Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2024-02-07
Buyer: Invest International B.V.
Country: NL
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 66000000 | 71300000 | 71311300 | 71313000: Environmental engineering consultancy services | 71317200
Estimated value: 2500000 EUR
Award criteria: quality, price

Technical requirements: As the current Framework Agreements for smaller advisory Assignments will expire at short notice, the Contracting Authority organises this tender. The Assignments under these Framework Agreements are related to technical, financial/economic and procurement advisory. The Assignments can be executed at different stages of a project; at the project application stage, but also throughout the development and procurement stages of the infrastructure project up until the closing of contracts (for execution). More information about the Work relating to the different types of assessments can be found at the Terms of Reference (Appendix 7). Maximum of 500,000 Euro per lot (5 lots) over a period of 4 years
The Contractor describes in breadth and depth, based on the references submitted, its portfolio of performed Assignments regarding, using Appendix 14 for this: 

The Contractor’s description must demonstrate sufficient knowledge, experience, and creativity to give the Contracting Authority confidence that the Contractor can perform the Assignments under this Framework Agreement successfully.  

The submitted answer of you will be assessed on the extent to which there is:

1. Diversity of activities/tasks/projects carried out.
2. Degree of representativeness in relation to the described projects and activities/tasks as mentioned in the TOR;
3. Geographical spread especially in the priority countries (of minor importance).
When assessing the quality of the experts, it will be considered to what extent the (key) experts to be deployed for future Assignments have experience with similar Assignments related to the ToR and have the competencies to perform such Assignments, as evidenced by the CVs of the (key) experts (using Appendix 11 for this).
Points of interests:
1. The presentation of the team to be deployed (the names, functions, and responsibilities of the (key) experts) and the explanation why they are qualified for the execution of the Assignments is limited to one (1) page.
2. CVs (Appendix 11) are limited to five (5) pages each.
3. Each submitted CV relates to one of the proposed experts in Appendix 8 ‘Pricesheet’.
4. The same expert's CV can be submitted for different expertise.
5. The CVs of the (key) experts include the knowledge and skills in word and writing of the English language.
6. In what way is it guaranteed that the (key) experts whose CVs have been submitted will carry out the Assignments.

A maximum of fifteen (15) CVs needs to be submitted as follows:

Description expertise 1: ‘Drinking water supply’
o	Director/principal – 1 CV
o	Senior consultant/engineer – 2 CVs
o	Junior consultant/engineer/analyst – 2 CVs

Description expertise 2: ‘Wastewater collection’ and ‘Wastewater treatment’
o	Director/principal – 1 CV
o	Senior consultant/engineer – 2 CVs
o	Junior consultant/engineer/analyst – 2 CVs

Description expertise 3: ‘Urban water management’
o	Director/principal – 1 CV
o	Senior consultant/engineer – 2 CVs
o	Junior consultant/engineer/analyst – 2 CVs

The Contractor’s description must demonstrate sufficient knowledge, experience, and creativity to give the Contracting Authority confidence that the Contractor, with the proposed experts, can and will perform the Assignments under this Framework Agreement successfully.
Fill in your price rate per function (in Euro’s excluding taxes) for the fulfilment Assignment under this Framework Agreement in Appendix 8 ‘Pricesheet’.
When assessing the quality of the experts, it will be considered to what extent the (key) experts to be deployed for future Assignments have experience with similar Assignments related to the ToR and have the competencies to perform such Assignments, as evidenced by the CVs of the (key) experts (using Appendix 11 for this). 
Points of interests: 
1. The presentation of the team to be deployed (the names, functions, and responsibilities of the (key) experts) and the explanation why they are qualified for the execution of the Assignments is limited to one (1) page.
2. CVs (Appendix 11) are limited to five (5) pages each.
3. Each submitted CV relates to one of the proposed experts in Appendix 8 ‘Pricesheet’.
4. The same expert's CV can be submitted for different expertise.
5. The CVs of the (key) experts include the knowledge and skills in word and writing of the English language.
6. In what way is it guaranteed that the (key) experts whose CVs have been submitted will carry out the Assignments.

A maximum of fifteen (15) CVs needs to be submitted as follows:

Description expertise 1: ‘Coastal and riverbank erosion and/or flood protection and ‘soft’ solutions’, ‘Nature Based Solutions (NBS)’ and ‘Coastal and riverbank erosion and/or flood protection gray structures’
o	Director/principal – 1 CV
o	Senior consultant/engineer – 2 CVs
o	Junior consultant/engineer/analyst – 2 CVs

Description expertise 2: ‘Gray water management structures’ and ‘Navigation channels and ports’
o	Director/principal – 1 CV
o	Senior consultant/engineer – 2 CVs
o	Junior consultant/engineer/analyst – 2 CVs

Description expertise 3: ‘Water resources management’
o	Director/principal – 1 CV
o	Senior consultant/engineer – 2 CVs
o	Junior consultant/engineer/analyst – 2 CVs

The Contractor’s description must demonstrate sufficient knowledge, experience, and creativity to give the Contracting Authority confidence that the Contractor, with the proposed experts, can and will perform the Assignments under this Framework Agreement successfully.