Feasibility study and preparation of a pilot project for higher and professional education finance in Southeast Europe WBIF Countries

KfW

In 2011, KfW commissioned a Pre-Feasibility Study on Higher Education Finance in Southeast Europe and Turkey. The aim of the Pre-Feasibility Study was (i) to gain an overall understanding of existing higher education student finance schemes worldwide, (ii) to undertake a first country specific analysis of selected countries in Southeast Europe (Kosovo*, Serbia, Turkey) and (iii) to develop potential concepts to support higher education student finance in Southeast Europe.
In that regard, consultancy services are necessary to prepare a Feasibility study and a pilot project for higher and professional education student finance in Southeast Europe WBIF countries. The consultancy assignment subject to this procurement will be implemented in 2 phases:
— Phase 1 will cover the countries Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Kosovo*,
— In an optional Phase 2 additional WBIF countries (e.g. former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) could be added.
The objective of the consultancy assignment in Phase 1 is to:
— Prepare a Feasibility Study and develop a pilot project for a student loan facility in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Kosovo*,
— Design a model for a regional student loan programme in Southeast Europe.
Expected outputs of the consultancy assignment are:
(1) In-depth country-specific analysis in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Kosovo*;
(2) In-depth demand survey among students on student financing and a potential student loan facility in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Kosovo*;
(3) Assessment of various finance and risk-sharing models for a student loan facility in each country and assessment of the feasibility of a regional facility;
(4) Development of a comprehensive project concept (Institutional Design Report) for each country;
(5) Preparation of a pilot project with interested financial institutions in each country;
(6) Development of possible models for a student finance programme in Southeast Europe;
(7) Design, preparation and implementation of appropriate fora for stakeholder consultations at national and regional level (cross-cutting);
(8) Development of terms of reference for an implementation consultant.
In an optional Phase 2 feasibility studies and pilot projects for additional WBIF countries (e.g. former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and other countries still to be determined) will be prepared. Results and lessons-learned of Phase 1 shall be taken into account in Phase 2 and in case Phase 2 will commence before the termination of Phase 1, preliminary results of Phase 2 shall be considered in Phase 1.
* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independance.

Deadline

Die Frist für den Eingang der Angebote war 2012-09-06. Die Ausschreibung wurde veröffentlicht am 2012-08-08.

Anbieter

Die folgenden Lieferanten werden in Vergabeentscheidungen oder anderen Beschaffungsunterlagen erwähnt:

• AFC Consultants International GmbH

Wer?

• KfW

Wie?

• Marktforschung › Durchführbarkeitsstudie
• Unternehmens- und Managementberatung › Beratung im Bereich Finanzverwaltung

Wo?

• Hessen › Darmstadt

Geschichte der Beschaffung

Datum	Dokument
2012-08-08	Auftragsbekanntmachung
2013-01-03	Bekanntmachung über vergebene Aufträge

Auftragsbekanntmachung (2012-08-08)
Objekt
Umfang der Beschaffung
Titel: Durchführbarkeitsstudie
Menge oder Umfang:

For Phase 1 funds up to 515 000 EUR are available for consultancy services. For the optional Phase 2 a maximum of additional 384 000 EUR would be provided.

Metadaten der Bekanntmachung
Originalsprache: Englisch 🗣️
Dokumenttyp: Auftragsbekanntmachung
Art des Auftrags: Dienstleistungen
Verordnung: Europäische Union, mit GPA-Beteiligung
Gemeinsames Vokabular für öffentliche Aufträge (CPV)
Code: Durchführbarkeitsstudie 📦

Verfahren
Verfahrensart: Verhandlungsverfahren
Angebotsart: Angebot für alle Lose
Vergabekriterien
Wirtschaftlichstes Angebot

Öffentlicher Auftraggeber
Identität
Land: Deutschland 🇩🇪
Art des öffentlichen Auftraggebers: Einrichtung des öffentlichen Rechts
Name des öffentlichen Auftraggebers: KfW
Postanschrift: Palmengartenstrasse 5-9
Postleitzahl: 60325
Postort: Frankfurt
Kontakt
Internetadresse: http://www.kfw.de 🌏

