Foreign economic-aid-related services

Tender description

Danida Business Finance (DBF) provides subsidized loans to infrastructure projects in developing countries — preferably above 100 000 000 DKK. The contract is a Framework Agreement according to which the winning company / consortium of companies will be invited to submit proposals for individual assignments and their particular terms of reference in relation to Technical Assistance to Danida Business Finance projects. Engineering services combined with financial, socio-economic, and institutional expertise for the below range of services, having sustainability as a cross-cutting issue: The nature of services comprise Group 1: — Identification and/or formulation of Infrastructure projects; — Project development in collaboration with local stakeholders; — Feasibility studies of infrastructure projects; — Concept note. Group 2: —Appraisal of Infrastructure projects; — Assistance in relation to drafting of documents to be presented to competent approving authorities in Denmark. Group 3: — Engineering and contract specialist assistance to Buyer/End User for Design, Elaboration of Pre-Qualification and Tender Documents, Evaluation Report, contract negotiations with winning contractor and setting up of contract with Buyer. — Close collaboration with DBF during the phase of establishment of the Loan Agreement between a Danish bank and the Borrower and other related documents. Group 4: — Engineer's monitoring of implementation and verification of the project during its whole implementation period, verification at Taking-Over and at End of Defects' Liability Period. Specific Danida Business Finance conditions (being part of the Loan Agreement) must also be monitored. — Evaluation of Impact based on collected Outcome Indicators. The above services are carried out in English-, French-, and Spanish-speaking countries. Some of the assignments are short-term assignments; others cover several years, but are not full-time. The services will primarily cover 1 or more of the below professional sectors: Sector 1., Agriculture and related processing; Sector 2., Electric power; Sector 3., Renewable energy; Sector 4., Solid waste; Sector 5., Telecommunication; Sector 6.: Transport infrastructure; Sector 7., Water and wastewater. For more information regarding the services, reference is made to ‘Appendix 1 — Scope of Services’ to the Framework Agreement.