Public procurement notice: Modification Of A Contract/Concession During Its Term
Published: 2018-06-13
Buyer: DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 79419000

Technical requirements: Framework Agreemement for Advisory Services for DEG clients in the Financial Sector: Developing andimplementing ESMS in developing countries and emerging markets
As one of Europe's largest development finance institutions, DEG promotes private business structures to contribute to sustainable economic growth and improved living conditions. DEG invests in profitable projects that contribute to sustainable development in all sectors of the economy, from agribusiness to infrastructureand manufacturing to services. The financial sector is a further focus in order to facilitate reliable access toinvestment capital locally.
Environmental and social issues have become an element of management decision processes in the financial sector worldwide. Initiatives like the ‘Statement by Financial Institutions on Environment and Social Development’ by the United Nations Environment Programme (www.unepfi.org) or the Equator Principles(www.equator-principles.com) promote this process.
In addition, a number of emerging market banking regulators have started to team up with partner agencies such as Development Finance Institutions (DFI) to pioneer the development of regulatory guidance that encourages local banks to adopt sustainable banking practices.
In the financial sector, DEG's environmental and social requirements generally encompass the compliance of DEG's clients with:
c) World Bank / IFC Performance Standards (IFC PS) and relevant Sector Guidelines for all applicable projects with high risks;
e) E&S requirements of other Development Finance Institutions (DFI) like IFC, EBRD, EDFIs (in case DEG's client is financed by other DFIs as well).
For DEG, the implementation of risk adequate Environmental and Social Management Systems (ESMS) is an essential part of today's best risk management practice. In this context, DEG's financial sector clients are required to develop, implement and maintain an ESMS to better assess, mitigate, document and monitor impacts and risks associated with financing and investment, but also to identify business opportunities. They are also required to nominate an Environmental and Social Compliance Officer, provide adequate training to their staff, and measure the continuous progress through an Annual Environmental and Social Compliance Report.
In order to support DEG's financial sector clients in the process of developing and implementing an adequate Environmental and Social Management System to manage their specific environmental and social risks DEG is seeking to engage consultants under a framework agreement to provide related guidance and advice to this group of DEG clients.
An additional component of the advisory services to be provided by the consultants is to highlight the business opportunities associated with Green Finance (e.g. opportunities in energy efficiency finance, renewable energy finance and investments in cleaner production) and to discuss the interest of DEG's clients in product development in this area.
The financial sector clients qualified to participate in this advisory services programme captured by the tendered framework agreement will be mainly mid-cap banks & financial institutions (FIs) as well as Private Equity Funds(PEF) located in developing and transition countries (without any regional focus) with medium and/or high E&Srisks in their total portfolio.
— new DEG clients, which need assistance to fulfil DEG's requirements upon completion of E&S due diligence,
— potential new clients for whom the project will be the starting point of an improvement process to fulfil DEG requirements.
Petition for review on grounds of alleged violations of procurement law are inadmissible according to Sec. 160 para. 3, sentence 1, no. 4 of the Federal Act against Restraints of Competition (Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen — GWB) if more than 15 calendar days have passed since the economic operator has received a notification by the contracting authority that it will not remedy the economic operator's objection.
Framework agreements were awarded to four economic operators. The total budget (EUR 2,000,000.00) originally was divided to the four economic operators in equal parts. After the award of the framework agreements the development of the demand has been much higher than expected. The budget for ERM GmbH is nearly exhausted.


Winner: ERM GmbH