The Cooperation Facility supported by this contract is financed under the Support Measures and Cooperation Facility for Papua New Guinea (ref. ACT 62794). The overall objective of the assignment is to facilitate the implementation of EU funded programmes in Papua New Guinea by providing all necessary support to the EU Delegation (EUD) for its operations. A team of experts is expected to assist the EUD in achieving the above objective, with the provision of the following services (list not exhaustive): - provision of technical advice for supporting in the identification, design and implementation, monitoring, review and evaluation of programmes/projects financed by the EU with a focus on the Multiannual Indicative Programme (MIP), including Global Gateway/Joint Programming / Team Europe /, GAP III, HRBA and the EU Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ commitments coordination at country level; - provision of technical advice and recommendations on integrating cross cutting issues especially, human rights and gender, environment and climate change and engagement with youth throughout all development cooperation actions; - Provision of high-quality support to further enhance bilateral relationship between the EU and PNG in relevant cooperation policy dialogues and whenever necessary in the public diplomacy; - Support to Increase awareness on EU priorities and EU contribution to people’s lives in coordination with any Communication and Visibility support services contract(s) that will be ongoing.
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Average Annual Turnover: The candidate's or tenderer's average annual turnover of the last three (3) financial years for which the accounts have been closed must be not less than EUR 1,537,500.
Minimum Personnel: The candidate or tenderer has, during the current year and the previous two years, on average, at least: 5 personnel directly employed or otherwise legally contracted on a permanent or non-permanent basis in areas of specialist knowledge related to this contract.
No Professional Conflicting Interests: The candidate or tenderer is not subject to professional conflicting interests which may negatively affect contract performance. The presence of professional conflicting interests shall be examined on the basis of the statements made through the Declarations on Honour and, where applicable, the statements and other documents submitted.
Completed Services under Relevant Contracts: The candidate or tenderer has completed services under at least 3 contracts implemented at any moment during the last four (4) years before submission deadline. For each contract, the value of the services completed must not be less than 820,000 EUR. The completed services are in the domain of: (1) Forestry-Climate Change-Biodiversity (FCCB) nexus, (2) Water/Sanitation/Hygiene (WaSH) for human development, health and education; and (3) Transparent and accountable Governance. All the three domains shall be covered, not necessarily by the same contract but by considering all the projects the candidates are referring to.
Highest Number of Qualifying Contracts: If more than 8 eligible candidates meet the above selection criteria, the relative strengths and weaknesses of the request to participate of these candidates will be re-examined in order to rank them and identify the 8 best requests to participate for the tender procedure. Criterion 1: the highest number of contracts under which services have been completed that meet the technical capacity criterion.
Highest Cumulated Value of Completed Services: Criterion 2: the highest cumulated value of completed services that meet the technical capacity criterion. Additional comparative criterion No 2 shall be applied only to candidates tied for the 8th position after applying additional comparative criterion No 1.
Published 16 April 2026 · rebuilt nightly from the official notice.