Referenz
Daten
Absendedatum: 2012-08-08 📅
Einreichungsfrist: 2012-09-06 📅
Veröffentlichungsdatum: 2012-08-10 📅
Kennungen
Bekanntmachungsnummer: 2012/S 153-256030
ABl. S-Ausgabe: 153
Zusätzliche Informationen

This EU-wide public procurement procedure is construed as a negotiated procedure with publication of a prior contract notice according to section 3 para. 2 of the German Professional Services Contracts Regulationof 2009 (VOF). It is imperative that Candidates use for their request to participate the template provided by the contracting authority, which also includes standard forms for all required declarations. The template for the requests to participate may be requested in writing (via e-mail or facsimile) from FPS Rechtsanwälte und Notare, seidler@fps-law.de and rosenkoetter@fps-law.de, +49 6995957155. Additional information with respect to this public procurement procedure may be requested exclusively in writing (via e-mail or facsimile) before and including 30.8.2012 from FPS Rechtsanwälte & Notare, seidler@fps-law.de and rosenkoetter@fps-law.de, +49 6995957155. The present tender procedure will be conducted exclusively in English. Accordingly, both the template for the request to participate and tender documents are available in English only. The request to participate as well as a subsequent tender, if any, have to be submitted in English. Supporting documents have to be submitted in English, if the tender documents do not explicitly provide for an exception from this rule. This also applies to any further written communication. The negotiations will be conducted in English or German depending on the languague skills of the participants. The request to participate must be submitted to KfW at the address indicated under Section I. 1) on 6.9.2012 at 12:00 p.m. at the latest. It is to be submitted together with any and all supporting documents in triplicate: a duly signed original hardcopy of the request to participate, a copy of the signed original (also as hardcopy) as well as an electronic copy of the original on DVD/CD ROM. The original and each copy must be clearly designated as such. In order to maintain confidentiality, requests to participate must be submitted in a closed envelope. The envelope must show the name and address of the candidate/consortium of candidates and the identificationslip, which is part of the template for the request to participate, must be affixed thereto. For postal delivery, the documentation must be timely sent by registered letter. The date of the receipt stamp of KfW will be decisive. For direct delivery (in person or by messenger), please go to the receiving department (Warenannahme) of KfW, Wirtschaftseinfahrt Nordarkade, via Bockenheimer Landstraße 124/corner Zeppelinallee from Monday through Friday between 6:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. and on weekends and bank holidays, please contact security service at the same location. If, for important objective reasons, the candidate/consortium of candidates is not in the position to provide the requested information, he must lay down such reasons in writing. A request to be allowed to submit a substitute in lieu of the requested information is to be made in writing (in a letter or via e-mail or facsimile) to FPS Rechtsanwälte & Notare at the address indicated under Section I.1. In such a case, KfW reserves the right – by taking into account the reasons submitted - to permit the candidate to evidence his economic and financial standing by presenting other proof which KfW considers to be suitable. If required declarations and evidence are not submitted in full together with the request to participate, KfW may request the concerned candidates/consortia of candidates to submit the missing documents according to Section 5 (3) of the VOF and set an additional respite before the expiry of which the missing documents have to be submitted. KfW reserves the right to invite candidates/consortia of candidates to a presentation to the premises of the KfW in Frankfurt/Main or alternatively to a presentation conducted via video conference.

Zusätzliche Informationen

This EU-wide public procurement procedure is construed as a negotiated procedure with publication of a prior contract notice according to section 3 para. 2 of the German Professional Services Contracts Regulationof 2009 (VOF). It is imperative that Candidates use for their request to participate the template provided by the contracting authority, which also includes standard forms for all required declarations. The template for the requests to participate may be requested in writing (via e-mail or facsimile) from FPS Rechtsanwälte und Notare, seidler@fps-law.de and rosenkoetter@fps-law.de, +49 6995957155. Additional information with respect to this public procurement procedure may be requested exclusively in writing (via e-mail or facsimile) before and including 30.8.2012 from FPS Rechtsanwälte & Notare, seidler@fps-law.de and rosenkoetter@fps-law.de, +49 6995957155.

