of publication 1035091

4.2 Date of the award

Date: 26.11.2018

4.3 Number of offers received

Number of offers: 4

4.4 Additional information

The contracting authority reserves the right to award subsequent mandates to the successful bidder of this tender procedure if a change of bidder is not possible for economic or technical reasons, or would cause significant difficulties or incur disproportionate costs for the contracting authority.

4.5 Procedures for appeal

Pursuant to Art. 30 of the Federal Act on Public Procurement, an appeal against this publication may be filed within 20 days since notification in writing in an official language of Switzerland to the Federal Administrative Court, Postfach, 9023 St.Gallen. The appeal petition must be submitted in duplicate and must contain the application, the grounds of appeal with details of the evidence and the signature of the appellant or his agent; a copy of the present publication and documents cited as evidence must be attached, provided they are in the appellant’s possession.