AR-Buenos Aires: ALA — training, organisation and logistics services for the delivery of 180 training courses on the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in teaching, in the NOA (Northwest) region: Salta, Jujuy, Tucumán, Catamarca, Santiago del Estero

Country:

Argentina

City/Locality:

MPOYENOS AIRES

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:21908-2008

Publication Date:

Aug 20, 2008

Deadline:

Sept 3, 2008

Buyer:

EL MINISTERIO DE EDUCACION DE LA NACION

Original Language:

Spanish

Address:

MINISTERIO DE EDUCACION DE LA NACION (ME)
BUENOS AIRES
Argentina

Email:

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80500000 - Training services

Notice Type: 0708
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: External aid and European Development Fund
EU Official Journal Publication: 18/2008
, #
21908-2008
Referenced Document Number: 198014-2006
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Not defined
Awarding Criteria: Not defined

Summary:
Latin America, Argentine Republic
Service contract notice
FOPIIE project to improve teaching skills within schools in the
comprehensive 'equality in education' programme, agreement No
ALA/2005/17541
1. Publication reference: EuropeAid/124200/D/SER/AR
2. Procedure: International restricted invitation to tender.
3. Programme: ALA.
4. Financing: Financing agreement ALA/2005/17541 signed between the
Government of the Argentine Republic and the European Union on 22.12.2005.
5. Contracting authority: El Ministerio de Educación de la Nación (ME),
en nombre y por cuenta del Gobierno de la República Argentina.
Contract specifications
6. Nature of the contract: Fee-based.
7. Contract description: Training, organisation and logistics services,
and printing and distribution of teaching materials, for the delivery of
180 training courses on the use of information and communication
technology (ICT) in teaching. The courses will take place in the NOA
(Northwest) region: Salta, Jujuy, Tucumán, Catamarca, Santiago del Estero.
The following short-term experts are required:
main expert(s) 1 — general regional coordinator: for a total number of
man-days for each region as listed below, with a degree in educational
sciences, communication or similar (completed at least 10 years ago) and
accreditation of professional updating or completed postgraduate studies
in fields related to information and communication technology (ICT) and/or
the media, experience in coordinating professional teams (minimum of 100
people), managing training teams (at least 5 years) and in training
teachers and managerial staff.
Region, province, groupings, general coordinator, man-days:
NOA, Catamarca, 26, 1, 60;
NOA, Jujuy, 27, 1, 60;
NOA, Salta, 41, 1, 60;
NOA, Santiago del Estero, 41, 1, 60;
NOA, Tucumán, 45, 1, 60;
total: 60.
Main expert(s) 2 — team coordinator: for a total number of man-days for
each region as listed below, with higher-education or university
qualifications in educational sciences, communication or similar
(completed at least 5 years ago) and accreditation of professional
updating or postgraduate studies in fields related to information and
communication technology (ICT) and/or the media (completed or being
followed), experience in coordinating work teams (minimum of 15 people)
and in teacher training.
Region, province, groupings, team coordinator, man-days:
NOA, Catamarca, 26, 1, 60;
NOA, Jujuy, 27, 1, 60;
NOA, Salta, 41, 1, 60;
NOA, Santiago del Estero, 41, 1, 60;
NOA, Tucumán, 45, 1, 60;
total: 300.
Additional expert(s) — trainer: for a total number of man-days for each
region as listed below, with higher-education or university-degree level
qualifications and/or postgraduate qualifications in education,
communication, educational technology, educational IT or other similar
ICT-related courses, experience in giving training courses on ICT,
computing, technology, audiovisual languages or similar (preferably in the
education sector), handling IT applications and multimedia resources
(digital camera, video camera, etc.).
Region, province, groupings, trainer, man-days:
NOA, Catamarca, 26, 13, 442;
NOA, Jujuy, 27, 14, 459;
NOA, Salta, 41, 21, 697;
NOA, Santiago del Estero, 41, 21, 697;
NOA, Tucumán, 45, 23, 765;
total: 3 060.
8. Number and titles of the lots: This invitation to tender is not
divided into lots.
9. Maximum budget: EUR 308 970,05.
The maximum budget is broken down as follows:
region, maximum amount of fees, cost control, contingency amount, total:
NOA, EUR 210 042,37, EUR 10 000, EUR 88 927,68, EUR 308 970,05.
10. Any additional services: Not applicable.
Conditions for participation
11. Eligibility criteria: Participation is open to all legal entities,
individually or grouped together in a tenderers' association (consortium),
established in the EU Member States or the countries and territories of
the regions which fall within the scope of application of the specific
instruments applicable to the programme under which the contract is
financed, or which are authorised by said legal instruments (see point
30). International organisations may also take part. Participation of
natural persons is governed by the specific programme funding the
contract.
12. Application: Natural persons or legal entities who are eligible (see
point 11) or groupings of said parties (consortia) may take part in the
invitation to tender.
A consortium can be a permanent grouping with a legal status or an
informal grouping created for a particular invitation to tender. All the
members of a consortium (i.e. lead tenderer and all other members) are to
be jointly and severally liable vis-à-vis the contracting authority.
Should a natural person or legal entity take part who does not meet the
eligibility criteria (see point 11), this will result in the party
concerned being automatically disqualified. Furthermore, should said party
belong to a consortium then the whole consortium will be disqualified.
13. Number of applications: Natural persons and legal entities are only
able to submit 1 application, irrespective of the form their participation
may take (as a single legal entity, or as lead tenderer or member of a
candidate consortium). Should a natural person or legal entity submit more
than 1 application, all the applications involving said party will be
rejected.
14. Prohibition on alliances between shortlisted candidates: Tenders