The present tender procedure will be conducted exclusively in English. Accordingly, both the template for the request to participate and tender documents are available in English only. The request to participate as well as a subsequent tender, if any, have to be submitted in English. Supporting documents have to be submitted in English, if the tender documents do not explicitly provide for an exception from this rule. This also applies to any further written communication. The negotiations will be conducted in English or German depending on the languague skills of the participants.

The request to participate must be submitted to KfW at the address indicated under Section I. 1) on 6.9.2012 at 12:00 p.m. at the latest. It is to be submitted together with any and all supporting documents in triplicate: a duly signed original hardcopy of the request to participate, a copy of the signed original (also as hardcopy) as well as an electronic copy of the original on DVD/CD ROM. The original and each copy must be clearly designated as such.

In order to maintain confidentiality, requests to participate must be submitted in a closed envelope. The envelope must show the name and address of the candidate/consortium of candidates and the identificationslip, which is part of the template for the request to participate, must be affixed thereto.

For postal delivery, the documentation must be timely sent by registered letter. The date of the receipt stamp of KfW will be decisive.

For direct delivery (in person or by messenger), please go to the receiving department (Warenannahme) of KfW, Wirtschaftseinfahrt Nordarkade, via Bockenheimer Landstraße 124/corner Zeppelinallee from Monday through Friday between 6:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. and on weekends and bank holidays, please contact security service at the same location.

If, for important objective reasons, the candidate/consortium of candidates is not in the position to provide the requested information, he must lay down such reasons in writing. A request to be allowed to submit a substitute in lieu of the requested information is to be made in writing (in a letter or via e-mail or facsimile) to FPS Rechtsanwälte & Notare at the address indicated under Section I.1. In such a case, KfW reserves the right – by taking into account the reasons submitted - to permit the candidate to evidence his economic and financial standing by presenting other proof which KfW considers to be suitable.

If required declarations and evidence are not submitted in full together with the request to participate, KfW may request the concerned candidates/consortia of candidates to submit the missing documents according to Section 5 (3) of the VOF and set an additional respite before the expiry of which the missing documents have to be submitted.

KfW reserves the right to invite candidates/consortia of candidates to a presentation to the premises of the KfW in Frankfurt/Main or alternatively to a presentation conducted via video conference.

Objekt
Umfang der Beschaffung
Kurze Beschreibung:

In that regard, consultancy services are necessary to prepare a Feasibility study and a pilot project for higher and professional education student finance in Southeast Europe WBIF countries. The consultancy assignment subject to this procurement will be implemented in 2 phases:

— Phase 1 will cover the countries Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Kosovo*,

— In an optional Phase 2 additional WBIF countries (e.g. former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) could be added.

The objective of the consultancy assignment in Phase 1 is to:

— Prepare a Feasibility Study and develop a pilot project for a student loan facility in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Kosovo*,

— Design a model for a regional student loan programme in Southeast Europe.

Expected outputs of the consultancy assignment are:

(1) In-depth country-specific analysis in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Kosovo*;

(2) In-depth demand survey among students on student financing and a potential student loan facility in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Kosovo*;

(3) Assessment of various finance and risk-sharing models for a student loan facility in each country and assessment of the feasibility of a regional facility;

(4) Development of a comprehensive project concept (Institutional Design Report) for each country;

(5) Preparation of a pilot project with interested financial institutions in each country;

(6) Development of possible models for a student finance programme in Southeast Europe;

(7) Design, preparation and implementation of appropriate fora for stakeholder consultations at national and regional level (cross-cutting);

(8) Development of terms of reference for an implementation consultant.

In an optional Phase 2 feasibility studies and pilot projects for additional WBIF countries (e.g. former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and other countries still to be determined) will be prepared. Results and lessons-learned of Phase 1 shall be taken into account in Phase 2 and in case Phase 2 will commence before the termination of Phase 1, preliminary results of Phase 2 shall be considered in Phase 1.

* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independance.

Beschreibung der Optionen:

In an optional Phase 2 feasibility studies and pilot projects for additional WBIF countries will be prepared.

Referenznummer: VSt. 87/12
Bezeichnung des von der EU finanzierten Projekts oder Programms: The project is financed by EU WBIF (Western Balkan Investement Framework).

