Consultancy Services, Eurasia

The contracting authority CMI Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation (“CMI”) seeks in this Call for Tenders all interested companies to submit a tender in the procurement of Consultant/Advisor Services to support CMI’s programs in the Eurasia region. The objective of this Call for Tenders is to purchase these Services from a third party on the basis of a Service Contract. This procurement does not involve an employment relationship with CMI. Aim of this procurement is to create a Service Agreement between CMI and suitable contractor ("Service Provider") for delivering consultancy services for supporting CMI’s mediation processes in Ukraine, Moldova, and the South Caucasus, as well as the broader region including Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, dependant on CMI's needs. The Agreement does not constitute an exclusive right to the assignments of the Contracting Authority. One (1) Service provider will be selected for both Lot 1: Senior Programmatic and Lot 2: Service Senior Consultant, to perform the Service. The Service provided by the Consultant aims to support Customer’s works to prevent and resolve conflicts through dialogue and mediation. The Consultant shall provide consultancy and advisory services to the Customer including but not limited to what is stated in Description of the Object of the Procurement (Annex 1). Any Tenderer may bid independently or use sub-contractors. Group of Tenderers may also form a consortium. In such a case, all members of the consortium are juridically and economically equally responsible for the services and all members must fill in their own ESPD form. In case of a consortium, one member shall be nominated as the Lead Company, coordinating the tender and representing the Consortium in contractual terms. The contracting authority may wholly or partially interrupt the procurement procedure, for example, in situations where none of the tenders received meet the requirements of the Invitation to Tender, or if the conditions during the competitive bidding process change in such a way that the contracting authority is unable to make use of the results of the bidding. No compensation will be paid to Tenderers for preparing a tender, presenting it or otherwise taking part in the procedure. The tender documents are available in English. Should the tenderer wish to obtain the tender documents in another language, they shall themselves arrange for their translation and bear the costs thus incurred. LOTS This contract is divided into lots. Lot 1 includes the services of a Senior Programmatic Consultant. Lot 2 includes the services of Senior Consultant. A tender may be submitted for one lot or both lots upon Tenderer's discretion. Each Tenderer may submit one (1) tender for each lot. Alternate or parallel tenders are not accepted.