Contracts awarded

Date of publication Simap: 24.04.2020

1. Contracting authority

1.1 Official name and address of the contracting authority

Contracting authority/Authority of assignment: Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA Embassy of Switzerland in Jordan
Procurement authority/Organizer: Swiss Cooperation Office, Abdul Jabbar Al-Rawi Street 4, Abdoun, PO Box 5341,  11183  Amman,  Jordan,  E-mail:  amm.procurement@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

Middle East / North Africa: Strengthening Social Entrepreneurship for Migration & Development, 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: Stefanie Feilke
Name: GFA Consulting Group GmbH, Eulenkrugstr. 82,  22359  Hamburg,  Germany
Price (total price):  CHF 1'184'440.00 without VAT
Additional information: The total amount of CHF 2’047’440 includes an inception phase (service costs: CHF 247’640) as well as the execution of phase I of the project (service costs CHF 936’800, administered project funds CHF 863’000).

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 offer of the winning bidder convinced above all regarding the technical proposal, in particular the proposed approach and qualification of team members (AC1-4).

4. Other information

4.1 Invitation to tender

Publications from: 20.12.2019
Organ of publication: www.simap.ch
Number of publication 1111207

4.2 Date of the award

Date: 16.04.2020

4.3 Number of offers received

Number of offers: 3

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.