Evaluation of the African Guarantee Fund and Denmark’s contribution

Eignungskriterien

• The economic operator is required to have an average yearly turnover of minimum DKK 9,000,000 for the last 2 financial years available (where the economic operator can present annual reports). When the economic operator is participating in the procurement procedure together with others (e.g a consortia or joint venture) or if the economic operator relies on the capacity of other entities, it is required that the participating economic operators or the economic operator and the entities referred to altogether meet the selection criteria. Each involved economic operator or entity must submit a completed ESPD and the participating economic operators or the entities referred to are subject to joint and several liability for the performance of the contract. The contracting authority can accept annual reports or excerpts hereof or relevant statements from a bank or certified accountant as documentation in relation to the economic and financial standing. When an economic operator is participating in the procurement procedure together with others or when an economic operator relies on the economic and financial standing of other entities, the economic operator must also provide statements of support or other documentation proving that the economic operator has access to the necessary economic and financial standing. The statements of support must establish a legal obligation for the party concerned and state that the involved economic operators or entities are subject to joint and several liability for the performance of the contract.

• The economic operator is required to have performed (entered into, ongoing or finalized) minimum 1 contract regarding an evaluation or assessment of development cooperation using a quasi-experimental design or other rigorous quantitative causal identification strategies within the last 5 years. When the economic operator is participating in the procurement procedure together with others (e.g. a consortia or joint venture) or if the economic operator relies on the capacity of other entities, it is required that the participating economic operators or the economic operator and the entities referred to altogether meet the selection criteria, that each involved economic operator or entity submits a completed ESPD and that the specific parts of the contract must be performed by the economic operators or entities with the required technical and professional abilities. The economic operator must fill in a list of maximum 5 contracts (i.e. from all involved economic operators in a group of economic operators and/or other supporting entities). If an economic operator has listed more than 5 contracts, the contracting authority will only read and assess the 5 most recent contracts listed (first based on end date, and then based on start date). Each listed contract should include the following information: (1) a description of the contract (nature and quantity of services from the economic operator and how they compare to the description of this procurement), (2) amount (remuneration received by the economic operator for the performance of the services), (3) start date (date of conclusion of the contract), (4) end date (date of completion of services), and (5) recipient (name and contact information). The contracting authority reserves the right to contact the recipients of services or require statements from the recipients, confirming that the economic operator has performed the listed contracts, as documentation in relation to the technical and professional ability. When an economic operator is formed by a group of economic operators or relies on the technical and professional abilities of other entities, the economic operator must also provide statements of support or other documentation proving that the economic operator has access to the necessary technical and professional abilities. The statements of support must establish a legal obligation for the party concerned and state the parts of the contract to be performed by the party concerned.

• If more than 5 economic operators fulfil the minimum requirements to economic and financial standing and technical and professional ability, the candidates will be selected on the basis of the information concerning technical and professional ability. In the selection, the contracting authority will specifically emphasise

  • •(1) The number of relevant contracts (i.e., contracts that fulfil the minimum requirements to technical and professional ability)
  • •(2) The extent to which the performed contracts compare to the description of this procurement, including: (a) the extent to which the performed contracts concern evaluations or other assessments of SME finance or credit markets in Africa, including analysis of market functioning, constraints or effects of interventions
  • •(b) the extent to which the performed contracts concern evaluations or assessments of guarantee instruments or other credit market instruments in developing country contexts
  • •(c) the extent to which the performed contracts concern evaluations or assessments using administrative financial and SME sector data in an African context.

Zuschlagskriterien

• Quality: Please refer to the Criteria and Method of Evaluation. As part of the evaluation of tenders, the contracting authority will also conduct individual interviews with all Key Staff proposed for the position as Team Leader (in compliant tenders). Please refer to the Instructions to Tenderers.

• Price: Please refer to the Criteria and Method of Evaluation.