{"bekendtgoerelseNoegle":{"noticeId":{"value":"f27bad35-1fcf-4be4-94fb-2ea7b1724dee"},"noticeVersion":{"value":"01"},"noticePublicationNumber":{"value":"00617810-2025"}},"htmlDA":"\n\n \n 1 Køber1.1 KøberOfficielt navn: Ministry of Foreign Affairs\n Køberens retlige status: Central regeringsmyndighed\n Den ordregivende myndigheds aktivitet: Økonomiske anliggender\n \n \n 2 Procedure2.1 ProcedureTitel: Consultancy Services for Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL)\n under the Peace and Stabilization Programme for West Africa (PSP WA), 2025-2028\n Beskrivelse: Within the framework of the Danish Peace and Stabilization Fund (PSF), the Danish\n Government has developed the Peace and Stabilization Programme for West Africa (PSP\n WA), 2025-2028, with the strategic objective of ensuring that instability in key border\n areas in West Africa is mitigated through local and regional capacity development.\n The programme builds on past Danish peace and stabilization efforts in the Sahel by\n expanding its programmatic focus to include Coastal West African (CWA) countries,\n including Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Benin, and Togo. The border areas between Burkina\n Faso and these CWA countries are of particular interest to this programme, as this\n is the area where the spill-over of instability from the Sahel towards the coastal\n countries of West Africa is currently most pronounced.
The PSP WA implements\n Denmark’s Whole-of-Government (WoG) approach as required in the Strategic Framework\n for the Peace and Stabilisation Fund (2023-2027) and the Guidelines for the Peace\n and Stabilisation Fund (2023). It comprises of six projects that contribute to three\n pillars. The first pillar consists of three projects implemented by non-governmental\n organisations (NGOs) with civil society organisations (CSOs) and the United Nations\n Development Programme (UNDP). The pillar aims to support at-risk communities in prioritised\n border areas to manage natural resource conflicts through dialogue, stabilisation\n facilities, and mitigate threats from violent extreme organisations. The second pillar\n focuses on strengthening regional law enforcement training capacities of CWA countries\n towards more strategic and coherent law enforcement in the region, as well as applying\n these in border areas at risk. The implementing partners for this pillar include the\n UNODC, Danish National Police, and Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR). The third\n pillar will be implemented by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Defence Command Denmark\n (DCD), where the focus is on military training and strengthening the response capacities\n of prioritised regional and national institutions in counter-terrorism and IEDs. Whereas\n the first and second pillars are ODA-financed, the third pillar is financed by non-ODA\n contributions. The MEAL contract entails monitoring of the first and second pillar,\n and evaluation and learning across all three pillars.
Considering the volatile,\n uncertain, complex and ambiguous nature of the programme’s context, the Ministry of\n Foreign Affairs of Denmark (MFA), represented by the Royal Danish Embassy (RDE) in\n Accra, Ghana (hereinafter referred to as the “Client”), intends to engage a Consultant\n to provide monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) services at\n both the programme and project levels for the stated programme duration.
In\n line with the adaptive management principles underpinning the Danish Peace and Stabilization\n Programmes, the Consultant will support the Client in the further development and\n implementation of a robust MEAL system. This system must effectively capture, assess,\n and communicate reliable and relevant data to inform programme management, ensure\n accountability, and show achieved results. The Consultant's approach should be responsive\n to the complex and volatile security context in the region and align with the principles\n of the “Doing Development Differently” (DDD) approach, emphasizing adaptability and\n continuous learning.
Strategic oversight and coordination of the Consultant’s\n role will be anchored at the Royal Danish Embassy in Accra, in close collaboration\n with the Department of Migration, Peace, and Stabilization (MIGSTAB) and other relevant\n departments within the MFA in Copenhagen, and external stakeholders.
The\n objective of the Agreement is to support the Client in responding to its MEAL responsibilities\n including strengthening its monitoring and reporting capacities.
The purpose\n of the Assignment of the external Consultant is to support and quality assure that\n the programme and its projects, the Client and implementing partners achieve and document\n results in an evidence-based manner. The Consultant will in particular help the Client\n to quality assure partner results through assessing the data collected and validating\n the results a.o. through selective field visits, including by supporting communication\n by programme stakeholders of selected documented strategic results.\n Identifikator for proceduren: 1cd1ce2c-add2-4d5f-9fc3-7fe50b896bd4\n \n Udbudsprocedure: Begrænset\n Proceduren er en hasteprocedure: nej\n Hovedpunkterne i proceduren: Access to the procurement procedure requires online registration.
Guidance (in\n Danish and English) on the use of the tendering system can be found at: https://mercell.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/3/article/177996038?src=1869524006\n
Economic operators may only submit one application (request to Participate) or\n tender.
Economic operators must submit a European Single Procurement Document\n (ESPD) as preliminary evidence, that the economic operator is not subject to exclusion\n grounds and that the economic operator fulfils the requirements for economic and financial\n standing and technical and professional ability.
When the economic operator is\n participating together with others or if the economic operator relies on the capacity\n of other entities, each participating economic operator must provide a separate ESPD.
In\n Part III.A-C of the ESPD, economic operators must answer whether they are subject\n to exclusion grounds, listed in section 2.1.6 of this contract notice.
An economic\n operator is not required to answer whether it is subject to purely national exclusion\n grounds, cf. Part III.D of the ESPD.
In addition to the exclusion grounds in section\n 2.1.6, an economic operator is excluded from the procurement procedure if the economic\n operator is established in a country which is entered on the EU list of non-cooperative\n jurisdictions for tax purposes and which has not adopted the Government Procurement\n Agreement (GPA) or other trade agreements that oblige Denmark to open its market for\n public contracts for tenderers established in the country in question, cf. section\n 134a of the Danish Public Procurement Act.
The contracting authority has a maximum\n budget of DKK 3,500,000 net of VAT in relation to phase 1 and 2, excluding the reserve\n fund. Tenders will be rejected if they exceed the contracting authority's maximum\n budget.
Economic operators will not receive remuneration for their participation\n in the procedure.\n 2.1.1 FormålKontraktens hovedformål: Tjenesteydelser\n Primær klassifikation (cpv): 75211200 Tjenester vedrørende økonomisk hjælp til udlandet\n Supplerende klassifikation (cpv): 79313000 Vurdering af resultater\n Supplerende klassifikation (cpv): 79314000 Gennemførlighedsundersøgelse\n Supplerende klassifikation (cpv): 79419000 Evalueringsrådgivningstjenester\n \n 2.1.2 Udførelsessted\n Hvor som helst i det pågældende land\n \n 2.1.2 Udførelsessted\n Hvor som helst i det pågældende land\n \n 2.1.2 Udførelsessted\n Hvor som helst i det pågældende land\n \n 2.1.2 Udførelsessted\n Hvor som helst i det pågældende land\n \n 2.1.2 Udførelsessted\n Hvor som helst i det pågældende land\n \n 2.1.2 Udførelsessted\n Hvor som helst i det pågældende land\n \n 2.1.2 Udførelsessted\n Hvor som helst i det pågældende land\n \n 2.1.3 VærdiAnslået værdi eksklusiv moms: 4.520.000 Dansk krone\n \n 2.1.4 Generelle oplysningerYderligere oplysninger: In the tender, economic operators must submit a completed and signed statement regarding\n Article 5k(1) of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 of 31 July 2014 concerning restrictive\n measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine, as amended\n by Council Regulation (EU) No 2023/1214 of 23 June 2023. The contract cannot be awarded\n to a tenderer subject to Article 5k(1) of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 of 31\n July 2014, as amended by Council Regulation (EU) No 2023/1214 of 23 June 2023
Before\n the time limit for receipt of tenders, the candidates, which the contracting authority\n has invited to tender, must present documentation of the information provided in the\n ESPD.
The contracting authority can accept the following documentation in relation\n to the exclusion grounds in sections 135(1), 135(3) and 137(1)(2) of the Danish Public\n Procurement Act (in order of priority):
(1) Extracts from the relevant register\n or similar documents issued by a competent judicial or administrative authority or\n certificates issued by the competent authority in the country referred to as documentation\n that the tenderer is not subject to the grounds for exclusion stipulated in sections\n 135(1), 135(3) and 137(1)(2);
(2) A declaration on oath (only if such extracts,\n certificates or similar documents are not issued in the country where the economic\n operator is established, or where the documentation does not cover all the grounds\n for exclusion stipulated in sections 135(1), 135(3) and 137(1)(2) entirely);
(3)\n A solemn declaration made by the person concerned before a competent judicial or administrative\n authority, a notary or a competent professional or trade body, in the country of origin\n or in the country where the economic operator is established (only if there is no\n provision for declarations on oath in the country where the economic operator is established).
Thus,\n the contracting authority cannot accept e.g. a solemn declaration made before a notary\n if there can be issued a certificate by the competent authority in the country where\n the economic operator is established. Moreover, the contracting authority cannot accept\n self-declarations or similar declarations issued by the economic operator or the person\n concerned as documentation in relation to the exclusion grounds.
Economic operators\n can identify the relevant documentation using the online platform e-Certis: https://ec.europa.eu/tools/ecertis
If\n an economic operator is entered on an official list of approved economic operators\n or has an equivalent certificate (e.g. under a national (pre)qualification system),\n the economic operator may refer to the list in question or present a certificate issued\n by the competent authority instead of documentation of the information provided in\n the ESPD.
When an economic operator is participating in the procurement procedure\n together with others, the economic operator must present a joint statement from all\n the participating economic operators which identifies the member of the group who\n can act as an agent on behalf of the group with mandate to establish a legal obligation\n on behalf of the group in relation to the contracting authority.
Economic operators\n are encouraged to submit all necessary documentation as early as possible.
Prior\n to the signing of the contract, the tenderer, which the contracting authority has\n awarded the contract to, must present statements of availability from all non-permanent\n staff (e.g. project specific consultants or freelance consultants).
