Contracts awarded

Date of publication Simap: 10.04.2020

1. Contracting authority

1.1 Official name and address of the contracting authority

Contracting authority/Authority of assignment: Département fédéral des affaires étrangères DFAE Direction du développement et de la coopération DDC
Procurement authority/Organizer: Département fédéral des affaires étrangères DFAE
Direction du développement et de la coopération DDC
Division Afrique de l’Ouest,  attn Sylvain Corderoy, 08 B.P.,  0123  Cotonou,  Benin,  E-mail:  sylvain.corderoy@eda.admin.ch

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

No

2. Objects of procurement

2.1 Project title of the acquisition

Bénin - Recrutement d’un opérateur pour la coordination globale et l’appui technique au Programme Redevabilité - Phase 02: 2020-2023

2.2 Service category

Service category CPC:  [27] Other services

2.3 Common Procurement Vocabulary

CPV:	98300000 - Miscellaneous services

3. Decision of acceptance

3.1 Award criteria

According to the invitation to tender

3.2 Tenderer considered

Attention: Mr Thomas Keilbach
Name: GFA Consulting Group GmbH, Eulenkrugstr. 82,  22359  Hamburg,  Germany
Price (total price):  CHF 2'514'920.00 without VAT
Additional information: The total project costs amount to CHF 6'514'920. It includes the execution of phase 2 of the project with service costs of CHF 2'514'920 and administered project funds CHF 4'000'000)

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 decisive factor for the winning bid was the superior experience and expertise which GFA managed to mobilise, as well as the quality of its strategic and analytical proposal.

4. Other information

4.1 Invitation to tender

Publications from: 19.11.2019
Organ of publication: www.simap.ch
Number of publication 1099303

4.2 Date of the award

Date: 03.04.2020

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

The tender proceeds in accordance with Section 3 of the Federal Ordinance on Public Procurement (PPO). There is no right of Appeal.