Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-11-23
Buyer: InfraCo Africa Limited
Country: UK
Region: Inner London - West
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 71311300 | 75211200
Estimated value: 30000000 USD
Submission deadline: 2016-12-22
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: InfraCo Africa is choosing to follow a procurement process based on the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation for award of a public contract, as set out within the UK Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
InfraCo Africa seeks to alleviate poverty by mobilising investment into sub-Saharan infrastructure projects: it does this by funding teams of experienced project developers or by investing directly into projects which need the financial commitment and leverage that InfraCo Africa can bring. InfraCo Africa is now looking to extend its reach and pipeline of projects.
InfraCo Africa will procure up to two developers, to provide Developer Services on projects where InfraCo Africa's local partner does not have the resource or experience to act as the lead developer. Developers will be expected to undertake the activities necessary to originate and progress an infrastructure project from concept to bankable investment opportunity. Please refer to the Procurement Documents.
InfraCo Africa is headquartered in the United Kingdom, but undertakes projects in sub-Saharan Africa.
InfraCo Africa seeks to alleviate poverty by mobilising investment into sub-Saharan infrastructure projects: it does this by funding teams of experienced project developers or by investing directly into projects which need the financial commitment and leverage that InfraCo Africa can bring. InfraCo Africa is now looking to extend its reach and pipeline of projects.
InfraCo Africa has launched this Procurement Exercise to award up to two developer services contracts. Each contract will allocate up to 15 000 000 USD to each successful Applicant, to cover third party project costs and developer time on approved projects, over a four year period (with possible extensions as set out in the Procurement Documents).
InfraCo Africa will procure developer services on projects where InfraCo Africa's local partner does not have the resource or experience to act as the lead developer. Developers will be expected to undertake the activities necessary to originate and progress an infrastructure project from concept to bankable investment opportunity as set out in the Procurement Documents.
InfraCo Africa is choosing to follow a procurement process based on the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation for award of a public contract, as set out within the UK Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Please refer to the Procurement Documents for further details.
Following evaluation of Applicants' Initial Tenders by InfraCo Africa, InfraCo Africa may either award the Contract to the Applicants offering the most economically advantageous tender at that Stage
without entering into negotiations, or choose to negotiate in accordance with the UK Procurement Guidelines and procedure set out in the Procurement Documents.
The information relating to the nature and scope of the services to be provided under the developer services contract(s) and indication of InfraCo Africa's minimum needs and requirements are set out in the Procurement Documents.
The maximum value of this Procurement Exercise as set out in this notice is the combined value of up to 30 000 000 USD, if InfraCo Africa choose to award two developer service contracts. For the avoidance of doubt, if only one developer service contract is awarded, the maximum value of a contract will be up to 15 000 000 USD.
InfraCo Africa will be using the Developer Services Selection Questionnaire (DSSQ), which has been designed in accordance with the Procurement Policy Note: Standard Selection Questionnaire issued by the UK's Crown Commercial Services. Part 1 covers basic information on the Applicant, such as their contact details, trade memberships, details of parent companies, group bidding and so on. Part 2 covers a self-declaration regarding whether or not any of the exclusion grounds apply. Part 3 covers a self-declaration regarding whether or not the Applicant meets the selection criteria in respect of their financial standing and technical capacity.
The intention of collecting this information is to assess the Applicant's technical capacity and prior experience against the requirements of the 2016/17 Developer Services Procurement. The DSSQ will also be used to determine that there are no grounds for exclusion. Information provided within the DSSQ will be scored against pre-determined evaluation criteria, which are defined for each question within the online DSSQ. The top ten highest scoring applicants will be invited to tender in Stage 2 of the Procurement Exercise.
Further details in relation to the Procurement Exercise and any further potential shortlisting is as set out in the Procurement Documents.


Award value: 30000000