Rechtliche, wirtschaftliche, finanzielle und technische Informationen
Bedingungen für die Teilnahme
Befähigung zur Berufsausübung:

1. Declaration of honour:

The candidate (in case of a consortium of candidates or subcontractors, to whose eligibility the candidate refers to prove his own eligibility, a signed declaration must be submitted separately for each and every member of the consortium of candidates and for each and every subcontractor) declares that.

— he/they fulfils/fulfil all trade-law prerequisites for providing the services put out to tender of the country in which he/they have their registered office or place of residence,

— insolvency proceedings, or comparable statutory proceedings, have not been instituted against his/their assets nor has the opening of insolvency proceedings been requested or such request been refused for lack of assets,

— he/they is/are not being wound up or has/have not ceased operating,

— he/they has/have not been found guilty in a final judgment of serious misconduct which would cast doubt on his/their reliability as a possible provider of the services which are put out to tender,

— he/they has/have not committed any serious misconduct in course of his/their professional activities which would cast doubt on his/their reliability as a possible provider of the services which are put out to tender,

— he/they has/have duly fulfilled his/their obligation(s) to pay taxes and other charges as well as social security contributions pursuant to the legal provisions of the country in which he/they have their registered office or place of residence,

— he/they has/have no knowledge of any circumstances which would cast doubt on his/their reliability and could be a reason for exclusion in accordance with section 4 (6) VOF (That is the case if a person, whose conduct is imputable to him/them has been found guilty in a final judgment of participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, money laundering, fraud, subsidy fraud, bribery or tax evasion),

— he/they has/have not made any false declarations or provided false clarifications or refused to give such information without a valid reason which may be requested in a tender proceeding according to Sections 4, 5 and 10 VOF,

— he/they has/have not offered, promised or granted any benefit to a public official or a person entrusted with special public service functions,

— at the time of submission of his/their request to participate, he/they has/have not committed any breach of the German Act against Restraints on Competition (Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen or GWB), without limitation, has/have not made any competition-restraining agreements in particular no such agreements regarding prices or the highlighting of an undertaking or a consortium as the lowest tenderer,

— he/they will only use qualified and reliable subcontractors for the provision of services,

— he/they is/are aware that knowingly giving false information will result in his/their being excluded from the present procurement procedure,

— he/they has/have not been punished by imprisonment of more than 3 months or a fine of more than 90 days fine units or more than 2 500 EUR for illegal employment of employees.

2. Declaration confirming the procurement procedure to be a free, fair and competitive nature:

“We underline the importance of a free, fair and competitive procurement procedure which precludes any and all misuse. In this respect we have so far neither offered nor granted, be it directly or indirectly, to any public servants or any other persons inadmissible advantages in connection with our tender nor will we within the framework of the present procurement procedure or - in the event of a contract award – within the framework of the subsequent performance of the contract offer or grant such incentives or conditions. We undertake to comply with the laws applicable in Germany and the European Union as well as – in relation to our work in the respective country to which we will be deployed – with the national law in force there. We will inform our employees and subcontractors of their obligation to comply with the law".

3. Declaration concerning economic links with other undertakings pursuant to section 4 (2) of VOF:

Declaration of the candidate/each individual member of the consortium of candidates as any subcontractors, if the candidate/consortium of candidates proposes to prove his eligibility by referring to eligibility of subcontractors, regarding any economic links with other undertakings relevant for the services which are put out to tender.

4. Excerpts from the commercial register or comparable certificates of the country in which the candidate/the individual member of the consortium of candidates as well as any subcontractors, if the candidate/consortium of candidate proposes to prove his eligibility by reffering to the eligibility of subcontractors, have their registered office or place of residence.

Wirtschaftliche und finanzielle Leistungsfähigkeit:

In order to prove their financial capacity candidates/the individual members of a consortium of candidates as well as any subcontractors, if the candidate/consortium of candidates proposes to prove his eligibility by reffering to the elgibility of subcontractors, must submit.

— financial statements of the last 3 closed fiscal years (balance sheet as well as profit and loss account) orcomparable documents,

— declaration on their total net turnover in the past 3 closed fiscal years and,

— declaration on their net turnover with services comparable with the services which are put out to tender in the present procedure in the past 3 closed fiscal years.

