Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for International Development
Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride
G758EA
UK
Contact person: Milena Bandere
E-mail: m-bandere@dfid.gov.uk
NUTS: UKM95
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development/about/procurement
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Other: Overseas aid
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Stopping Abuse and Female Exploitation (SAFE)
Reference number: PO 8516
II.1.2) Main CPV code
75211200
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This contract is for a 4-year programme namely ‘SAFE: Stopping Abuse and Female Exploitation’ aimed at protecting women and girls in Zimbabwe from the most severe forms of violence, including child marriage and modern slavery. SAFE is a 4-year technical assistance programme, which will develop a set of prevention and response activities that are most relevant for reducing gender-based violence in local contexts and which will manage a fund to deliver community-level projects to prevent violence and to respond to violence.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
6 960 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM95
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The contract is expected to run for 4 years and will consist of 2 Phases:
(i) inception; and
(ii) implementation.
The supplier will be responsible for the delivery of the main objective of the programme: to reduce gender-based violence in Zimbabwe by:
1) Preventing and responding to violence against women and girls; and
2) Improving the availability of and implementers’ capacity to use evaluation evidence, research and data to optimise impact, deliver excellent value for money, and focused targeting in programming.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical criteria as detailed in ITT documents
/ Weighting: 60
Cost criterion: Commercial criteria as detailed in ITT documents
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The contract is expected to run for 4 years with the value of 6 960 000 GBP. The contract may be extended for a period of 24 months and up to 3 500 000 GBP in value (including VAT and all applicable government taxes) subject to availability of funds and ministerial approval. The total contract value including an optional extension period shall not exceed 10 460 000 GBP.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
The contract will be governed by English Law. Prices must be quoted in GBP Sterling. All payments for the contract will be made in GBP Sterling. DFID reserves the right to annul the process at any point and not award the contract.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 074-175527
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: AL10116
Title: Stopping Abuse and Female Exploitation (SAFE)
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
11/10/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 7
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Ecorys UK Ltd
1650169
Albert House, Quay Place 92-93 Edward Street
Birmingham
B1 2RA
UK
NUTS: UKG31
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 6 960 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties
Proportion: 50 %
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The authority expressly reserves the right:
(i) not to award any contract(s) as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and
(ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by the candidates.
Procurement documents can be accessed through the DFID Supplier Portal (https://supplierportal.dfid.gov.uk/
Selfservice/).
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Gerry O'Connor, Department for International Development
Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride
G75 8EA
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Gerry O'Connor, Department for International Development
Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride
G75 8EA
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
14/10/2019