Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-12-11
Buyer: Embassy of Switzerland in Kenya
Country: KE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 79713000: Guard services
Submission deadline: 2020-01-15
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Embassy of Switzerland in Nairobi has the requirement for a suitably qualified and licensed contractor to provide security guarding services at the offices of the Swiss Embassy, the ambassador’s and private residences of employees. The scope of the services includes, but is not limited to:
(a) the surveillance of and access control to the Embassy/Chancellery’s premises in order to defer attacks and willful damage to people and premises;
(b) the surveillance and patrolling of the ambassador’s and private residences of employees in order to defer attacks and willful damage to people and premises;
(d) the immediate intervention and if necessary alerting police authorities to any of the premises in the event of an incident;
(e) provide instantly, regularly or on demand security information and security assessments in order to ensure adequate measures are taken to fulfil the tasks as mentioned above.
The Embassy of Switzerland in Nairobi has the requirement for a suitably qualified and licensed contractor to provide security guarding services at the offices of the Swiss Embassy, the ambassador’s and private residences of employees. The scope of the services includes, but is not limited to:
(a) the surveillance of and access control to the Embassy/Chancellery’s premises in order to defer attacks and willful damage to people and premises;
(b) the surveillance and patrolling of the ambassador’s and private residences of employees in order to defer attacks and willful damage to people and premises;
(d) the immediate intervention and if necessary alerting police authorities to any of the premises in the event of an incident;
(e) provide instantly, regularly or on demand security information and security assessments in order to ensure adequate measures are taken to fulfil the tasks as mentioned above.
Basic procedural principles: The contracting authority awards public contracts for services provided in Switzerland only to bidders who ensure compliance with the health and safety regulations and employment conditions for employees, as well as equal pay for women and men. If the service is provided outside Switzerland, the participant must ensure at least compliance with the International Labour Organization’s fundamental conventions in accordance with Annex 2a PPO. 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 participant application.
Procedures for appeal: the tender proceeds in accordance with Section 3 of the Federal Ordinance on Public Procurement (FOPP). There is no right of appeal.
Deadline/remarks: participant applications contain all documentation in accordance with Section 6 Structure and content of the participant application and are to be submitted in a sealed envelope as follows:
Any question can be made by 15.12.2019 anonymously in the forum space at www.simap.ch. Questions submitted late cannot be answered. Answers will be published on www.simap.ch by 20.12.2019. Bidders are themselves responsible for downloading the answers from SIMAP and for taking them into consideration in the preparation of the participant applications.
National reference publication: SIMAP of 6.12.2019, doc. 1106767. Desired deadline for questions in written form: 15.12.2019.