Host Institution and secretariat for ‘Fund for Academic
Cooperation and Exchange between Denmark and the Arab World’
(FACE), Contract Notice 2015/S 024-040113
Clarification no. 4
6 March, 2015
Question 1:
On p. 29, first bullet point, in the Intervention Document it states that
''Review annual project progress reports / final reports from FACE-funded
projects and prepare and hold an annual meeting for FACE-partners. The
annual meeting shall provide a point of departure for review progress in
the FACE-programme, summing up lessons learnt and share experience
and information''
Our question is:
Does FACE partners only refer to the Danish partner or both to the Danish
partners (the applicants) and the Arab partners? We are asking this
question as it will have different implications on the budget.
Answer:
“FACE-partners” refer to the Danish partners.
The FACE secretariat shall review annual project progress reports and final
reports prepared by the Danish partners, which have received funding.
The Arab partners are expected to deliver input to the Danish partners’
reporting.
Question 2:
On p. 11 in the Tender Document it states that
''General qualifications 20 %
Adequacy for the assignment 65 %
Experience in the region and language15 %''
Our question is: What exactly is the definition of 'adequacy' in this regard?
Answer:
The required qualifications and experience are specified in Appendix 1 –
Scope of Services. Cf footnote 2 on page 11. For the programme manager
these are specified on page 52 of the Tender Document.
Question 3:
On p. 22 it states that ''The Client does not accept exclusive agreements
with key personnel not permanently employed by the Tenderer or any of
the sub-consultants.''
Our questions are: What is to be understood from this? and does it relate
to the sentence above about key personnel not permanently employed by
the Tenderer?
Page 1 of 2
Answer:
It means that if the Tenderer is proposing candidates for the positions as
key personnel that are not presently employees of the Tenderer, the
Tenderer cannot make exclusive agreements with any of them and neither
can a sub-consultant.
Question 4:
We understand that in order to fulfil (d) in section III.2.3 of the contract
notice, the three articles required are to have been produced by staff
member currently employed by the main tenderer. will articles produced
by the staff member prior to her employment at the Tenderer be
acceptable?
Answer:
This is not correctly understood, please refer to answer to question 3 in
Clarification no. 3. Articles produced by a staff member prior to her
employment with the Tenderer will be accepted. Please note that the
relevant articles presented have to be published in refereed journals
within the last three years.
Page 2 of 2