Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-07-10
Buyer: Danida Evaluation, Learning and Quality (ELK), Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Country: DK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 75211200 | 79419000
Estimated value: 3497090 DKK
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: — to document achievements in terms of assisting developing countries to mitigate climate change through the provision of Danish support in the period from 2013, both through the climate change envelope and through other development assistance channels,
— to analyse the outcomes of climate change mitigation funding, with due consideration of the opportunities and barriers at both national and global levels,
— on the basis of the lessons learned from the evaluation, to provide recommendations pertaining to future funding priorities.
Copenhagen, Denmark, and the selected case countries (Ethiopia, Indonesia, South Africa and Vietnam).
The full portfolio of climate change mitigation projects and programmes including support channelled through international and non-governmental organisations since 2013 will constitute the basis for the evaluation. Thus, analyses will include consideration of:
— funds from the climate change envelope (CE), provided for both bilateral projects and programmes and through multi-lateral channels, as well as grants to NGOs and finance mobilized through the Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU);
— non-CE bilateral and multilateral development assistance funding, with a focus on projects, programmes and initiatives categorized as ‘principal’ with respect to climate change (using the Rio markers).
An updated overview of climate change mitigation funding will be prepared in the inception phase using data available. This will include grants to projects and programmes through the CE and through bilateral development assistance in a range of countries as well as projects supported through the IFU instruments, notably the Danish Climate Investment Fund (DCIF). The overview will describe support to several multilateral agencies and funds, notably the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) of the multilateral development banks (MDBs). Furthermore, major programmes such as the ‘sustainable energy for Africa facility’ (SEFA) at the African Development Bank and support to organisations such as the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) will be considered. Funding has also been provided to various specialized organisations and think tanks whose efforts are important with respect to mitigation, not least in the energy sector. Finally, the portfolio includes grants to Danish non-governmental organisations.
Four country case studies (Ethiopia, Indonesia, South Africa and Vietnam) will be carried out in order to inform the evaluation about the results of climate change funding and to pinpoint the critical issues associated with reducing GHG emissions in developing countries. The countries selected are all associated with Denmark as partners in global climate change mitigation efforts, with contrasting ‘development and carbon profiles’, geo-historical characteristics, political economies, etc.
As the task to be performed is an evaluation assignment, economic operators and individual consultants whose independence and impartiality may be questioned will be excluded from the procurement procedure.
The contracting authority has a maximum budget of DKK 3 500 000.00 net of VAT in relation to the procurement. Tenders will be rejected if they exceed the contracting authority's maximum budget.
An English translation of the Danish Public Procurement Act is available on: https://www.kfst.dk/media/54435/the-public-procurement-act.pdf
This contract has not been divided into lots, cf. section II.1.6), due to market and economic considerations.
Actions regarding requests to participate and selection must be submitted within 20 calendar days from the day after the contracting authority has notified the economic operators of the decisions regarding selection.
Other actions regarding the procedure (e.g. decisions regarding award of contract) must be submitted within 45 calendar days from the day after the publication of a contract award notice in the Official Journal of the EU.


Winner: Particip GmbH
Award value: 3497090
Number of bids: 5