If an undertaking has not existed in the past 3 closed fiscal years, it is sufficient if it submits financial statement sor comparable documents as well as declarations regarding its turnover with respect to the period of time, in which it existed.

Technische und berufliche Fähigkeiten:

1. Candidates/consortia of candidates must submit references regarding the provision of following services and declare that he/they or people deployed by him/them acted as the responsible undertaking/person in those projects and that the completion dates of the referenced services were not prior to 2005. The references must relate to services which are comparable with the services which are put out to tender. The references must indicate the recipient of the services including contact details (telephone number/e-mail address), value and date of the services and must specify whether they were carried out state of the art according to the applicable rules of the profession and properly completed. Moreover the subject of each reference project and the candidate’s/consortium’s involvement in each referenced project must be shortly described. In case of a consortium of candidates it is sufficient if the individual members of the consortium can jointly provide the requested references. Subcontractors, if the candidate/consortium of candidates proposes to prove his eligibility by referring to the eligibility of subcontractors, must provide corresponding references for the area of work which it is supposed to carry out.

Category I: Up to 3 provable customer references which show the candidate’s/consortium’s/subcontractor’sexperience and his expertise regarding Financial Sector Development with particular respect to Financial Cooperation (FC) financial sector project feasibility studies, demand surveys, concept development and design of finacial sector projects and regional facilities, FC financial sector project implementation and implementation of regional facilities, FC financial sector project management and leadership as well as experience and expertise regarding suitable financial instruments such as structured funds, loan schemes and guarantee schemes, etc. (sector specific reference).

Category II: Up to 3 provable customer references which show the candidate’s/consortium’s/subcontractor’s experience and his expertise regarding Higher Education Finance with particular respect to higher and professional education sector studies, student finance demand/supply studies, demand surveys, student loan product design and implementation of student finance models/schemes (sector specific reference).

Category III: Up to 6 provable customer references, which show the candidate’s/consortium’s/subcontractor’s experience regarding Market Knowledge with respect to the selected countries/Southeast Europe Region (1) Bosnia and Herzegovina, (2) Croatia, (3) Kosovo*, (4) Macedonia, (5) Other countries in the region (regional reference).

In case the single candidate/the consortium of candidates submits more than the requested number of references in each category, KfW will only assess those references, which the single candidate/consortium of candidates has indicated as “reference 1”, “reference 2” and “reference 3” with respect to Categories I and II and “reference 1”, “reference 2”, “reference 3”, "reference 4", "reference 5" and "reference 6" with respect to Category III, using the forms given in the template for the request to participate.

The single candidate/the consortium of candidates may submit a reference, which he/it has already presented as a sector specific reference as a regional reference. In this case please indicate this fact accordingly in the reference templates.

If a single reference covers both sector categories I and II as well as the regional category III it can be submitted to be assessed in all categories.

For any reference which the single candidate/the consortium of candidates fails to submit, KfW will award a score of 0 (zero) points.

2. Declaration of the candidate/the individual members of the consortium of candidates as well as any subcontractors, if the candidate/consortium of candidates proposes to prove his eligibility by referring to the eligibility of subcontractors, confirming that they will deploy only adequately qualified expert staff in the provisionof the services which are put out to tender.

3. At least three CVs indicating the educational and professional qualifications of the senior management personnel proposed to be responsible for the provision of the services or managing the work which are put out to tender (key team members). Standard forms are provided in the template for the request to participate.

4. Declaration concerning the number of persons to be deployed for the provision of the services which are put out to tender and indication of the areas of expertise of each proposed project team member. If possible CVs indicating the educational and professional qualifications shall be submitted for each proposed project team member. The CV's of all proposed team members must be submitted together with the final and binding offer at the latest. Standard forms are provided in the template for the request to participate.

5. Declaration of the candidate/the individual members of the consortium of candidates as well as any subcontractors, if the candidate/consortium of candidates proposes to prove his eligibility by referring to the eligibility of subcontractors, regarding the average annual manpower of the service provider or contractor and the number of managerial staff for the past three years.

