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PROJECT TITLE: UK-Sutton: foreign economic-aid-related services

Project number: 2009/S 193-277904

Type: CONTRACT NOTICE - Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

 

I.1)

NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S):

The Private Infrastructure Development Group Trust, St Nicholas House, St Nicholas Road, Contact: PIDG - c/o CA Legal, Attn: John Hodges, UK-Sutton SM1 1EL. E-mail: john.hodges@pidg.org. Fax  +44 2087709184.

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.pidg.org.

Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).

I.2)

TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:

Other: Trust funded by government agencies and the World Bank Group.

Other: Facilitating the provision of the infrastructure needed to eliminate poverty in developing countries by encouraging private investment.

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no.

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

 

II.1)

DESCRIPTION

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

Private Infrastructure Development Group Trust - Consultancy Panels.

II.1.2)

Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:

Services.

Service category: No 11.

II.1.3)

The notice involves:

The establishment of a framework agreement.

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement:

Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 4.

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s):

Provision of technical consultancy services to the Programme Management Unit of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG). PIDG is a multi-donor facility whose mission is: "to mobilise private sector investment to assist developing countries to provide infrastructure vital to boost their economic growth and combat poverty".

Since its launch in 2002, the PIDG, using The Private Infrastructure Development Group Trust (PIDG Trust), has established four companies aimed at helping to counter specific constraints to private sector investment in developing countries:

— The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund Ltd (EAIF), which provides long-term hard currency debt to sub-Saharan developing countries,

GuarantCo Ltd (GuarantCo), which provides local currency guarantees to the poorer developing countries world wide,

InfraCo Ltd (InfraCo Africa), which develops large scale green-field infrastructure projects in Africa and offers these for sale on the open market,

InfraCo Asia Development Pte. Ltd (InfraCo Asia), which has been recently established to act as an early stage developer and investor in green field infrastructure projects in Asia in order to create viable opportunities for investment by the private sector and public-private partnership infrastructure of developing countries.

The PIDG has established a Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) within the PIDG Trust which provides grant funds for local capacity building and support in association with projects developed by the PIDG Trust companies and DevCo.

The PIDG Trust has entered into an agreement with the IFC (on behalf of the World Bank Group) under which the Infrastructure Development Collaboration Partnership Fund (DevCo) has been established, which provides grant funding for specialist consultants required by the IFC's Advisory Services in assisting developing country governments to bring in private sector investment to the existing infrastructure services.

The PIDG Trust members have contracted a Programme Management Unit (PMU) to manage its day to day operations. CA Legal, based in Greater London in the UK, is the current PMU for the Trust.

The PMU has from time to time a need to call upon a broad range of expertise to support it including:

(i) technical specialist consultancy services - investment banking and project finance, capital markets and economics, public private partnerships for development, for example: for carrying out independent reviews of the PIDG and its companies and to assess whether they are meeting their objectives;

(ii) general consultancy/communications services, for example: for drafting PIDG Annual Report and the PIDG Business Plan;

(iii) development consultancy services, for example: for work in addition to that carried out by the PMU's in-house development advisors.

II.1.6)

Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):

75211200.

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):

No.

II.1.8)

Division into lots:

Yes.

Tenders should be submitted for: one or more lots.

II.1.9)

Variants will be accepted:

No.

II.2)

QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope:

II.2.2)

Options:

No.

II.3)

DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION:

Duration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract).

INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS

 

LOT NO 1 TITLE: Technical Specialist

1)

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

Technical specialist consultancy services in investment banking and project finance, capital markets and economics, public private partnerships for development, for example: for carrying out independent reviews of the PIDG and its companies and to assess whether they are meeting their objectives.

2)

COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV):

75211200.

3)

QUANTITY OR SCOPE:

4)

INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION:

5)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS:

LOT NO 2 TITLE: General Consultancy/Communications Services

1)

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

General consultancy/communications services, for example: for drafting PIDG Annual Report and PIDG Business Plan.

2)

COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV):

75211200.

3)

QUANTITY OR SCOPE:

4)

INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION:

5)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS:

LOT NO 3 TITLE: Development Consultancy Services

1)

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

Development consultancy services, for example: work in addition to that carried out by the PMU's in-house development advisors.

2)

COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV):

75211200.

3)

QUANTITY OR SCOPE:

4)

INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION:

5)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS:

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

 

III.1)

CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required:

III.1.2)

Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them:

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Individual, partnership, limited company (provide company registration number).

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject:

No.

III.2)

CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION

III.2.1)

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

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: — Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the types of activity being undertaken by the PIDG, PIDG Trust and PIDG Trust companies,

— Demonstrate previous experience of undertaking work in the specific area(s) of the Panel(s) for which the candidate is expressing an interest.

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity:

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Evidence of economic and financial standing by provision of certified/audited annual report and accounts for the past three years or, in the case of individuals who do not have annual accounts, statements of their funding arrangements.

III.2.3)

Technical capacity:

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

Capability statement and CVs of staff, demonstrating technical capacity in the areas in which the PIDG, PIDG Trust and the PIDG Trust companies operate and in the area(s) of the Panel(s) for which the candidate is expressing an interest.

III.2.4)

Reserved contracts:

No.

III.3)

CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS

III.3.1)

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:

No.

III.3.2)

Legal entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:

Yes.

SECTION IV: PROCEDURE

 

IV.1)

TYPE OF PROCEDURE

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure:

Restricted.

IV.1.2)

Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:

Envisaged minimum number: 5.

IV.1.3)

Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue:

IV.2)

AWARD CRITERIA

IV.2.1)

Award criteria:

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria 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 authority:

CA/PIDG/8/1.5.

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:

No.

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:

Payable documents: no.

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:

4.11.2009 - 17:00.

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.

IV.3.7)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender:

IV.3.8)

Conditions for opening tenders:

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

 

VI.1)

THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT:

No.

VI.2)

CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS:

No.

VI.3)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

VI.4)

PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures:

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals:

VI.4.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:

VI.5)

DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 5.10.2009.

 

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