Contracts

I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s):

Official name: Department for International Development

Postal address: Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road

Town: East Kilbride

Telephone: 01355 84 3347

E-mail: cb3mail@dfid.gov.uk  

Contact point(s):

For the attention of: Andrena Craig

Postal code: G75 8EA

Country: UNITED KINGDOM

Fax: 01355 84 3183

General address of the contracting authority (URL): http://www.dfid.gov.uk

Address of the buyer profile (URL):

I.1.1) Further information can be obtained at:

As at I.1

I.1.2) Specifications and additional documents (including documents for a Dynamic Purchasing System) can be obtained at:

I.1.3) Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:

As at I.1

I.2.1) Type of contracting authority: Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions

If 'other' please specify: Central Level

I.2.2) Main activity or activities: General Public Services

If 'other' please specify:

I.2.2) The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities? No

II.1) Description:

II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

UK-East Kilbride: International Standards and Development Project

II.1.2) Service Category: 11

II.1.2.1) Main place of performance:

United Kingdom

NUTS Code

II.1.3) The notice involves A public contract

II.1.4) Information on framework agreement (if appropriate)

Number

OR, if applicable, maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Period in year(s)

OR month(s)

Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds four years

II.1.4.2) Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement (give figures only)

Estimated value (excluding VAT)

OR range: between

and

Currency

Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded (if possible)

II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s):

The goal of this project is to help address poverty in developing countries with export-oriented development strategies for agricultural and food products. DFID is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from service providers to manage the project and promote EU/global market access of developing countries to export food & agricultural products. Key areas of the project involve building capacity of partner countries to export food and agricultural products, ensure agricultural trading standards are used effectively to upgrade agrifood industries in developing countries, harmonising with other donors to support developing countries meet international Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) standards. General management consultancy services.

II.1.6) Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV):

Main Object: 79411000.

Additional Object:

II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)?: Yes

II.1.8) Division into lots No

II.1.9) Variants will be accepted Yes

II.2.1) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT

Value

OR Lowest Offer

AND Highest Offer to be taken into consideration

Currency

Including VAT

If yes, specify VAT rate(%)

II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME PERIOD FOR COMPLETION

Either: Period in months 24

III.1) Conditions relating to the contract:

III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required (if applicable):

III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: The contract will be goverened under English law. Prices are not required at Expression of Interest stage. However, when required prices must be quoted in GBP and all payments under the contract will be in GBP. DFID reserves the right to annul the process and not award the contract.

III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the grouping of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded (if applicable): Joint and several liability 

III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which performance of the contract is subject (if applicable):

If yes, description of particular conditions:

III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION

III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:

Any supplier may be disqualified who:

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity:

(c) a statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last three financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available.

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met (if applicable):

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required (if applicable):

III.2.3) Technical capacity:

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met (if applicable):

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required (if applicable):

III.2.4) Reserved contracts (if applicable): No

III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS

III.3.1) Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:

If yes, reference of the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision:

III.3.2) Legal entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: No

IV.1) Type of procedure:

Restricted procedure

IV.1.1) Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure

IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators that will be invited to tender or to participate (when applicable)

Envisaged number of operators

Or Envisaged minimum number 5

and, if appropriate, maximum number 8

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

For Expressions of Interest (EOIs) the following criteria will be used to assess the capability of Service Providers to deliver the objectives of the International Standards and Development Project within the provisions of the terms of reference: (i) Experience and track record of standard setting through internationsal standard bodies (ii) Experience of working in plant, animal and food safety standards (iii) Experience of working with DFID or other development organisations (iv) Experience of working with government departments/agencies. Financial standing will also be used to assess EOIs.

IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA:

IV.2.1) Award criteria (please tick the relevant box(es))

B) The most economically advantageous tender in terms of: B2) the criteria as stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document.

IV.2.2) An electronic auction will be used: No

IV.3) Administrative information:

IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting entity (if applicable):

IV.3.2) Previous publication concerning the same contract: No

IV.3.2.1) Notice number in OJ: 

Of:

Notice number in OJ:

Of

Terms and method of payment

IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date 26/05/2009

Time 23:59

IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up English