Climate resilience in the water sector of Kosovo

The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) is soliciting consulting services to assist the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) and other related stakeholders in the implementation of all project components at national and RWC level. The Consultant’s mandate covers a) implementation consultancy services and b) Capacity development consultancy services. The …

CPV: 71800000 Servicios de consultoría en suministro de agua y en materia de desechos, 90700000 Servicios medioambientales
Lugar de ejecución:
Climate resilience in the water sector of Kosovo
Organismo adjudicador:
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)
Número de premio:
c426512c-8b4f-491b-bba7-68ed6010b5dd

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)
Legal type of the buyer : International organisation
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Climate resilience in the water sector of Kosovo
Description : The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) is soliciting consulting services to assist the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) and other related stakeholders in the implementation of all project components at national and RWC level. The Consultant’s mandate covers a) implementation consultancy services and b) Capacity development consultancy services. The consultant will ensure project management and general coordination, including ensuring coherence and consistency of the sub-components of the project and with other relevant ongoing projects and programmes. The Contractor shall guarantee the careful, faithful and competent performance of the mandate and undertake to use all financial and technical resources economically, purposefully and with minimum impact on the environment. It shall undertake to perform the mandate in complete independence and to safeguard the public interest. The Contractor shall ensure that it and the third parties it engages comply with the legal provisions and regulations applicable in the partner country.
Procedure identifier : c426512c-8b4f-491b-bba7-68ed6010b5dd
Internal identifier : c426512c-8b4f-491b-bba7-68ed6010b5dd
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 ): 71800000 Consulting services for water-supply and waste consultancy

2.1.4 General information

Additional information : Substantiation for award decision The tender is awarded to the company EBP Schweiz AG in consortium with KIWER and Hunziker Betatek. The winner convinced thanks to a solid experience in non-revenue water, energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions, engagement with water and wastewater utilities in the Balkan Region, a diverse team with a strong local partner responding to the project needs, a clear and innovative technical proposal, adequately integrating technical aspects, country context and institutional knowledge, capacity building and stakeholder awareness approach and a well-conducted interview.
Legal basis :
Directive 2014/24/EU

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0000

Title : Climate resilience in the water sector of Kosovo
Description : The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) is soliciting consulting services to assist the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) and other related stakeholders in the implementation of all project components at national and RWC level. The Consultant’s mandate covers a) implementation consultancy services and b) Capacity development consultancy services. The consultant will ensure project management and general coordination, including ensuring coherence and consistency of the sub-components of the project and with other relevant ongoing projects and programmes. The Contractor shall guarantee the careful, faithful and competent performance of the mandate and undertake to use all financial and technical resources economically, purposefully and with minimum impact on the environment. It shall undertake to perform the mandate in complete independence and to safeguard the public interest. The Contractor shall ensure that it and the third parties it engages comply with the legal provisions and regulations applicable in the partner country.
Internal identifier : ce2b90c9-ef51-4586-86cb-8631dbeb08ee

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 71800000 Consulting services for water-supply and waste consultancy
Additional classification ( cpv ): 90700000 Environmental services

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Switzerland
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Project to be implemented in KOSOVO

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Start date : 01/12/2024
Duration end date : 31/12/2030

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 : State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)
TED eSender : Simap.ch

6. Results

Value of all contracts awarded in this notice : 2 200 000 Swiss franc

6.1 Result lot ldentifier : LOT-0000

At least one winner was chosen.

6.1.2 Information about winners

Winner :
Official name : EN_EBP Schweiz AG
Tender :
Tender identifier : 637393e3-ed03-4d8b-9690-589c4a3b0270
Identifier of lot or group of lots : LOT-0000
Value of the tender : 2 200 000 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 : 03/12/2024
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 : 8
Range of tenders :
Value of the lowest admissible tender : 2 200 000 Swiss franc
Value of the highest admissible tender : 2 200 000 Swiss franc

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)
Registration number : 1160cff3-8651-43e1-a986-f931ad0d9523
Postal address : Holzikofenweg 36
Town : Bern
Postcode : 1700
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Bern / Berne ( CH021 )
Country : Switzerland
Telephone : +41584640823
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_EBP Schweiz AG
Size of the economic operator : Large
Registration number : 9ed57e92-9932-41f7-9289-390719a57d51
Postal address : Mühlebachstrasse 11
Town : Zürich
Postcode : 8008
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Zürich ( CH040 )
Country : Switzerland
Telephone : +00 00 000 00 00
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer
Winner of these lots : LOT-0000

11. Notice information

11.1 Notice information

Notice identifier/version : ce2b90c9-ef51-4586-86cb-8631dbeb08ee - 01
Form type : Result
Notice type : Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 03/12/2024 02:25 +01:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English French

11.2 Publication information

Notice publication number : 00739443-2024
OJ S issue number : 236/2024
Publication date : 04/12/2024