Evaluation of the Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU)

Kort beskrivelse

MFA will commission an independent evaluation of the Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU). IFU has a central role in Danish development cooperation. The evaluation will include all IFU activities since the last evaluation with an emphasis on the last ten years of operation. It will include IFU investments and as relevant also other funds managed by IFU.

Yderligere oplysninger

The tender procedure is subject to Danish law. Any legal entity may only submit 1 application. Application for prequalification must be submitted electronically using the web-based tendering system ‘Digitale Udbud’ provided by Kammeradvokaten (The Legal Advisor to the Danish State). Applications cannot be submitted using any other means. All communication in connection with the tender procedure shall take place using the tendering system only. The tendering system is accessed using the link set out in section I.3. If not already a registered user of the system, an applicant must register to access the tender documents. This can be done by using the link ‘Online registration’. After registration the documents can be accessed under ‘Current tender opportunities’. Questions and answers will be published through the tendering system. Applications must be submitted by upload of the required documents. If an application contains more than one version of the same document the latest uploaded version, cf. the time-log in the system, will be regarded as the prevailing version. In the tendering system the applicant can sign up to receive notifications by e-mail upon upload of new information. The applicants are however always encouraged to keep themselves updated in the system on an ongoing basis.

Applications should be submitted using the ESPD XML file available via the link set out in section I.3. The ESPD is completed via: https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/espd/filter?lang=da

Here the applicant is to upload the XML file, complete it and subsequently save it locally. A guide to the completion of the ESPD is available via the link set out in section I.3. The completed ESPD (XML file) preferably along with supporting documentation for the claims provided in the ESPD, unless it is publicly and electronically accessible free of charge, must be uploaded in the tendering system before the time limit stated in section IV.2.2).

The Contracting Authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in a procurement procedure where it has established that the applicant is covered by the exclusion grounds listed in the Danish Public Procurement Act, (Udbudsloven) §135 and §136 (EU Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, article 57(1)-(3), and article 57(4) (e),(f) and (h).) An applicant will furthermore be excluded from the procurement procedure if the applicant is in a situation covered by the Danish Public Procurement Act §137(1)(2). (EU Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of The Council, article 57 (4) (b).) Applicants should preferably include documentation with the ESPD for the claims given in the ESPD proving the absence of grounds for exclusion, as stipulated in the Danish Public Procurement Act § 135(1) and (3), and §137(1)(2). (EU Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, article 57(1), article 57(2), and article 57(4)(b)). For Danish applicants documentation can be presented in the form of a ‘serviceattest’. Entities from other EU member states may identify the relevant certificate(s) using the online platform e-Certis. Where the country in question does not issue such documents or certificates, or where these do not cover all the cases specified, they may be replaced by a declaration on oath or, in countries where there is no provision for declarations on oath, by a solemn declaration made by the person concerned before a competent judicial or administrative authority, a notary or a competent professional or trade body, in the country of origin or in the country where the economic operator is established.

Re. II.1.6): Rationale for not splitting the contract up into lots: This contract has not been split into lots as the size and character of the services to be provided makes it unsuitable for distributing over several lots.

Reference is also made to the separate document ‘VI.3) Additional information to Contract Notice’.