Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2021-06-02
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 75211200 | 79411100
Submission deadline: 2021-06-29
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: 81270591— Identification and Project Development of cluster Support Measures for Local Industrial Clusters in Côte d'Ivoire
The module objective for the project in Côte d'Ivoire is: African and European enterprises in Côte d'Ivoire are experiencing increased growth, thereby creating more employment. The following outputs have been defined:
— Output 1 Investments: Conditions have improved for investments by African and European enterprises,
— Output 2 Local SME: The capacities of small and medium-sized enterprises with growth potential have improved,
These Terms of Reference belong to Output 3 and the contractor is expected to contribute to achieving the objectives specified for that output.
The contractor is expected to contribute to achieving the objectives specified for Output 3 (see above) measured through the following output indicators:
75 % of 60 enterprises in the selected sectors or locations (selected sector: promotion of ICT/technology, including renewable energy and energy efficiency; selected location: VITIB free trade zone) provide an example to demonstrate improvements to the business ecosystem in three of the following categories:
(iii) improved regulatory framework and administrative processes (e.g. e-regulations, anti-corruption, tax procedures, legal advice on taxes and fees, etc.);
500 people, 35 % of them women and 40 % of them young people (up to 35 years of age), have taken part in a training measure tailored to the needs of the enterprises in the clusters receiving support.
In the selected clusters, 4 measures developed together with the project have been implemented to improve the social and environmental sustainability of Ivorian enterprises.
In this context, the contractor is responsible for the delivery of the activities defined in the following work packages:
— Work package 1: Improving the business ecosystem in partner industrial zones, expected to be VITIB and AGEDI;
— Work package 2: Improvement of services for enhanced social and environmental sustainability in the partners' industrial zones (output indicator 3.3);
In the tender, the tenderer is required to show how the specified targets and results are to be achieved with the work packages in the tender. The following five factors should be considered: strategy, cooperation, steering structure, processes and learning and innovation. In addition, the tenderer must describe the design of the project management system in the narrower sense.
The project is part of BMZ's Special Initiative on Training and Job Creation — Invest for Jobs, implemented in eight African countries. The specific module objective for the project in Côte d'Ivoire is: African and European enterprises in Côte d'Ivoire are experiencing increased growth, thereby creating more employment. The following outputs have been defined:

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 6 months); 3) Self-declaration that no grounds for exclusion in Section 123, 124 of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (GWB) apply; 4) Self-declaration that no fine of at least two thousand five hundred euros has been imposed for noncompliance as specified in Section 21 of the German Minimum Wage Act (MiLoG); 5) 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 or are provided by this subcontractor; 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; 7) Order form for registration of a creditor (in case of bidding consortium for all members of the consortium and the bidding consortium itself).