Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-12-16
Buyer: 81322153-Leadership for Health system strengthening
Region: DEA22
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 79000000
Submission deadline: 2026-01-20
Award criteria: price, quality

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.
The GIZ Global Program (GP) BACKUP Health, in alignment with the mission of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM), seeks to address critical issues in health system strengthening through a specialized leadership program. This tender calls for a contractor to lead the coordination, adaptive design, management, and implementation of a tailored leadership program (L4HSS) inspired by the Leadership for Universal Health Coverage (L4UHC) flagship program of the P4H Network. Launched in 2013 by GIZ and the World Bank, L4UHC aims to empower key decision-makers in partner countries.
The primary goal of this consulting project is to support GP BACKUP Health partner countries in their health system reform processes. The focus will be on coalition building, enhancing leadership competencies, and establishing joint action initiatives that result in concrete policy options for integrating Health Technology Management (HTM) services into national systems, ensuring financial sustainability. The detailed objectives are to:
1. Strengthen Leadership Competencies: Provide leaders of health finance reforms the opportunity to enhance their leadership and sectoral competencies at an executive level.
2. Develop Collective Vision: Aid leaders in developing a collective vision and commitment to achieving tangible results.
3. Foster Collaboration: Promote collaboration among key cross-sectoral stakeholders.
4. Establish Collective Action Initiatives (CAIs): Contribute to the creation of implementable national CAIs aimed at achieving GP BACKUP indicators. Specifically, this involves producing nine design options for ATM integration that, through coaching, will result in at least six strategic, legislative, or planning documents by the project's end.
5. Provide Tools and Techniques: Offer tools and techniques for mapping complex systems, analyzing stakeholder influence, and addressing collective action problems.
6. Peer-to-Peer Exchange: Facilitate peer-to-peer exchange among leaders and provide inputs from technical experts towards national objectives.
7. Co-Create Innovative Solutions: Enable leaders to co-create and implement innovative solutions to health system strengthening challenges through CAIs.
8. Coaching Support: Provide coaching support to leaders as they address these challenges.
9. Demonstrate Results: Organize and coach health system strengthening leaders around a time-bound commitment to demonstrate results.
The contractor will be responsible for the end-to-end implementation of the leadership program, ensuring adaptive design and effective coordination. The program will leverage the established L4UHC framework to provide a comprehensive and tailored experience for participants. The contractor will facilitate workshops, coaching sessions, and peer exchanges, ensuring that leaders are equipped with the skills and tools necessary to drive health system reforms. At the conclusion of the project, the following outcomes are anticipated:
- Enhanced leadership competencies among health finance reform leaders.
- A collective vision and commitment towards achieving concrete results.
- Established collaboration among cross-sectoral stakeholders.
- Creation of nine design options for ATM integration, leading to six strategic, legislative, or planning documents.
- Improved tools and techniques for addressing complex system challenges.
- Successful peer-to-peer exchanges and technical expert inputs.
- Co-created innovative solutions to health system strengthening challenges.
- Demonstrated results through time-bound commitments.
- Scaled good practices through peer learning and diverse country experiences.
EN-A1: Principles for the execution of orders (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): The eligbility criteria are not from the same category as stipulated above, as there is no suitable category. 

1. Self-declaration: name of company and address, tax ID, registration and commercial register number or equivalent register in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of origin.
2. No grounds for exclusion pursuant to § 123, § 124 GWB, § 22 LkSG, EU-Russia sanctions

3. Declaration of bidding consortium and/or declaration of subcontractors or declaration - Eligibility through reliance upon the capacities of other entities(if applicable)
EN-B1: Technical and professional ability (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): 1. The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of  EUR400,000 (net).
2. At least 5 reference projects in the technical field health systems strengthening and thereof at least 3 reference projects in the region Africa and at least 2 reference projects in the region Central Asia 
in the last 36 months.
EN-C1: Economic and financial standing (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): Average annual turnover for the last three years (last-but-four financial year can be included in case of tenders held within 6 months of end of last financial year), at least: 2,000,000 EUR (net).

Eligibility requirements: EN-A1: Principles for the execution of orders (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): The eligbility criteria are not from the same category as stipulated above, as there is no suitable category. 

1. Self-declaration: name of company and address, tax ID, registration and commercial register number or equivalent register in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of origin.
2. No grounds for exclusion pursuant to § 123, § 124 GWB, § 22 LkSG, EU-Russia sanctions

3. Declaration of bidding consortium and/or declaration of subcontractors or declaration - Eligibility through reliance upon the capacities of other entities(if applicable)
EN-B1: Technical and professional ability (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): 1. The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission value of  EUR400,000 (net).
2. At least 5 reference projects in the technical field health systems strengthening and thereof at least 3 reference projects in the region Africa and at least 2 reference projects in the region Central Asia 
in the last 36 months.
EN-C1: Economic and financial standing (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): Average annual turnover for the last three years (last-but-four financial year can be included in case of tenders held within 6 months of end of last financial year), at least: 2,000,000 EUR (net).
EN-B2: Technical and professional ability (Mit dem Angebot; Mittels Eigenerklärung): Average number of employees and managers in the last three calendar years, at least 15 persons.
Advance Payment guarantee may be necessary
GIZ asks the applicant or bidder to submit, complete or correct documents, within the framework laid down by law.
The execution conditions result from the information given in the contract notice and the tender documents.
Price criteria for "Bestangebots-Quotienten-Methode"
Zur Ermittlung des wirtschaftlichsten Bieters wird hier von der Vergabestelle die erreichte Gesamtpunktzahl nach fachlicher Wertung eingetragen. Es werden nur Angebote mit einer fachlichen Bewertung von mindestens 500 Punkten gewertet. Fachliche Angebote mit weniger Punkten scheiden als fachlich ungeeignet aus.
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.