| INQUIRIES
and CLARIFICATION |
| No |
Reference |
Topics |
Inquiry |
Clarification |
Posted |
| 1 |
General |
Eligibility
of participation of Consultant of Feasibility Study for this
TA procurement |
Could
you please advise if the Consultant who conducted the feasibility study
is eligible to apply for this TA? |
The
Consultant who elaborated the Feasibility is not eligible to apply for
this TA procurement. |
Dec
4th, 2023 |
| 2 |
RfP
– Special Provisions 4.2.2 |
Scoring
of Applicant’s Experience |
Could
you kindly clarify how points on project references are distributed for
4.2.2: "1. Applicant’s Experience"? |
As
stated, the number of project references itself - as long as the
minimum of 6 project refences is fulfilled - is not a scoring factor,
but their relevance, significance, volume, and coverage regarding the
services are crucial. There is no numerically fixed formula of the
weights of each these factors a specific project reference for the
essential overall criterion of experience in the four mentioned fields
(Guarantees, tools, ESIA, SME), but each reference will be assessed on
its relevance for and similarity with the task under procurement. |
Dec
4th, 2023 |
| 3 |
RfP
– Special Provisions 4.2.2 |
Scoring
of Applicant’s Experience |
Particularly,
is there any limit to how much one project can score under 1.1, 1.2 and
1.3 (under 4.2.2 section 1)? |
In general,
quality of references is more important than quantity.
But a single good reference will not be enough to get the full score
for a specific sub-criterion listed.
As a rule of thumb, three solid references would be required for a full
score in each sub-criterion.
Please take note, that a particular project reference can score with
several sub-criteria. |
Dec
4th, 2023 |
| 4 |
RfP
2.1, page 18
|
Advanced
emerging financial systems |
In
this context:
How are you categorizing the financial sector of Jordan at the moment?
|
In
general, the robust and diversified commercial banking sector of Jordan
can be considered as a key of a rather advanced emerging financial
system in the country, extending domestic credit to the private sector
at a magnitude of more than 80% of GDP, albeit within a country with
“lower middle income“(World Bank) and with limited
volumes
and imperfections in the allocation of loans to SMEs (and the creation
of jobs), hence the need for the future project.
Accordingly; we are looking for a transfer of knowledge and experience
in the promotion of SME financing by loan guarantees, preferably from
countries with comparable or more advanced levels of their banking
sector loan extension to the private sector, especially for SMEs.
|
Dec
4th, 2023 |
| 5 |
RfP
2.1, page 18
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Advanced
emerging financial systems |
Qualification
criteria: "consulting services in the fields of guarantees to SME
(preferably in developed and/or advanced emerging financial
systems/institutions)".
What is the definition of advanced emerging financial systems, and
could you please give us an example?
|
As
the clarification to inquiry No.4 already indicates, the perspective of
JLGC and the objectives of the financial cooperation program and the
potential for a transfer of knowledge and experience determine
“advanced” in this context.
Accordingly - and despite the fact that all indicator can only be
proxys - of special interest to JLGC are references from countries with
a
- strong allocation of commercial bank
credits to the private sector (roughly >70%),
- including a solid ratio of SME loans to
total private sector loans (minimum 15%)
- a reasonable level of NPLs (roughly
<5%, at least on average over time).
But the definition said “preferably”, and naturally
does
not exclude references from other countries with not so advanced
financial systems, as they may provide very valuable elements for the
future services, which can be explained BRIEFLY for the respective
reference case by the applicants in the form
5. |
Dec
4th, 2023 |
| 6 |
RfP
Special Provisions, Section 4.2.2, |
Applicant's
Capabilities |
Applicants
are to provide a listing of available expertise in the specified
categories.
Is there a maximum / minimum number of experts KfW and JLGC expect the
applicant to provide for each category?
|
Naturally,
the minimum number for each position is one expert.
However, in view of the future expert team structure, and for the sake
of the demonstration of availability, we suggest to indicate two
experts per position, and not to exceed the number of three experts per
position in this list. |
Dec
4th, 2023 |
| 7 |
PQ-Document
2.2.1(d)
Project References” |
Ongoing
References |
Based
on point “would ongoing references qualify
for the submission? |
Ongoing
references
would be acknowledged if services have been rendered for at least half
of the
contracted duration or – in the case of longer projects
– for a minimum of one
year. |
Dec
6th, 2023 |
| 8 |
PQ-Document
-Special Provisions- 1.4.2 |
Participation
of expert in various applications |
Can
one expert can be listed with more than one company for the same tender? |
In
this regard we would like to draw your attention to 1.4.2 in the
Prequalification Document, Section II, Special Provisions:
“In this pre-qualification, experts and sub-consultants in
the field of financial
guarantees may participate in various applications.
However, in the later bidding stage, such sub-consultants and/or
key-experts can only participate in one bid.”
