Contracts awarded

Date of publication Simap: 22.09.2020

1. Contracting authority

1.1 Official name and address of the contracting authority

Contracting authority/Authority of assignment: Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC
Procurement authority/Organizer: Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA
Swiss Development Agency SDC
Section Quality Assurance and Poverty Reduction, Freiburgstrasse 130,  3003  Bern,  Switzerland,  E-mail:  dezaqualitaetssicherung@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

«Economic and Financial Analysis of SDC projects» for the period 01.11.2020 to 31.10.2025 (Lot 1: processes to improve the overall SDC’s knowledge and capacities to implement EFA and Lot 2 the backstopping mandate for the implementation of EFA)

Lot no.: 2

Short description: Lot 2: Operational support1) Backstopping / support to SDC representations and projects implementers for the implementation of financial and economic analyses of SDC projects

2.2 Service category

Service category CPC:  [27] Other services

2.3 Common Procurement Vocabulary

CPV:	75112100 - Administrative development project services

3. Decision of acceptance

3.1 Award criteria

According to the invitation to tender

3.2 Tenderer considered

Name: Vivid Economics Ltd., 163 Eversholt Street,,  NW1 1BU  London,  United Kingdom
Price range of the received offers:  CHF from 635'050.00  to  827'663.00 
Additional information: There is no guarantee for mandates for any of the awarded bidders in Lot 2. Changements in quantity of workload is very likely and to be confirmed upon discussion with SDC and the consultants.The number of required days per task depends on the specific support needed and its complexity. The total cost is only a maximal estatimated range of assumption for the years 2021-2025.

Name: HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation, Weinbergstrasse 22a,  8001  Zürich,  Switzerland
Price range of the received offers:  CHF from 635'050.00  to  827'663.00 
Additional information: There is no guarantee for mandates for any of the awarded bidders in Lot 2. Changements in quantity of workload is very likely and to be confirmed upon discussion with SDC and the consultants.The number of required days per task depends on the specific support needed and its complexity. The total cost is only a maximal estatimated range of assumption for the years 2021-2025.

Attention: Dominique Guenat
Name: Konsortium International Quality Assurance Trainers (IKAT) - HAFL, BFH HAFL, Länggasse 85,  3052  Zollikofen,  Switzerland
Price range of the received offers:  CHF from 635'050.00  to  827'663.00 
Additional information: There is no guarantee for mandates for any of the awarded bidders in Lot 2. Changements in quantity of workload is very likely and to be confirmed upon discussion with SDC and the consultants.The number of required days per task depends on the specific support needed and its complexity. The total cost is only a maximal estatimated range of assumption for the years 2021-2025.

3.3 Reasons for the decision to award

Reasons: After assessment of all evaluation criteria mentioned in tender document (qualitative criteria and price) the three winning bidder were the three best ranked among all the submitted bids.

4. Other information

4.1 Invitation to tender

Publications from: 15.05.2020
Organ of publication: www.simap.ch
Number of publication 1133773

4.2 Date of the award

Date: 10.09.2020

4.3 Number of offers received

Number of offers: 8

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.