This contract\n has not been divided into lots, cf. section II.1.6), due to market and economic considerations\n as well as minimization of administration.\n \n \n https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2023/10 - The procurement procedure is governed by Danish law and the rules applicable hereunder,\n specifically the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n \n 2.1.6 UdelukkelsesgrundeKilder til grundlag for udelukkelse: Bekendtgørelse\n Korruption: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator has been convicted by a final judgment\n or has accepted a fine for bribery as defined in Article 3 of the Convention on the\n fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials\n of Member States of the European Union, and Article 2(1) of Council Framework Decision\n 2003/568/JHA of 22 July 2003 on combating corruption in the private sector (OJ 2003,\n L 192, p. 54) and bribery as defined in the national law of the economic operator’s\n Member State or home country or the country in which the economic operator is established,\n cf. section 135(1)(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. The contracting authority\n shall also exclude an economic operator when a person who has been convicted by a\n final judgment or has accepted a fine for such acts is a member of the economic operator’s\n board of directors, executive board, or supervisory board. The contracting authority\n shall also exclude an economic operator if the convicted person has the authority\n to represent, control, or make decisions in the economic operator’s board of directors,\n executive board, or supervisory board, cf. section 135(2) of the Danish Public Procurement\n Act. When the exclusion period is not determined by a final judgment, the contracting\n authority shall exclude an economic operator from participating in the procurement\n procedure for 5 years from the date of the final judgment or accepted fine, cf. section\n 138(6) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Svig: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator has been convicted by a final judgment\n or has accepted a fine for fraud as referred to in Article 1 of the Convention on\n the protection of the European Communities' financial interests, cf. section 135(1)(3)\n of the Danish Public Procurement Act. The contracting authority shall also exclude\n an economic operator when a person who has been convicted by a final judgment or has\n accepted a fine for such acts is a member of the economic operator’s board of directors,\n executive board, or supervisory board. The contracting authority shall also exclude\n an economic operator if the convicted person has the authority to represent, control,\n or make decisions in the economic operator’s board of directors, executive board,\n or supervisory board, cf. section 135(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. When\n the exclusion period is not determined by a final judgment, the contracting authority\n shall exclude an economic operator from participating in the procurement procedure\n for 5 years from the date of the final judgment or accepted fine, cf. section 138(6)\n of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Hvidvaskning af penge eller finansiering af terrorisme: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator has been convicted by a final judgment\n or has accepted a fine for money laundering or terrorist financing as defined in Article\n 1 of Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October\n 2005 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money\n laundering and terrorist financing (OJ 2005, L 309, p. 15), cf. section 135(1)(5)\n of the Danish Public Procurement Act. The contracting authority shall also exclude\n an economic operator when a person who has been convicted by a final judgment or has\n accepted a fine for such acts is a member of the economic operator’s board of directors,\n executive board, or supervisory board. The contracting authority shall also exclude\n an economic operator if the convicted person has the authority to represent, control,\n or make decisions in the economic operator’s board of directors, executive board,\n or supervisory board, cf. section 135(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. When\n the exclusion period is not determined by a final judgment, the contracting authority\n shall exclude an economic operator from participating in the procurement procedure\n for 5 years from the date of the final judgment or accepted fine, cf. section 138(6)\n of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Deltagelse i en kriminel organisation: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator has been convicted by a final judgment\n or has accepted a fine for acts committed as part of a criminal organization as defined\n in Article 2 of Council Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA of 24 October 2008 (OJ 2008,\n L 300, p. 42), cf. section 135(1)(1) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. The contracting\n authority shall also exclude an economic operator when a person who has been convicted\n by a final judgment or has accepted a fine for such acts is a member of the economic\n operator’s board of directors, executive board, or supervisory board. The contracting\n authority shall also exclude an economic operator if the convicted person has the\n authority to represent, control, or make decisions in the economic operator’s board\n of directors, executive board, or supervisory board, cf. section 135(2) of the Danish\n Public Procurement Act. When the exclusion period is not determined by a final judgment,\n the contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participating in\n the procurement procedure for 5 years from the date of the final judgment or accepted\n fine, cf. section 138(6) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Terrorhandlinger eller strafbare handlinger med forbindelse til terroraktivitet: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator has been convicted by a final judgment\n or has accepted a fine for terrorist acts or offenses related to terrorist activities\n as defined in Articles 1, 3, and 4 of Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA of 13\n June 2002 on combating terrorism (OJ 2002, L 164, p. 3) as amended by Council Framework\n Decision 2008/919/JHA of 28 November 2008 amending Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA\n on combating terrorism (OJ 2008, L 330, p. 21), cf. section 135(1)(4) of the Danish\n Public Procurement Act. The contracting authority shall also exclude an economic operator\n when a person who has been convicted by a final judgment or has accepted a fine for\n such acts is a member of the economic operator’s board of directors, executive board,\n or supervisory board. The contracting authority shall also exclude an economic operator\n if the convicted person has the authority to represent, control, or make decisions\n in the economic operator’s board of directors, executive board, or supervisory board,\n cf. section 135(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. When the exclusion period\n is not determined by a final judgment, the contracting authority shall exclude an\n economic operator from participating in the procurement procedure for 5 years from\n the date of the final judgment or accepted fine, cf. section 138(6) of the Danish\n Public Procurement Act.\n Børnearbejde og andre former for menneskehandel: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator has been convicted by a final judgment\n or has accepted a fine for violation of Section 262a of the Danish Penal Code or,\n with regard to a judgment from another country concerning child labour and other forms\n of trafficking in human beings as defined in Article 2 of Directive 2011/36/EU of\n the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating\n trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, and replacing Council Framework\n Decision 2002/629/JHA (OJ 2011, L 101, p. 1), cf. section 135(1)(6) of the Danish\n Public Procurement Act. The contracting authority shall also exclude an economic operator\n when a person who has been convicted by a final judgment or has accepted a fine for\n such acts is a member of the economic operator’s board of directors, executive board,\n or supervisory board. The contracting authority shall also exclude an economic operator\n if the convicted person has the authority to represent, control, or make decisions\n in the economic operator’s board of directors, executive board, or supervisory board,\n cf. section 135(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. When the exclusion period\n is not determined by a final judgment, the contracting authority shall exclude an\n economic operator from participating in the procurement procedure for 5 years from\n the date of the final judgment or accepted fine, cf. section 138(6) of the Danish\n Public Procurement Act.\n Alvorlige forsømmelser i forbindelse med udøvelsen af erhvervet: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure when the contracting authority can demonstrate that the\n economic operator is guilty of grave professional misconduct, which renders its integrity\n questionable, cf. section 136(4) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.
When the\n exclusion period is not determined by a final judgment, the contracting authority\n will exclude an economic operator from participating in the procurement procedure\n for 3 years from the date of the relevant event or action, cf. section 138(7) of the\n Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Har afgivet urigtige oplysninger eller tilbageholdt oplysninger, som ikke var i stand til at fremlægge de krævede dokumenter og indhentet fortrolige oplysninger i forbindelse med denne procedure: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure when the contracting authority can demonstrate that the\n economic operator in the specific procurement has provided grossly misleading information,\n withheld information, or is unable to submit supplementary documents regarding the\n grounds for exclusion, cf. sections 135(1), 135(3) or 137(1)(2), the established minimum\n suitability requirements, cf. sections 140-144, or the selection, cf. section 145,\n cf. section 136(3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. The contracting authority\n will exclude an economic operator from participating in the procurement procedure\n for 3 years from the date of the relevant event or action, cf. section 138(7) of the\n Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Interessekonflikt som følge af deltagelse i udbudsproceduren: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure when the contracting authority can demonstrate that a conflict\n of interest in relation to the specific procurement cannot be effectively remedied\n by less intrusive measures, cf. section 136(1) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Direkte eller indirekte involvering i forberedelsen af denne udbudsprocedure: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure when the contracting authority can demonstrate that a distortion\n of competition, cf. section 39, due to the prior involvement of the economic operators\n in the preparation of the procurement procedure in relation to the specific procurement\n cannot be effectively remedied by less intrusive measures, cf. section 136(2) of the\n Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Tilsidesættelse af forpligtelser vedrørende betaling af bidrag til sociale sikringsordninger: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator has unpaid overdue debt of DKK\n 100,000 or more to public authorities concerning contributions to social security\n schemes under Danish law or the law of the country in which the economic operator\n is established, cf. section 135(3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. Notwithstanding,\n the economic operator is not excluded when the economic operator has entered into\n an agreement with the collection authority on a repayment plan and this plan is being\n adhered to, cf. section 135(4) of the Danish Public Procurement Act, or the economic\n operator provides security for the payment of the part of the debt that is DKK 100,000\n or more, cf. section 135(5)(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Tilsidesættelse af forpligtelser vedrørende betaling af skatter og afgifter: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator has unpaid overdue debt of DKK\n 100,000 or more to public authorities concerning taxes or duties under Danish law\n or the law of the country in which the economic operator is established, cf. section\n 135(3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. Notwithstanding, the economic operator\n is not excluded when the economic operator has entered into an agreement with the\n collection authority on a repayment plan and this plan is being adhered to, cf. section\n 135(4) of the Danish Public Procurement Act, or the economic operator provides security\n for the payment of the part of the debt that is DKK 100,000 or more, cf. section 135(5)(2)\n of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Erhvervsvirksomheden er indstillet: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator’s business activities have been\n suspended, cf. section 137(1)(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. The contracting\n authority will exclude an economic operator from participating in the procurement\n procedure for 3 years from the date of the relevant event or action, cf. section 138(7)\n of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Konkurs: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator has been declared bankrupt, cf.\n section 137(1)(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. The contracting authority\n will exclude an economic operator from participating in the procurement procedure\n for 3 years from the date of the relevant event or action, cf. section 138(7) of the\n Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Tvangsakkord uden for konkurs: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator is in an arrangement with creditors,\n cf. section 137(1)(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. The contracting authority\n will exclude an economic operator from participating in the procurement procedure\n for 3 years from the date of the relevant event or action, cf. section 138(7) of the\n Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Insolvens: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator has been under insolvency proceedings,\n cf. section 137(1)(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. The contracting authority\n will exclude an economic operator from participating in the procurement procedure\n for 3 years from the date of the relevant event or action, cf. section 138(7) of the\n Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Aktiver, der administreres af en kurator: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator’s assets are being administered\n by a liquidator or by the court, cf. section 137(1)(2) of the Danish Public Procurement\n Act. The contracting authority will exclude an economic operator from participating\n in the procurement procedure for 3 years from the date of the relevant event or action,\n cf. section 138(7) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n En situation, der svarer til konkurs i henhold til national ret: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator is in a situation like bankruptcy\n under a corresponding procedure provided for in national law where the economic operator\n is established, cf. section 137(1)(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. The contracting\n authority will exclude an economic operator from participating in the procurement\n procedure for 3 years from the date of the relevant event or action, cf. section 138(7)\n of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n \n \n \n 5 Delkontrakt5.1 Teknisk ID for delkontrakten: LOT-0000Titel: Consultancy Services for Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL)\n under the Peace and Stabilization Programme for West Africa (PSP WA), 2025-2028\n Beskrivelse: Within the framework of the Danish Peace and Stabilization Fund (PSF), the Danish\n Government has developed the Peace and Stabilization Programme for West Africa (PSP\n WA), 2025-2028, with the strategic objective of ensuring that instability in key border\n areas in West Africa is mitigated through local and regional capacity development.\n The programme builds on past Danish peace and stabilization efforts in the Sahel by\n expanding its programmatic focus to include Coastal West African (CWA) countries,\n including Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Benin, and Togo. The border areas between Burkina\n Faso and these CWA countries are of particular interest to this programme, as this\n is the area where the spill-over of instability from the Sahel towards the coastal\n countries of West Africa is currently most pronounced.
