EIB - Selection of Investment Officers for the FEMIP Trust Fund (L-Luxembourg)

Country:

Luxembourg

City/Locality:

LOYJEMBOYRGO

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:168348-2008

Publication Date:

Jul 3, 2008

Deadline:

Aug 5, 2008

Buyer:

EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK

Original Language:

English

Address:

EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
LUXEMBOURG
Luxembourg

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Notice Type: 0808
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Investment Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Developpement, European Monetary Institute
EU Official Journal Publication: 127/2008
, #
168348-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
Contract notice
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s): European Investment Bank,
attn: Mrs G. Leithmann-Früh, Head of Purchasing and Administrative
Services Division, Ref.: KB-776, 100, boulevard Konrad Adenauer, L-2950
Luxembourg. Tel. (352) 43 79-1. Fax (352) 43 77 04. E-mail:
BEI.ASA@EIB.ORG.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority (URL): www.eib.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:
European institution/agency or international organisation.
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:
Selection of Investment Officers for the FEMIP Trust Fund.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 6.
Main place of performance: European Investment Bank, 100, boulevard Konrad
Adenauer, Kirchberg, L-Luxembourg.
NUTS code: LU000.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Under the
guidance and supervision of the Special Operations Division of the ENPC
Department, 2 investment officers with relevant experience in private
sector support and microfinance operations will significantly contribute
to improving the implementation of the FEMIP Trust Fund both in terms of
commitments and disbursements of funds. The amount to be invested until
the end of 2010 totals EUR 20 000 000. This will require examining
operational activities in order to identify adequate operations,
travelling in the relevant countries to meet the beneficiaries and develop
the scope of work for risk capital operations, examining incoming
proposals and following up on the operations once approved by the Assembly
of Donors of the FEMIP Trust Fund.
Precise contract period:
From 1.10.2008 to 30.9.2010. Possibility of extension until 31.12.2010.
NB: in order to take part in this call for tender, interested parties
should request the complete tender specifications from the EIB beforehand.
The criteria set out in the specifications should be taken into account
when drawing up tenders.
Requests should be sent to the address in point I.1.
Final date for requesting the complete specifications: 22.7.2008 (see
point IV.3.3).
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 66200000, 67113000.
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: No.
II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 1 260
000.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) Duration of the contract or time limit for completion: Duration in
months: 24 (from the award of the contract).
Starting: 1.10.2008. Completion: 30.9.2010.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the grouping of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: Should a grouping be awarded the
contract, the EIB may require that it adopt a legal form prior to contract
signature. All members of the grouping will be jointly and severally
liable for performance of the contract. The grouping will be represented
by 1 tenderer who will act as its sole spokesperson.
Tenderers must obtain all relevant licences needed to perform the services
described before the assignment commences and must, throughout the entire
assignment period, comply with all laws and provisions in force.
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:
Tenderers will be excluded from participation in this call for tenders if,
pursuant to Article 45 of the Council Directive 2004/18/EU of 31.3.2004
relating to the coordination of procedures for the award of public works
contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts, any of
the following exclusion criteria apply to them:
a. they are bankrupt or are being wound up, are having their affairs
administered by the courts, have entered into an arrangement with
creditors, have suspended business activities, or are in any analogous
situation arising from a similar procedure provided for in national laws
or regulations;
b. they are the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy,
for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or
of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under
national laws and regulations;
c. they have been convicted by a judgment which has the force of 'res
judicata' in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any
offence concerning their professional conduct;
d. they have been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any
means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate;
e. they have not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social
security contributions or the payment of taxes in accordance with the
legal provisions of the country in which they are established or those of
the country of the contracting authority;
f. they have been the subject of a conviction by final judgment of which
the contracting authority is aware for 1 or more of the reasons listed
below:
(i) participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in Article 2(1)
of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA(20);
(ii) corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of
26.5.1997(21) and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA(22)
respectively;
(iii) fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to
the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities(23);
(iv) money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive
91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system
for the purpose of money laundering(24);
g. they are guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the
information required by the contracting authority for participation in
this call for tenders or who have not provided such information.
Tenderers must show that they are not in 1 or more of the situations
listed above by providing the following evidence in relation to items
mentioned above:
(a) in relation to items (a), (b), (c) and (f) above, relevant extract(s)
from the judicial record or, failing that, equivalent documentation issued
by a competent judicial or administrative authority in the country where
they are established. The extract(s) or equivalent documentation must be
the most recent available. Depending on the national legislation of the
country in which they are established, these documents must relate to
entities with legal personality and/or natural persons; in the latter
case, they must relate to the person(s) empowered to represent the
tenderer and sign the framework contract if the tender is successful;
(b) in relation to item (e) above, the most recent certificates issued by
the competent social security and tax authorities of the country where
they are established. Where no such certificate is issued in that country,
this can be replaced by a declaration on oath or solemn statement made
before a competent judicial or administrative authority, a notary or a
competent professional or trade body in that country. The declaration or
statement provided must be dated less than 4 months before the final date
for submission of tenders. Depending on the national legislation of the
country in which they are established, these documents must relate to
entities with legal personality and/or natural persons; in the latter
case, they shall relate to the person(s) empowered to represent the
tenderer and sign the contract if the tender is successful;
(c) in relation to items (d), and (g) above, a solemn declaration stating
that the tenderer is not guilty of professional misconduct, and is
supplying all the information required under this call for tenders in good
faith and without misrepresentation. This solemn declaration should be
signed by the person(s) empowered to represent the tenderer and sign the
contract if the tender is selected and dated less than 4 months before the
final date for submission of tenders.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Economic and financial
capacities will be evaluated on the basis of the following documents to be
supplied by tenderers:
A declaration indicating in euros the total annual turnover of the
tenderer and of that part of the tenderer's organisation dedicated to the
type of services covered by this tender for the last 3 financial years.
Balance sheets and profit and loss accounts for the last 3 financial years
or other supporting documents.
See also tender specifications.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: The technical capacity will be evaluated on
the basis of evidence in support of the following specific requirements:
Relevant experience not less than 3 years in:
— creation of financial investment funds,
— development of business relations,
— highly developed oral, written communication and presentations skills,
— excellent knowledge of English and French,
— understanding of the EIB mission and activities, in particular outside
Europe.
See also tender specifications.
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 persons should indicate the names and professional
qualifications of the staff responsible for execution of the service: Yes.
In submitting a tender, candidates will be expected to provide
professional profiles and anonymous CVs of staff who would be assigned to
the contract.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Type of procedure
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Open.
IV.2) Award criteria
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of the criteria stated below:
1. quality of proposal; weighting: 70 %;
2. price; weighting: 30 %.
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
KB-776.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive document: Time limit for receipt of requests for documents
or for accessing documents: 22.7.2008 (16:00).
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
5.8.2008 (23:59).
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English, French.
IV.3.7) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the
tender: Duration in days: 180 (from the date stated for receipt of
tender).
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Place: European Investment Bank
Headquarters, L-Luxembourg.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) This is a recurrent procurement: No.
VI.2) Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by
Community funds: No.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 20.6.2008.

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