6. Candidates/consortia of candidates must indicate the portion of the contract and the nature of the works which they intend possibly to subcontract. If the candidate/consortium of candidates proposes to prove his eligibility by referring to the eligibility of subcontractors, the candidate/consortium of candidates is mandatorily required to evidence the eligibility of the respective subcontractors. To the extent that the candidate refers to subcontractors by way of proof of his own eligibility, such subcontractors must in principle already be named in this declaration of the candidate. In addition, the candidate must in such a case principally evidence with the request to participate that he will in fact be able to access the necessary means of the subcontractors at the time of contract performance. This applies also in respect of undertakings that are affiliated with the candidate.Valid proof will be the submission of the signed annex to the request to participate “Declaration of commitment of subcontractor”. Subcontractors to whose eligibility the candidate/consortium of candidates does not refer as a proof for his eligibility, do not need to be named in and their eligibility does not need to be proven with the request to participate. Their names and proof for their eligibility must only be provided if so requested by KfW at a later point in time.

Mindeststandards:

Candidates or consortia of candidates which do not acquire at least 500 out of the 1 000 points which can be reached in course of the evaluation of the references and the CVs of the senior management will be excluded from the procedure.

At least three CV's indicating the educational and professional qualifications of the proposed senior management personnel (key team members) must be submitted with the request to participate.

Auftragsausführung
Geforderte Kautionen und Garantien: None.
Rechtsform der Gruppe von Wirtschaftsteilnehmern, an die der Auftrag vergeben werden soll: A special legal form is not required.
Sonstige besondere Bedingungen:

Consortia of candidates must submit a declaration duly signed by all individual members of the consortium which (1) indicates all indivdual members of the consortium and confirms that (2) in the event that it is invited to submit a tender it will continue to exist as a group of tenderes during the tendering stage, (3) in the event of acceptance of their tender/contract award it will form a working group and (4) authorise a representative of the consortium of candidates and also of the later consortium of tenderers and working group that (5) the authorised representative, during the stages of the procurement procedure and also in the event of acceptance of their tender, represents the members via-à-vis the Contracting Authority with legally binding effect and that (6) each individual member of the consortium accepts joint and several liability vis-à-vis the Contracting Authority.

Verfahren
Mindestzahl der Bewerber: 3
Höchstzahl der Bewerber: 7
Objektive Auswahlkriterien:

Evaluation of the qualification of the proposed senior management (key team members) with respect to their expertise in Categories I and II (maximum 340 points out of maximum 1 000 points all together); Evaluation of the sector references regarding Financial Sector Development (maximum 210 points out of maximum 1 000 points alltogether); Evaluation of the sector references in Higher Education Finance (maximum 180 points out of maximum 1 000 points all together); Evaluation of the regional references/market knowledge with respect to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo*, Macedonia and other Southeast Europe countries (maximum 270 points out of maximum 1 000 points all together).

Sprachen
Sprache: Englisch 🗣️

Öffentlicher Auftraggeber
Kontakt
Name: FPS Rechtsanwälte und Notare
Postanschrift: Eschersheimer Landstraße 25-27
Postort: Frankfurt am Main
Postleitzahl: 60322
Land: Deutschland 🇩🇪
Kontaktperson: Rechtsanwältin Dr. Anne-Carolin Seidler, Rechtsanwältin Dr. Annette Rosenkötter
Fax: +49 6995957-155 📠
Name: FPS Rechtsanwälte & Notare
Postanschrift: Eschersheimer Landstraße 25
Telefon: +49 69959573113 📞
Fax: +49 6995957255 📠

Referenz
Kennungen
Vom öffentlichen Auftraggeber vergebene Referenznummer: VSt. 87/12
Zusätzliche Informationen

The present tender procedure will be conducted exclusively in English. Accordingly, both the template for the request to participate and tender documents are available in English only. The request to participate as well as a subsequent tender, if any, have to be submitted in English. Supporting documents have to be submitted in English, if the tender documents do not explicitly provide for an exception from this rule. This also applies to any further written communication. The negotiations will be conducted in English or German depending on the languague skills of the participants.

