“Renewal of the backstopping mandate” for the period 2025 to 2029 in Switzerland - Lot 1 - Lot 5

Within SDC, the Section Economy and Education (E+E) is an interdisciplinary team whose main mission is to help SDC identify, design and realize inclusive economic development (IED) opportunities for disadvantaged groups, particularly in low income and fragile contexts by: - Advising and co-creating projects or programmes in the field of …

CPV: 75130000 Supporting services for the government
Place of execution:
“Renewal of the backstopping mandate” for the period 2025 to 2029 in Switzerland - Lot 1 - Lot 5
Awarding body:
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA / Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC / Economy and Education Section
Award number:
4a2b8221-5961-46cc-8192-c98e09845637

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA / Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC / Economy and Education Section
Legal type of the buyer : Body governed by public law, controlled by a central government authority
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : “Renewal of the backstopping mandate” for the period 2025 to 2029 in Switzerland - Lot 1 - Lot 5
Description : Within SDC, the Section Economy and Education (E+E) is an interdisciplinary team whose main mission is to help SDC identify, design and realize inclusive economic development (IED) opportunities for disadvantaged groups, particularly in low income and fragile contexts by: - Advising and co-creating projects or programmes in the field of IED with other SDC units to develop, test and disseminate innovative approaches, modalities and programs across the institution; - Managing the E+E network that reinforce knowledge management and peer-learning, and by building SDC capacities at headquarters and in the field; - Managing or participating in strategic partnerships with other departments of SDC and offices of the Swiss Federal Administration, other development partners, the private sector, civil society, and knowledge platforms at national, regional and global levels. The thematic focus of this tender is on Private Sector Development (PSD) and Vocational Skills Development (VSD) as well as on the modality on Private Sector Engagement (PSE). The current mandates with the backstoppers expire at the end of 2024. In order to continue the backstopping system, backstoppers are now being searched for the period 2025 – 2029 for 5 different lots.
Procedure identifier : 4a2b8221-5961-46cc-8192-c98e09845637
Internal identifier : 4a2b8221-5961-46cc-8192-c98e09845637
Type of procedure : Open
Justification for the accelerated procedure :
Main features of the procedure :

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 75130000 Supporting services for the government

2.1.4 General information

Additional information : Substantiation for award decision SAGANA GmbH • Excellent qualitative offer and demonstrated competences on both financial market-oriented and development project-oriented PSEs. • Very good understanding of the mandate and the backstopping function. • Extremely strong and diverse team allowing for flexibility and responsiveness. iGravity AG • Very good offer and demonstrated competences, especially on financial market-oriented PSEs. • Very good understanding of the mandate and the backstopping function. • Strong team, in particular on financial themes. HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation • Good offer, especially on development project-oriented PSEs, less strong on financial market-oriented PSEs. • Very good understanding of the mandate and the backstopping function. • Very competitive financial offer. Roots of Impact GmbH • Good offer, especially on impact-linked finance (ILF). • Very good understanding of the backstopping function. • Strong team on financial themes with excellent competencies in their specific area of competence (ILF - impact linked finance). Fresh Strategy Ltd liab. Co / GmbH / Sàrl • Good offer, especially on the development project-oriented PSEs. • Good understanding of the mandate. • Relatively small team however offering an interesting mix of PSE-related backgrounds.
Legal basis :
Directive 2014/24/EU

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0001

Title : Private sector engagement – Project oriented / Non-Financial formats and Financial formats
Description : Lots 1 to 5 will be awarded in the form of framework agreements. For lot 1, a maximum of five tenderers will be awarded framework agreements, each for the total of 1’200 days (approx. 240 days per year). For Lot 1, the contracting authority reserves the right to award multiple contracts. The number of tenders awarded per lot is listed in Chapter 2.4 in the tender document. The contracts are concluded subject to the prior approval of credits by the FDFA.
Internal identifier : 27ef2994-c3dc-4163-b7b4-4fce3b540bc0

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 75130000 Supporting services for the government
Additional classification ( cpv ): 75130000 Supporting services for the government

5.1.2 Place of performance

Town : Bern
Postcode : 3003
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Bern / Berne ( CH021 )
Country : Switzerland
Additional information : Direct support to the E+E team based in Bern Direct support – remotely or in presence - to SDC operational units in SDC’s countries / regions of activity.