The PSP WA implements\n Denmark’s Whole-of-Government (WoG) approach as required in the Strategic Framework\n for the Peace and Stabilisation Fund (2023-2027) and the Guidelines for the Peace\n and Stabilisation Fund (2023). It comprises of six projects that contribute to three\n pillars. The first pillar consists of three projects implemented by non-governmental\n organisations (NGOs) with civil society organisations (CSOs) and the United Nations\n Development Programme (UNDP). The pillar aims to support at-risk communities in prioritised\n border areas to manage natural resource conflicts through dialogue, stabilisation\n facilities, and mitigate threats from violent extreme organisations. The second pillar\n focuses on strengthening regional law enforcement training capacities of CWA countries\n towards more strategic and coherent law enforcement in the region, as well as applying\n these in border areas at risk. The implementing partners for this pillar include the\n UNODC, Danish National Police, and Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR). The third\n pillar will be implemented by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Defence Command Denmark\n (DCD), where the focus is on military training and strengthening the response capacities\n of prioritised regional and national institutions in counter-terrorism and IEDs. Whereas\n the first and second pillars are ODA-financed, the third pillar is financed by non-ODA\n contributions. The MEAL contract entails monitoring of the first and second pillar,\n and evaluation and learning across all three pillars.
Considering the volatile,\n uncertain, complex and ambiguous nature of the programme’s context, the Ministry of\n Foreign Affairs of Denmark (MFA), represented by the Royal Danish Embassy (RDE) in\n Accra, Ghana (hereinafter referred to as the “Client”), intends to engage a Consultant\n to provide monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) services at\n both the programme and project levels for the stated programme duration.
In\n line with the adaptive management principles underpinning the Danish Peace and Stabilization\n Programmes, the Consultant will support the Client in the further development and\n implementation of a robust MEAL system. This system must effectively capture, assess,\n and communicate reliable and relevant data to inform programme management, ensure\n accountability, and show achieved results. The Consultant's approach should be responsive\n to the complex and volatile security context in the region and align with the principles\n of the “Doing Development Differently” (DDD) approach, emphasizing adaptability and\n continuous learning.
Strategic oversight and coordination of the Consultant’s\n role will be anchored at the Royal Danish Embassy in Accra, in close collaboration\n with the Department of Migration, Peace, and Stabilization (MIGSTAB) and other relevant\n departments within the MFA in Copenhagen, and external stakeholders.
The\n objective of the Agreement is to support the Client in responding to its MEAL responsibilities\n including strengthening its monitoring and reporting capacities.
The purpose\n of the Assignment of the external Consultant is to support and quality assure that\n the programme and its projects, the Client and implementing partners achieve and document\n results in an evidence-based manner. The Consultant will in particular help the Client\n to quality assure partner results through assessing the data collected and validating\n the results a.o. through selective field visits, including by supporting communication\n by programme stakeholders of selected documented strategic results.\n \n 5.1.1 FormålKontraktens hovedformål: Tjenesteydelser\n Primær klassifikation (cpv): 75211200 Tjenester vedrørende økonomisk hjælp til udlandet\n Supplerende klassifikation (cpv): 79313000 Vurdering af resultater\n Supplerende klassifikation (cpv): 79314000 Gennemførlighedsundersøgelse\n Supplerende klassifikation (cpv): 79419000 Evalueringsrådgivningstjenester\n Valgmuligheder:Beskrivelse af optioner: In addition to the main tasks the Client can request the Consultant to undertake additional\n activities which will be agreed specifically as they arise. The ad-hoc tasks may include:\n notes supporting learning, cross-project comparisons, annual case stories or analysis,\n thematic or technical and/or periodic reviews of the projects, value-for-money assessments,\n assistance related to particular opportunities for communication activities, drafting\n ToRs for studies and Mid-term review or any other relevant MEAL related assistance.\n
A reserve fund of DKK 500,000 net of VAT has been set aside for this purpose\n in the Agreement.
Furthermore, the Client has the option to include incorporation\n of additional projects under the existing programme pillars or addition of a fourth\n thematic programme pillar. The value of this option is DKK 520,000 net of VAT.
In\n addition to the ad-hoc activities and the option specified above, the Client and Consultant\n can at any time agree that Key Staff shall perform other additional services and deliveries\n similar to the Services. The total budget for payment of such additional services\n and deliveries cannot exceed 20% of Contract Price net of VAT.\n \n \n 5.1.2 Udførelsessted\n Hvor som helst i det pågældende land\n \n \n 5.1.2 Udførelsessted\n Hvor som helst i det pågældende land\n \n \n 5.1.2 Udførelsessted\n Hvor som helst i det pågældende land\n \n \n 5.1.2 Udførelsessted\n Hvor som helst i det pågældende land\n \n \n 5.1.2 Udførelsessted\n Hvor som helst i det pågældende land\n \n \n 5.1.2 Udførelsessted\n Hvor som helst i det pågældende land\n \n \n 5.1.2 Udførelsessted\n Hvor som helst i det pågældende land\n \n \n \n 5.1.4 FornyelseHøjeste antal fornyelser: 1\n Yderligere oplysninger om fornyelser: The contract can be renewed for 12 months after the first 36 months. Thus, a total\n duration of 4 years.\n \n 5.1.5 VærdiAnslået værdi eksklusiv moms: 4.520.000 Dansk krone\n \n 5.1.6 Generelle oplysningerReserveret deltagelse: Deltagelse uden forbehold.\n Navnene på og de faglige kvalifikationer for det personale, der skal udføre kontrakten, skal angives: Krav til tilbud\n Indkøbsprojekt, der ikke finansieres med EU-midler\n Udbuddet er omfattet af aftalen om offentlige udbud (GPA): ja\n Dette udbud er også egnet for små og mellemstore virksomheder (SMV'er): ja\n Yderligere oplysninger: In the tender, economic operators must submit a completed and signed statement regarding\n Article 5k(1) of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 of 31 July 2014 concerning restrictive\n measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine, as amended\n by Council Regulation (EU) No 2023/1214 of 23 June 2023. The contract cannot be awarded\n to a tenderer subject to Article 5k(1) of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 of 31\n July 2014, as amended by Council Regulation (EU) No 2023/1214 of 23 June 2023
Before\n the time limit for receipt of tenders, the candidates, which the contracting authority\n has invited to tender, must present documentation of the information provided in the\n ESPD.
The contracting authority can accept the following documentation in relation\n to the exclusion grounds in sections 135(1), 135(3) and 137(1)(2) of the Danish Public\n Procurement Act (in order of priority):
(1) Extracts from the relevant register\n or similar documents issued by a competent judicial or administrative authority or\n certificates issued by the competent authority in the country referred to as documentation\n that the tenderer is not subject to the grounds for exclusion stipulated in sections\n 135(1), 135(3) and 137(1)(2);
(2) A declaration on oath (only if such extracts,\n certificates or similar documents are not issued in the country where the economic\n operator is established, or where the documentation does not cover all the grounds\n for exclusion stipulated in sections 135(1), 135(3) and 137(1)(2) entirely);
(3)\n A solemn declaration made by the person concerned before a competent judicial or administrative\n authority, a notary or a competent professional or trade body, in the country of origin\n or in the country where the economic operator is established (only if there is no\n provision for declarations on oath in the country where the economic operator is established).
Thus,\n the contracting authority cannot accept e.g. a solemn declaration made before a notary\n if there can be issued a certificate by the competent authority in the country where\n the economic operator is established. Moreover, the contracting authority cannot accept\n self-declarations or similar declarations issued by the economic operator or the person\n concerned as documentation in relation to the exclusion grounds.
Economic operators\n can identify the relevant documentation using the online platform e-Certis: https://ec.europa.eu/tools/ecertis
If\n an economic operator is entered on an official list of approved economic operators\n or has an equivalent certificate (e.g. under a national (pre)qualification system),\n the economic operator may refer to the list in question or present a certificate issued\n by the competent authority instead of documentation of the information provided in\n the ESPD.
When an economic operator is participating in the procurement procedure\n together with others, the economic operator must present a joint statement from all\n the participating economic operators which identifies the member of the group who\n can act as an agent on behalf of the group with mandate to establish a legal obligation\n on behalf of the group in relation to the contracting authority.
Economic operators\n are encouraged to submit all necessary documentation as early as possible.
Prior\n to the signing of the contract, the tenderer, which the contracting authority has\n awarded the contract to, must present statements of availability from all non-permanent\n staff (e.g. project specific consultants or freelance consultants).
This contract\n has not been divided into lots, cf. section II.1.6), due to market and economic considerations\n as well as minimization of administration.\n \n \n 5.1.9 UdvælgelseskriterierKilder til udvælgelseskriterier: Bekendtgørelse\n Kriterium: Gennemsnitlig årlig omsætningBeskrivelse: The economic operator is required to have an average yearly turnover of minimum DKK\n 5,000,000 for the last 2 financial years available (where the economic operator can\n present annual reports).