which include companies not mentioned on the application forms used to
compile the shortlist will be disqualified from this restricted procedure.
Shortlisted candidates may not form alliances or subcontract to each other
for the contract.
15. Grounds for exclusion: Candidates must enclose with their application
form a signed statement confirming that they are not in any of the
situations listed in section 2.3.3 of the Practical Guide to contract
procedures for EC external actions. This statement forms part of the
application form.
16. Subcontracting: Subcontracting is not permitted.
17. Number of shortlisted candidates: Between 4 and 8 candidates will be
invited to submit detailed tenders for this contract, depending on the
applications received. If the number of eligible candidates meeting the
selection criteria is less than the minimum of 4, the contracting
authority may invite these candidates to submit a tender.
Provisional timetable
18. Provisional date for the invitation to tender: March 2008 (dispatch
of specifications to selected candidates).
19. Provisional date for commencing the contract: Second quarter of 2008.
20. Initial contract length, and possible extension: 8 months.
Selection and award criteria
21. Selection criteria: The following selection criteria will be applied
to candidates. Where applications are submitted by a consortium, then the
criteria will apply to the consortium as a whole.
1) Candidates' economic and financial capacity (based on section 3 of the
application form):
(a) the sum total of the annual turnover for 2005 and 2006, as indicated
on the application form, must be equal to or greater than 50 %.
In the case of public institutions which register budget accounting,
annual turnover is considered to be the annual budget allocated for the
aforementioned periods, approved by regulation of the relevant authority.
2) Candidates' professional capacity (based on sections 4 and 5 of the
application form):
(a) at least 10 employees were working for candidates in fields connected
with this contract during 2006;
(b) at least 20 % of the staff who worked for candidates during 2006 in
fields connected with this contract must be on permanent contracts.
3) Candidates' technical capacity (based on sections 5 and 6 of the
application form):
(a) candidates have worked on at least 2 projects in fields connected with
this contract in the past 5 years.
Economic operators may, if necessary and for a specific contract, make use
of the resources and capacities of other bodies irrespective of their
legal relationship. In such a case, they must provide the contracting
authority with proof that they will have the resources needed to carry out
the contract, for example, by producing a written commitment by said
bodies to make such resources available. Consortia may likewise make use,
on the same terms and conditions, of the capacities of other members of
their consortium or other bodies.
If more than 8 applications prove to be eligible, i.e. meet all the
selection criteria, then the merits of the applications from these
candidates will need to be re-examined so as to determine which 8
applications for the invitation to tender are the most suitable. Only the
following factors will be taken into account in this re-examination:
(1) number of staff working for candidates in fields related to this
contract in 2006;
(2) total value of projects carried out in fields related to this
contract.
These criteria will be applied to the applications, in the order stated,
until no more than 8 remain.
22. Award criteria: The criteria are specified in the invitation to
tender dossier appended to the letter of invitation to tender which will
be sent to shortlisted candidates.
Application
23. Deadline for the receipt of applications: 27.2.2008 (10:00).
Applications received after this deadline will not be considered.
24. Information to be supplied and application form: Applications must be
submitted on the standard application form (available from the following
web address: http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/procedures/index_es.htm).
The instructions given in this form and its format must be strictly
adhered to.
Additional documentation (brochure, letter, etc.) enclosed with the
application will not be considered.
25. Application submission procedures: Applications must be sent to the
contracting authority using 1 of the following methods:
— registered post (official postal service) addressed to:
Proyecto FOPIIE, Ministerio de Educación de la Nación (ME), Dirección
General Unidad de Financiamiento Internacional (DGUFI), Lavalle 2540 5°
(1052), Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic. Fax (54-11) 49 58 22 00-2292.
E-mail: fopiie@me.gov.ar,
— or delivery by hand (including courier service) straight to the
contracting authority, in return for a signed and dated acknowledgement of
receipt, at the following address:
Proyecto FOPIIE, Ministerio de Educación de la Nación (ME), Dirección
General Unidad de Financiamiento Internacional (DGUFI), Lavalle 2540 5º
(1052), Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic. Fax (54-11) 49 58 22 00-2292.
E-mail: fopiie@me.gov.ar.
The envelope containing the application must be clearly marked with the
contract title and the publication reference (see point 1). These must
also be quoted in all correspondence with the contracting authority.
Tenders submitted in any other way will not be considered.
26. Amendments to, or withdrawal of, applications: Candidates may give
notice in writing before the deadline that they intend amending or
withdrawing their application. Applications cannot be amended once the
deadline for the receipt of applications has passed.
Notice of amendments to, or withdrawal of, applications must be sent as
per the instructions given in point 25. The word 'Modificación'
(amendment) or 'Retirada' (withdrawal), as applicable, must be written
clearly on the outside envelope (and where an amendment is involved, on
the inside envelope too).
27. Working language: All correspondence regarding this invitation to
tender procedure must be in Spanish.
28. Additional information: Not applicable.
29. Date of publication of the prior information notice: 9.10.2006.
30. Legal basis: Financing instrument for development cooperation.
Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 378 of 27.12.2006, p. 65).

