Invitation to tender

Date of publication Simap: 20.01.2021

1. Contracting authority

1.1 Official name and address of the contracting authority

Contracting authority/Authority of assignment: State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO
Procurement authority/Organizer: State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO, Infrastructure Financing Division (WEIN), Holzikofenweg 36,  3003  Bern,  Switzerland,  Telephone:  +41 58 464 08 23,  E-mail:  info.wein.cooperation@seco.admin.ch,  URL https://www.seco-cooperation.admin.ch/secocoop/en/home.html

1.2 Offers should be sent to the following address

State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO, Infrastructure Financing Division (WEIN), Holzikofenweg 36,  3003  Bern,  Switzerland,  Telephone:  +41 58 464 08 23,  E-mail:  info.wein.cooperation@seco.admin.ch

1.3 Desired deadline for questions in written form

03.02.2021

Remarks: Please use the contact interface on simap for requesting clarifications. If this is not possible for technical reasons, you may address your request to info.wein.cooperation@seco.admin.ch

1.4 Deadline for submitting offers

Date: 03.03.2021 Time of day: 11:00, Specific deadlines and formal requirements:  Consultants must submit one original and one additional hard copy, as well as one electronic version (unencrypted USB stick). Please note that the electronic version must be submitted in form of a searchable PDF. The financial offer on the USB stick shall be in form of an MS Excel document.

Information on the envelope should also include:

"DO NOT OPEN, EXCEPT IN PRESENCE OF THE BIH UTPS EVALUATION COMMITTEE.”

1.5 Date of the opening of bids:

04.03.2021, Remarks:  No public opening. The offers will be opened by a SECO internal bid opening committee

1.6 Type of contracting authority

Confederation (Central federal administration)

1.7 Type of procedure

Open procedure

1.8 Type of order

Order for services

1.9 Scope of international treaties

No

2. Objects of procurement

2.1 Service category CPC:

[27] Other services

2.2 Project title of the acquisition

Urban Transformation Project Sarajevo, Consultancy

2.4 Division into lots?

No

2.5 Common Procurement Vocabulary

CPV:	71311300 - Infrastructure works consultancy services,
	71410000 - Urban planning services,
	72224000 - Project management consultancy services,
	73220000 - Development consultancy services,
	79418000 - Procurement consultancy services,
	90713000 - Environmental issues consultancy services,
	98200000 - Equal opportunities consultancy services,
	80511000 - Staff training services,
	80530000 - Vocational training services,
	92312212 - Services related to the preparation of training manuals

2.6 Subject and scope of the contract

SECO has committed a grant towards the Urban Transformation Project Sarajevo (UTPS) in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Within the framework of this project, SECO intends to mandate consultants to accompany the implementation of the project locally in Bosnia and Herzegovina. SECO now invites consulting firms to submit proposals to provide consulting services for the Project coordination and capacity building for UTPS.

2.7 Location where service is to be delivered

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

2.8 Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

48 months after contract was signed

This contract is subject to renewal: No

2.9 Options

Yes

Description of options: The duration of Phase I (basic contract) is expected to be approximately 4 years (2021-2024). There is a potential for a Phase II (Option) of the Project (2025-2028). The Consultant shall offer its services for Phase II as an option (the triggering of Phase II shall be subject to prior written approval by SECO, in case SECO decides that a 2nd phase of the project will be implemented). More details on the services are provided in the Terms of Reference.

2.10 Award criteria

Qualification of the team  Weighting 45 
Adequacy of the proposed approach and methodology  Weighting 25 
References of firm  Weighting 10 
Price  Weighting 20 

2.11 Will variants be accepted?

No

2.12 Are partial offers permitted?

No

3. Conditions

3.2 Deposits/guarantees

None

3.4 Costs to be included

All prices stated in the Tender have to be quoted in CHF.
The Total Tender Price has to be excl. VAT.

3.5 Consortium of bidders

Permitted.

3.6 Subcontractor

Permitted.

3.7 Eligibility criteria

Based on the criteria given in the documentation

3.8 Evidence required

Based on the evidence required in the documentation

3.9 Conditions for obtaining the tendering documentation

Costs: none

3.10 Languages

Languages for offers: English

Language of the procedure: English

3.11 Validity of offers

180 days after deadline for receipt of offers

3.12 Supplying source of the tendering documentation

at www.simap.ch,
or to obtain at the following address:
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs
Infrastructure financing, Holzikofenweg 36,  3003  Bern,  Switzerland,  E-mail:  info.wein.cooperation@seco.admin.ch,  URL https://www.seco-cooperation.admin.ch/secocoop/en/home.html
Languages of documents: English

3.13 Conduct of dialogue

No

4. Other information

4.1 Conditions for tenderers from Non-Member States of the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement

None.

4.4 Essential requirements

COVID-19: In view of the evolving COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) situation, SECO reserves the right to adjust or even suspend this tender. Any adjustment to the tender will be announced via simap.

4.7 Official organ of publication

www.simap.ch

4.8 Procedures for appeal

There is no right of appeal against the award of public contracts according to BöB Art. 52 lit. 5.