When the economic operator is participating in the procurement\n procedure together with others (e.g a consortia or joint venture) or if the economic\n operator relies on the capacity of other entities, it is required that the participating\n economic operators or the economic operator and the entities referred to altogether\n meet the selection criteria.
Each involved economic operator or entity must submit\n a completed ESPD and the participating economic operators or the entities referred\n to are subject to joint and several liability for the performance of the contract.
The\n contracting authority can accept annual reports or excerpts hereof or relevant statements\n from a bank or certified accountant as documentation in relation to the economic and\n financial standing.
When an economic operator is participating in the procurement\n procedure together with others or when an economic operator relies on the economic\n and financial standing of other entities, the economic operator must also provide\n statements of support or other documentation proving that the economic operator has\n access to the necessary economic and financial standing. The statements of support\n must establish a legal obligation for the party concerned and state that the involved\n economic operators or entities are subject to joint and several liability for the\n performance of the contract.\n \n Kriterium: Referencer på specificerede tjenesterBeskrivelse: The economic operator is required to have performed (entered into, ongoing or finalized)\n minimum three contracts within the fields of monitoring and evaluation in developing\n countries, where at least one contract is performed in West Africa within the last\n 5 years.
‘Monitoring and evaluation’ means a long-term performance review and\n evaluation of the implementation and results of a development programme.
A reference\n related to an ‘independent evaluation’ carried out for an evaluation unit of a development\n organisation will not be considered as a ‘monitoring and evaluation’ reference. Neither\n will an award of a framework agreement be (but the economic operator may refer to\n the contracts awarded under the framework agreement).
When the economic operator\n is participating in the procurement procedure together with others (e.g. a consortia\n or joint venture) or if the economic operator relies on the capacity of other entities,\n it is required that the participating economic operators or the economic operator\n and the entities referred to altogether meet the selection criteria, that each involved\n economic operator or entity submits a completed ESPD and that the specific parts of\n the contract must be performed by the economic operators or entities with the required\n technical and professional abilities.
The economic operator must fill in a list\n of maximum 5 contracts (i.e. from all involved economic operators in a group of economic\n operators and/or other supporting entities).
If an economic operator has listed\n more than 5 contracts, the contracting authority will only read and assess the 5 most\n recent contracts listed (first based on end date, and then based on start date).
Each\n listed contract should include the following information:
(1) a description of\n the contract (nature and quantity of services from the economic operator and how they\n compare to the description of this procurement),
(2) amount (remuneration received\n by the economic operator for the performance of the services),
(3) start date\n (date of conclusion of the contract),
(4) end date (date of completion of services),\n and
(5) recipient (name and contact information).
The contracting authority\n reserves the right to contact the recipients of services or require statements from\n the recipients, confirming that the economic operator has performed the listed contracts,\n as documentation in relation to the technical and professional ability.
When an\n economic operator is formed by a group of economic operators or relies on the technical\n and professional abilities of other entities, the economic operator must also provide\n statements of support or other documentation proving that the economic operator has\n access to the necessary technical and professional abilities. The statements of support\n must establish a legal obligation for the party concerned and state the parts of the\n contract to be performed by the party concerned.\n \n Kriterium: Referencer på specificerede tjenesterBeskrivelse: Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates (performance of services\n of the specified type)
The contracting authority will select 5 candidates to be\n invited to submit tenders. If more than 5 candidates fulfill the minimum requirements\n to economic and financial standing and/or technical and professional standing, the\n candidates will be selected on the basis of the information concerning technical and\n professional standing, in relation to the object of this contract.
In the selection,\n the contracting authority will specifically emphasise:
- The number of relevant\n contracts within the fields of monitoring and evaluation in developing countries and\n West Africa
- The extent to which the performed contracts compare to the description\n of this procurement, in particular within peace and stabilization
- The extent\n to which the contracts are performed for clients comparable to the Ministry of Foreign\n Affairs of Denmark (e.g. a European institution/agency or international organisation,\n a Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or\n local subdivisions, or a national or federal agency/office)\n Kriteriet vil blive anvendt til at udvælge de ansøgere, som skal opfordres til at deltage i anden fase af proceduren\n Højeste antal udvalgte tilbud: 5\n \n Oplysninger om den anden fase i en procedure, der afvikles i to faser:Mindsteantallet af ansøgere, som skal opfordres til at deltage i anden fase af proceduren: 5\n Det højeste antal ansøgere, som skal opfordres til at deltage i anden fase af proceduren: 5\n Proceduren afvikles i successive faser. I hver fase kan nogle ansøgere blive\n \n \n 5.1.10 TildelingskriterierKriterium:\n \n Kategori for tildelingskriteriet tærskel: Vægtning (procentdel, præcis)Tildelingskriterium talværdi: 20\n \n \n Kriterium:\n \n Kategori for tildelingskriteriet tærskel: Vægtning (procentdel, præcis)Tildelingskriterium talværdi: 80\n \n \n \n 5.1.11 UdbudsdokumenterAdresse på udbudsdokumenterne: https://www.ethics.dk/ethics/eo#/32fd78c6-dc48-4deb-a7f4-7f8b8c37815a/publicMaterial\n \n 5.1.12 UdbudsvilkårVilkår for proceduren:Den påtænkte dato for afsendelse af opfordringerne til at afgive tilbud: 30-10-2025\n \n Vilkår for indgivelse:Elektronisk indgivelse: Påkrævet\n Indgivelsesadresse: https://www.ethics.dk/ethics/eo#/32fd78c6-dc48-4deb-a7f4-7f8b8c37815a/homepage\n Sprog, som tilbud og ansøgninger om deltagelse kan indgives på: engelsk\n Elektronisk katalog: Ikke tilladt\n Alternative tilbud: Ikke tilladt\n Tilbudsgivere kan indgive mere end ét tilbud: Ikke tilladt\n Frist for modtagelse af anmodninger om deltagelse: 21-10-2025 12:00 +00:00\n \n Betingelser for kontraktens udførelse:Udførelsen af kontrakten skal ske inden for rammerne af programmer for beskyttet beskæftigelse: Nej\n Vilkår relateret til kontraktens udførelse: The winning tenderer is to perform the contract in compliance with the Danida Anti-Corruption\n Policy (https://um.dk/en/danida/anti-corruption) and the principles of the UN Global\n Compact (https://www.unglobalcompact.org/what-is-gc/mission/principles).
The contract\n includes a labour clause concerning conditions on pay and work for the staff assigned\n for the performance of the contract.\n Elektronisk fakturering: Påkrævet\n Der vil blive anvendt elektronisk bestilling: nej\n Der vil blive anvendt elektronisk betaling: ja\n \n \n 5.1.15 Teknikker\n Oplysninger om det dynamiske indkøbssystem:Intet dynamisk indkøbssystem\n \n \n 5.1.16 Yderligere oplysninger, mægling og gennemgangOrganisation med ansvar for klager: Klagenævnet for Udbud\n Oplysninger om klagefrister: Actions regarding requests to participate and selection must be submitted within 20\n calendar days from the day after the contracting authority has notified the economic\n operators of the decisions regarding selection.
Other actions regarding the procedure\n (e.g. decisions regarding award of contract) must be submitted within:
45 calendar\n days from the day after the publication of a contract award notice in the Official\n Journal of the EU.
Complaint guidelines (in English) can be found at: https://naevneneshus.dk/media/9802/complaint-guidelines.pdf\n Organisation, der leverer supplerende oplysninger om udbudsproceduren: Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Embassy of Denmark, Ghana\n Organisation, der sikrer adgang til udbudsdokumenterne offline: Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Embassy of Denmark, Ghana\n Organisation, der leverer yderligere oplysninger om klageprocedurerne: Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen\n Organisation, der modtager ansøgninger om deltagelse: Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Embassy of Denmark, Ghana\n Organisation, der behandler tilbud: Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Embassy of Denmark, Ghana\n \n \n \n 8 Organisationer8.1 ORG-0001Officielt navn: Ministry of Foreign Affairs\n Registreringsnummer: 43271911\n Afdeling: Embassy of Denmark, Ghana\n Postadresse: Asiatisk Plads 2 \n \n \n Landsdel (NUTS): Byen København (DK011)\n \n Enhed: Rikke Enggaard Olsen\n \n \n Internetadresse: https://um.dk/en/danida\n Andre kontaktpunkter:Officielt navn: Embassy of Denmark, Ghana\n Postadresse: 67, Dr. Isert Road North Ridge \n \n Postnummer: P.O. Box CT 596\n \n Enhed: Rikke Enggaard Olsen\n \n \n Internetadresse: https://um.dk/en/danida\n \n Denne organisations roller:\n Organisation, der leverer supplerende oplysninger om udbudsproceduren\n Organisation, der sikrer adgang til udbudsdokumenterne offline\n Organisation, der modtager ansøgninger om deltagelse\n Organisation, der behandler tilbud\n \n \n 8.1 ORG-0002Officielt navn: Klagenævnet for Udbud\n Registreringsnummer: 37795526\n \n \n \n Landsdel (NUTS): Vestjylland (DK041)\n \n Enhed: Klagenævnet for Udbud\n E-mail: klfu@naevneneshus.dk\n \n Internetadresse: https://naevneneshus.dk/start-din-klage/klagenaevnet-for-udbud/\n Denne organisations roller:Organisation med ansvar for klager\n \n \n 8.1 ORG-0003Officielt navn: Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen\n Registreringsnummer: 10294819\n Postadresse: Carl Jacobsens Vej 35 \n \n \n Landsdel (NUTS): Byen København (DK011)\n \n Enhed: Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen\n \n \n Internetadresse: https://www.kfst.dk\n Denne organisations roller:Organisation, der leverer yderligere oplysninger om klageprocedurerne\n \n \n 8.1 ORG-0004Officielt navn: Mercell Holding ASA\n Registreringsnummer: 980921565\n Postadresse: Askekroken 11 \n \n \n Landsdel (NUTS): Oslo (NO081)\n \n \n E-mail: publication@mercell.com\n \n \n Internetadresse: http://mercell.com/\n Denne organisations roller:\n \n \n \n Oplysninger om bekendtgørelsenBekendtgørelsens ID: f27bad35-1fcf-4be4-94fb-2ea7b1724dee - 01\n Formulartype: Konkurrencevilkår\n Bekendtgørelsestype: Udbuds- eller koncessionsbekendtgørelse – standardordningen\n Afsendelsesdato for bekendtgørelsen: 18-09-2025 19:29 +00:00\n Dato for afsendelse af bekendtgørelsen (eSender): 18-09-2025 19:39 +00:00\n Bekendtgørelsens officielle sprog: engelsk \n Bekendtgørelsesnummer: 00617810-2025\n \n Offentliggørelsesdato: 22-09-2025\n \n \n","htmlEN":"\n\n \n 1 Buyer1.1 BuyerOfficial name: Ministry of Foreign Affairs\n Legal type of the buyer: Central government authority\n Activity of the contracting authority: Economic affairs\n \n \n 2 Procedure2.1 ProcedureTitle: Consultancy Services for Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL)\n under the Peace and Stabilization Programme for West Africa (PSP WA), 2025-2028\n Description: Within the framework of the Danish Peace and Stabilization Fund (PSF), the Danish\n Government has developed the Peace and Stabilization Programme for West Africa (PSP\n WA), 2025-2028, with the strategic objective of ensuring that instability in key border\n areas in West Africa is mitigated through local and regional capacity development.\n The programme builds on past Danish peace and stabilization efforts in the Sahel by\n expanding its programmatic focus to include Coastal West African (CWA) countries,\n including Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Benin, and Togo. The border areas between Burkina\n Faso and these CWA countries are of particular interest to this programme, as this\n is the area where the spill-over of instability from the Sahel towards the coastal\n countries of West Africa is currently most pronounced.
