Agricultural sector Programme for Employment and Economic Growth within the Agricultural Sector 2013 – 2018: Technical advisory services to the Chamber of commerce of Private Sector Representatives in Niger (CCIAN/ME) and the National network of the Chambers of Agriculture in Niger (RECA)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Danida

This mission focuses on the provision of technical support to component 1 " Support to value chains " of the Programme for the Promotion of Employment and Economic Growth in Agriculture ( PECEA ) 2013 - 2018, funded by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The mandate of the Technical Assistance to support the implementation of Component 1 "Support to value chains " is to develop the skills of the Maison de l'Entreprise (ME), Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Crafts of Niger (CCIAN), and the National Network of Chambers of Agriculture (RECA) and their branches in the regions of Zinder and Diffa in Niger (Agricultural Chambers and Chambers of Commerce).
Technical assistance will be essential for facilitating the development of skills of staff of these structures in terms of:
i) private agricultural sector development / value chains,
ii ) establishment of mechanisms and tools adapted for operating cost-shared funds,
iii ) development of clusters,
iv) support / advice for the development of integrative projects and private - private partnership ( between companies / farmers' organizations in the same value chain).
v ) support to public and private sector dialogue, marketing / training and dialogue,
vi) planning, supervision, monitoring, evaluation and integration of gender issues and priority and cross-cutting themes.
TA will be based in CCIAN/ME and RECA in Niamey and in Zinder and Diffa and will work in close collaboration with these.
Selection of the five candidates that will be invited to tender will be according to a ranking based on evaluation of the “similar services” presented by the applicants. The “similar services” shall as far as possible prove that the applicant have the experience described below:
The applicants should have substantial experience in supporting private organizations in relation to the Agricultural sector and in the management of matching grants for the private sector in Francophone Sub Saharan Africa. Knowledge of Agricultural value chains, production, processing, marketing and sale would be an advantage.

Deadline

Fristen for modtagelse af bud var på 2013-10-30. Indkøbet blev offentliggjort på 2013-10-01.

Hvem?

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Danida

Hvad?

Hvor?

• Extra-Regio NUTS 2 › Extra-Regio NUTS 3

Indkøbshistorik

Dato	Dokument
2013-10-01	Udbudsbekendtgørelse
2014-06-10	Supplerende oplysninger

Udbudsbekendtgørelse (2013-10-01)
Objekt
Omfanget af udbuddet
Titel: Tjenester vedrørende økonomisk hjælp til udlandet
Mængde eller omfang: 212 long term person months and 25 person months short term TA.
Bekendtgørelsens metadata
Originalsprog: engelsk 🗣️
Dokumenttype: Udbudsbekendtgørelse
Kontraktens art: Tjenesteydelser
Forordning: Den Europæiske Union, med deltagelse af GPA-lande
Fælles glossar for offentlige kontrakter (CPV)
Kode: Tjenester vedrørende økonomisk hjælp til udlandet 📦

Procedure
Procedureform: Begrænset udbud
Bud-type: Indsendelse gældende for alle delaftaler
Kriterier for tildeling
Det økonomisk mest fordelagtige bud

Ordregivende myndighed
Identitet
Land: Danmark 🇩🇰
Type af ordregivende myndighed: Ministerium eller anden myndighed på nationalt plan eller forbundsplan
Navn på ordregivende myndighed: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, DANIDA
Postadresse: Asiatisk Plads 2
Postnummer: 1448
Postby: Copenhagen
Kontakt
Internetadresse: http://www.um.dk 🌏
E-mail: danidacontracts@um.dk 📧
Telefon: +45 33920000 📞

Reference
Datoer
Afsendelsesdato: 2013-10-01 📅
Tilbudsfrist: 2013-10-30 📅
Offentliggørelsesdato: 2013-10-05 📅
Identifikatorer
Bekendtgørelsesnummer: 2013/S 194-334536
EUT-S-nummer: 194
Yderligere oplysninger

Any legal entity may only submit one application. The applications shall be submitted using the standard application form available under “Contract Documents” on www.danidacontracts.um.dk. Please download current version. Applications not using the standard application form will not be accepted. Candidates for Key Personnel positions may be invited for interviews. Failure to comply with this will lead to disqualification of the Tenderer. The candidate for the position of Team Leader and the candidate for the position of Specialist of value chains, training and communication will be invited for interviews. Failure to comply with this will lead to disqualification of the Tenderer. A Candidate may, where appropriate and for a particular contract, rely on the capacities of other entities (to meet possible minimum requirements concerning economic and financial standing, and technical and/or professional ability as specified in the Contract Notice), regardless of the legal nature of the links, which it has with them. It must in that case prove to the Contracting Authority that it will have at its disposal the resources necessary, for example, by producing an undertaking by those entities to that effect. Such entities, for instance the parent company of the candidate, must respect the same rules of eligibility, and must comply with the conditions as stated in the contract notice; The award of contract is subject to the final approval of the programme by the relevant authorities.

