19.08.2014|Project ID 116277|Notice no. 833111|Invitation to tender

Invitation to tender

Date of publication Simap : 19.08.2014

1. Contracting authority

1.1 Official name and address of the contracting authority

Authority of need/Authority of assignment : Departamento Federal de Asuntos Exteriores DFAE
Authority of procurement/Organizer : Agencia Suiza para el Desarrollo y la Cooperación COSUDE
Oficina de Cooperación Suiza en Honduras,  attn Martinez Guzmán Manuel Antonio,  Colonia Palmira,Ave.República deMéxico,Casa 2402,  .  Tegucigalpa,  Honduras,  E-mail:  tegucigalpa@eda.admin.ch

1.2 Offers should be sent to the following address

PLEASE DO NOT OPEN
Agencia Suiza para el Desarrollo y la Cooperación COSUDE
Oficina de Cooperación Suiza en Honduras,  attn Martinez Guzmán Manuel Antonio,  Colonia Palmira,Ave.República deMéxico,Casa 2402,  .  Tegucigalpa,  Honduras

1.3 Desired deadline for questions in written form

25.08.2014

Remarks : No information is given by telephone. Any question can be made by 25.08.2014 anonymously in the forum space at www.simap.ch. Questions submitted late cannot be answered. Answers will be published on www.simap.ch by 01.09.2014. Bidders are themselves responsible for downloading the answers from SIMAP and for taking them into consideration in the preparation of the bids.

1.4 Deadline for submitting offers

Date: 29.09.2014, Specific deadlines and formal requirements:  The “Technical Proposal” and “Financial Proposal” shall be submitted in one envelope and shall contain
a. one original signed hard copy of the Technical and Financial Proposal labelled “Original”
b. two signed copies of the Technical and Financial Proposal labelled, “Signed Copy”
c. one data storage device (e.g. CD, DVD or Memory Stick) of all Technical Proposal and all Financial Proposal Documents.

1.6 Type of contracting authority

Confederation (Central federal administration)

1.7 Type of procedure

Open procedure

1.8 Type of commission

Order for services

1.9 According to GATT/WTO agreement, respectively treaty

No

2. Objects of procurement

2.1 Type of commission for services

Other sevices
Service category CPC:  [27] Other services

2.2 Project title of the acquisition

Programa Gestión Comunitaria de Cuencas Honduras

2.3 Reference / project no.

7F-08941.01

2.4 Common Procurement Vocabulary

CPV:	98300000 - Miscellaneous services

2.5 Detailed task description

The overall objective / impact of the program is to enable smallholder farm families to improve their livelihoods and resilience to climate change and disaster risks, and promote sustainable water governance in the Goascorán watershed.
Outcomes/specific objectives: Considering the impact factors described, the program will be oriented towards two main complementary outcomes by means of corresponding components:
Outcome 1: Farm families and community organizations have adopted and implemented Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction technologies and works with mechanisms for sustainability.
Outcome 2: Micro-watershed councils operate in an organized way and stimulate integral sustainable development in coordination with the Goascorán Watershed Council and municipal governments.

The impact hypothesis is that, in the Goascorán watershed, the program enhances local capacities and strengthens dialogue and mechanisms for participatory community action, especially in optimizing land and water use by means of sustainable technologies and agroforestry systems; additionally, it is expected that municipal management will support community actions and select public investments using risk management criteria. Sustainable water, forest and agricultural practices will reduce the negative effects of climate change on the farms, the municipalities, and the most critical micro-watersheds in the watershed

Better community organization and capacity development will lead to the following outcomes: i. reduced loss of crops and livelihoods. ii. Reduced water scarcity. iii. Greater response capacity (resilience) to damages caused by natural disasters, ensuring more stable incomes and new living conditions for vulnerable populations. Sustainability will be based on actions aimed at creating more spaces for participation and decision-making by women and youth. The policy of inter-institutional coordination and collaboration will ensure that the lessons learned in the program contribute to the interchange of knowledge and the development and application of national policies, creating in Honduras a replicable example of implementation of the National Climate Change Policy and the State Policy for Integral Risk Management.

2.6 Location where service is supplied

Honduras

2.7 Division into lots?

No

2.8 Will variants be accepted?

Yes

Remarks : Variants are to be indicated expressly as such and to be submitted separately in addition to the basic bid. Bidders must give reasons in writing for the advantages and equivalence of the variants in relation to the achievement of objectives. Otherwise they will not be taken into consideration.

2.9 Are partial offers permitted?

No

2.10 Implementation date

Start  01.01.2015  and finish  31.12.2018

3. Conditions

3.2 Deposits/guarantees

None

3.5 Consortium of bidders

Consortia of bidders are permitted . If a bidder participates in the procedure as part of a consortium, he must identify a member of the consortium who performs the lead function (deputisation, co-ordination). The bidder lists all members and their roles. All members of the consortium together bear responsibility for the bid.

3.6 Subcontractor

Subcontractors are permitted. If the bidder engages a subcontractor to provide certain services, the bidder bears full responsibility for the provided services. He lists all subcontractors involved with their assigned roles.

3.7 Suitability criteria

based on the criteria given in the documentation

3.8 Evidence required

based on the evidence required in the documentation

3.9 Award criteria:

based on the criteria given in the documentation

3.10 Conditions for obtaining the tendering documentation

Costs: none

3.11 Languages for offers

Spanish

3.12 Validity of offers

120 days after deadline for receipt of offers

3.13 Supplying source of the tendering documentation

at www.simap.ch
Documents of the invitation to tender are available from : 19.08.2014  until  29.09.2014
Languages of documents : Spanish
Further information for obtaining the tendering documentation : 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 and use the password that you will have been sent by e-mail to download the documentation desired.

4. Other information

4.1 Conditions for countries not party to the WTO agreement

None

4.2 Terms of business

General Conditions of Business (GCB) for Project Implementation Mandates – Version July 2012

4.3 Negotiations

remain reserved

4.4 Basic procedural principles

The contracting authority awards public contracts for services provided in Switzerland only to bidders who ensure compliance with the health and safety regulations and employment conditions for employees, as well as equal pay for women and men.
If the service is provided abroad, the bidder must ensure at least compliance with the International Labour Organization’s fundamental conventions in accordance with Annex 2a PPO.
These principles shall be deemed accepted by the Contractor on submission of the offer.

4.5 Additional information

The tender proceeds in accordance with Section 3 of the Federal Ordinance on Public Procurement (FOPP). There is no right of appeal.

4.6 Official organ of publication

www.simap.ch