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24.06.2015|Project ID 128095|Notice no. 872895|Invitation to tender

Invitation to tender

Date of publication Simap : 24.06.2015

1. Contracting authority

1.1 Official name and address of the contracting authority

Authority of need/Authority of assignment : Federal Department of Foregin Affairs Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC
Authority of procurement/Organizer : Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC
Regional Programme Horn of Africa- SDC COOF in Addis Ababa,  attn NRM Borana Programme Officer, Old Airport, Lideta Sub-City, P.O.Box 1106,  .  Addis Ababa,  Ethiopia,  URL www.deza.admin.ch

1.2 Offers should be sent to the following address

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC
Regional Programme Horn of Africa- SDC COOF in Addis Ababa,  attn NRM Borana Programme Officer, Old Airport, Lideta Sub-City, P.O.Box 1106,  .  Addis Ababa,  Ethiopia

1.3 Desired deadline for questions in written form

01.07.2015

Remarks : No information will be given by telephone. Written questions can be uploaded anonymously by 01.07.2015 the forum space at https://www.simap.ch. Questions submitted late cannot be answered. Answers will be published on https://www.simap.ch by 09.07.2015. 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: 04.08.2015, Specific deadlines and formal requirements:  Bid contains all documentation in accordance with Section 5 Contents of the Bid and is to be submitted in two envelopes as follows:
a. One original signed hard copy labelled “Original”
b. Two signed copies labelled, “Signed Copy”
c. One data storage device (e.g. CD, DVD or Memory Stick) of all 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 Service category CPC:

[27] Other services

2.2 Project title of the acquisition

Sustainable Natural Resources Management for Enhanced Food Security in Borana zone, Ethiopia

2.3 Reference / project no.

7F-09038

2.4 Common Procurement Vocabulary

2.5 Detailed task description

Background
Borana pastoralists are faced with different sets of complex problems that contributed to their increased vulnerability and food insecurity over the past two decades. This is mainly attributed to socio-economic, political and environmental factors. Land degradation mainly due to bush encroachment, overgrazing, soil erosion, population pressure, recur-rent drought, and the weakening of the traditional rangeland and/or land use manage-ment systems are among the key factors for the weakening of the pastoralists’ livelihood.
Objectives
Goal: The proposed contribution aims at improving (agro-) pastoralists’ food security and adaptive capacities through improving and strengthening natural resources management practices, governance system and pastoralist income diversification.
Outcomes:
1)Degraded rangelands are rehabilitated and improved through appropriate interventions
2)Vulnerable pastoralists (particularly women) enjoy increased access and control over key natural resources through more representation in customary and local government institutions.
3)Pastoralist women increase their income and diversify their livelihoods through natural resources-based cooperatives.
4)Selected government institutions and NGOs coordination and harmonization platforms vis-à-vis NRM is strengthened to ensure sharing of lessons and best practices among relevant actors.
5)Selected government institutions enhanced their knowledge management systems vis-à-vis NRM to properly document and scale up best practices.

2.6 Location where service is supplied

Borana zone, Ethiopia

2.7 Division into lots?

No

2.8 Will variants be accepted?

No

2.9 Are partial offers permitted?

No

2.10 Implementation date

Start  01.09.2015  and finish  31.12.2019

Remarks : Start Inception Phase: 01.09.2015-31.12.2015
Start Main Phase 1: 01.01.2016 and finish: 31.12.2019

3. Conditions

3.1 General conditions of participation

None

3.2 Deposits/guarantees

None

3.3 Conditions of payment

None

3.4 Costs to be included

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. The bidder 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

English

3.12 Validity of offers

180 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 : 24.06.2015  until  04.08.2015
Languages of documents :  English
Further information for obtaining the tendering documentation : Further information to obtain the tender documentation: The documentation on the public call to tender for the project mentioned can be downloaded from the platform https://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

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 Labor 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

1. The option of directly awarding follow-up mandates is reserved.
2. 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