The PSP WA implements\n Denmark’s Whole-of-Government (WoG) approach as required in the Strategic Framework\n for the Peace and Stabilisation Fund (2023-2027) and the Guidelines for the Peace\n and Stabilisation Fund (2023). It comprises of six projects that contribute to three\n pillars. The first pillar consists of three projects implemented by non-governmental\n organisations (NGOs) with civil society organisations (CSOs) and the United Nations\n Development Programme (UNDP). The pillar aims to support at-risk communities in prioritised\n border areas to manage natural resource conflicts through dialogue, stabilisation\n facilities, and mitigate threats from violent extreme organisations. The second pillar\n focuses on strengthening regional law enforcement training capacities of CWA countries\n towards more strategic and coherent law enforcement in the region, as well as applying\n these in border areas at risk. The implementing partners for this pillar include the\n UNODC, Danish National Police, and Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR). The third\n pillar will be implemented by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Defence Command Denmark\n (DCD), where the focus is on military training and strengthening the response capacities\n of prioritised regional and national institutions in counter-terrorism and IEDs. Whereas\n the first and second pillars are ODA-financed, the third pillar is financed by non-ODA\n contributions. The MEAL contract entails monitoring of the first and second pillar,\n and evaluation and learning across all three pillars.
Considering the volatile,\n uncertain, complex and ambiguous nature of the programme’s context, the Ministry of\n Foreign Affairs of Denmark (MFA), represented by the Royal Danish Embassy (RDE) in\n Accra, Ghana (hereinafter referred to as the “Client”), intends to engage a Consultant\n to provide monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) services at\n both the programme and project levels for the stated programme duration.
In\n line with the adaptive management principles underpinning the Danish Peace and Stabilization\n Programmes, the Consultant will support the Client in the further development and\n implementation of a robust MEAL system. This system must effectively capture, assess,\n and communicate reliable and relevant data to inform programme management, ensure\n accountability, and show achieved results. The Consultant's approach should be responsive\n to the complex and volatile security context in the region and align with the principles\n of the “Doing Development Differently” (DDD) approach, emphasizing adaptability and\n continuous learning.
Strategic oversight and coordination of the Consultant’s\n role will be anchored at the Royal Danish Embassy in Accra, in close collaboration\n with the Department of Migration, Peace, and Stabilization (MIGSTAB) and other relevant\n departments within the MFA in Copenhagen, and external stakeholders.
The\n objective of the Agreement is to support the Client in responding to its MEAL responsibilities\n including strengthening its monitoring and reporting capacities.
The purpose\n of the Assignment of the external Consultant is to support and quality assure that\n the programme and its projects, the Client and implementing partners achieve and document\n results in an evidence-based manner. The Consultant will in particular help the Client\n to quality assure partner results through assessing the data collected and validating\n the results a.o. through selective field visits, including by supporting communication\n by programme stakeholders of selected documented strategic results.\n Procedure identifier: 1cd1ce2c-add2-4d5f-9fc3-7fe50b896bd4\n Internal identifier: 25/10401\n Type of procedure: Restricted\n The procedure is accelerated: no\n Main features of the procedure: Access to the procurement procedure requires online registration.
Guidance (in\n Danish and English) on the use of the tendering system can be found at: https://mercell.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/3/article/177996038?src=1869524006\n
Economic operators may only submit one application (request to Participate) or\n tender.
Economic operators must submit a European Single Procurement Document\n (ESPD) as preliminary evidence, that the economic operator is not subject to exclusion\n grounds and that the economic operator fulfils the requirements for economic and financial\n standing and technical and professional ability.
When the economic operator is\n participating together with others or if the economic operator relies on the capacity\n of other entities, each participating economic operator must provide a separate ESPD.
In\n Part III.A-C of the ESPD, economic operators must answer whether they are subject\n to exclusion grounds, listed in section 2.1.6 of this contract notice.
An economic\n operator is not required to answer whether it is subject to purely national exclusion\n grounds, cf. Part III.D of the ESPD.
In addition to the exclusion grounds in section\n 2.1.6, an economic operator is excluded from the procurement procedure if the economic\n operator is established in a country which is entered on the EU list of non-cooperative\n jurisdictions for tax purposes and which has not adopted the Government Procurement\n Agreement (GPA) or other trade agreements that oblige Denmark to open its market for\n public contracts for tenderers established in the country in question, cf. section\n 134a of the Danish Public Procurement Act.
The contracting authority has a maximum\n budget of DKK 3,500,000 net of VAT in relation to phase 1 and 2, excluding the reserve\n fund. Tenders will be rejected if they exceed the contracting authority's maximum\n budget.
Economic operators will not receive remuneration for their participation\n in the procedure.\n 2.1.1 PurposeMain nature of the contract: Services\n Main classification (cpv): 75211200 Foreign economic-aid-related services\n Additional classification (cpv): 79313000 Performance review services\n Additional classification (cpv): 79314000 Feasibility study\n Additional classification (cpv): 79419000 Evaluation consultancy services\n \n 2.1.2 Place of performance\n Anywhere in the given country\n \n 2.1.2 Place of performance\n Anywhere in the given country\n \n 2.1.2 Place of performance\n Anywhere in the given country\n \n 2.1.2 Place of performance\n Anywhere in the given country\n \n 2.1.2 Place of performance\n Anywhere in the given country\n \n 2.1.2 Place of performance\n Anywhere in the given country\n \n 2.1.2 Place of performance\n Anywhere in the given country\n \n 2.1.3 ValueEstimated value excluding VAT: 4.520.000 Danish krone\n \n 2.1.4 General informationAdditional information: In the tender, economic operators must submit a completed and signed statement regarding\n Article 5k(1) of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 of 31 July 2014 concerning restrictive\n measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine, as amended\n by Council Regulation (EU) No 2023/1214 of 23 June 2023. The contract cannot be awarded\n to a tenderer subject to Article 5k(1) of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 of 31\n July 2014, as amended by Council Regulation (EU) No 2023/1214 of 23 June 2023
Before\n the time limit for receipt of tenders, the candidates, which the contracting authority\n has invited to tender, must present documentation of the information provided in the\n ESPD.
The contracting authority can accept the following documentation in relation\n to the exclusion grounds in sections 135(1), 135(3) and 137(1)(2) of the Danish Public\n Procurement Act (in order of priority):
(1) Extracts from the relevant register\n or similar documents issued by a competent judicial or administrative authority or\n certificates issued by the competent authority in the country referred to as documentation\n that the tenderer is not subject to the grounds for exclusion stipulated in sections\n 135(1), 135(3) and 137(1)(2);
(2) A declaration on oath (only if such extracts,\n certificates or similar documents are not issued in the country where the economic\n operator is established, or where the documentation does not cover all the grounds\n for exclusion stipulated in sections 135(1), 135(3) and 137(1)(2) entirely);
(3)\n A solemn declaration made by the person concerned before a competent judicial or administrative\n authority, a notary or a competent professional or trade body, in the country of origin\n or in the country where the economic operator is established (only if there is no\n provision for declarations on oath in the country where the economic operator is established).
Thus,\n the contracting authority cannot accept e.g. a solemn declaration made before a notary\n if there can be issued a certificate by the competent authority in the country where\n the economic operator is established. Moreover, the contracting authority cannot accept\n self-declarations or similar declarations issued by the economic operator or the person\n concerned as documentation in relation to the exclusion grounds.
Economic operators\n can identify the relevant documentation using the online platform e-Certis: https://ec.europa.eu/tools/ecertis
If\n an economic operator is entered on an official list of approved economic operators\n or has an equivalent certificate (e.g. under a national (pre)qualification system),\n the economic operator may refer to the list in question or present a certificate issued\n by the competent authority instead of documentation of the information provided in\n the ESPD.
When an economic operator is participating in the procurement procedure\n together with others, the economic operator must present a joint statement from all\n the participating economic operators which identifies the member of the group who\n can act as an agent on behalf of the group with mandate to establish a legal obligation\n on behalf of the group in relation to the contracting authority.
Economic operators\n are encouraged to submit all necessary documentation as early as possible.
Prior\n to the signing of the contract, the tenderer, which the contracting authority has\n awarded the contract to, must present statements of availability from all non-permanent\n staff (e.g. project specific consultants or freelance consultants).
