Acquisition sea survival kits (Reference N°226.818-2)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

1. Description of the contract
This project aims to equip border guard units in order to strengthen migration flow management operations and more specifically its aspects focused on surveillance, search and rescue in land and maritime Egyptian areas.
The purpose of this contract is the acquisition and delivery and after-sales guarantee of 500 sea survival kits. The sea survival kit includes three (3) survival equipment in a waterproof case (inflatable life jacket, inflatable rescue life buoy, sea lifeline with its storage bag).

2. Number and titles of lots
One single lot.

3. Maximum budget allocated to the contract (prices are exclusive of taxes)
Not applicable.

CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION

4. Eligibility and rule of origin
Legal entities may not participate in the competitive bidding process or be awarded a contract if they:

• a) Are in a state of bankruptcy, liquidation, judicial settlement, cessation of activity, or in any similar situation resulting from a procedure of the same nature existing in national laws and regulations;
• b) Are the subject of a procedure of declaration of bankruptcy, liquidation, legal settlement or any other procedure of the same nature existing in national laws and regulations;
• c) Have been convicted by a judgment that has the force of res judicata (that is to say, against which there is no longer any possible appeal) for any offense involving their professional conduct;
• d) In professional matters, have committed serious misconduct;
• e) Have not fulfilled their obligations regarding the payment of social security contributions according to the legal provisions of the country where they are established;
• f) Have not fulfilled their obligations regarding the payment of their taxes and duties according to the legal provisions of the country where they are established;
• g) Are seriously guilty of misrepresentation in providing the information required by DCI for their participation in a contract;
• h) Act as front companies created to conceal financial transactions and/or launder money from one or more other companies
• i) Under another contract with DCI, were declared in serious breach of performance due to non-compliance with their contractual obligations;
• j) It has been established by a final judgment that the company is guilty of one of the following facts:
  • i. fraud, as defined in the Article 3 of Directive (EU) 2017/1371;
  • ii. corruption, as defined in Article 4(2) of Directive (EU) 2071/1371;
  • iii. behavior linked to a criminal organization referred to in Article 2 of the Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA of the Council;
  • iv. money laundering or terrorist financing within the meaning of Article 1, paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
  • v. terrorist offense or offense related to terrorist activities, as defined respectively in Article 1 and Article 3 of Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA, or incitement to commit an offence, complicity or attempt infringement as referred to in Article 4 of the said decision;
  • vi. child labor or other forms of trafficking in human beings as defined in Article 2 of Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council;

Point a) does not apply in the event of the purchase of supplies under particularly advantageous conditions, either from a supplier who ceases his commercial activities definitively, or from the liquidators of insolvency proceedings, through an arrangement with creditors or under a similar procedure provided for under national law.

DCI excludes company:

• When a legal person who is a member of the administrative, management or supervisory body of the said company or who has powers of representation, decision or control with regard to this company is in one of the situations referred to in points c) to i);
• When a legal person which is liable indefinitely for the debts of the said company is in one of the situations referred to in point a) or b);
• When a legal entity that is essential to the award or performance of the legal commitment is in one of the situations referred to in points c) to i).

The applicant/bidder must sign a statement on their honor that he is not in one of the categories mentioned above. Bidders or subcontractors established in countries under sanction of the European Union are also excluded.
Tenderers or subcontractors established in countries under European Union sanction are excluded.

5. Number of offers
Bidders can submit one bid per type of product (no variant on the same product).
In fact, bidders are allowed to submit several bids, as long as they correspond to the technical request.

6. Situations of exclusion
To be admissible, offers must be accompanied by the original of:

• Any document proving registration at the national level as a legal entity;
• The certificate of vigilance issued by the collection agency to which it belong, which states that the company is up to date with all of its social obligations;
• The certificate of professional civil liability.

7. Subcontracting Opportunities
Subcontracting is permitted subject to compliance with the subcontracting rules of the contract terms.

8. Performance guarantee
Not applicable.

9. Information meeting and/or site visit
No information meetings are planned.

10. Validity of offers
Tenders are valid for a period of sixty (60) days from the deadline for submission of bids.

11. Expected start date of the contract
Notification before the the 15th of May 2024 for a start of contract in May or June 2024.

12. Task Implementation Period
Date of contract signature plus three (3) months.

SELECTION AND AWARD CRITERIA

13. Selection criteria
The following selection criteria will be applied to bidders. If bids are submitted by a consortium, these selection criteria will apply to the consortium as a whole:

• 14) Economic and financial capacity of the bidder
  The price of the contract shall not exceed fifty (50) percent of the bidder’s last fiscal year’s sales.
• 15) Bidder’s professional capacity
  Experience of at least five (5) years in the sale or production of sea rescue equipment.
• 16) Bidder’s technical capacity
  The bidder has already successfully implemented at least one project in the field related to this contract (supply, delivery, training and warranty maintenance of SAR vessels).

17. Award criteria
The award criterion will be the price subject to full compliance of the offer.

SUBMIT A BID

18. How do I obtain the tender documents?
On the DCI website under the heading: https://groupedci.com/call-for-tenders/
It is also available from CIVIPOL on their website.

Tenders must be drafted only using the standard tender form for supply contracts included in the tender dossier, the provisions and format of which must be strictly adhered to.
Any question concerning this call for tenders must be addressed in writing to: Mr. Etienne LERAY (etienne.leray@groupedci.com) at least fifteen (15) days before the deadline for submission of tenders appearing in point 18. DCI will respond to questions at least (10) days before the deadline for submission of offers. Clarifications or minor changes to the tender documentation are published no later than ten (10) days before the deadline for submission of tenders on the DCI website: https://groupedci.com/call-for-tenders/.

19. Deadline for submission of bids
The deadline for submitting offers is as follows: April 19 th, 2024 at 12:00 noon (Paris time zone GMT +1).
Any offer received after this deadline will not be considered.

20. Tender opening session
April the 23th, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. (Paris time zone GMT +1).

21. Language of proceedings
All written communications of this call for tenders must be made in French.