Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-12-21
Buyer: European Investment Bank (EIB)
Country: LU
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71356200
Submission deadline: 2019-02-06

Technical requirements: Fonplata, the financial intermediary, is a multilateral organisation with the five countries Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay being its shareholders. Fonplata’s main mission is to support the integration of member countries in order to achieve a harmonious and inclusive development within and between the geographic areas of influence in the River Plate Basin, through credit operations and non-reimbursable resources provided to the public sector. Fonplata will implement a Project Implementation Unit (PIU) to follow up the EIB’s project supported by an external team of consultants with the aim to raise Fonplata’s standards to EU’s level regarding environmental, social, climate and procurement issues. The TA will focus on increasing the institution’s transparency policy and promote climate resilience in the Fonplata’s portfolio of projects. Support to final beneficiaries in the preparation and implementation of local projects is also part of the service provider’s tasks. These tasks will be implemented within a 4 year period.
The team should be composed of regional and international experts specialised in climate change, environment and social safeguards, procurement, contract management and supervision, as well as project management and monitoring. The core team should be supported by specialists in financial products, communication, IT and any other sector deemed necessary to provide the required support.
The Contracting Authority may, at its own discretion and subject to the availability of funding, extend the scope and duration of the project to cover additional services.
In case of additional services, such extension shall be up to a maximum not exceeding the length and value of the initial contract.
Participation is open to interested legal and natural persons — participating either individually or in a grouping (consortium) of candidates. Participation is also open to international organisations.
All eligible natural and legal persons (as per item 11 above) or groupings of such persons (consortia) may apply.
A consortium may be a permanent, legally-established grouping or a grouping which has been constituted informally for a specific tender procedure. All members of a consortium (i.e., the leader and all other members) are jointly and severally liable to the Contracting Authority.
The participation of an ineligible natural or legal person (as per item 11) will result in the automatic exclusion of that person. In particular, if that ineligible person belongs to a consortium, the whole consortium will be excluded.
No more than one application can be submitted by a natural or legal person whatever the form of participation (as an individual legal entity or as leader or member of a consortium submitting an application). In the event that a natural or legal person submits more than one application, all applications in which that person has participated will be excluded.
Any tenders received from tenderers comprising firms other than those mentioned in the short-listed application forms will be excluded from this restricted tender procedure unless prior approval from the Contracting Authority has been obtained. Short-listed candidates may not form alliances or subcontract to each other for the contract in question.
As part of the application form, candidates must submit a signed declaration, included in the standard application form, to the effect that they are not in any of the exclusion situations stipulated under Article 57 of European Parliament and Council Directive 2014/24/EU.
Tenderers shall be excluded from this invitation to tender procedure if any of the mandatory exclusion grounds for rejection apply.
Tenderers may be excluded from this invitation to tender procedure if any of the discretionary grounds for exclusion apply.
On the basis of the applications received, between 5 and 8 candidates will be invited to submit detailed tenders for this contract. If the number of eligible candidates meeting the selection criteria is less than the minimum of 5, the Contracting Authority may invite the candidates who satisfy the criteria to submit a tender.
The initial period of implementation of the contract shall be of 48 months. This period may be extended, with the prior approval of the Contracting Authority. See also item 10 above.