Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) under the Migration Programmes

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Department of Migration, Peace and Stabilization (MIGSTAB) has entered into a contract regarding Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) under the Migration Programmes. Throughout 2023 and 2024, the Department of Migration, Peace and Stabilization (MIGSTAB) within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark …

CPV: 75211200 Услуги, свързани с външноикономическа помощ, 79313000 Услуги по оценка на пазарни характеристики, 79314000 Технико-икономическо изследване, 79419000 Консултантски услуги, свързани с оценяване
Място на изпълнение:
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) under the Migration Programmes
Издаващ орган:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
Номер на наградата:
24/51059

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
Legal type of the buyer : Central government authority
Activity of the contracting authority : Economic affairs

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) under the Migration Programmes
Description : The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Department of Migration, Peace and Stabilization (MIGSTAB) has entered into a contract regarding Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) under the Migration Programmes. Throughout 2023 and 2024, the Department of Migration, Peace and Stabilization (MIGSTAB) within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark went through a comprehensive learning process on the basis of which it has consolidated its migration programming from small-scale projects into four new large-scale migration programmes. This marks a shift towards larger, more strategic and inter-related migration development programmes that underpin Danish policy priorities and support comprehensive partnerships with key countries along migratory routes, including those with the EU. The new migration programmes aim to address and prevent irregular migration in a safe, orderly and rights-based manner. This entails both efforts to enhance migration governance and management in key countries along the migratory routes and strengthening the protection of people on the move. The new global and regional migration programmes that the MEAL Consultant (hereinafter “the Consultant”) will initially cover are the following: • Regional Migration Governance Programme for the Mediterranean region, 2024-2029 (RMGP – MED), DKK 300 million • The Danish Migration Management Programme (The Capacity Programme), 2024-2029, DKK 410 million • The Whole of Route Programme, 2024-2029 (WoR Programme), DKK 400 million • Regional Migration Governance Programme for Türkiye and the Western Balkan region, 2025-2030 (RMGP – TWB), DKK 300 million The purpose of having an external Consultant is to support and quality assure that the programmes, MIGSTAB and the IPs achieve and document the results in an evidence-based manner. The Consultant will in particular help the programme and desk officer to quality assure partner results through the assessing the data collected and validating the results through third part monitoring. The Consultant will also assess the partners MEAL capacity and be able to support IPs with training if necessary. Over time, the Consultant will also harvest lessons and learning and possible synergies from the programmes and the IPs that will feed into MIGSTABs overall focus on learning and ensuring outcome level results across the four programmes. Overall, this will help the programmes to remain relevant, appropriate and address the overall objectives and needs for necessary and timely adaptation to the programmes’ design in the course of implementation, for example the needs for other partners’, or areas to be scaled up or down. This is important, due to the volatile political situation in the regions of the migration programmes and due to the changes in migration patterns. It is also important to ensure aid effectiveness, donor coordination, sustainable approaches and localisation. It is thus expected that the Consultant will be aware of other donor interventions in order to be able to ensure coherence, both within the four programmes and among the four programmes and other donor supported programmes. The overall objective of the MEAL unit is: • Quality assurance of the performance of the four programmes’ implementing partners and documentation of outputs, and progress throughout the implementation, • Ensuring evidence-based consistent approaches by partners to harmonise data collection analysis, • Assessing partner MEAL capacity and supporting IPs on MEAL when/where needed, in particular with regard to capacity development • Strengthening the coherence among partners’ initiatives • Supporting on accountability and value for money assessments • Supporting on technical reviews and studies relevant for MIGSTAB and its partners • Supporting MIGSTAB and its programmes and partners in a manner that ease MIGSTABs programme management of the four programmes in a LEAN way • Harvesting results across the four programmes to define and showcase large-scale impact
Procedure identifier : a44a66e5-67f7-4228-b3f3-b8e5340ce7d7
Previous notice : 599e06dd-3491-4505-bcc8-a2844e39487b-01
Internal identifier : 24/51059
Type of procedure : Restricted
The procedure is accelerated : no

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 75211200 Foreign economic-aid-related services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79313000 Performance review services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79314000 Feasibility study
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79419000 Evaluation consultancy services

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Egypt
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Tunisia
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Morocco
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Senegal
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Sudan
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Niger
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Mali
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Libya
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Türkiye
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region, such a Western Balkan

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Kosovo
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Montenegro
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Serbia
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Albania
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Bosnia and Herzegovina
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : North Macedonia
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Chad
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Lebanon
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Jordan
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Algeria
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Syria
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 14 000 000 Danish krone

2.1.4 General information

Call for competition is terminated
Legal basis :
Directive 2014/24/EU
https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2023/10 - The procurement procedure is governed by Danish law and the rules applicable hereunder, specifically the Danish Public Procurement Act.

