The Council of Europe Project is currently implementing the Project “Strengthening freedom of media, access to information and reinforcing public broadcasting system in Ukraine” and is announcing a tender procedure for purchase of the services of awareness campaign with public transport branding for UA:PBC, namely branding of the trolleybuses in Kyiv, Lviv, Dnipro (draft layout for branding is available for review here).

Deadline for the submission of tender proposals is prolonged till 11:00 27 November.

Tenderers shall be excluded from participating in the tender procedure if they:

• have been sentenced by final judgment on one or more of the following charges: participation in a criminal organisation, corruption, fraud, money laundering;
• are in a situation of bankruptcy, liquidation, termination of activity, insolvency or arrangement with creditors or any like situation arising from a procedure of the same kind, or are subject to a procedure of the same kind;
• have received a judgment with res judicata force, finding an offence that affects their professional integrity or serious professional misconduct;
• do not comply with their obligations as regards payment of social security contributions, taxes and dues, according to the statutory provisions of their country of incorporation, establishment or residence;
• are or are likely to be in a situation of conflict of interests.

Eligibility criteria

• Being registered company in accordance with the applicable national legislation and being specialized in the field of advertising or related sphere;
• Possessing minimum 2 years of experience in public transport branding in Ukraine (please include photos and/or links to at least 2 similar campaigns with their dates);
• Being able to provide the services and submit the reporting documents by 22 March 2019 (by signing the Act of Engagement, the tenderer declares the fact of being able to execute services according to the required timeframe).

Award criteria

• Quality of the offer, including plan for the provision of services (preference will be given to offers proposing maximum coverage of the routes mentioned in Act of Engagement) (50%);

• Financial offer (50%).

Multiple tendering is not authorised.

1. DOCUMENTS TO BE PROVIDED

Tenderers are invited to submit:

• A completed and signed copy of the Act of Engagement;
• 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 above);

1. Tenderer’s registration documents that prove the fact of registration of the company in accordance with the applicable national legislation and being specialized in the field of advertising or related sphere;

2. Brief one-page description of the company’s experience (minimum 2 years) in public transport branding including photos and/or links to at least 2 similar campaigns;

3. Detailed plan of the provision of expected deliverables covered in Act of Engagement, Section A, with breakdown to stages and dates (adaptation of layouts, printing and branding of trolleybuses, running of the Campaign, reporting) with specific information regarding each trolleybus proposed for branding and routes that it covers.

    

   All documents shall be submitted in English or Ukrainian, (with only exception to registration documents in original language, which should be submitted together with brief summary translation into English – name of the Company, date of registration, types of economic activity which can be legally provided), failure to do so will result in the exclusion of the tender.

    

   If any of the documents listed above are missing, the tender will not be considered.

    

   The Council reserves the right to reject a tender if the scanned documents are of such a quality that the documents cannot be read once printed.

    

   ATTACHMENTS:

   • Tender file;

   • Act of Engagement.