Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2024-01-16
Region: DEA22
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72200000 | 72227000: Software integration consultancy services | 72266000: Software consultancy services | 73000000
Estimated value:  EUR
Submission deadline: 2024-04-30
Award criteria: quality, price

Technical requirements: According to Article 160, Section 3 of the German Act Against Restraint of Competition (GWB), application for review is not permissible insofar as 1. the applicant has identified the claimed infringement of the procurement rules before submitting the application for review and has not submitted a complaint to the contracting authority within a period of 10 calendar days; the expiry of the period pursuant to Article 134, Section 2 remains unaffected, 2. complaints of infringements of procurement rules that are evident in the tender notice are not submitted to the contracting authority at the latest by the expiry of the deadline for the application or by the deadline for the submission of bids, specified in the tender notice. 3. complaints of infringements of procurement rules that first become evident in the tender documents are not submitted to the contracting authority at the latest by the expiry of the deadline for application or by the deadline for the submission of bids, 4. more than 15 calendar days have expired since receipt of notification from the contracting authority that it is unwilling to redress the complaint. Sentence 1 does not apply in the case of an application to determine the invalidity of the contract in accordance with Article 135, Section 1 (2). Article 134, Section 1, Sentence 2 remains unaffected. According to Article 135 Section 2  of the German Act Against Restraint of Competition (GWB) the invalidity pursuant to  Section 1 can only be established if it is notified in the review procedure within 30 calendar days of the information of the tenderers and candidates concerned by the contracting authority about the conclusion of the contract, but no later than six months after conclusion of the contract.  If the contracting authority has published the contract award in the Official Journal of the European Union, the period for asserting the invalidity of the contract shall end 30 calendar days after publication of the contract award notice in the Official Journal of the European Union.
GIZ has been commissioned by the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation (GATF) to implement this project in Jordan that aims at: - Establishing a web-based system for facilitating electronic certificates of origin (eCOs) with possible integration with the country"s Single Window. The push toward eCOs will give micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) a better opportunity to participate in global trade, thanks to a reduction in clearance times and enhanced efficiency at customs points. It could also eliminate barriers women face in cross-border trade, such as transportation challenges. - Reforming the National Public-Private Consultation Mechanism: The project will work on restructuring the current committees on trade facilitation in Jordan to become more responsive to the needed reforms in the area of trade facilitation. This will include a gap analysis and a reform proposal, developing a national trade facilitation action plan, and designing a technical assistance and capacity building program to improve the ability of the new proposed structure to be more effective and efficient. This Project came in the ongoing work of the GATF within its partnership with the GIZ / Trade for Employment Project (T4E) project to identify and address trade facilitation measures that would support the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in meeting its obligations under the World Trade Organization"s (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). The project implementation started end of 2021, and included an assessment of the current business processes related to the issuance of electronic certificates of origin, an assessment and review of the regulatory framework governing the eCOs, and IT readiness assessment for transitioning to electronic issuance of certificates of origin. The certificate of origin is an important document that exporters require with each exported shipment which shows the origin of the products and ensure preferential tariff treatment when a free trade agreement is signed between the exporting country and the importing country. The project aims at digitalising the current paper-based system and transitioning to electronic issuance of certificates of origin through developing a web-based system where applications from exporters to get a certificate of origin, approvals from Ministry of Industry and Trade and Chambers of Industry and Commerce, payment of fees, and issuance of certificates of origin are all done online to reduce the cost and time for exporters. In Jordan, Certificates of Origin (COs) are issued in paper by the relevant chambers. COs for manufactured products are issued by the chambers of industry/manufacturing- while those for wholly obtained goods and -fresh or unprocessed- plant or animal goods are issued by the chambers of commerce. Exporters must obtain the CO from the chamber that they are registered with, depending on the nature of the economic activity and their geographical location. Chambers are distributed geographically in different regions of the country. There are three regional chambers of industry/manufacturing in Jordan"s biggest cities of Zarqa, Irbid and Amman (the capital). The latter has jurisdiction over all regions not covered by Zarqa or Irbid chambers. In the case of commerce, there are 16 chambers of commerce located throughout Jordan in the cities of: Amman, Zarqa, Irbid, Mafraq, Aqaba, Karak, Maan, Ramtha, Tafeleh, Madaba, Salt, Jarash, Ajloon, Mazar and the Shuna Al-Shamalieh. After being issued by the relevant chamber, all COs must be stamped and authenticated by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply. Except for the COs pursuant to the pan-euro-med rules of origin applied in three of Jordan"s free trade agreements (FTAs): the Association Agreement with the EU, the FTA with EFTA and the Agadir Agreement, where a Movement Certificate to the EU, noting that these EU Movement Certificates are issued and authenticated by Jordan Customs.
GIZ may optionally commission contract amendments and/or increases based on the criteria in the tender documents to the successful bidder of this tender. For details, please see the terms of reference. Please see Options in this contract notice for details.
enders are first rated on their technical merits in accordance with the technical assessment grid for offers specified in the tender documentation. Once the tenders have been evaluated in this way, only technical bids awarded more than 500 points will be included in the evaluation of financial bids. Technical bids that fail to reach this cut-off point will be regarded as unsuitable. The technical bid is weighted at T: 70%
The financial bid is weighted at F: 30%. Set budgets items stated in the tender documents for the financial bid are not part of the evaluation and weighting of the financial bids.


Award value: 311640
Number of bids: 9