Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-10-15
Buyer: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation South Cooperation, Staff division / Gender Focal Point
Country: CH
Region: SCHWEIZ/SUISSE/SVIZZERA
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72413000: Website design services | 75130000
Submission deadline: 2016-11-23
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The aim of the backstopping mandates are the support of the SDC Gender Focal Point and the SDC Gender Equality Network in the implementation of SDC's commitment towards the gender goals in the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development (hereafter referred to as Agenda 2030) and the Dispatch 2017-2020 on Switzerland's International Cooperation (hereafter referred to as Dispatch 2017-2020). The backstopping will contribute to fulfil the objectives by supporting ongoing measures for capacity building and knowledge manage-ment, and by strengthening quality assurance and accountability for transformative gender results.
Correspondingly, the support and services are required in three fields (corresponding to 3 bidding lots):
— Redaction of an annual status report on the implementation of the SDC gender goals of the Dispatch 2017-2020.
— Proven expertise in the field of gender and sustainable development, with sound knowledge on key gender topics in the Agenda 2030;
— Sound capacities in all aspects of share point management, web-publishing and internet communication tools.
Terms of business: General Terms and Conditions of Business (GTC) of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) for mandates. These General Conditions of Business (GTC) shall be deemed accepted by the con-tractor on submission of the offer.
Basic procedural principles: The client only awards public commissions for services in Switzerland to tenderers who comply with job security regulations and the conditions of work for employees, and provide equal payment for men and women. 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 offer.
Procedures for appeal: the present tender proceeds in accordance with Section 3 of the Federal Ordinance on Public Procurement (FOPP). There is no right to appeal.
Deadline / Remarks: Bids contain all documentation in accordance with Section 5 Structure and content of the bid in the tender document and are to be submitted signed and in a sealed envelope as follows: a. one original signed hard copy labelled ‘Original’ b. one data storage device (e.g. CD, DVD or Memory Stick) of all requested documents.
Conditions 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.