Contract title: Update of business training modules,
organization of business trainings, development and delivery of SEP specific
vocational training.
Country:
Azerbaijan
Loan No.: AZ-9712
This notice includes the RFB
process conducted for the procurement of consulting services for the update of
business training modules, organization of business trainings, development and delivery of SEP special vocational training under the Employment
Support Project (ESP), as well as the evaluation results and contract award
information.
The Procuring Agency
published the
request for expressions of interest on 24 June 2025 in the “Azerbaijan” newspaper,
on the “Azerweb” portal, and on the World Bank website. As a result of the
announcement, a total of 13 expressions of interest were received. The Request
for Proposals (RFP) was sent to the following consulting firms shortlisted, and
the proposal submission deadline was set for 13 November 2025:
- * DAI Global LLC (USA)
- * CON-INSTITUT GmbH, with subconsultant
SAGE SOLUTIONS LLC (Germany/Azerbaijan)
- * EPTISA Mühendislik Ltd. Şti, Leader of the JV, EPTISA
Servicios de Ingenieria, S.L. (Turkiye/ Spain)
- * Latvian Chamber of Commerce
and Industry, Leader of the JV, Accelerated Career Academy LLC (Latvia/Azerbaijan)
- * UT Consultants Co. Ltd.
Leader of the JV, İÇERİK Training Research and Consulting Ltd (Turkiye)
Selection
of consultants was carried out using the Quality and Cost Based Selection
(QCBS) method. One of the invited applicants, “DAI Global” LLC, informed the
PIU that it would not submit a proposal. Another shortlisted applicant, “EPTISA
Mühendislik Ltd. Şti, Leader of the JV, EPTISA Servicios de Ingenieria, S.L.”
was not accepted as its proposal was submitted after the specified deadline.
Accordingly,
the following three shortlisted applicants submitted their technical proposals
within the specified time, and the proposals were opened on 13 November 2025 at
15:00 (local time). As a result of the evaluation of technical proposals, the
following technical scores were awarded to the applicants:
- * CON-INSTITUT GmbH, with subconsultant
SAGE SOLUTIONS LLC – 70.75 score
- * Latvian Chamber of Commerce
and Industry, Leader of the JV, Accelerated Career Academy LLC – 81.98 score
- * UT Consultants Co. Ltd.
Leader of the JV, İÇERİK Training Research and Consulting Ltd –
74.97 score
The
prices submitted by the applicants are as follows:
|
No.
|
Name of Applicant
|
Proposal Price as Read Out
|
Evaluated Proposal Price
|
|
1
|
ICON-INSTITUT GmbH, with subconsultant SAGE
SOLUTIONS LLC (Germany/Azerbaijan)
|
7.438.469,11 EUR
|
16.284.461,87 AZN
|
|
2
|
Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Leader
of the JV, Accelerated Career Academy LLC (Latvia/Azerbaijan)
|
3.498.120,00 USD
|
5.946.804,00 AZN
|
|
3
|
UT Consultants Co. Ltd. Leader of the JV, İÇERİK
Training Research and Consulting Ltd (Turkiye)
|
3.796.000,00 USD
|
6.453.200,00 AZN
|
The Evaluation Committee evaluated the
financial proposals and recommended the contract award to Latvian Chamber
of Commerce and Industry, Leader of the JV, Accelerated Career Academy LLC.
Notices on the tender results were sent to the unsuccessful bidders on 5
February 2026. A standstill period was applied from 6 to 19 February 2026.
During this period, the Project Implementation Unit did not receive any
complaints or requests for clarification. After the standstill period ended,
the successful applicant was notified to proceed with contract signing. As a
result of the competition, the following contract was signed on 10 March 2026:
Latvian Chamber of Commerce and
Industry, Leader of the JV, Accelerated Career Academy LLC - Total cost including VAT – USD 4.127.781.60 (four
million one hundred twenty-seven thousand seven hundred eighty-one dollars and
sixty cents). Contract duration - 10.03.2026 - 31.12.2029.