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Start date : 01/01/2025
Duration end date : 31/12/2029

5.1.4 Renewal

Maximum renewals : 0

5.1.6 General information

Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : no

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Quality
Name :
Description : Award criteria
Description of the method to be used if weighting cannot be expressed by criteria : The award criteria were provided to the tenderers with the invitiaton to tender.
Justification for not indicating the weighting of the award criteria :

5.1.12 Terms of procurement

Information about review deadlines : Instructions on legal remedies In accordance with Article 56 paragraph 1 of the Public Procurement Act (PPA), a written appeal against this decision can be lodged with the Federal Administrative Court, P.O. Box, 9023 St. Gallen, Switzerland, within 20 days of notification. Any appeal is to be submitted in duplicate and must include what is being sought, the grounds for appeal, evidence and the signature of the person lodging the appeal or his or her representative. A copy of this decision and available evidence must be included. The provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) on legal holidays do not apply in accordance with Article 56 paragraph 2 of the PPA. Based on Article 52 paragraph 2 of the PPA, the appeal can be used only to establish that this decision violates federal law, but not to apply for its cancellation. Foreign providers are permitted to appeal only to the extent that the state in which they are domiciled grants reciprocal rights.

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : Tribunal administrativ federal
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure : Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA / Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC / Economy and Education Section
TED eSender : Simap.ch

6. Results

Value of all contracts awarded in this notice : 8 453 540 Swiss franc

6.1 Result lot ldentifier : LOT-0001

At least one winner was chosen.

6.1.2 Information about winners

Winner :
Official name : EN_Fresh Strategy GmbH
Tender :
Tender identifier : 4cd02c44-b645-4363-a3cd-bee20db08b65
Identifier of lot or group of lots : LOT-0001
Value of the tender : 1 522 000 Swiss franc
The tender was ranked : no
The tender is a variant : no
Contract information :
Identifier of the contract : N/A
Date of the conclusion of the contract : 22/11/2024
The contract is awarded within a framework agreement : no
Winner :
Official name : EN_HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation
Tender :
Tender identifier : 431cf487-9597-45ee-815d-85e01f26cfcc
Identifier of lot or group of lots : LOT-0001
Value of the tender : 1 334 500 Swiss franc
The tender was ranked : no
The tender is a variant : no
Contract information :
Identifier of the contract : N/A
Date of the conclusion of the contract : 22/11/2024
The contract is awarded within a framework agreement : no
Winner :
Official name : EN_iGravity AG
Tender :
Tender identifier : 4471b433-9c4d-4e05-99ac-031cb08ae25f
Identifier of lot or group of lots : LOT-0001
Value of the tender : 1 666 000 Swiss franc
The tender was ranked : no
The tender is a variant : no
Contract information :
Identifier of the contract : N/A
Date of the conclusion of the contract : 22/11/2024
The contract is awarded within a framework agreement : no
Winner :
Official name : EN_Roots of Impact GmbH
Tender :
Tender identifier : 3552a6cf-7e86-4e03-b99a-d7f9132830bf
Identifier of lot or group of lots : LOT-0001
Value of the tender : 1 924 000 Swiss franc
The tender was ranked : no
The tender is a variant : no
Contract information :
Identifier of the contract : N/A
Date of the conclusion of the contract : 22/11/2024
The contract is awarded within a framework agreement : no
Winner :
Official name : EN_Sagana GmbH
Tender :
Tender identifier : 0e7fa9d2-f41a-4907-92bd-1feba6cc1538
Identifier of lot or group of lots : LOT-0001
Value of the tender : 2 007 040 Swiss franc
The tender was ranked : no
The tender is a variant : no
Contract information :
Identifier of the contract : N/A
Date of the conclusion of the contract : 22/11/2024
The contract is awarded within a framework agreement : no

