Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-03-07
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71800000 | 85312320 | 90492000 | 90713100
Submission deadline: 2022-04-05
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες παροχής συμβουλών για την υδροδότηση και τα λύματα, εκτός των συμβουλών που προορίζονται για κατασκευαστικά έργα
Servicios de asesoramiento sobre suministro de agua y sobre aguas residuales que no sean para la construcción
Services de conseils en matière d'approvisionnement en eau et de gestion des eaux usées autres que pour la construction
Servizi di consulenza per la fornitura di acqua e per lo smaltimento delle acque reflue diversi da quelli per costruzioni
Usługi konsultacyjne dotyczące zaopatrzenia w wodę i obróbki ścieków inne niż związane z branżą budowlaną
Serviços de consultoria em matéria de abastecimento de água e de águas residuais fora do âmbito da construção
Servicii de consultanţă pentru alimentarea cu apă şi servicii de consultanţă în materie de ape reziduale, altele decât cele pentru construcţii
Konzultačné služby týkajúce sa dodávky vody a hospodárenia s odpadovou vodou využívanou ináč ako pre stavby
GIZ has been commissioned to implement the project "Nile Delta Water Management (NDWM)" in Egypt on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The overall objective of the project is to improve conditions for efficient water use in the sub-sectors water supply and wastewater management as well as in irrigated agriculture. Referring to water supply and wastewater management the project is linked to the Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities (MoHUUC) at the national level and supports the Holding Company for Water and Wastewater (HCWW) and its Affiliated Companies (ACs) at Governorate level. A Contractor is required to provide consulting services to strengthen management capacities of the HCWW and ACs related to efficient water use and climate-sensitive operation of water and wastewater systems. A team of experts shall be provided by the Contractor for this purpose. Close coordination and consultation with the GIZ project team in Egypt will be required.
A Contractor is required to provide consulting services to strengthen management capacities of the Holding Company for Water and Wastewater (HCWW) at the national level and its Affiliated Companies (ACs) at Governorate level. This shall focus on the anticipated overall project objective: "Framework conditions for an efficient use of water in water supply and wastewater management as well as in irrigated agriculture in the Nile Delta are improved."
The Contractor shall assume responsibility for the implementation of tasks related to output 1: strengthening management capacities of water and wastewater ACs for an efficient water use and output 2: initiating measures for efficient water use and climate-sensitive operation of water and wastewater systems by ACs. This will require close coordination between the team of the Contractor and the GIZ project team.
Referring to Output 1 the Contractor shall support HCWW and ACs in the development of an executive monitoring tool for the top management level which shall be based on jointly developed 5-year business plans for utility management of ACs. This should provide selected ACs with essential tools for strategic planning and decision making for utility management, and service provision considering an optimum utilization of resources.
Referring to Output 2 the Contractor is shall support in consolidating the existing Energy Decision Support System (EnDSS) and in sludge to energy interventions based on existing studies and recommendations. This will enable the ACs to prepare annual energy efficiency plans and facilitate that ACs recover energy from sewage sludge, generate additional revenue and contribute to climate change adaptation. This shall include the development of a pre-feasibility study related to Sludge to Energy (S2E) interventions. In addition, the Contractor shall prepare and conduct training measures on O&M of desalination plants for technical staff of ACs and the New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA).
A team of experts shall be provided by the Contractor for this purpose. This shall include (1) an international short-term expert / team leader and utility management, (2) a national senior long-term expert in utility management / deputy team leader, (3) an international short-term expert in sludge to resources, (4) an international short-term expert in desalination, (5) a pool of international short-term experts and (6) a pool of national short-term experts.
The Contractor may be a single firm with local branches or a consortium of various consulting firms. The involvement of local consulting firms from Egypt within subcontracting or joint venture arrangements will be permitted.

Eligibility requirements: The offer must be made using the forms provided by GIZ: 1) Trading name and address, beneficial owner(s), commercial register number, bank account, tax number, VAT identification number, brief company profile and contact in event of queries. 2) Extract from the commercial register or equivalent evidence/proof (not older than six months). 3) Self-declaration that no grounds for exclusion in Section 123, 124 of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (GWB) apply. 4) If a candidate/tenderer wishes to use the capacities of another company for the execution of the contract, he must prove by submitting a declaration of commitment that the corresponding capacities are available to him for the execution of the contract. 5) If subcontractors are to be used, a declaration of commitment and a declaration that no grounds for exclusion pursuant to Section 123 GWB and/or Section 124 GWB apply to them must be submitted. 6) In the case of participation as a bidding consortium: tenderers must appoint a leading member and authorise this member to represent the group and to receive payments with discharging effect also for the other members. A corresponding agreement, signed by all members, must be attached to the application for participation. For this purpose, the form provided by GIZ must be used.