Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-09-01
Buyer: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC Embassy of Switzerland in Jordan
Country: JO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 98300000
Submission deadline: 2022-10-17
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Project: Innovative Sanitation Solutions & Reuse for Arid Regions (ISSRAR) - Sanitation Solutions for Underserved Communities in Jordan/Azraq Implementation Phase: 01.01.2023 – 31.12.2025
In Jordan, the main focus of the Jordanian Government in regard to wastewater infrastructure, networks and treatment plants, is to serve densely populated areas. However, there is an obvious demand for cost efficient and safely managed sanitation solutions in smaller cities with strong community to mitigate the health and environmental risks associated with poor sanitation systems. Sanitation solutions in small cities is also important to protect groundwater quality and reduce pressure on freshwater by using reclaimed water for irrigation purposes. This project aims to support local community and authorities in Azraq city in Jordan to adopt sustainable sanitation solutions by constructing and support the operation of wastewater treatment plant with a capacity of 250 m³/d, providing reclaimed water for agricultural purpose, and dissemination of the project’s approach for addressing water problems of Jordanian communities in an innovative and comprehensive way.
The contracting authority reserves the right to award subsequent mandates to the successful tenderer of this tender procedure if a change of tenderer for goods, work or services to replace, supplement or extend supplies already provided is not possible for economic or technical reasons, would cause considerable difficulties or would entail substantial additional costs.
In accordance with Art. 11 let. e PPA, the contracting authority safeguards the confidential character of all information provided by the tenderer.
Terms of business: General Conditions of Business (GCB) for Project Implementation Mandates – Version May 2021. These General Conditions of Business (GCB) shall be deemed to have been accepted by the contractor on submission of the bid.
Essential requirements:The contracting authority may only award public contracts for the supply of goods, work and services in Switzerland to tenderers that ensure compliance with the workplace health and safety regulations and the terms and conditions of employment applicable at the place of performance, the notification and authorisation duties under the Federal Act of 17 June 2005 on Measures to Combat Illegal Employment (IEA) and the provisions on the equal treatment of men and women in terms of equal pay (see Art. 12 para. 1 PPA). For goods, work or services to be supplied abroad, the tenderer must, as a minimum, ensure compliance with the Core Conventions of the International Labour Organization as set out in Annex 6 PPA (see Art. 12 para. 2 PPA). Accordingly, the contracting authority may only award a public contract to tenderers that, as a minimum, comply with the legal provisions on the protection of the environment and the conservation of natural resources applicable at the place of performance (see Art. 12 para. 3 PPA in conjunction with Annex 2 PPA). Any subcontractors that are permitted must meet the requirements set out in Article 12 paras. 1–3 PPA. These obligations must be incorporated into the agreements between tenderers and subcontractors.
Additional information: The contract is concluded subject to the prior approval of credits by the SDC.
Procedures for appeal:This is a public contract under Annex 5 no. 1 let. d PPA. There is no right of appeal.
Deadline / Remarks: Bids should include all the documents stipulated in section 6 and submitted in a sealed envelope as follows: a) one original signed hard copy of the Technical and Financial Proposal labelled 'Original', b) two signed copies of the Technical and Financial Proposal labelled 'Signed Copy', c) one data storage device (USB memory stick) with all Technical Proposal and all Financial Proposal documents. OR d) Alternative for submission of offers due to exceptional situation of Covid-19: Due to the situation of Covid-19, the tenderers can by way of exception submit the bid by email exclusively. In this case, the complete bid (format pdf) must be submitted by amman.procurement@eda.admin.ch by 17.10.2022, 23:00 (Jordan Time) at the latest. The email must mention ‘ISSRAR Implementation Phase Tender’ in the reference line. It is possible to submit a bid in more than one email in clearly labelled batches. Tenderers must confirm in the email the binding force of the bid. The receipt of the bids submitted via email will be acknowledged via email at the latest until 19.10.2022 In all cases the tenderer must retain proof of the timely submission of the bid. Bids submitted late cannot be taken into consideration. They will be returned to the tenderer. Language for bids: English.
Remarks (Desired deadline for questions in written form)No individual information is permitted. Any questions may be submitted anonymously by 07.09.2022 (23:59 Swiss time) on the forum space at www.simap.ch. Questions submitted late cannot be answered. Answers will be published on www.simap.ch by 14.09.2022. Tenderers are themselves responsible for downloading the answers from www.simap.ch and for taking them into consideration in the preparation of the bids.
National reference publication: Simap  of 27.08.2022 , doc. 1281987Desired deadline for questions in written form: 07.09.2022.
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, using the password that you will have been sent by email, and download the documentation required.
Projekt: Innovative Sanitärlösungen und Wiederverwendung für trockene Regionen (ISSRAR) - Sanitäre Lösungen für unterversorgte Gemeinden in Jordanien/Azraq Durchführungsphase: 01.01.2023 - 31.12.2025
In Jordanien konzentriert sich die jordanische Regierung bei der Abwasserinfrastruktur, der Kanalisation und Kläranlagen vor allem auf die dicht besiedelten Gebiete. Es besteht jedoch ein offensichtlicher Bedarf an kosteneffizienten und sicher verwalteten Sanitärlösungen in kleineren Städten mit einer starken Gemeinschaft, um die mit schlechten Abwassersystemen verbundenen Gesundheits- und Umweltrisiken zu mindern. Sanitärlösungen in kleinen Städten sind auch wichtig, um die Grundwasserqualität zu schützen und den Druck auf das Trinkwasser zu verringern, indem wiedergewonnenes Wasser für Bewässerungszwecke verwendet wird. Dieses Projekt zielt darauf ab, die lokale Gemeinschaft und die Behörden in der jordanischen Stadt Azraq bei der Einführung nachhaltiger Sanitärlösungen zu unterstützen.