Objekt
Omfanget af udbuddet
Kort beskrivelse:

The mandate of the Technical Assistance to support the implementation of Component 1 "Support to value chains " is to develop the skills of the Maison de l'Entreprise (ME), Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Crafts of Niger (CCIAN), and the National Network of Chambers of Agriculture (RECA) and their branches in the regions of Zinder and Diffa in Niger (Agricultural Chambers and Chambers of Commerce).

Technical assistance will be essential for facilitating the development of skills of staff of these structures in terms of:

i) private agricultural sector development / value chains,

ii ) establishment of mechanisms and tools adapted for operating cost-shared funds,

iii ) development of clusters,

iv) support / advice for the development of integrative projects and private - private partnership ( between companies / farmers' organizations in the same value chain).

v ) support to public and private sector dialogue, marketing / training and dialogue,

vi) planning, supervision, monitoring, evaluation and integration of gender issues and priority and cross-cutting themes.

TA will be based in CCIAN/ME and RECA in Niamey and in Zinder and Diffa and will work in close collaboration with these.

Selection of the five candidates that will be invited to tender will be according to a ranking based on evaluation of the “similar services” presented by the applicants. The “similar services” shall as far as possible prove that the applicant have the experience described below:

The applicants should have substantial experience in supporting private organizations in relation to the Agricultural sector and in the management of matching grants for the private sector in Francophone Sub Saharan Africa. Knowledge of Agricultural value chains, production, processing, marketing and sale would be an advantage.

Beskrivelse af mulighederne:

127 long term person months and 15 short term person months during the first three years.

Option of additional 85 long term person months and 10 short term person months during the last two years.

Foreløbig tidsplan for udnyttelse af optioner: 36 måneder
Varighed: 60 måneder
Referencenummer: 104.Niger.805.200
Sted for udførelsen
Hovedsted eller sted for udførelsen: Niger.

Juridiske, økonomiske, finansielle og tekniske oplysninger
Betingelser for deltagelse
Egnethed til at udøve det erhverv:

No restrictions on nationality;

In situations where conflict of interest occurs, Candidates will be excluded from participation, e.g. any Candidate (if a joint venture any of the members) or expert participating in the preparation of a project must be excluded from participation in the tender, unless the involvement does not constitute unfair competition;

Any Candidate who has been the subject of a conviction by final judgment of which the contracting authority is aware for one or more of the reasons listed in Article 45, 1 in the Directive shall be excluded;

Any Candidate may be excluded from participation in a contract if any of the cases specified in Article 45, 2 apply to that Candidate or Tenderer;

The Candidate, and in the case of the Candidate being a joint venture each member and other legal entities, shall…

… be committed to the principles of the United Nations Global Compact or have a Code of Ethics. Verification shall be attached to the Declaration (ANNEX A of the Application Form for Expression of Interest).

… furthermore sign a Solemn Declaration (Annex B in the Application Form for Expression of Interest) providing sufficient evidence that none of the cases specified in Article 45, 2, (e) and (f) in the Directive applies to any of the legal entities making this application.

Økonomisk og finansiel stilling:

If the candidate is a joint venture, the joint venture shall, as a whole, meet the minimum conditions related to economic and financial standing and technical and professional ability.

(a) Annual turnover of the Candidate.

Mindstekrav til niveauet: (a) DKK 20,0 million.
Teknisk og faglig kompetence:

If the candidate is a joint venture, the joint venture shall, as a whole, meet the minimum conditions related to economic and financial standing and technical and professional ability.

(a) List of similar services provided in the last three years;

(b) Technicians or technical bodies;

(d) Capacities for production, studies, and/or research;

(e) Education and professional qualifications;

(f) Environmental management measures;

(g) Average annual manpower;

(h) Tools/plants etc.;

(i) Subcontracting;

(j) Products supplied.

