The Council of Europe project “Supporting the transparency, inclusiveness and integrity of electoral practice in Ukraine” (hereinafter “the Project”), implemented within the Action Plan for Ukraine 2018-2021, is launching a tender procedure for purchase of services on designing and conducting focus groups with young voters to support the Central Election Commission’s efficient implementation of the communication and awareness raising campaign on the eve of 2020 local elections in Ukraine.
Expected duration of the contract: 15 September 2020 – 15 October 2020.
All offers should be sent to
All questions shall be submitted by 23:59 on 8 September 2020 (Kyiv time) and shall be exclusively addressed to the email address
Eligibility criteria
- legal person except consortia;
- previous experience in designing and conducting focus groups in Ukraine.
Award criteria
- Quality of the offer (70%), including:
- (35%) professional portfolio and relevance of the tenderer’s previous experience in designing and conducting focus groups in Ukraine. Previous experience of conducting surveys and focus groups on election related issues will be an asset;
- (35%) technical proposal (technical and human resources to be assigned to provide the requested services in full; proposed methodology of conducting the focus groups).
- Financial offer (30%).
The Council reserves the right to hold interviews with eligible tenderers.
Documents to be provided
- A completed and signed copy of the Act of Engagement (see below);
- For tenderers subject to VAT only: a quote, describing their financial offer, in line with the requirements of section C of the Tender File (see below);
- Registration documents (scanned copy of originals in Ukrainian and/or English);
- A detailed professional portfolio in English, demonstrating clearly that the tenderer fulfils the eligibility criteria;
- Links to the developed analytical reports on the surveys and focus groups previously conducted;
- Technical proposal to undertake the work, including description of technical and human resources (particularly, CVs of the suggested personal to be involved in the activity) to be assigned for the provision of the requested services in full and the proposed methodology of undertaking the work.
All documents shall be submitted in English, except scanned copies of the original registration documents to be submitted in Ukrainian, failure to do so will result in the exclusion of the tender.
Attachments to the present announcement contain full description of the terms and conditions of the present tender and further providers’ involvement:
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