INVITATION TO TENDER
ITT- SRO-SCI-2024-0025
Contracting third party Company to provide field monitors in NW Syria
1. INTRODUCTION TO SAVE THE CHILDREN
SCI is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential. We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
Our Vision – a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation.
Our Mission – to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
We do this through a range of initiatives and programmes, to:
- Provide lifesaving supplies & emotional support for children caught up in disasters (e.g. floods, famine & wars).
- Campaign for long term change to improve children’s lives.
- Improve children’s access to the food and healthcare they need to survive.
- Secure a good quality education for the children who need it most.
- Protect the world’s most vulnerable children, including those separated from their families because of war, natural disasters, extreme poverty or exploitation.
- Work with families to help them out of the poverty cycle so they can feed and support their children.
For more information on the work we undertake and recent achievements, visit our website.
2. PROJECT OVERVIEW
| Item | Description |
| Description of Goods / Services | Contracting third party company to provide field monitors in NW Syria |
| Outcome of Tender
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Framework Agreement (Fixed Price) – the successful supplier(s) will be awarded a ‘Framework Agreement’. Within the Framework Agreement, the terms of supply (e.g. indemnities, liabilities, warranties etc.) shall be agreed, as will the conditions of supply (e.g. specifications, lead times etc.). The Framework Agreement does not commit SCI to any purchases or specific volumes. Any future purchases which will be completed under separate Purchase Orders which will be governed and linked to the original Framework Agreement.. |
| Duration of Award | 12 Months |
3. AWARD CRITERA
SCI is committed to running a fair and transparent tender process, and ensuring that all bidders are treated and assessed equally during this tender process. Bidder responses will be evaluated against four weighted categories of criteria: Essential Criteria, Sustainability Criteria, Capability Criteria, and Commercial Criteria.
3.1 ESSENTIAL CRITERIA
Criteria which bidders must meet in order to progress to the next round of evaluation. If a bidder does not meet any of the Essential Criteria, they will be excluded from the tender process immediately. These criteria are scored as ‘Pass’ / ‘Fail’.
3.2 SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA (10%)
Criteria used to evaluate the impact a supplier has on the environment, local economy and community. Bids will be evaluated against the same pre-agreed Criteria.
3.3 CAPABILITY CRITERIA (30%)
Criteria used to evaluate the bidders ability, skill and experience in relation to the requirements. Bids will be evaluated against the same pre-agreed Criteria.
3.4 COMMERIAL CRITERIA (60%)
Criteria used to evaluate the commercial competitiveness of a bid. Bids will be evaluated against the same pre-agreed Criteria.
4. VETTING
Successful bidders must be successfully vetted. This involves checking bidders and key personnel against Global Watch Lists, Enhanced Due Diligence Lists and Politically Exposed Persons Lists.
The vetting of bidders will be completed after the award decision and prior to any contract being signed, or orders placed. If any information provided by the Bidder throughout the tender process is proved to be incorrect during the vetting process (or at any other point), SCI may withdraw their award decision.
5. BIDDER INSTRUCTIONS
6.1 TIMESCALES
| Activity | Date |
| Issue Invitation to Tender | 30/10/2024 |
| Deadline for questions from Bidders | 19/11/2024 |
| Deadline for Bid Submission | 20/11/2024 |
| Award Contact | 25/11/2024 |
The above dates are for indicative purposes only and are subject to change.
CLOSING DATE FOR BID SUBMISSION
Your bid must be received, no later than 20/11/2024.
Bids must remain valid and open for consideration for a period of no less than 60 days.
KEY CONTACTS
All questions relating to the tender should be sent via email to:
| Name | Email Address |
| Supply Chain Team | [email protected] |
Please be advised local working hours are 09:00 AM to 17:00>. Please allow up to 2 working days for a response.
Where the enquiry may have an impact on other bidders within the process, Save the Children will notify all other Bidders to maintain a fair and transparent process.
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