For the later stage - the tender stage - please refer to the
Guidelines 2.5.3):
“Key Experts in Proposals for Consulting Services shall not
participate in more than one Proposal ……
In the case the same Key Expert appears in more than one
Proposal, all Proposals concerned shall be rejected unless a bidder can
demonstrate to have obtained the exclusive right of the respective Key
Expert to include its curricula vitae in the proposal before the
submission deadline has passed.” |
Dec
6th, 2023 |
| 9 |
Tentative
TOR |
Team
Matrix |
How
many experts you foresee based on sections 2.2 and 2.3 from the
screenshot below. Would it also be between 1-3 experts as published on
a different clarification on your website? |
As stated in the
Letter of Invitation, under point 5.,
“at this stage, the Tentative Terms of Reference (TOR) are
still
a working document with preliminary character. As a background
document, they shall enable the interested consultants to get a general
understanding of the services requested. Due to this character, the
participants of this pre-qualification shall refrain from inquiries
regarding these Tentative TOR at this stage.”
Having this said, at present we consider the number
of
experts for the respective positions depends on their coverage of
topics. Thus, the minimum of experts per position is 1, but bidders may
cover the respective tasks as well with more
experts. |
Dec
6th, 2023 |
| 10 |
PQ-Document2.2.1(d)
Project References: |
Age
of references |
As
references must not be older than 10 years, does this refer to start or
the end date of the project? |
This
refers to the end date of the project. |
Dec
6th, 2023 |
| 11 |
Project
References: |
Evaluation |
Does
the project value play a role / is there a minimum value to qualify? |
In
general, the evaluation of references refers to “Experience
in implementing similar projects”.
Naturally, in a project of the magnitude as the one in this
procurement, the project value of the reference, especially the
proportion carried out by the applicant, plays some role when it comes
to similarity of the experiences.
On the other side, this project has so many facets and tasks, that even
smaller references with particular profiles may be of relevance for
certain aspects of the future project. This will be taken into
consideration as well during the evaluation.
But very small references, those with a project value carried out by
the applicant of less than EUR 20,000, may be considered as
non-substantial cases |
Dec
6th, 2023 |
| 12 |
PQ-Document
3.2.1 DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS |
Deadline
for submission |
Would it be possible to extend
the deadline by one week? |
We
are aware that at this time of year the workload at consulting
companies may be rather high already, and that the submission of an
application for such complex services at the indicated time
may be
challenging.
However, the timelines for this procurement and the future
services do not allow to extend the deadline for this
pre-quallification.
Thus, the deadline for
the receipt of the electronic submissions of applications
remains
December 21st, 2023
- 15:00h local time Frankfurt (Germany) - 17:00h local time Amman
(Jordan) |
Dec
7th, 2023 |
| 13 |
Section
II, Part 3 ; Section II Special
Provisions |
Submission
of Applications |
Can
JLGC please confirm that only electronic
submissions will be accepted? |
We
hereby confirm that only electronic
submissions will be accepted, and
to more precise, only those submitted to the
dataroom mentioned under Section II, Part 3.
In the coming days the dataroom provider exficon GmbH, Frankfurt am
Main, will revert to the persons authorized for electronic submission
with an invitation email containing
the access link to the
system.
|
Dec 14th, 2023 |
| 14 |
Section
II, 2 |
Contents
and Preparation |
Can
JLGC please confirm that the
Applicant’s organizational chart should only be included with Form 6 - List of
Available Expertise and Human Resource Capacity? |
Naturally, you can include an Organizational
Chart in the presentation
of the Applicant as well.
However, the organizational
chart(s) of the firm or the relevant parts of the firm attached to Form 6 item 2 shall
facilitate particularly the understanding of the organizational aspects of the
statistical chart on Human Resource capacity. |
Dec
14th, 2023 |
| 15 |
Article
8.3 of the TOR |
Evaluation
of Team Members |
Can JLGC clarify how the team members will be
evaluated, who will evaluate them, and what criteria will be used and
the period of performance they
will be evaluated for?
|
The Tentative TOR attached are an outlook on
the future Tender Stage,
not of direct relevance for the present pre-qualification.
As stated in
the Letter of Invitation, under point 5., “at this stage,
the Tentative Terms of Reference (TOR) are still a working document
with
preliminary character. As a background document, they shall enable the
interested consultants to get a general understanding of the services
requested. Due to this character, the participants of this pre-qualification
shall refrain from inquiries regarding these Tentative TOR at this
stage.”
Having this
said, at this time we can only state that in the
coming Tender Stage, pre-qualified consultants will receive
a Request for Proposals explaining
in detail all topics of the inquiry.
.In the meantime, we can inform you only in
general that
- the
responsibility for the evaluation is
similar to the one in the pre-qualification (Pre-Qualification
document,
Section II under 1.2.1.
- team
members will be assessed based on their
qualification and suitability for the tasks, to be demonstrated among
others by the relevant work experience incl. key project references.
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Dec 14th, 2023 |
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END OF CLARIFICATIONS |
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