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0000

Title : Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) under the Migration Programmes
Description : The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Department of Migration, Peace and Stabilization (MIGSTAB) has entered into a contract regarding Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) under the Migration Programmes. Throughout 2023 and 2024, the Department of Migration, Peace and Stabilization (MIGSTAB) within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark went through a comprehensive learning process on the basis of which it has consolidated its migration programming from small-scale projects into four new large-scale migration programmes. This marks a shift towards larger, more strategic and inter-related migration development programmes that underpin Danish policy priorities and support comprehensive partnerships with key countries along migratory routes, including those with the EU. The new migration programmes aim to address and prevent irregular migration in a safe, orderly and rights-based manner. This entails both efforts to enhance migration governance and management in key countries along the migratory routes and strengthening the protection of people on the move. The new global and regional migration programmes that the MEAL Consultant (hereinafter “the Consultant”) will initially cover are the following: • Regional Migration Governance Programme for the Mediterranean region, 2024-2029 (RMGP – MED), DKK 300 million • The Danish Migration Management Programme (The Capacity Programme), 2024-2029, DKK 410 million • The Whole of Route Programme, 2024-2029 (WoR Programme), DKK 400 million • Regional Migration Governance Programme for Türkiye and the Western Balkan region, 2025-2030 (RMGP – TWB), DKK 300 million The purpose of having an external Consultant is to support and quality assure that the programmes, MIGSTAB and the IPs achieve and document the results in an evidence-based manner. The Consultant will in particular help the programme and desk officer to quality assure partner results through the assessing the data collected and validating the results through third part monitoring. The Consultant will also assess the partners MEAL capacity and be able to support IPs with training if necessary. Over time, the Consultant will also harvest lessons and learning and possible synergies from the programmes and the IPs that will feed into MIGSTABs overall focus on learning and ensuring outcome level results across the four programmes. Overall, this will help the programmes to remain relevant, appropriate and address the overall objectives and needs for necessary and timely adaptation to the programmes’ design in the course of implementation, for example the needs for other partners’, or areas to be scaled up or down. This is important, due to the volatile political situation in the regions of the migration programmes and due to the changes in migration patterns. It is also important to ensure aid effectiveness, donor coordination, sustainable approaches and localisation. It is thus expected that the Consultant will be aware of other donor interventions in order to be able to ensure coherence, both within the four programmes and among the four programmes and other donor supported programmes. The overall objective of the MEAL unit is: • Quality assurance of the performance of the four programmes’ implementing partners and documentation of outputs, and progress throughout the implementation, • Ensuring evidence-based consistent approaches by partners to harmonise data collection analysis, • Assessing partner MEAL capacity and supporting IPs on MEAL when/where needed, in particular with regard to capacity development • Strengthening the coherence among partners’ initiatives • Supporting on accountability and value for money assessments • Supporting on technical reviews and studies relevant for MIGSTAB and its partners • Supporting MIGSTAB and its programmes and partners in a manner that ease MIGSTABs programme management of the four programmes in a LEAN way • Harvesting results across the four programmes to define and showcase large-scale impact
Internal identifier : 24/51059

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 75211200 Foreign economic-aid-related services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79313000 Performance review services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79314000 Feasibility study
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79419000 Evaluation consultancy services
Options :
Description of the options : Option 1 The Client reserves the right to expand or change the scope of the four programmes and if relevant expand the Agreement to cover additional migration programmes due a deeper engagement, a broader regional coverage or additional funding or additional donors. Changes in funding level could necessitate adjustments to the planned tasks, focus, or activities under the Agreement, which may impact the methods employed to achieve the stated Purpose and Objectives. The Client do not expect an increase of funding affecting the Consultant’s fees and reimbursables with more than DKK 2,000,000. Option 2 The Client shall be entitled to extend the Completion Date of Phase 2 and all or parts of the Services by giving notice no later than 90 days before expiry of the phase 2. The total budget for payment of such continuation of the Services cannot exceed an amount corresponding to 20% of Contract Price net of VAT.

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Egypt
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Tunisia
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Morocco
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Senegal
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Sudan
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Niger
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Mali
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Libya
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Türkiye
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region, such a Western Balkan

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Kosovo
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Montenegro
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Serbia
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Albania
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Bosnia and Herzegovina
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : North Macedonia
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Chad
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Lebanon
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Jordan
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Algeria
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country : Syria
Anywhere in the given country
Additional information : Possibly expanding to other countries in the region

5.1.3 Estimated duration

Start date : 02/09/2025
Duration end date : 31/08/2030

5.1.5 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 14 000 000 Danish krone

5.1.6 General information

Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : yes

5.1.7 Strategic procurement

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Price
Description : Price
Category of award threshold criterion : Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number : 20
Criterion :
Type : Quality
Description : Quality
Category of award threshold criterion : Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number : 80

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : Klagenævnet for Udbud
Information about review deadlines : Actions regarding requests to participate and selection must be submitted within 20 calendar days from the day after the contracting authority has notified the economic operators of the decisions regarding selection. Other actions regarding the procedure (e.g. decisions regarding award of contract) must be submitted within: 45 calendar days from the day after the publication of a contract award notice in the Official Journal of the EU. Complaint guidelines (in English) can be found at: https://naevneneshus.dk/media/9802/complaint-guidelines.pdf
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure : Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents : Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures : Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen
Organisation whose budget is used to pay for the contract : Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
Organisation executing the payment : Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
Organisation signing the contract : Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

6. Results

Value of all contracts awarded in this notice : 8 984 550 Danish krone

6.1 Result lot ldentifier : LOT-0000

At least one winner was chosen.