6.1.4 Statistical information

Received tenders or requests to participate :
Type of received submissions : Tenders
Number of tenders or requests to participate received : 10
Range of tenders :
Value of the lowest admissible tender : 1 334 500 Swiss franc
Value of the highest admissible tender : 2 007 040 Swiss franc

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA / Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC / Economy and Education Section
Registration number : 32e7d20f-8d45-4496-8380-f69534f0b0d6
Postal address : Eichenweg 5
Town : Bern
Postcode : 3003
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Bern / Berne ( CH021 )
Country : Switzerland
Telephone : +41000000000
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : Tribunal administrativ federal
Registration number : BVGER
Postal address : Postfach
Town : St. Gallen
Postcode : 9023
Country subdivision (NUTS) : St. Gallen ( CH055 )
Country : Switzerland
Telephone : +41584652626
Internet address : https://www.bvger.ch
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : Simap.ch
Registration number : CH001
Postal address : Holzikofenweg 36
Town : Bern
Postcode : 3003
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Bern / Berne ( CH021 )
Country : Switzerland
Telephone : +41584646388
Internet address : https://www.simap.ch
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender

8.1 ORG-0010

Official name : EN_Fresh Strategy GmbH
Size of the economic operator : Micro
Registration number : ca2c8f32-a130-4e6a-9f6b-853f4fc2c748
Postal address : Neuenburgstrasse 150
Town : Biel/Bienne
Postcode : 2505
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Bern / Berne ( CH021 )
Country : Switzerland
Telephone : +00 00 000 00 00
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer
Winner of these lots : LOT-0001

8.1 ORG-0011

Official name : EN_HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation
Size of the economic operator : Large
Registration number : f0202e4c-a0ab-4eec-ba3a-c724e461edc6
Postal address : Weinbergstrasse 22a
Town : Zürich
Postcode : 8001
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Zürich ( CH040 )
Country : Switzerland
Telephone : +00 00 000 00 00
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer
Winner of these lots : LOT-0001

8.1 ORG-0012

Official name : EN_iGravity AG
Size of the economic operator : Small
Registration number : 8c995a31-b90b-4fef-9072-1ec8ddfc49dc
Postal address : Nordstrasse 186
Town : Zürich
Postcode : 8037
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Zürich ( CH040 )
Country : Switzerland
Telephone : +00 00 000 00 00
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer
Winner of these lots : LOT-0001

8.1 ORG-0013

Official name : EN_Roots of Impact GmbH
Size of the economic operator : Small
Registration number : d85d6de7-8bda-42b3-a35b-394a50063cfc
Postal address : Eschersheimer Landstr. 44
Town : Frankfurt am Main
Postcode : 60322
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt ( DE712 )
Country : Germany
Telephone : +00 00 000 00 00
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer
Winner of these lots : LOT-0001

8.1 ORG-0014

Official name : EN_Sagana GmbH
Size of the economic operator : Small
Registration number : 82e7f02a-7e8a-4f93-9201-d44055ddaea0
Postal address : Roosweidstrasse 7a
Town : Wollerau
Postcode : 8832
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Schwyz ( CH063 )
Country : Switzerland
Telephone : +00 00 000 00 00
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer
Winner of these lots : LOT-0001

11. Notice information

11.1 Notice information

Notice identifier/version : b1433433-b2ae-431b-8503-6d5d308828b1 - 01
Form type : Result
Notice type : Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 22/11/2024 02:25 +01:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English German, French

11.2 Publication information

Notice publication number : 00718453-2024
OJ S issue number : 229/2024
Publication date : 25/11/2024