The request to participate must be submitted to KfW at the address indicated under Section I. 1) on 6.9.2012 at 12:00 p.m. at the latest. It is to be submitted together with any and all supporting documents in triplicate: a duly signed original hardcopy of the request to participate, a copy of the signed original (also as hardcopy) as well as an electronic copy of the original on DVD/CD ROM. The original and each copy must be clearly designated as such.

In order to maintain confidentiality, requests to participate must be submitted in a closed envelope. The envelope must show the name and address of the candidate/consortium of candidates and the identificationslip, which is part of the template for the request to participate, must be affixed thereto.

For postal delivery, the documentation must be timely sent by registered letter. The date of the receipt stamp of KfW will be decisive.

For direct delivery (in person or by messenger), please go to the receiving department (Warenannahme) of KfW, Wirtschaftseinfahrt Nordarkade, via Bockenheimer Landstraße 124/corner Zeppelinallee from Monday through Friday between 6:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. and on weekends and bank holidays, please contact security service at the same location.

If, for important objective reasons, the candidate/consortium of candidates is not in the position to provide the requested information, he must lay down such reasons in writing. A request to be allowed to submit a substitute in lieu of the requested information is to be made in writing (in a letter or via e-mail or facsimile) to FPS Rechtsanwälte & Notare at the address indicated under Section I.1. In such a case, KfW reserves the right – by taking into account the reasons submitted - to permit the candidate to evidence his economic and financial standing by presenting other proof which KfW considers to be suitable.

If required declarations and evidence are not submitted in full together with the request to participate, KfW may request the concerned candidates/consortia of candidates to submit the missing documents according to Section 5 (3) of the VOF and set an additional respite before the expiry of which the missing documents have to be submitted.

KfW reserves the right to invite candidates/consortia of candidates to a presentation to the premises of the KfW in Frankfurt/Main or alternatively to a presentation conducted via video conference.

Ergänzende Informationen
Körper überprüfen
Name: Vergabekammer des Bundes beim Bundeskartellamt
Postanschrift: Villemomblerstraße 76
Postort: Bonn
Postleitzahl: 53123
Land: Deutschland 🇩🇪
Telefon: +49 22894990 📞
Fax: +49 2289499163 📠
Informationen zu Fristen für Nachprüfungsverfahren:

See Section 107 et seq. of the German Act against Restraints on Competition (Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen - GWB).

Pursuant to Section 107 (3) of the GWB, the application is inadmissible if:

1. already during the award procedure the applicant became aware of the violation of provisions governing the awarding of public contracts and did not object to the contracting entity without undue delay;

2. violations of provisions governing the awarding of public contracts which were apparent on the basis of the tender notice were not notified to the contracting entity by the end of the period specified in the notice for the submission of a tender or application;

3. violations of provisions governing the awarding of public contracts which were apparent only in the tender documents were not notified to the contracting entity by the end of the period specified in the notice for submission of a tender or application;

4. more than 15 calendar days have lapsed after receipt of the notification from the contracting entity of its refusal to remedy the complaint.

Quelle: OJS 2012/S 153-256030 (2012-08-08)

Bekanntmachung über vergebene Aufträge (2013-01-03)
Objekt
Metadaten der Bekanntmachung
Originalsprache: Deutsch 🗣️
Dokumenttyp: Bekanntmachung über vergebene Aufträge

Verfahren
Angebotsart: Entfällt

Öffentlicher Auftraggeber
Identität
Postanschrift: Palmengartenstr. 5-9
Postort: Frankfurt am Main

Referenz
Daten
Absendedatum: 2013-01-03 📅
Veröffentlichungsdatum: 2013-01-08 📅
Kennungen
Bekanntmachungsnummer: 2013/S 005-005029
Verweist auf Bekanntmachung: 2012/S 153-256030
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Datum des Vertragsabschlusses: 2012-12-18 📅
Name: AFC Consultants International GmbH
Postanschrift: Dottendorferstraße 82
Postort: Bonn
Postleitzahl: 53129
Land: Deutschland 🇩🇪
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Postanschrift: Villemombler Straße 76
Informationen zu Fristen für Nachprüfungsverfahren: See Section 107 (3) of the German Act against Restraints on Competition (GWB).
Quelle: OJS 2013/S 005-005029 (2013-01-03)

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