This contract\n has not been divided into lots, cf. section II.1.6), due to market and economic considerations\n as well as minimization of administration.\n \n \n https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2023/10 - The procurement procedure is governed by Danish law and the rules applicable hereunder,\n specifically the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n \n 2.1.6 Grounds for exclusionSources of grounds for exclusion: Notice\n Corruption: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator has been convicted by a final judgment\n or has accepted a fine for bribery as defined in Article 3 of the Convention on the\n fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials\n of Member States of the European Union, and Article 2(1) of Council Framework Decision\n 2003/568/JHA of 22 July 2003 on combating corruption in the private sector (OJ 2003,\n L 192, p. 54) and bribery as defined in the national law of the economic operator’s\n Member State or home country or the country in which the economic operator is established,\n cf. section 135(1)(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. The contracting authority\n shall also exclude an economic operator when a person who has been convicted by a\n final judgment or has accepted a fine for such acts is a member of the economic operator’s\n board of directors, executive board, or supervisory board. The contracting authority\n shall also exclude an economic operator if the convicted person has the authority\n to represent, control, or make decisions in the economic operator’s board of directors,\n executive board, or supervisory board, cf. section 135(2) of the Danish Public Procurement\n Act. When the exclusion period is not determined by a final judgment, the contracting\n authority shall exclude an economic operator from participating in the procurement\n procedure for 5 years from the date of the final judgment or accepted fine, cf. section\n 138(6) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Fraud: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator has been convicted by a final judgment\n or has accepted a fine for fraud as referred to in Article 1 of the Convention on\n the protection of the European Communities' financial interests, cf. section 135(1)(3)\n of the Danish Public Procurement Act. The contracting authority shall also exclude\n an economic operator when a person who has been convicted by a final judgment or has\n accepted a fine for such acts is a member of the economic operator’s board of directors,\n executive board, or supervisory board. The contracting authority shall also exclude\n an economic operator if the convicted person has the authority to represent, control,\n or make decisions in the economic operator’s board of directors, executive board,\n or supervisory board, cf. section 135(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. When\n the exclusion period is not determined by a final judgment, the contracting authority\n shall exclude an economic operator from participating in the procurement procedure\n for 5 years from the date of the final judgment or accepted fine, cf. section 138(6)\n of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Money laundering or terrorist financing: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator has been convicted by a final judgment\n or has accepted a fine for money laundering or terrorist financing as defined in Article\n 1 of Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October\n 2005 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money\n laundering and terrorist financing (OJ 2005, L 309, p. 15), cf. section 135(1)(5)\n of the Danish Public Procurement Act. The contracting authority shall also exclude\n an economic operator when a person who has been convicted by a final judgment or has\n accepted a fine for such acts is a member of the economic operator’s board of directors,\n executive board, or supervisory board. The contracting authority shall also exclude\n an economic operator if the convicted person has the authority to represent, control,\n or make decisions in the economic operator’s board of directors, executive board,\n or supervisory board, cf. section 135(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. When\n the exclusion period is not determined by a final judgment, the contracting authority\n shall exclude an economic operator from participating in the procurement procedure\n for 5 years from the date of the final judgment or accepted fine, cf. section 138(6)\n of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Participation in a criminal organisation: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator has been convicted by a final judgment\n or has accepted a fine for acts committed as part of a criminal organization as defined\n in Article 2 of Council Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA of 24 October 2008 (OJ 2008,\n L 300, p. 42), cf. section 135(1)(1) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. The contracting\n authority shall also exclude an economic operator when a person who has been convicted\n by a final judgment or has accepted a fine for such acts is a member of the economic\n operator’s board of directors, executive board, or supervisory board. The contracting\n authority shall also exclude an economic operator if the convicted person has the\n authority to represent, control, or make decisions in the economic operator’s board\n of directors, executive board, or supervisory board, cf. section 135(2) of the Danish\n Public Procurement Act. When the exclusion period is not determined by a final judgment,\n the contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participating in\n the procurement procedure for 5 years from the date of the final judgment or accepted\n fine, cf. section 138(6) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Terrorist offences or offences linked to terrorist activities: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator has been convicted by a final judgment\n or has accepted a fine for terrorist acts or offenses related to terrorist activities\n as defined in Articles 1, 3, and 4 of Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA of 13\n June 2002 on combating terrorism (OJ 2002, L 164, p. 3) as amended by Council Framework\n Decision 2008/919/JHA of 28 November 2008 amending Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA\n on combating terrorism (OJ 2008, L 330, p. 21), cf. section 135(1)(4) of the Danish\n Public Procurement Act. The contracting authority shall also exclude an economic operator\n when a person who has been convicted by a final judgment or has accepted a fine for\n such acts is a member of the economic operator’s board of directors, executive board,\n or supervisory board. The contracting authority shall also exclude an economic operator\n if the convicted person has the authority to represent, control, or make decisions\n in the economic operator’s board of directors, executive board, or supervisory board,\n cf. section 135(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. When the exclusion period\n is not determined by a final judgment, the contracting authority shall exclude an\n economic operator from participating in the procurement procedure for 5 years from\n the date of the final judgment or accepted fine, cf. section 138(6) of the Danish\n Public Procurement Act.\n Child labour and including other forms of trafficking in human beings: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator has been convicted by a final judgment\n or has accepted a fine for violation of Section 262a of the Danish Penal Code or,\n with regard to a judgment from another country concerning child labour and other forms\n of trafficking in human beings as defined in Article 2 of Directive 2011/36/EU of\n the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating\n trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, and replacing Council Framework\n Decision 2002/629/JHA (OJ 2011, L 101, p. 1), cf. section 135(1)(6) of the Danish\n Public Procurement Act. The contracting authority shall also exclude an economic operator\n when a person who has been convicted by a final judgment or has accepted a fine for\n such acts is a member of the economic operator’s board of directors, executive board,\n or supervisory board. The contracting authority shall also exclude an economic operator\n if the convicted person has the authority to represent, control, or make decisions\n in the economic operator’s board of directors, executive board, or supervisory board,\n cf. section 135(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. When the exclusion period\n is not determined by a final judgment, the contracting authority shall exclude an\n economic operator from participating in the procurement procedure for 5 years from\n the date of the final judgment or accepted fine, cf. section 138(6) of the Danish\n Public Procurement Act.\n Grave professional misconduct: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure when the contracting authority can demonstrate that the\n economic operator is guilty of grave professional misconduct, which renders its integrity\n questionable, cf. section 136(4) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.
When the\n exclusion period is not determined by a final judgment, the contracting authority\n will exclude an economic operator from participating in the procurement procedure\n for 3 years from the date of the relevant event or action, cf. section 138(7) of the\n Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Misrepresentation, withheld information, unable to provide required documents and obtained confidential information of this procedure: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure when the contracting authority can demonstrate that the\n economic operator in the specific procurement has provided grossly misleading information,\n withheld information, or is unable to submit supplementary documents regarding the\n grounds for exclusion, cf. sections 135(1), 135(3) or 137(1)(2), the established minimum\n suitability requirements, cf. sections 140-144, or the selection, cf. section 145,\n cf. section 136(3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. The contracting authority\n will exclude an economic operator from participating in the procurement procedure\n for 3 years from the date of the relevant event or action, cf. section 138(7) of the\n Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Conflict of interest due to its participation in the procurement procedure: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure when the contracting authority can demonstrate that a conflict\n of interest in relation to the specific procurement cannot be effectively remedied\n by less intrusive measures, cf. section 136(1) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Direct or indirect involvement in the preparation of this procurement procedure: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure when the contracting authority can demonstrate that a distortion\n of competition, cf. section 39, due to the prior involvement of the economic operators\n in the preparation of the procurement procedure in relation to the specific procurement\n cannot be effectively remedied by less intrusive measures, cf. section 136(2) of the\n Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Breaching obligation relating to payment of social security contributions: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator has unpaid overdue debt of DKK\n 100,000 or more to public authorities concerning contributions to social security\n schemes under Danish law or the law of the country in which the economic operator\n is established, cf. section 135(3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. Notwithstanding,\n the economic operator is not excluded when the economic operator has entered into\n an agreement with the collection authority on a repayment plan and this plan is being\n adhered to, cf. section 135(4) of the Danish Public Procurement Act, or the economic\n operator provides security for the payment of the part of the debt that is DKK 100,000\n or more, cf. section 135(5)(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Breaching obligation relating to payment of taxes: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator has unpaid overdue debt of DKK\n 100,000 or more to public authorities concerning taxes or duties under Danish law\n or the law of the country in which the economic operator is established, cf. section\n 135(3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. Notwithstanding, the economic operator\n is not excluded when the economic operator has entered into an agreement with the\n collection authority on a repayment plan and this plan is being adhered to, cf. section\n 135(4) of the Danish Public Procurement Act, or the economic operator provides security\n for the payment of the part of the debt that is DKK 100,000 or more, cf. section 135(5)(2)\n of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Business activities are suspended: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator’s business activities have been\n suspended, cf. section 137(1)(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. The contracting\n authority will exclude an economic operator from participating in the procurement\n procedure for 3 years from the date of the relevant event or action, cf. section 138(7)\n of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Bankruptcy: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator has been declared bankrupt, cf.\n section 137(1)(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. The contracting authority\n will exclude an economic operator from participating in the procurement procedure\n for 3 years from the date of the relevant event or action, cf. section 138(7) of the\n Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Arrangement with creditors: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator is in an arrangement with creditors,\n cf. section 137(1)(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. The contracting authority\n will exclude an economic operator from participating in the procurement procedure\n for 3 years from the date of the relevant event or action, cf. section 138(7) of the\n Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Insolvency: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator has been under insolvency proceedings,\n cf. section 137(1)(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. The contracting authority\n will exclude an economic operator from participating in the procurement procedure\n for 3 years from the date of the relevant event or action, cf. section 138(7) of the\n Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Assets being administered by liquidator: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator’s assets are being administered\n by a liquidator or by the court, cf. section 137(1)(2) of the Danish Public Procurement\n Act. The contracting authority will exclude an economic operator from participating\n in the procurement procedure for 3 years from the date of the relevant event or action,\n cf. section 138(7) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n Analogous situation like bankruptcy, insolvency or arrangement with creditors under national law: The contracting authority shall exclude an economic operator from participation in\n the procurement procedure if the economic operator is in a situation like bankruptcy\n under a corresponding procedure provided for in national law where the economic operator\n is established, cf. section 137(1)(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. The contracting\n authority will exclude an economic operator from participating in the procurement\n procedure for 3 years from the date of the relevant event or action, cf. section 138(7)\n of the Danish Public Procurement Act.\n \n \n \n 5 Lot5.1 Lot technical ID: LOT-0000Title: Consultancy Services for Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL)\n under the Peace and Stabilization Programme for West Africa (PSP WA), 2025-2028\n Description: Within the framework of the Danish Peace and Stabilization Fund (PSF), the Danish\n Government has developed the Peace and Stabilization Programme for West Africa (PSP\n WA), 2025-2028, with the strategic objective of ensuring that instability in key border\n areas in West Africa is mitigated through local and regional capacity development.\n The programme builds on past Danish peace and stabilization efforts in the Sahel by\n expanding its programmatic focus to include Coastal West African (CWA) countries,\n including Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Benin, and Togo. The border areas between Burkina\n Faso and these CWA countries are of particular interest to this programme, as this\n is the area where the spill-over of instability from the Sahel towards the coastal\n countries of West Africa is currently most pronounced.
