Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-05-17
Buyer: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Country: DE
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 75211200
Submission deadline: 2019-06-17
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: 81239334-Market Entry into Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency for the Productive Sector in Ghana
Although self-supply with electricity and heat using renewable energy (RE) as well as energy efficiency (EE) improvements are very economical options, the market for such investments is still nascent in Ghana. To support the development process in this field, GIZ has been commissioned to implement the project “Market Entry into Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency for the Productive Sector” in Ghana. Additional support is needed in the field of RE project development, industrial EE project implementation, advisory services to private sector and private sector associations, advisory services to power utilities and the design and delivery of training on supply and demand sides of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. The tendered assignment looks for corresponding core competences of international and national experts for the period from 10/2019 to 12/2021.
The objective of the technical cooperation project “Market Entry into Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency for the Productive Sector in Ghana” is: the prerequisites for the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions by large private-sector electricity consumers and energy supply companies are improved. It provides training, advisory and other support services to strengthen the capacity of key market actors so that private sector companies can increasingly satisfy their energy needs with RE or reduce them through EE solutions. On the one hand, the strategic focus of the project lies on overcoming market entry barriers which so far discourage the use of RE and EE by Ghana's private-sector electricity consumers. On the other hand, public utility companies must be prepared for the change in the electricity sector, which is primarily caused by self-generation of electricity from RE by their customers. The project works in three fields of action:
The political partner of the project is the Ministry of Energy. Target groups are companies with high electricity consumption from the areas of industry (e.g. mining, cement and textile), as well as other large consumers from the trade and service sector (among other things also appropriate schools and hospitals). Other participants are mainly specialists and executives of the target group companies, corporate and industry associations, specialists and executives of public utilities as well as employees of the regulatory authorities.
Within the framework of this assignment, three lines of activity take center stage. Firstly, it involves the contractor providing conceptual, technical, organizational and implementation support for the establishment of an Energy Service Center (ESC) that will provide honest broker, second opinion and quality assurance services in the area of RE/EE. The ESC shall be hosted by Ghana's leading industry association — the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI). Secondly, the contractor shall design and implement capacity building activities for commercial and industrial electricity consumers on how to plan, procure and manage RE/EE investments. Similarly, the contractor shall design and implement capacity building activities for RE/EE service providers in the areas of business development, quality assurance, planning, procurement, project development, implementation and management of RE/EE solutions. Finally, the contractor shall provide support to public utilities in the development of strategic business plans to respond to opportunities presented by their customers' growing options for generating own electricity from RE and improving their EE.
The contractor's engagement is scheduled from October 2019 to December 2021 and requires core competences in the areas of renewable energy project development, industrial energy efficiency project implementation, advisory services to private sector and private sector associations, advisory services to power utilities and the design and delivery of training on supply and demand sides of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. The contractor shall make available a team leader (14 expert months), 2 international experts (11 expert months per expert), 1 national expert (14 expert months) and a pool of international and national experts (26 expert months in total). The missions to Ghana and the working time in the home countries are meant to be intermittent over the contract's duration.
Assessment of max. 10 reference projects, proving regional experience in Western Africa (accounts for 15 % of weighting) and ODA financed development project experience (10 % of weighting), as well as technical experience in:
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.
2) Eligibility declaration that no grounds for exclusion in Section 123, 124 of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (GWB) apply;
At least 6 reference projects in the technical field of project or business development advice for RE and EE investments and or out of which at least 3 reference projects in Africa, implemented (or in the course of implementation) within the last 3 years.
The technical assessment is only based on reference projects with a minimum commission of 200 000 EUR.
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;

Eligibility requirements: 1) Trading name and address, commercial register number; 2) Eligibility declaration that no grounds for exclusion in Section 123, 124 of the German Act Against Restraints of Competition (GWB) apply; 3) Eligibility declaration subcontractors if applicable; 4) Association clause if applicable.