Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-02-18
Buyer: Embassy of Sweden in Maputo
Country: MZ
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 35120000: Surveillance and security systems
Estimated value: 450000 EUR
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Embassy of Sweden in Maputo, Mozambique (hereinafter called the Embassy) has decided to procure the services of a security company (hereinafter called the Contractor) to provide security services on a framework basis. The Embassy intends to initiate negotiations with 1 or more of the tenderers which will result into the signing of a Framework Agreement with a well-established security company. The Embassy needs a secure environment to conduct its missions. Under this performance-based contract the Embassy’s chancellery requires the operations and management of professional security services from a qualified security company to prevent unauthorized access, protect life and assets, maintain order, and prevent criminal attacks against employees and property.
2) The surveillance and patrolling of the Embassy premises with a view to avoiding any intrusion and attack on persons and/or their belongings.
3) The provision of a central alarm monitoring system with panic buttons monitored at a control centre for selected premises.
4) The provision of an armed quick reaction team with a guaranteed response time of less than 15 minutes after activation of the panic button system.
10) The provision of additional services as may be requested by the Embassy (e.g. additional guards during functions, escorts for up-country missions or canine units).
The Framework Agreement term period runs for 24 calendar months. The Embassy of Sweden is entitled (though not obligated) to extend the Framework Agreement twice with 12 calendar months, with unaltered terms and conditions. The total Framework Agreement period shall not exceed 48 calendar months.
Vague or incomplete submissions will not be considered. Candidates or tenders shall be excluded from participation in the procurement procedure if:
(a) they are bankrupt or being wound up, are having their affairs administered by the courts, have entered into an arrangement with creditors, have suspended business activities or are subject of proceedings concerning those matters, or are in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure provided for in national legislation or regulations;
(b) they have been convicted of a criminal offence by a Court of competent jurisdiction, which makes them unsuitable to provide security services to the Embassy;
(c) they have been found guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authority can justify;
(d) they have not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of national social security contributions or the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which they are established, or with those of the country of the Contracting Authority, or those of the country where the contract is to be performed (Mozambique);
(e) they have been the convicted of theft or fraud related offences, bribery, corruption, money laundering, involvement in a criminal organization or any other illegal activity detrimental to the communities' and the Embassy’s financial interests by a Court of competent jurisdiction;
(f) they are currently subject to an administrative penalty for having been found guilty of misrepresentation in supplying the information required by the Contracting Authority as a condition of participation in a procurement procedure or for failing to supply this information, or having been declared to be in serious breach of their obligations under contracts covered by the budget of the Contracting Authority.
An affidavit or written declaration sworn before a commissioner for oaths or a notary public affirming that none of the above exclusion criteria applies to the company must be provided.
— provision of additional/ad-hoc security services at the rates/prices regulated in the Framework Agreement,

Eligibility requirements: Vague or incomplete submissions will not be considered. Candidates or tenders shall be excluded from participation in the procurement procedure if: (a) they are bankrupt or being wound up, are having their affairs administered by the courts, have entered into an arrangement with creditors, have suspended business activities or are subject of proceedings concerning those matters, or are in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure provided for in national legislation or regulations; (b) they have been convicted of a criminal offence by a Court of competent jurisdiction, which makes them unsuitable to provide security services to the Embassy; (c) they have been found guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authority can justify; (d) they have not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of national social security contributions or the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which they are established, or with those of the country of the Contracting Authority, or those of the country where the contract is to be performed (Mozambique); (e) they have been the convicted of theft or fraud related offences, bribery, corruption, money laundering, involvement in a criminal organization or any other illegal activity detrimental to the communities' and the Embassy’s financial interests by a Court of competent jurisdiction; (f) they are currently subject to an administrative penalty for having been found guilty of misrepresentation in supplying the information required by the Contracting Authority as a condition of participation in a procurement procedure or for failing to supply this information, or having been declared to be in serious breach of their obligations under contracts covered by the budget of the Contracting Authority. An affidavit or written declaration sworn before a commissioner for oaths or a notary public affirming that none of the above exclusion criteria applies to the company must be provided.

Award value: 450000