6.1.2 Information about winners

Winner :
Leader of tendering party : NIRAS A/S
Official name : Altai Consulting (registered as Altai SAS) Altai Consulting (registered as Lhassa Consulting FZE)
Subcontractors of the winner :
Official name : NIRAS GROUP (UK) LTD NIRAS Finland Oy
Tender :
Tender identifier : NIRAS A/S
Identifier of lot or group of lots : LOT-0000
Value of the tender : 8 984 550 Danish krone
The tender was ranked : no
The tender is a variant : no
Subcontracting : Yes
Subcontracting value is known : no
Subcontracting percentage is known : no
Contract information :
Identifier of the contract : DC3391
Title : Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) under the Migration Programmes
Date on which the winner was chosen : 18/07/2025
Date of the conclusion of the contract : 02/09/2025
Organisation signing the contract : Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

6.1.4 Statistical information

Received tenders or requests to participate :
Type of received submissions : Tenders
Number of tenders or requests to participate received : 5

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
Registration number : 43271911
Department : Department of Migration, Peace and Stabilization (MIGSTAB)
Postal address : Asiatisk Plads 2
Town : Copenhagen
Postcode : 1448
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Byen København ( DK011 )
Country : Denmark
Contact point : Nicolaj Sønderbye
Telephone : 33920829
Internet address : https://um.dk/en/danida
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer
Organisation providing additional information about the procurement procedure
Organisation providing offline access to the procurement documents
Organisation signing the contract
Organisation whose budget is used to pay for the contract
Organisation executing the payment

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : Klagenævnet for Udbud
Registration number : 37795526
Postal address : Toldboden 2
Town : Viborg
Postcode : 8800
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Vestjylland ( DK041 )
Country : Denmark
Contact point : Klagenævnet for Udbud
Telephone : +45 72405600
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen
Registration number : 10294819
Postal address : Carl Jacobsens Vej 35
Town : Valby
Postcode : 2500
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Byen København ( DK011 )
Country : Denmark
Contact point : Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen
Telephone : +45 41715000
Internet address : https://www.kfst.dk
Roles of this organisation :
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures

8.1 ORG-0004

Official name : NIRAS A/S
Size of the economic operator : Large
Registration number : 37295728
Postal address : Sortemosevej 19
Town : Allerød
Postcode : 3450
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Nordsjælland ( DK013 )
Country : Denmark
Contact point : Rasmus Klitgaard
Telephone : +45 4810 462
Internet address : https://www.niras.dk/
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer
Group leader
Winner of these lots : LOT-0000

8.1 ORG-0005

Official name : Altai Consulting (registered as Lhassa Consulting FZE)
Size of the economic operator : Micro, small, or medium
Registration number : 100276079900003
Postal address : Office 11G14 Hamriyah FZ
Town : Sharjah
Postcode : 001
Country : United Arab Emirates
Contact point : Erikc Davin
Telephone : +33662583031
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer
Winner of these lots : LOT-0000

8.1 ORG-0006

Official name : Altai Consulting (registered as Altai SAS)
Size of the economic operator : Micro, small, or medium
Registration number : FR24504971722
Postal address : 11b rue de Milan
Town : Paris
Postcode : 75009
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Paris ( FR101 )
Country : France
Contact point : Rodolphe Baudeau
Telephone : +33662583031
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer
Winner of these lots : LOT-0000

8.1 ORG-0007

Official name : NIRAS GROUP (UK) LTD
Size of the economic operator : Large
Registration number : GB228334175
Postal address : Kings Ride Court, Kings Ride - Ascot
Town : Berkshire
Postcode : SL57JR
Country : United Kingdom
Contact point : Kirsty Wilson
Telephone : +44 (0)131 440 5500
Roles of this organisation :
Subcontractor

8.1 ORG-0008

Official name : NIRAS Finland Oy
Size of the economic operator : Large
Registration number : FI08910180
Postal address : Väritehtaankatu 8
Town : Vantaa
Postcode : 01300
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Helsinki-Uusimaa ( FI1B1 )
Country : Finland
Contact point : Mari Helminen
Telephone : +35898362420
Roles of this organisation :
Subcontractor

8.1 ORG-0009

Official name : Mercell Holding ASA
Registration number : 980921565
Postal address : Askekroken 11
Town : Oslo
Postcode : 0277
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Oslo ( NO081 )
Country : Norway
Contact point : eSender
Telephone : +47 21018800
Fax : +47 21018801
Internet address : http://mercell.com/
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender

Notice information

Notice identifier/version : cc1f9721-4e12-4269-bcf8-34ae421d9042 - 01
Form type : Result
Notice type : Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 02/09/2025 19:26 +00:00
Notice dispatch date (eSender) : 02/09/2025 19:26 +00:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English
Notice publication number : 00576375-2025
OJ S issue number : 169/2025
Publication date : 04/09/2025