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AL-Tirana: IPA — supply of IT equipment to the National Food Authority

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General Information
Country:   Albania
City/Locality:   TIRANA
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:227630-2010
Publication Date:   Aug 3, 2010
Deadline:   Oct 1, 2010
Buyer:   DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION TO MOLDOVA
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION TO ALBANIA
TIRANA
Albania
Web Site:   https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/europeaid/online-services/index.cfm?do=publi.welcome

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Notice type: AP201 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: PHARE, TACIS and countries of Central and Eastern Europe
EU Official Journal Publication: 148/2010, #227630-2010
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: Not defined

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Albania
Supply procurement notice
1. Publication reference:
EuropeAid/130178/C/SUP/AL.
2. Procedure:
Open.
3. Programme:
IPA 2009 national programme for Albania.
4. Financing:
22.02.02 transition and institution-building assistance to potential
candidate countries.
5. Contracting authority:
The European Union represented by the European Commission, itself
represented in view of the present tender procedure by the Delegation of
the European Union to Albania, on behalf of and for the account of the
Government of Albania.
Contract specifications
6. Description of the contract:
The contract foresees the provision of IT equipment (hardware and
software, including relevant training on basic network management) to
support the establishment of the information and communication network for
the National Food Authority of Albania at central and regional level.
7. Number and titles of lots:
1 lot.
Terms of participation
8. Eligibility and rules of origin:
Participation is open to all legal persons participating either
individually or in a grouping (consortium) of tenderers which are
established in a Member State of the European Union or in a country or
territory of the regions covered and/or authorised by the specific
instruments applicable to the programme under which the contract is
financed (see item 22 below). All goods supplied under this contract must
originate in 1 or more of these countries. Participation is also open to
international organisations. Participation of natural persons is directly
governed by the specific instruments applicable to the programme under
which the contract is financed.
9. Grounds for exclusion:
Tenderers must submit a signed declaration, included in the tender form
for a supply contract, to the effect that they are not in any of the
situations listed in point 2.3.3 of the 'Practical Guide to contracts
procedures for EU external actions'.
10. Number of tenders:
Tenderers may submit only 1 tender per lot. Tenders for parts of a lot
will not be considered. Any tenderer may state in its tender that it would
offer a discount in the event that its tender is accepted for more than 1
lot. Tenderers may not submit a tender for a variant solution in addition
to their tender for the supplies required in the tender dossier.
11. Tender guarantee:
Tenderers must provide a tender guarantee of 6 000 EUR when submitting
their tender. This guarantee will be released to unsuccessful tenderers
once the tender procedure has been completed and to the successful
tenderer(s) upon signature of the contract by all parties. This guarantee
will be called upon if the tenderer does not fulfil all obligations stated
in its tender.
12. Performance guarantee:
The successful tenderer will be asked to provide a performance guarantee
of 10 % of the amount of the contract at the signing of the contract. This
guarantee must be provided together with the return of the countersigned
contract no later than 30 days after the tenderer receives the contract
signed by the contracting authority. If the selected tenderer fails to
provide such a guarantee within this period, the contract will be void and
a new contract may be drawn up and sent to the tenderer which has
submitted the next cheapest compliant tender.
13. Information meeting and/or site visit:
No information meeting is planned.
14. Tender validity:
Tenders must remain valid for a period of 90 days after the deadline for
submission of tenders.
15. Period of implementation of tasks:
90 days from the commencement date communicated by the project manager by
administrative order to the contractor.
Selection and award criteria
16. Selection criteria:
The following selection criteria will be applied to tenderers. In the case
of tenders submitted by a consortium, these selection criteria will be
applied to the consortium as a whole:
1) Economic and financial capacity of tenderer (based on i.a. item 3 of
the tender form for a supply contract). In the case of the tenderer being
a public body, equivalent information should be provided:
(a) the average annual turnover of the tenderer in the past 3 years (2007,
2008, 2009) must exceed the financial proposal of the tender;
(b) the averages of cash and cash equivalents at the beginning and end of
last year (2009) are positive.
2) Professional capacity of tenderer (based on i.a. items 4 and 5 of the
tender form for a supply contract):
(a) at least 5 people from the permanent staff of the tenderer are
currently working in a field related to this contract.
3) Technical capacity of tenderer (based on i.a. items 5 and 6 of the
tender form for a supply contract):
Legal persons:
(a) the tenderer has successfully completed at least 1 supply contract in
the past 3 years (2007, 2008, 2009) and this year (2010) until the
submission deadline of this tender, with a value of at least 50 % of the
budget included in the financial offer of the tender. The contracting
authority reserves the right to ask for the completion certificate.
An economic operator may, where appropriate and for a particular contract,
rely on the capacities of other entities, regardless of the legal nature
of the links which it has with them. It must in that case prove to the
contracting authority that it will have at its disposal the resources
necessary for performance of the contract, for example by producing an
undertaking on the part of those entities to place those resources at its
disposal. Such entities, for instance the parent company of the economic
operator, must respect the same rules of eligibility and notably that of
nationality, as the economic operator.
17. Award criteria:
Price.
Tendering
18. How to obtain the tender dossier:
The tender dossier is available from the following Internet address:
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/europeaid/online-services/index.cfm?do=publi.welcome
The tender dossier is also available from the contracting authority.
Tenders must be submitted using the standard tender form for a supply
contract included in the tender dossier, whose format and instructions
must be strictly observed.
Tenderers with questions regarding this tender should send them in writing
to:
Delegation of the European Union to Albania, Contracts, Finance and Audit
Section, attention: Sabine Seaman, Procurement Officer; cc: Marcello
Repici, Procurement Officer, ABA Business Centre, k. 17, Rruga Papa Gjon
Pali II, Tirana, ALBANIA. Fax +355 42230752. E-mail:
sabine.seaman@ec.europa.eu cc marcello.repici@ec.europa.eu
(mentioning the publication reference shown in item 1) at least 21 days
before the deadline for submission of tenders given in item 19. The
contracting authority must reply to all tenderers' questions at least 11
days before the deadline for submission of tenders. Eventual
clarifications or minor changes to the tender dossier shall be published
at the latest 11 days before the submission deadline on the EuropeAid
website at
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/europeaid/online-services/index.cfm?do=publi.welcome
19. Deadline for submission of tenders:
1.10.2010 (16:00), Central European Time.
Any tender received after this deadline will not be considered.
20. Tender opening session:
4.10.2010 (10:00), Central European Time, at the premises of the
Delegation of the European Union to Albania, ABA Business Centre, 17th
floor, Rruga Papa Gjon Pali II, Tirana, ALBANIA.
21. Language of the procedure:
All written communications for this tender procedure and contract must be
in English.
22. Legal basis:
Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 of 17.7.2006 establishing an
Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) — OJ L 210 of 31.7.2006, p.
82.
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