The PSP WA implements\n Denmark’s Whole-of-Government (WoG) approach as required in the Strategic Framework\n for the Peace and Stabilisation Fund (2023-2027) and the Guidelines for the Peace\n and Stabilisation Fund (2023). It comprises of six projects that contribute to three\n pillars. The first pillar consists of three projects implemented by non-governmental\n organisations (NGOs) with civil society organisations (CSOs) and the United Nations\n Development Programme (UNDP). The pillar aims to support at-risk communities in prioritised\n border areas to manage natural resource conflicts through dialogue, stabilisation\n facilities, and mitigate threats from violent extreme organisations. The second pillar\n focuses on strengthening regional law enforcement training capacities of CWA countries\n towards more strategic and coherent law enforcement in the region, as well as applying\n these in border areas at risk. The implementing partners for this pillar include the\n UNODC, Danish National Police, and Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR). The third\n pillar will be implemented by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Defence Command Denmark\n (DCD), where the focus is on military training and strengthening the response capacities\n of prioritised regional and national institutions in counter-terrorism and IEDs. Whereas\n the first and second pillars are ODA-financed, the third pillar is financed by non-ODA\n contributions. The MEAL contract entails monitoring of the first and second pillar,\n and evaluation and learning across all three pillars.
Considering the volatile,\n uncertain, complex and ambiguous nature of the programme’s context, the Ministry of\n Foreign Affairs of Denmark (MFA), represented by the Royal Danish Embassy (RDE) in\n Accra, Ghana (hereinafter referred to as the “Client”), intends to engage a Consultant\n to provide monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) services at\n both the programme and project levels for the stated programme duration.
In\n line with the adaptive management principles underpinning the Danish Peace and Stabilization\n Programmes, the Consultant will support the Client in the further development and\n implementation of a robust MEAL system. This system must effectively capture, assess,\n and communicate reliable and relevant data to inform programme management, ensure\n accountability, and show achieved results. The Consultant's approach should be responsive\n to the complex and volatile security context in the region and align with the principles\n of the “Doing Development Differently” (DDD) approach, emphasizing adaptability and\n continuous learning.
Strategic oversight and coordination of the Consultant’s\n role will be anchored at the Royal Danish Embassy in Accra, in close collaboration\n with the Department of Migration, Peace, and Stabilization (MIGSTAB) and other relevant\n departments within the MFA in Copenhagen, and external stakeholders.
The\n objective of the Agreement is to support the Client in responding to its MEAL responsibilities\n including strengthening its monitoring and reporting capacities.
The purpose\n of the Assignment of the external Consultant is to support and quality assure that\n the programme and its projects, the Client and implementing partners achieve and document\n results in an evidence-based manner. The Consultant will in particular help the Client\n to quality assure partner results through assessing the data collected and validating\n the results a.o. through selective field visits, including by supporting communication\n by programme stakeholders of selected documented strategic results.\n Internal identifier: 25/10401\n 5.1.1 PurposeMain nature of the contract: Services\n Main classification (cpv): 75211200 Foreign economic-aid-related services\n Additional classification (cpv): 79313000 Performance review services\n Additional classification (cpv): 79314000 Feasibility study\n Additional classification (cpv): 79419000 Evaluation consultancy services\n Options:Description of the options: In addition to the main tasks the Client can request the Consultant to undertake additional\n activities which will be agreed specifically as they arise. The ad-hoc tasks may include:\n notes supporting learning, cross-project comparisons, annual case stories or analysis,\n thematic or technical and/or periodic reviews of the projects, value-for-money assessments,\n assistance related to particular opportunities for communication activities, drafting\n ToRs for studies and Mid-term review or any other relevant MEAL related assistance.\n
A reserve fund of DKK 500,000 net of VAT has been set aside for this purpose\n in the Agreement.
Furthermore, the Client has the option to include incorporation\n of additional projects under the existing programme pillars or addition of a fourth\n thematic programme pillar. The value of this option is DKK 520,000 net of VAT.
In\n addition to the ad-hoc activities and the option specified above, the Client and Consultant\n can at any time agree that Key Staff shall perform other additional services and deliveries\n similar to the Services. The total budget for payment of such additional services\n and deliveries cannot exceed 20% of Contract Price net of VAT.\n \n \n 5.1.2 Place of performance\n Anywhere in the given country\n \n \n 5.1.2 Place of performance\n Anywhere in the given country\n \n \n 5.1.2 Place of performance\n Anywhere in the given country\n \n \n 5.1.2 Place of performance\n Anywhere in the given country\n \n \n 5.1.2 Place of performance\n Anywhere in the given country\n \n \n 5.1.2 Place of performance\n Anywhere in the given country\n \n \n 5.1.2 Place of performance\n Anywhere in the given country\n \n \n 5.1.3 Estimated duration\n \n 5.1.4 Renewal\n Other information about renewals: The contract can be renewed for 12 months after the first 36 months. Thus, a total\n duration of 4 years.\n \n 5.1.5 ValueEstimated value excluding VAT: 4.520.000 Danish krone\n \n 5.1.6 General informationReserved participation: Participation is not reserved.\n The names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to perform the contract must be given: Tender requirement\n Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.\n The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes\n This procurement is also suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): yes\n Additional information: In the tender, economic operators must submit a completed and signed statement regarding\n Article 5k(1) of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 of 31 July 2014 concerning restrictive\n measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine, as amended\n by Council Regulation (EU) No 2023/1214 of 23 June 2023. The contract cannot be awarded\n to a tenderer subject to Article 5k(1) of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 of 31\n July 2014, as amended by Council Regulation (EU) No 2023/1214 of 23 June 2023
Before\n the time limit for receipt of tenders, the candidates, which the contracting authority\n has invited to tender, must present documentation of the information provided in the\n ESPD.
The contracting authority can accept the following documentation in relation\n to the exclusion grounds in sections 135(1), 135(3) and 137(1)(2) of the Danish Public\n Procurement Act (in order of priority):
(1) Extracts from the relevant register\n or similar documents issued by a competent judicial or administrative authority or\n certificates issued by the competent authority in the country referred to as documentation\n that the tenderer is not subject to the grounds for exclusion stipulated in sections\n 135(1), 135(3) and 137(1)(2);
(2) A declaration on oath (only if such extracts,\n certificates or similar documents are not issued in the country where the economic\n operator is established, or where the documentation does not cover all the grounds\n for exclusion stipulated in sections 135(1), 135(3) and 137(1)(2) entirely);
(3)\n A solemn declaration made by the person concerned before a competent judicial or administrative\n authority, a notary or a competent professional or trade body, in the country of origin\n or in the country where the economic operator is established (only if there is no\n provision for declarations on oath in the country where the economic operator is established).
Thus,\n the contracting authority cannot accept e.g. a solemn declaration made before a notary\n if there can be issued a certificate by the competent authority in the country where\n the economic operator is established. Moreover, the contracting authority cannot accept\n self-declarations or similar declarations issued by the economic operator or the person\n concerned as documentation in relation to the exclusion grounds.
Economic operators\n can identify the relevant documentation using the online platform e-Certis: https://ec.europa.eu/tools/ecertis
If\n an economic operator is entered on an official list of approved economic operators\n or has an equivalent certificate (e.g. under a national (pre)qualification system),\n the economic operator may refer to the list in question or present a certificate issued\n by the competent authority instead of documentation of the information provided in\n the ESPD.
When an economic operator is participating in the procurement procedure\n together with others, the economic operator must present a joint statement from all\n the participating economic operators which identifies the member of the group who\n can act as an agent on behalf of the group with mandate to establish a legal obligation\n on behalf of the group in relation to the contracting authority.
Economic operators\n are encouraged to submit all necessary documentation as early as possible.
Prior\n to the signing of the contract, the tenderer, which the contracting authority has\n awarded the contract to, must present statements of availability from all non-permanent\n staff (e.g. project specific consultants or freelance consultants).
This contract\n has not been divided into lots, cf. section II.1.6), due to market and economic considerations\n as well as minimization of administration.\n \n 5.1.7 Strategic procurement\n 5.1.9 Selection criteriaSources of selection criteria: Notice\n Criterion: Average yearly turnoverDescription: The economic operator is required to have an average yearly turnover of minimum DKK\n 5,000,000 for the last 2 financial years available (where the economic operator can\n present annual reports).
When the economic operator is participating in the procurement\n procedure together with others (e.g a consortia or joint venture) or if the economic\n operator relies on the capacity of other entities, it is required that the participating\n economic operators or the economic operator and the entities referred to altogether\n meet the selection criteria.
Each involved economic operator or entity must submit\n a completed ESPD and the participating economic operators or the entities referred\n to are subject to joint and several liability for the performance of the contract.
The\n contracting authority can accept annual reports or excerpts hereof or relevant statements\n from a bank or certified accountant as documentation in relation to the economic and\n financial standing.