Update: Aug 20, 2008

Notice Type: 0708
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Additional information
Regulation of Procurement: External aid and European Development Fund
EU Official Journal Publication: 160/2008
, #
215840-2008
Referenced Document Number: 21908-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Not defined
Awarding Criteria: Not defined

Summary:
National Ministry of Education
European Commission
Argentine Republic–European Union cooperation
Improvements to teaching skills within schools in the comprehensive
'equality in education' programme (FOPIIE) — agreement No ALA/2005/17541
Cancellation of invitation to tender procedure for a service contract
('Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union' No S 18 of
26.1.2008, restricted procedure, 21908-2008)
1. Publication reference: EuropeAid/124200/D/SER/AR.
2. Date of publication of the contract notice: 26.1.2008.
3. Programme: ALA/2005/17541.
4. Contracting authority: El Ministerio de Educación de la Nación, en
nombre y por cuenta del Gobierno de la República Argentina, Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
5. Other information: The procedure has been declared void
('unsuccessful' in the terms of the local regulations), as none of the
tenders submitted fulfilled the requirements set out in the corresponding
tender documents.
NB:
A negotiated procedure will be opened in accordance with points 2.4.8,
2.4.14 and 3.2.3.1 of the Practical Guide to contract procedures for EC
external actions.
Interested natural persons and legal entities should not send applications
or requests for further information at this stage in the proceedings.

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