Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-07-06
Buyer: Embassy of Switzerland Swiss Cooperation Office, Tanzania
Country: TZ
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 98300000
Submission deadline: 2017-08-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Project Coordinator for the period 1.11.2017 to 31.12.2019 in Tanzania — Ifakara, St. Francis Hospital.
—The Project Coordinator will be first-line responsible for the implementation of the recommendations of the feasibility study, SFRH/SDC's agreed action plan as well as additional or modified recommendations adopted by the SFRH steering committee (composed of SDC and SFRH). Specifically, the Project Coordinator is expected to: Lead the process of recruiting the Hospital Management Coach and the Construction Oversight Company, prepare tender documents for the construction works, lead the resumption of construction work and ensure that program of works for the construction component is implemented accordingly, and; lead the process of procuring simple and heavy medical equipment and simple workshop equipment and the process of improving the hospital ICT system and data collection.
The contracting authority reserves the right to award services to replace, supplement or extend already provided services to the successful bidder of this tender procedure if this is the only way in which the interchangeability with the present services can be guaranteed.
In accordance with PPO Art. 8 para. 1d, the contracting authority safeguards the confidential character of all information provided by the bidder. The information to be published after the award of the mandate and the information to be disclosed in the framework of the PPA Art. 23 para. 2 and 3 remain subject to reservation.
Terms of business: General Terms and Conditions of Business (GTC) of The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) for mandates (type A and Type B).
Basic procedural principles: The bidder must ensure at least compliance with the International Labour Organization's fundamental conventions. 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 bid.
Procedures for appeal:The tender proceeds in accordance with Section 3 of the Federal Ordinance on Public Procurement (PPO). There is no right of appeal. .
Deadline / Remarks: Bids contain all documentation in accordance with Section 5 Structure and content of the bid and are to be submitted in a sealed envelope as follows: a.One original signed hard copy labelled ‘Original’ b.One signed copies labelled, ‘Signed Copy’ c.One data storage device (e.g. CD, DVD or Memory Stick) of all requested documents. Language(s) for bids: English.
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.