When an economic operator is participating in the procurement\n procedure together with others or when an economic operator relies on the economic\n and financial standing of other entities, the economic operator must also provide\n statements of support or other documentation proving that the economic operator has\n access to the necessary economic and financial standing. The statements of support\n must establish a legal obligation for the party concerned and state that the involved\n economic operators or entities are subject to joint and several liability for the\n performance of the contract.\n \n Criterion: References on specified servicesDescription: The economic operator is required to have performed (entered into, ongoing or finalized)\n minimum three contracts within the fields of monitoring and evaluation in developing\n countries, where at least one contract is performed in West Africa within the last\n 5 years.
‘Monitoring and evaluation’ means a long-term performance review and\n evaluation of the implementation and results of a development programme.
A reference\n related to an ‘independent evaluation’ carried out for an evaluation unit of a development\n organisation will not be considered as a ‘monitoring and evaluation’ reference. Neither\n will an award of a framework agreement be (but the economic operator may refer to\n the contracts awarded under the framework agreement).
When the economic operator\n is participating in the procurement procedure together with others (e.g. a consortia\n or joint venture) or if the economic operator relies on the capacity of other entities,\n it is required that the participating economic operators or the economic operator\n and the entities referred to altogether meet the selection criteria, that each involved\n economic operator or entity submits a completed ESPD and that the specific parts of\n the contract must be performed by the economic operators or entities with the required\n technical and professional abilities.
The economic operator must fill in a list\n of maximum 5 contracts (i.e. from all involved economic operators in a group of economic\n operators and/or other supporting entities).
If an economic operator has listed\n more than 5 contracts, the contracting authority will only read and assess the 5 most\n recent contracts listed (first based on end date, and then based on start date).
Each\n listed contract should include the following information:
(1) a description of\n the contract (nature and quantity of services from the economic operator and how they\n compare to the description of this procurement),
(2) amount (remuneration received\n by the economic operator for the performance of the services),
(3) start date\n (date of conclusion of the contract),
(4) end date (date of completion of services),\n and
(5) recipient (name and contact information).
The contracting authority\n reserves the right to contact the recipients of services or require statements from\n the recipients, confirming that the economic operator has performed the listed contracts,\n as documentation in relation to the technical and professional ability.
When an\n economic operator is formed by a group of economic operators or relies on the technical\n and professional abilities of other entities, the economic operator must also provide\n statements of support or other documentation proving that the economic operator has\n access to the necessary technical and professional abilities. The statements of support\n must establish a legal obligation for the party concerned and state the parts of the\n contract to be performed by the party concerned.\n \n Criterion: References on specified servicesDescription: Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates (performance of services\n of the specified type)
The contracting authority will select 5 candidates to be\n invited to submit tenders. If more than 5 candidates fulfill the minimum requirements\n to economic and financial standing and/or technical and professional standing, the\n candidates will be selected on the basis of the information concerning technical and\n professional standing, in relation to the object of this contract.
In the selection,\n the contracting authority will specifically emphasise:
- The number of relevant\n contracts within the fields of monitoring and evaluation in developing countries and\n West Africa
- The extent to which the performed contracts compare to the description\n of this procurement, in particular within peace and stabilization
- The extent\n to which the contracts are performed for clients comparable to the Ministry of Foreign\n Affairs of Denmark (e.g. a European institution/agency or international organisation,\n a Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or\n local subdivisions, or a national or federal agency/office)\n The criteria will be used to select the candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure\n Maximum number of tenders passing: 5\n \n Information about the second stage of a two-stage procedure:Minimum number of candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure: 5\n Maximum number of candidates to be invited for the second stage of the procedure: 5\n The procedure will take place in successive stages. At each stage, some participants may be eliminated\n \n \n 5.1.10 Award criteriaCriterion:\n \n Category of award threshold criterion: Weight (percentage, exact)Award criterion number: 20\n \n \n Criterion:\n \n Category of award threshold criterion: Weight (percentage, exact)Award criterion number: 80\n \n \n \n 5.1.11 Procurement documentsAddress of the procurement documents: https://www.ethics.dk/ethics/eo#/32fd78c6-dc48-4deb-a7f4-7f8b8c37815a/publicMaterial\n \n 5.1.12 Terms of procurementTerms of the procedure:Estimated date of dispatch of the invitations to submit tenders: 30-10-2025\n \n Terms of submission:Electronic submission: Required\n Address for submission: https://www.ethics.dk/ethics/eo#/32fd78c6-dc48-4deb-a7f4-7f8b8c37815a/homepage\n Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English\n Electronic catalogue: Not allowed\n \n Tenderers may submit more than one tender: Not allowed\n Deadline for receipt of requests to participate: 21-10-2025 12:00 +00:00\n \n Terms of contract:The execution of the contract must be performed within the framework of sheltered employment programmes: No\n Conditions relating to the performance of the contract: The winning tenderer is to perform the contract in compliance with the Danida Anti-Corruption\n Policy (https://um.dk/en/danida/anti-corruption) and the principles of the UN Global\n Compact (https://www.unglobalcompact.org/what-is-gc/mission/principles).
The contract\n includes a labour clause concerning conditions on pay and work for the staff assigned\n for the performance of the contract.\n Electronic invoicing: Required\n Electronic ordering will be used: no\n Electronic payment will be used: yes\n \n \n 5.1.15 Techniques\n Information about the dynamic purchasing system:No dynamic purchase system\n \n \n 5.1.16 Further information, mediation and reviewReview organisation: Klagenævnet for Udbud\n Information about review deadlines: Actions regarding requests to participate and selection must be submitted within 20\n calendar days from the day after the contracting authority has notified the economic\n operators of the decisions regarding selection.
Other actions regarding the procedure\n (e.g. decisions regarding award of contract) must be submitted within:
45 calendar\n days from the day after the publication of a contract award notice in the Official\n Journal of the EU.
Complaint guidelines (in English) can be found at: https://naevneneshus.dk/media/9802/complaint-guidelines.pdf\n Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure: Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Embassy of Denmark, Ghana\n Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents: Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Embassy of Denmark, Ghana\n Organisation providing more information on the review procedures: Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen\n Organisation receiving requests to participate: Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Embassy of Denmark, Ghana\n Organisation processing tenders: Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Embassy of Denmark, Ghana\n \n \n \n 8 Organisations8.1 ORG-0001Official name: Ministry of Foreign Affairs\n Registration number: 43271911\n Department: Embassy of Denmark, Ghana\n Postal address: Asiatisk Plads 2 \n \n \n Country subdivision (NUTS): Byen København (DK011)\n \n Contact point: Rikke Enggaard Olsen\n \n \n Internet address: https://um.dk/en/danida\n Other contact points:Official name: Embassy of Denmark, Ghana\n Postal address: 67, Dr. Isert Road North Ridge \n \n Postcode: P.O. Box CT 596\n \n Contact point: Rikke Enggaard Olsen\n \n \n Internet address: https://um.dk/en/danida\n \n Roles of this organisation:\n Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure\n Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents\n Organisation receiving requests to participate\n Organisation processing tenders\n \n \n 8.1 ORG-0002Official name: Klagenævnet for Udbud\n Registration number: 37795526\n Postal address: Toldboden 2 \n \n \n Country subdivision (NUTS): Vestjylland (DK041)\n \n Contact point: Klagenævnet for Udbud\n Email: klfu@naevneneshus.dk\n \n Internet address: https://naevneneshus.dk/start-din-klage/klagenaevnet-for-udbud/\n Roles of this organisation:\n \n \n 8.1 ORG-0003Official name: Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen\n Registration number: 10294819\n Postal address: Carl Jacobsens Vej 35 \n \n \n Country subdivision (NUTS): Byen København (DK011)\n \n Contact point: Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen\n \n \n Internet address: https://www.kfst.dk\n Roles of this organisation:Organisation providing more information on the review procedures\n \n \n 8.1 ORG-0004Official name: Mercell Holding ASA\n Registration number: 980921565\n Postal address: Askekroken 11 \n \n \n Country subdivision (NUTS): Oslo (NO081)\n \n \n Email: publication@mercell.com\n \n \n Internet address: http://mercell.com/\n Roles of this organisation:\n \n \n \n Notice informationNotice identifier/version: f27bad35-1fcf-4be4-94fb-2ea7b1724dee - 01\n \n Notice type: Contract or concession notice – standard regime\n Notice dispatch date: 18-09-2025 19:29 +00:00\n Notice dispatch date (eSender): 18-09-2025 19:39 +00:00\n Languages in which this notice is officially available: English \n Notice publication number: 00617810-2025\n OJ S issue number: 181/2025\n Publication date: 22-09-2025\n \n \n","opsummeringDA":{"card":{"titel":"Consultancy Services for Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) under the Peace and Stabilization Programme for West Africa (PSP WA), 2025-2028","ordregiver":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs","ordregiverId":"43271911","ordregiverIdDatavasket":"43271911","publiceringsdato":"2025-09-22+02:00","cpvKode":"75211200","cpvTitel":"Tjenester vedrørende økonomisk hjælp til udlandet","formulartype":"Konkurrencevilkår","formulartypeKode":"competition","tidsfrister":["2025-10-21T12:00:00Z"],"alleOrdregivere":["Ministry of Foreign Affairs"],"anslaaetVaerdi":"4520000","anslaaetVaerdiValuta":"DKK","beskrivelse":"Within the framework of the Danish Peace and Stabilization Fund (PSF), the Danish Government has developed the Peace and Stabilization Programme for West Africa (PSP WA), 2025-2028, with the strategic objective of ensuring that instability in key border areas in West Africa is mitigated through local and regional capacity development. The programme builds on past Danish peace and stabilization efforts in the Sahel by expanding its programmatic focus to include Coastal West African (CWA) countries, including Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Benin, and Togo. The border areas between Burkina Faso and these CWA countries are of particular interest to this programme, as this is the area where the spill-over of instability from the Sahel towards the coastal countries of West Africa is currently most pronounced. \n\nThe PSP WA implements Denmark’s Whole-of-Government (WoG) approach as required in the Strategic Framework for the Peace and Stabilisation Fund (2023-2027) and the Guidelines for the Peace and Stabilisation Fund (2023). It comprises of six projects that contribute to three pillars. The first pillar consists of three projects implemented by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) with civil society organisations (CSOs) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 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