Ausschreibung 1220273: Bern - Backstopping PGE, 16.03.2022 - 15.03.2027

Publiziert am: 29. Oktober 2021

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC

The SDC thematic units Fragility, Conflict & Human Rights (FCHR) / Governance / Gender and Social Equality jointly tender out this mandate for a thematic backstopping support. The three thematic units and networks have formed the Peace, Governance & Equality Cluster (PGE Cluster) to collaborate more systematically. The PGE Cluster functions as a knowledge and competence hub for PGE related policies, topics and methodologies/tools, collaborating under a common strategic approach. The overall purpose of the mandate is to provide thematic expertise and methodological support for the PGE cluster’s /section’s work on knowledge management and learning, capacity building, operational support and advice as well as thematic quality assurance (monitoring and reporting), in the thematic areas covered by the PGE cluster / future section.


Auftraggeber: Bund (Zentrale Bundesverwaltung)
Kategorie: Ausschreibung
Sprache: en
Abgabetermin: abgelaufen
Ort:

Switzerland (and Swiss representations abroad). The services will have to be supplied both in Switzerland and abroad according to the needs especially for Lot 1. In regular cases most services for Lot 1 and Lot 2 will have to be supplied in Switzerland.

Zeit für Fragen: abgelaufen
Tags:
  • 98300000: Diverse Dienstleistungen
Gruppen:
  • nicht spezifiziert
Untergruppen:
  • nicht spezifiziert
(gemäss Klassifizierung it-beschaffung.ch)
Lots :
  • Lot 1:

    Lot 1: Thematic support for the PGE cluster / section

  • Lot 2:

    Lot 2: Support for facilitation and collective learning


Zeitplan

Folgender Zeitplan wurde aus den simap-Publikationsdaten erstellt:

Datum Ereignis Kommentar
29. Oktober 2021 Publikationsdatum
29. Oktober 2021 Ausschreibungsunterlagen verfügbar ab

The documentation on the public call to tender for the project mentioned can be downloaded from the platform www.simap.ch under Running procedures, Confederation, Invitations to tender. In order to do so, you first have to register in the mentioned project. You will then be able to log in, using the password that you will have been sent by email, and download the documentation required.

15. Dezember 2021 Ende Bestellung Ausschreibungsunterlagen
8. November 2021 Frist für Fragen

No individual information is given to the tenderers. Any questions must be submitted by 08.11.2021 on the forum space at www.simap.ch in anonymised form (i.e. without disclosing any information that could reveal the identity of the questioner). Questions submitted late cannot be answered. The answers will be published on SIMAP by 15.11.2021. Tenderers are themselves responsible for downloading the answers from SIMAP and for taking them into consideration in the preparation of their bids.

15. Dezember 2021 Abgabetermin 00:00

Bids should include all the documents stipulated in section 5 and submitted in a sealed envelope as follows:
a. one original signed hard copy labelled 'Original'
b. one signed copy labelled 'Signed copy'
c. one data storage device (e.g. CD, DVD or memory stick) with all requested documents.
OR
d. Alternative for submission of offers due to situation of Covid-19: Due to the exceptional situation of Covid-19, the tenderers can by way of exception submit the bid by email exclusively. In this case, the bid (format pdf) must be sent to ursula.keller@eda.admin.ch by 15.12.2021, 23:00 (CEST) at the latest.
The email must mention Backstopping Peace, Governance & Equality in the reference line. It is possible to submit a bid in more than one email in clearly labelled batches. Tenderers must confirm in the email the binding force of the bid. The receipt of the bids submitted via email will be acknowledged via email at the latest until 17.12.2021. In all cases the tenderer must retain proof of the timely submission of the bid. Bids submitted late cannot be taken into consideration. They will be returned to the tenderer.
Language for bids: English or French

22. Dezember 2021 Offertöffnung

Bids should include all the documents stipulated in section 5 and submitted in a sealed envelope as follows:
a. one original signed hard copy labelled 'Original'
b. one signed copy labelled 'Signed copy'
c. one data storage device (e.g. CD, DVD or memory stick) with all requested documents.
OR
d. Alternative for submission of offers due to situation of Covid-19: Due to the exceptional situation of Covid-19, the tenderers can by way of exception submit the bid by email exclusively. In this case, the bid (format pdf) must be sent to ursula.keller@eda.admin.ch by 15.12.2021, 23:00 (CEST) at the latest.
The email must mention Backstopping Peace, Governance & Equality in the reference line. It is possible to submit a bid in more than one email in clearly labelled batches. Tenderers must confirm in the email the binding force of the bid. The receipt of the bids submitted via email will be acknowledged via email at the latest until 17.12.2021. In all cases the tenderer must retain proof of the timely submission of the bid. Bids submitted late cannot be taken into consideration. They will be returned to the tenderer.
Language for bids: English or French

