Switzerland-Bern: Foreign economic-aid-related services

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Title	Switzerland-Bern: Foreign economic-aid-related services
OJEU (High Value)	338073-2020
Type	Invitation to tender
Date Published	2020-07-17
Deadline	2020-09-30 00:00:00
Nature Of Contract	Service contract
Awarding Authority
Procedure	Open procedure

Description :

CONTRACT NOTICE Section I: Contracting authority I.1) Name and addresses: Official name: State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO Trade Promotion Section WEHU Postal address: Holzikofenweg 36 Town: Bern Postal code: 3003 Country: CH E-mail: info.wehu.cooperation@seco.admin.ch NUTS code: CH0 Main address: https://www.simap.ch Communication I.3) Procurement documents (URL):http://www.simap.ch/shabforms/servlet/Search?NOTICE_NR=1142815 Additional Information I.3.4) Additional information can be obtained from: I.3.8) to the above mentioned address I.4) Type of the contracting authority: MINISTRY Main Activity I.5.1) Main Activity: GENERAL PUBLIC SERVICES Section II: Object of Contract Title: Swiss Program on Capacities for Trade Policies II.1.4) Short description Implement, manage and monitor the ‘Swiss Programme on Capacity for Trade Policy’, which will support developing country governments in trade policy making. Beneficiaries will be equipped with the knowledge, negotiation skills, analytical methods and networking capacities to design, negotiate and implement effective and enabling trade policy. There will be two levels of support: 1) for the collection of and access to high-quality trade data; and 2) for building human capacity for the effective use of such data in trade policy negotiations and formulation. Only the second level is subject to this tender. The first level will be implemented by the Global Trade Alert team. The overall budget for the programme covered by this call for tenders amounts to CHF 9 million, i.e. three 4-year phases at a cost of CHF 3 million each. Information about lots II.1.6) This contract is divided into lots: no Description: Item/Lot 1 NUTS code: CH0 II.2.3.2) Main site or place of performance: Global (subject to validation: TUNISIA, EGYPT, MOROCCO, SOUTH AFRICA, GHANA, MOZAMBIQUE, NEPAL, INDONESIA, COLOMBIA, BOLIVIA, NORTH Macedonia, PERU and SERBIA). II.1.4) Short description Implement, manage and monitor the ‘Swiss Programme on Capacity for Trade Policy’, which will support developing country governments in trade policy making. Beneficiaries will be equipped with the knowledge, negotiation skills, analytical methods and networking capacities to design, negotiate and implement effective and enabling trade policy. There will be two levels of support: 1) for the collection of and access to high-quality trade data; and 2) for building human capacity for the effective use of such data in trade policy negotiations and formulation. Only the second level is subject to this tender. The first level will be implemented by the Global Trade Alert team. The overall budget for the programme covered by this call for tenders amounts to CHF 9 million, i.e. three 4-year phases at a cost of CHF 3 million each. II.2.5) Award criteria: II.02.07) Duration in months 144 II.2.7.5) This contract is subject to renewal: yes II.2.7.6) Description of renewals: There are options for two additional phases of 4 years each. Detailed specifications are described in the tender documentation. II.2.10) Variants will be accepted: no II.2.11) Options II.2.11.2) Description of options There are options for two additional phases of 4 years each. Detailed specifications are described in the tender documentation. The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds): no Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information III.1.2) Economic and financial standing III.1.2.2) Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents III.1.3) Technical and professional ability III.1.3.1.2) Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents Section IV: Procedure IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Open IV.2.1) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate IV.2.2) Date 2020-09-30 IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders IV.2.7) Date 2020-10-05 IV.2.7) Local time 23:59 Additional Information: Not public. Section V: Complementary information Additional Information: Partial offers are not permitted. Conditions for countries not party to the WTO agreement: none. Terms of business: the Swiss Confederations’s general terms and conditions for service contracts (Annex 1 of the tender document) apply/shall be deemed accepted by the contractor on submission of the offer. Negotiations: remain reserved. Basic procedural principles: the client only awards public commissions for services in Switzerland to tenderers who comply with job security regulations and the conditions of work for employees and provide equal payment for men and women. Procedures for appeal: the procurement procedure will be carried out according to Swiss federal legislation on public procurement, namely section 3 of the Federal ordinance on Public Procurement. There is no right of appeal for this tender procedure. No communication may be conducted between the bidder and the contracting authority. Any questions have to be submitted to www.simap.ch Deadline/remarks: postmark or bar code imprint of a recognised Swiss or foreign post office. National reference publication: Simap of 15 July 2020, doc. 1142815. Desired deadline for questions in written form: 5 August 2020. Review body: Official name: Bundesverwaltungsgericht Postal address: Postfach Town: St. Gallen Postal code: 9023 Country: CH Section VI Date of dispatch of this notice : 2020-07-15

CPV Codes

75211200; Foreign economic-aid-related services;