Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-06-10
Buyer: Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation SDC Acting through the Swiss Embassy in North Macedonia
Country: MK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 98300000
Submission deadline: 2020-07-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Consultancy Mandate for Development of the Groundwater Data Management System/National Register of Groundwater for the period 1 October 2020 to 30 September 2022 in North Macedonia
In order efficiently to fulfil the obligations under the EU Water Framework and Groundwater Directives, it is necessary to provide a systematic collection of relevant data on groundwater at the national level, their systematization, storage and monitoring of changes, i.e. to create and establish a Groundwater Database Management System (GWDMS).
The object of procurement are the consultancy services related to the creation and establishment of the GWDMS.
Additionally to main consultancy services, to the consultant shall organise workshops, print materials, cover transport costs, etc. The costs for these activities shall be reimbursed.
In order efficiently to fulfil the obligations under the EU Water Framework and Groundwater Directives, it is necessary to provide a systematic collection of relevant data on groundwater at the national level, their systematization, storage and monitoring of changes, i.e. to create and establish a Groundwater Database Management System (GWDMS).
The object of procurement are the consultancy services related to the creation and establishment of the GWDMS.
Additionally to main consultancy services, to the consultant shall organise workshops, print materials, cover transport costs etc. The costs for these activities shall be reimbursed.
In accordance with PPO Art. 8 para. 1d, the contracting authority safeguards the confidential character of all information provided by the bidder. The information to be published after the award of the mandate and the information to be disclosed in the framework of the PPA Art. 23 para. 2 and 3 remain subject to reservation.
Terms of business: General terms and conditions of business (GTC) of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) for Mandates (type A for employed persons and type B for legal persons and institutions). General conditions for local mandate (for international organizations and companies from non-EU countries located in the Western Balkan region).
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 outside Switzerland, the participant must ensure at least compliance with the International Labour Organization’s fundamental conventions in accordance with Annex 2a PPO. The self-declaration form ‘Compliance with working conditions, workplace health and safety regulations and requirement of equal pay for men and women: Declaration by the supplier’ has to be signed and is to be submitted with the bid.
Procedures for appeal: the tender proceeds in accordance with Section 3 of the Federal Ordinance on Public Procurement (PPO). There is no right of appeal.
Deadline/remarks: Bids contain all documentation in accordance with Section 6 Structure and content of the bid and are to be submitted in a sealed envelope as follows:
(b) two signed copies labelled, ‘Signed Copy’ c.one data storage device (e.g. CD, DVD or Memory Stick) of all requested documents. Language(s) for bids: English language Alternative for submission of offers due to exceptional situation of Covid-19: Due to the exceptional situation of Covid-19 the bidders can by way of exception submit the bid by email only. In this case bidders send the bid (format pdf) to stanislava.dodeva@eda.admin.ch and to cliff.hammer@eda.admin.ch by 27 July 2020, 16.00 (Central European Summer Time). Bids received late cannot be taken into consideration. They will be returned to the bidder. The email must mention “BID” in the reference line. And bidders must confirm in the email the binding force of the bid. The receipt of the bids submitted via email will be acknowledged via email on 28 July 2020.
Remarks (Desired deadline for questions in written form). No information is given by telephone. Any questions must be addressed by 19 June 2020 in the forum space on 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 are published on SIMAP by 26 June 2020. Bidders are themselves responsible for downloading the answers from SIMAP and for taking them into consideration in the preparation of their bids.
National reference publication: Simap of 9 June 2020, doc. 1137719. Desired deadline for questions in written form: 19 June 2020.