Contracts awarded

Date of publication Simap: 31.10.2020

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 Agency for Development and Cooperation
Embassy of Switzerland in Georgia,  attn Dr. Danielle Meuwly, 12 Radiani Street,  0179  Tbilisi,  Georgia,  E-mail:  tbilisi.sdc@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

Georgia - Rural SMEs Development Project Inception phase: 1.12.2020-30.09.2021 Main phase 1: 1.10.2021–31.12.2024

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: Consortium Swisscontact,Mercy Corps Europe&The Springfield Centre for Business in Development
Name: Swisscontact, Schweizerische Stiftung für technische Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, Hardturmstrasse 123,  8005  Zürich,  Switzerland
Price (total price):  CHF 2'684'650.00 without VAT
Additional information: Additional information for Mandate Agreement for Project Implementation: The total amount of CHF 4’499’650 includes an inception phase of CHF 660’350 as well as the execution of phase 1 of the project (service costs 2’024’300, administered project funds 1’815’000)

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 AC1: Good understanding of the mandate, MSD intervention strategy with well-embedded inclusiveness. M&E system based on DCED standards; AC2. advanced experience, the first-hand know-how in MSD approach; AC3. Team with strong credentials in MSD

4. Other information

4.1 Invitation to tender

Publications from: 22.07.2020
Organ of publication: www.simap.ch
Number of publication 1145279

4.2 Date of the award

Date: 27.10.2020

4.3 Number of offers received

Number of offers: 5

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.