Mindstekrav til niveauet:

(a) One contract of similar services entered into or finalized in the last three years;

(b) Not applicable, unless otherwise required;

(d) Not applicable, unless otherwise required;

(e) Management has relevant technical and management experience;

(f) Not applicable, unless otherwise required;

(g) List of average manpower divided on Management staff and other staff. Minimum usually well in excess of those required for the assignment;

(h) Not applicable, unless otherwise required;

(i) The major part of the services must be rendered by the Tenderer;

(j) Not applicable, unless otherwise required.

Kontraktens udførelse
Krav om deponering og sikkerhedsstillelse: Requirements will appear in the tender dossier.
De vigtigste finansieringsbetingelser og betalingsordninger og/eller henvisning til de relevante bestemmelser, der regulerer dem:

Financing conditions and payment arrangements will appear in the tender dossier;

The winner of the contract will be required to take out before commencement and maintain for the duration of the liability period, at its own cost, a Professional Risk Indemnity Insurance equal to the total contract amount or otherwise defined in the tender dossier.

Den juridiske form, som den sammenslutning af økonomiske aktører, der skal have kontrakten, skal have:

A group of economic operators will be required to enter a joint venture agreement;

Where a joint venture is proposed, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark will require that all members of the joint venture are jointly and severally liable;

Applicants who apply as a joint venture shall each provide the documentation required under III.2.1) below;

If the Candidate is a joint venture, the joint venture shall, as a whole, meet the minimum conditions related to economic and financial standing and technical and professional ability required under III.2.2 and III.2.3) below.

Andre særlige vilkår: Tenderers shall not enter into exclusive agreements with local sub-consultants.

Procedure
Påtænkt antal ansøgere: 5
Objektive kriterier for udvælgelse: Selected on the basis of similar services provided in the past three years.
Sprog
Sprog: engelsk 🗣️
fransk 🗣️

Ordregivende myndighed
Identitet
Nationalt registreringsnummer: Dk
Kontakt
Enhed: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, DANIDA
Hans Hvitved
E-mail: kfst@kfst.dk 📧

Reference
Identifikatorer
Referencenummer tildelt af den ordregivende myndighed: 104.Niger.805.200
Yderligere oplysninger

Any legal entity may only submit one application.

The applications shall be submitted using the standard application form available under “Contract Documents” on www.danidacontracts.um.dk. Please download current version. Applications not using the standard application form will not be accepted.

Candidates for Key Personnel positions may be invited for interviews. Failure to comply with this will lead to disqualification of the Tenderer.

The candidate for the position of Team Leader and the candidate for the position of Specialist of value chains, training and communication will be invited for interviews. Failure to comply with this will lead to disqualification of the Tenderer.

A Candidate may, where appropriate and for a particular contract, rely on the capacities of other entities (to meet possible minimum requirements concerning economic and financial standing, and technical and/or professional ability as specified in the Contract Notice), regardless of the legal nature of the links, which it has with them. It must in that case prove to the Contracting Authority that it will have at its disposal the resources necessary, for example, by producing an undertaking by those entities to that effect. Such entities, for instance the parent company of the candidate, must respect the same rules of eligibility, and must comply with the conditions as stated in the contract notice;

The award of contract is subject to the final approval of the programme by the relevant authorities.

Supplerende oplysninger
Gennemgå organ
Navn: Klagenævnet for Udbud, Erhvervsstyrelsen (The Complaints Board for Public Procurement, Danish Commerce and Companies Agency)
Postadresse: Dahlerups Pakhus, Langelinie Allé 17
Postby: Copenhagen Ø
Postnummer: 2100
Land: Danmark 🇩🇰
E-mail: klfu@eogs.dk 📧
Telefon: +45 33307700 📞
Internetadresse: http://klfu.dk 🌏
Fax: +45 33307799 📠
Tjeneste, hvorfra der kan indhentes oplysninger om klageproceduren
Navn: Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen (Danish Competition and Consumer Authority)
Postadresse: Carl Jacobsensvej 35
Postby: Valby
Postnummer: 2500
Telefon: +45 41715000 📞
Internetadresse: http://kfst.dk 🌏
Fax: +45 41715100 📠
Kilde: OJS 2013/S 194-334536 (2013-10-01)

Supplerende oplysninger (2014-06-10)
Objekt
Bekendtgørelsens metadata
Dokumenttype: Supplerende oplysninger

Reference
Datoer
Afsendelsesdato: 2014-06-10 📅
Offentliggørelsesdato: 2014-06-14 📅
Identifikatorer
Bekendtgørelsesnummer: 2014/S 113-198956
Henviser til bekendtgørelse: 2013/S 194-334536
EUT-S-nummer: 113
Kilde: OJS 2014/S 113-198956 (2014-06-10)

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