Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-06-28
Buyer: Procurement and Commercial Department
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45211360 | 66000000 | 71314000: Energy and related services | 75110000 | 75211200
Estimated value: 90000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-07-31
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: DFID is launching a major new programme: Cities and Infrastructure for Growth (CIG). CIG has the following ambitious objectives:
— Increase investment into infrastructure services, particularly where it directly supports growth, including through innovative ways of attracting private, and increasing public financing,
— Drive better asset and financial management for sustainable investment into services, namely host governments' ability to plan, finance and manage its infrastructure assets and services
The CIG programme will be delivered through 3 separate contracts for the country programme components procured through a Lots procurement process. The procurement for the Results, Management and Learning (RML) contract will be handled separately through DFID GEFA Framework.
No single supplier will be permitted to be awarded all three country programmes. The maximum award that a supplier, lead consortia or JV member can secure for the in-country programme delivery contract is 2. Further details are provided in the procurement documents.
1. The Department for International Development's (DFID) mission is to help eradicate poverty in the world's poorest countries through achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We support economic transformation that shifts economic activity into higher productivity sectors that will attract investment, growth, and create jobs for women and men. Our focus is on inclusive growth that improves opportunities for the poorest: ensuring that the benefits of growth and access to economic opportunities are spread broadly across society so that no one is left behind.
2. The scale of the infrastructure deficit in Burma is significant. Infrastructure, in particular power, remains a binding constraint to growth. Lack of reliable and affordable power raises costs, reduces competitiveness and holds back investments and jobs. Just one-third of the population has access to the electricity grid and its largest city Yangon, uses around half of all national power, but this itself is insufficient, with frequent outages and lack of sufficient and affordable power for domestic industry.
3. With strong policy action from governments, it is possible to ensure long-term investments are both resilient to future climate stresses and avoid lock-in of carbon emissions.
4. Cities have a key role to play in supporting the structural transformation of economies through the benefits of agglomeration economies generating large scale employment. However poor planning, inadequate governance and environmental damage can lock cities into dysfunctional forms. Urbanisation without reform and modernisation will prevent cities from fulfilling their social and economic potential.
5. To address these inter-related issues, DFID is launching a major new programme: Cities and Infrastructure for Growth (CIG). CIG has the following ambitious objectives:
— Increase investment into infrastructure services, particularly where it directly supports growth, including through innovative ways of attracting private, and increasing public, financing,
— Drive better asset and financial management for sustainable investment into services, namely host governments' ability to plan, finance and manage its infrastructure assets and services.
6. The CIG programme will be delivered through 3 separate contracts for the country programme components procured through a Lots procurement process. The procurement for the Results, Management and Learning (RML) contract will be handled separately but complete independence is required between any contractors involved in delivery of the RML. More information on this is provided in the procurement documents. The country programme lots are as follows:
This lot addresses Lot 3, Burma. A Prior Information Notice for this lot was published under DFID PO 7898, OJEU Prior Information Notice number 2017/S025-0044759.
The award criteria will be the most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the procurement documents.

Eligibility requirements: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: See document ‘PO xxx Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) Supplier Information and Instructions’ for details.

Award value: 90000000