16. März 2022 Geplanter Projektstart
15. März 2027 Geplantes Projektende

Lot-Information

Generell:
Aufteilung in Lose Angebote sind für alle Lose möglich

1: Lot 1: Thematic support for the PGE cluster / section
  • Aufteilung in Lose
  • Angebote sind für alle Lose möglich
  • Thematic areas: 1) Fragility, Conflict & Human Rights, 2) Governance, 3) Gender Equality, 4) Social Equality. The type of services of the backstopping support in Lot 1 includes the 1) Elaboration of knowledge products, 2) Design and facilitation of participative learning and capitalization processes, 3) Support for learning events, capacity building, 4) Operational advice (in support to the thematic units), 5) Support for thematic monitoring and reporting and 6) Elaborating and managing communication content and tools.
  • Projektdauer von 16.03.2022 bis 15.03.2027

Zuschlagskriterien

Gewichtung Kriterium
40% AC 1: Qualification, expertise and professional experience of the nominated core team
30% AC 2: Understanding of the purpose and approach presented in the bid
10% AC 3: Organisational set up
20% AC 4: Financial offer – overall price



2: Lot 2: Support for facilitation and collective learning
  • Aufteilung in Lose
  • Angebote sind für alle Lose möglich
  • The type of services of the backstopping support in the lot 2 includes the 1) Guidance and support for f2f, hybrid and online facilitation of learning events 2) Support in the conceptualisation, design, steering and accompaniment of complex learning processes (complementary to the thematic support), 3) Support to further develop innovative facilitation and collective learning methods and skills in the PGE thematic areas and working context.
  • Projektdauer von 16.03.2022 bis 15.03.2027

Zuschlagskriterien

Gewichtung Kriterium
40% AC 1: Qualification, expertise and experience of nominated core team (backstopper)
30% AC 2: Understanding of the purpose and approach presented in the bid
10% AC 3: Organisational set up
20% AC 4: Financial offer – overall price



Zulassungsbedingungen

Bietergemeinschaften:

Consortia of tenderers are permitted. If the SDC concludes the contract with several contractors (consortium), all parties must sign, having first designated a person to represent the consortium vis-à-vis the SDC. The representative is expressly authorised to act for and on behalf of the consortium members. The consortium members shall be jointly and severally liable. The tenderer lists all members and their roles.

Eignungskriterien:

siehe Unterlagen

Geforderte Nachweise:

siehe Unterlagen

Zusätzliche Informationen

Voraussetzungen für Anbieter aus Staaten, die nicht dem WTO-Beschaffungsübereinkommen angehören:

None

Geschäftsbedingungen:

The General Conditions of Business (GTC) of the FDFA for mandates (type A and type B) – version May 2021 shall be deemed to have been accepted by the contractor on submission of the bid.

Nachverhandlungen:

remain reserved

Grundsätzliche Anforderungen:

The contracting authority may only award public contracts for the supply of goods, work and services in Switzerland to tenderers that ensure compliance with the workplace health and safety regulations and the terms and conditions of employment applicable at the place of performance, the notification and authorisation duties under the Federal Act of 17 June 2005 on Measures to Combat Illegal Employment (IEA) and the provisions on the equal treatment of men and women in terms of equal pay (see Art. 12 para. 1 PPA).
For goods, work or services to be supplied abroad, the tenderer must, as a minimum, ensure compliance with the Core Conventions of the International Labour Organization as set out in Annex 6 PPA (see Art. 12 para. 2 PPA).
Accordingly, the contracting authority may only award a public contract to tenderers that, as a minimum, comply with the legal provisions on the protection of the environment and the conservation of natural resources applicable at the place of performance (see Art 12 para. 3 PPA in conjunction with Annex 2 PPA).
Any subcontractors that are permitted must meet the requirements set out in Article 12 paras. 1–3 PPA. These obligations must be incorporated into the agreements between tenderers and subcontractors.

Sonstige Angaben:

The tender documentation is available in: English and French. The text of this announcement and the tender document has been translated from English to French. In case of discrepancies, the English version shall be authoritative.

Offizielles Publikationsorgan:

www.simap.ch

Rechtsmittelbelehrung:

This is a public contract under Annex 5 no. 1 let. d PPA. There is no right of appeal.


Kontakt

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC
Freiburgstrasse 130
3003 Bern
E-Mail-Adresse:  
ursula.keller@eda.admin.ch

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