Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-03-19
Buyer: Expertise France
Country: FR
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 71318000: Lighting engineering services
Estimated value: 520500 EUR
Submission deadline: 2016-04-18
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The selected Agribusiness Expert will be responsible for the design and the implementation of the Agribusiness value chain and clusters component of this programme. He/She is expected to provide coaching, to supervise local actors in project execution and to deliver capacity building services in all the value chain of stone fruit.
ii. Provide needed coaching, training and team building activities for stone fruits producers, workers and stakeholders' staff through the TAT and the recruitment of external training;
iii. Prepare and or assist in drafting terms of references for recruiting short term consultants and concept note for conducting training events;
v. Assist in providing technical and logistical organization of these missions, monitor their progress and keep track of reports;
— During the inception phase, he/she will carry out diagnostic surveys, design the specifications of the Component 1 Agribusiness value chain and clusters, and perform an in-depth assessment of the available funding sources for targeted MSMEs;
— Assist the Project Steering Committee in the setting up of the project and provide needed institutional building support in this regard.
The contract is concluded for an initial period of 10 months as from its entry into force and may be renewed by tacit agreement at most 2 times for a similar period and 1 time for a last period of 11 months.
In the case of grouped applications, the grouping must act jointly and designate a sole agent after the contract award.
Legal persons are not entitled to participate in this tender procedure or be awarded a contract if they are in any of the following conditions (mentioned in Article 8 of the Ordonnance n°2005-649 of 6.6.2005):
— They have during the last 5 years been convicted by a judgment of a competent authority which has the force of res judicata (i.e. against which no appeal is possible) of an offence listed in articles 222-38, 222-40, 225-1, 226-13, 313-1 to 313-3, 314-1 to 314-3, 324-1 to 324-6, 413-9 to 413-12,421-1 to 421-2-3, in 2
— They have during the last 5 years been subject to conviction under bulletin no. 2 of police records for offences mentioned in articles L. 1146-1, L. 8221-1, L. 8221-3, L. 8221-5, L. 8231-1, L. 8241-1, L. 8251-1 et L. 8251-2 of French Labour Code or of a comparable procedure under foreign law;
— They are in compulsory liquidation in the sense of article L.640-1 of the French Trade code or are bankrupt in the sense of article L. 653-1 to L. 653-8 of the French Trade code or of a comparable procedure under foreign law. Persons admitted to compulsory administration in the sense of article L.631-1 of French Trade Code have to provide evidence of permission to continue in operation for the expected duration of the contract;
— They have implemented the compulsory annual negotiation on labour equality between men and women in the sense of article L. 2242-8 of the French Labour Code or of a comparable procedure under foreign law or are currently regularising their situation.
All the requested experience and abilities of the proposed experts will be assessed based on the information experts must provide in their full CV stating credentials and references (including company names, phone contacts and emails).
— Minimum of 7 years of agricultural sector experience including value chain development; increasing productivity, exports or quality of products, food safety, agricultural market development and related services;

Eligibility requirements: Legal persons are not entitled to participate in this tender procedure or be awarded a contract if they are in any of the following conditions (mentioned in Article 8 of the Ordonnance n°2005-649 of 6.6.2005): — They have during the last 5 years been convicted by a judgment of a competent authority which has the force of res judicata (i.e. against which no appeal is possible) of an offence listed in articles 222-38, 222-40, 225-1, 226-13, 313-1 to 313-3, 314-1 to 314-3, 324-1 to 324-6, 413-9 to 413-12,421-1 to 421-2-3, in 2 nd paragraph of article 421-5, in article 433-1, in 2 nd paragraph of article 433-2, in 8 th paragraph of article 434-9, in 2 nd paragraph of article 434-9-1, in articles 435-3, 435-4, 435-9, 435-10, 441-1 à 441-7, 441-9, 445-1 and 450-1 of the French Penal Code, in article 1741 of the French General Tax Code and in articles L. 2339-2 to L. 2339-4, L. 2339-11-1 to L. 2339-11-3 of the French Defence Code and in article L. 317-8 of the French Homeland Security Code or of a comparable procedure under foreign law; — They have during the last 5 years been subject to conviction under bulletin no. 2 of police records for offences mentioned in articles L. 1146-1, L. 8221-1, L. 8221-3, L. 8221-5, L. 8231-1, L. 8241-1, L. 8251-1 et L. 8251-2 of French Labour Code or of a comparable procedure under foreign law; — They are in compulsory liquidation in the sense of article L.640-1 of the French Trade code or are bankrupt in the sense of article L. 653-1 to L. 653-8 of the French Trade code or of a comparable procedure under foreign law. Persons admitted to compulsory administration in the sense of article L.631-1 of French Trade Code have to provide evidence of permission to continue in operation for the expected duration of the contract; — They have satisfied all tax and social obligations for their country; — They have implemented the compulsory annual negotiation on labour equality between men and women in the sense of article L. 2242-8 of the French Labour Code or of a comparable procedure under foreign law or are currently regularising their situation. The candidate must provide evidence of the company registration (legal personality of the expert). N/A. All the requested experience and abilities of the proposed experts will be assessed based on the information experts must provide in their full CV stating credentials and references (including company names, phone contacts and emails). CVs of experts not meeting the following minimum requirements will not be considered: — University Degree at Master level; — At least 15 years of experience in agribusiness advisory or executive positions; — Minimum of 7 years of agricultural sector experience including value chain development; increasing productivity, exports or quality of products, food safety, agricultural market development and related services; — Experience in evaluation of SME development projects in the Agriculture Sector financed by the EU; — Experience of working in the MENA region; — Experience in evaluation of SME development projects in the Agriculture Sector; — Proven track record in agroprocessing and certification of agricultural products.
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All the requested experience and abilities of the proposed experts will be assessed based on the information experts must provide in their full CV stating credentials and references (including company names, phone contacts and emails). CVs of experts not meeting the following minimum requirements will not be considered: — University Degree at Master level; — At least 15 years of experience in agribusiness advisory or executive positions; — Minimum of 7 years of agricultural sector experience including value chain development; increasing productivity, exports or quality of products, food safety, agricultural market development and related services; — Experience in evaluation of SME development projects in the Agriculture Sector financed by the EU; — Experience of working in the MENA region; — Experience in evaluation of SME development projects in the Agriculture Sector; — Proven track record in agroprocessing and certification of agricultural products.
All the requested experience and abilities of the proposed experts will be assessed based on the information experts must provide in their full CV stating credentials and references (including company names, phone contacts and emails).
CVs of experts not meeting the following minimum requirements will not be considered: — University Degree at Master level; — At least 15 years of experience in agribusiness advisory or executive positions; — Minimum of 7 years of agricultural sector experience including value chain development; increasing productivity, exports or quality of products, food safety, agricultural market development and related services; — Experience in evaluation of SME development projects in the Agriculture Sector financed by the EU; — Experience of working in the MENA region; — Experience in evaluation of SME development projects in the Agriculture Sector; — Proven track record in agroprocessing and certification of agricultural products.